My hospital is in the process of obtaining magnet status and they have already begun demoting LPN's to glorified CNA positions. The word is they're fixing to stop hiring associate degree RN's and hire only BSN RN's.
You were making $35/hr at your previous job as an RN,--being a new nurse? Salary.com is dead on the money when it comes to my area. I make +-$50 of what they listed as a fairly new nurse. I'm due for my 1st year raise, however.
While I feel empathetic toward this woman's loss, I hope she doesn't get paid jack. Take away all the legal mumbo jumbo and the husband was simply holding his wife still. In nursing school we were always taught to include dad in the whole birthing ...
DustinRN replied to geminiskittels's topic in General Nursing
Toradol isn't recommended for more than five straight days due to its risk for major side effects. Its dangerous effects are directly proportional to the dosage and length of treatment.
I've done 7 cases so far and I'm just trying to figure out how people can remember all these algorithms for each individual case. A lot of things are starting to run together. Do most of you remember the algorithms by heart or do you just have a ge...
This question is from the ACLS provider manual. In case you don't have the manual I will write the question out. You have to have the ECC guidelines 2000 manual to get the answers to these questions and I don't have that manual. I'm going over cas...
I've never had a patient with TVP or TCP. Are there no spikes on the ECG to show you when the pacemaker is firing? I've never had a patient with one so I'm just wondering.