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  1. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    Abcde, pronounced Ab-si-dee.
  2. Random drug tests

    As an RN who is also from the same Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota area, I have to ask: Are you nuts?!?! The job market is terrible here. It is hard to find a job in nursing in this area. Why would you even risk it? And as the wife of a cop, don't fo...
  3. Is it wrong if I....

    HIPAA-it's supposed to be such a good thing, but all it does is take the love out of nursing if you ask me. It just goes too far! This is one reason why I cannot do floor nursing in a hospital. It rips my personality right out of me! It's just sa...
  4. There but for the grace of....

    One of the saddest (and scariest) patient stories I have is that of a little boy. When he was not quite a year old (still only crawling) his dad dropped him off at daycare. About 10 minutes later the boy was unconscious. The EMS was called and he ...
  5. First RN job in a LTC facility.....help me

    ...and the more we talk about how bad it is in a nursing home and that you are un-hire-able afterwards, the worse reputations the nursing homes get. Nursing homes (contrary to popular belief) are great places to learn! By the time a person is elderl...
  6. Role of a Hospice RN in the SNF?

    Does anyone know the CMS regulations that speak to the different roles and responsibilities?
  7. Preconcieved ideas about doctors

    If there really is a problem with turnover, how about talking to your nurse manager about a mentor program on your unit? Get the mentors to be people like yourself who have relationships with the docs (and others) that normally intimidate people. I...
  8. Do you get over it?

    I guess we are getting a little off topic here, but I will add my own experience. I can handle anything. Suctioning anything snotty looking used to be my grossout, but I have gotten used to it. I was really surprised when I worked (a short while) ...
  9. Will move for work but where???

    The area I live in in Texas has big need. The three hospitals within 50 miles of my house are hiring. I just landed a great job in one of them. Also, one of the hospitals, Val Verde Regional, in Del Rio, Texas is giving $24K sign on bonuses. I thin...
  10. Hospice-excitement and confusion

    I am a new hospice nurse. I am so excited! I have mucho nursing home, home health, and geriatric experience, and was super excited to get this job. I have good assessment skills, but little acute experience. I was reading some of the hospice post...
  11. Treating the whole patient?

    Yes, to xtxrn's answer. I recently read an article about pain and sufferring. They are two different things, but is it being differetiated? Physical pain is just that-physical pain. But sufferring is referring to the emotional turmoil that might ...
  12. He// to the NO!

    Charge you with theft how? The police? First of all, I don't see a cop wanting to write a ticket like this. And if they do, you have a right to your day in court. At that point, I would contact the media and invite them to do a story on it. I th...
  13. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    Small retirement town in southwest Texas. I bought my house (3 bedroom, 2 bath) for $20,000 and I make $32/hr. When I lived in South Dakota $25 and hour was generous. Those people making $25 an hour were working temp agencies. The usual rate was a...
  14. Marketing Ideas

    I have a couple of ideas for the flyers. When we hung flyers for our assisted living facility a few years back, we got a really good response from hanging flyers in laundry mats. I'm really not sure why, but it worked so we did it! I would also s...
  15. After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    The one thing I was taught and continue to do these days, I have not seen anyone address. Ask the pt to do ROM on all 4 extremities before getting them up. If they are unable, then I do passive ROM to make sure there is no pain with movement in any...