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1. How bad is the nursing shortage in WA?

   tiggertoo replied to Life_Wanderer's topic in Washington

   I'd say there isn't much of a shortage here in the Seattle area. Despite ads on TV. Last fall was running a nice TV ad for nurses, the had a hiring freeze. Also Swedish, this summer had a tv blitz, but they are also having a hiring freeze. What's...

2. Moving to Seattle Area-What Are The Best Hospitals?

   tiggertoo replied to heidi b's topic in Washington

   that was helpful (taking the contact info off). i pm'd the posted and his/her pm box is so full that no more pm's can be added. i guess he/she doesn't know that their message was edited or how to answer pm's.

3. Would you prepour meds for nursing assistant to admin later??

   tiggertoo replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

   I would not pre pour meds for a NAC to admister later, however, I would and have handed an NAC who is feeding a resisident, the residents medication (crushed in applesauce for instance). To give to that resident while he/she is being fed. With expl...

4. Are NP schools Ranked?

   tiggertoo replied to nur2007sing's topic in NP

   Graduate schools nursing programs rankings are based on the number of research dollars the are able to attract, not the quality of their programs, teaching, instructors or anything else. Buyer beware.

5. Accucheck procedure

   tiggertoo replied to tiggertoo's topic in Geriatric

   I believe that the idea is that fanning may/will disturbe dust or other airborne particles in the area and increase the likelyhood of contaminating the area just cleaned.

6. wound question

   tiggertoo replied to pjs40's topic in Wound

   I am new to nursing, but I just had a LPN convince a doc to leave a stage 2 decub ulcer open to air. It was covered with DuoDerm with Silverdine for the last 2 weeks. I never heard of this in nursing school, the doc said there was no scientific evi...

7. What is a good gift to give CNA's?

   tiggertoo replied to tiggertoo's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the suggestions, I was thinking along the gift card route, as about one half of the CNA's are male. Keep the suggestions comming however.

8. What is a good gift to give CNA's?

   tiggertoo posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just started at a LTC, after my first week I gave all the people that really helped me along a little gift (chocolates) in appreciation. What is a good give to give to your fellow workers just in appreciation of being helpful, supportive etc. Un...

9. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

   tiggertoo replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

   43 when I started, 45 when I finished.

10. Accucheck procedure

    tiggertoo posted a topic in Geriatric

    Do you follow this procedure for your chemsticks? If not, why not? I was taught this way in nursing school but I seem to see few people follow this on the west coast. Advise please? 1. Has the patient wash her hands with soap and warm water, if sh...

11. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    tiggertoo replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Relations

    This IS the scariest forum on this web site, on a number of levels. I've had complaints that I was too nice to patients.

12. Job Hunting - I don't understand

    tiggertoo replied to Pupnshnooter's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that potential employees need to present themselves in the best light to get the job and be polite. However, I have been in the business world for quite a long time. Nursing not so much. I have never seen such unprofessional recruiters as ...

13. New grad just got fired

    tiggertoo replied to rn2day's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the encouragement. I don't think that hospitals or employers in general would open themselves up to lawsuits by reporting anything to anyone. Even when you use them as references they only report the standard worked from mm/yy to mm/yy....

14. Survey for Abused Nurses :

    tiggertoo replied to 43RN20's topic in General Nursing

    I just ordered it used from amazon for $3.89, book $0.40 Shipping & Handling: $3.49 total$3.89 Good tip use ADDALL.COM, search for the book by name or isbn number, it searches all the book sites and will give you a list of all the lowest prices....

15. What Is the Problem With These Nurses?

    tiggertoo replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I had one preceptor that swore that it was a universal concept to give coumadin at 1700 and that of course everyone knows that. She even looked it up in the Drug Reference. She didn't find it.