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  1. Does your unit have to absorb the cost of sitters? #6225750
    Wow, I wish we could use Posey beds where I work now. Our facility only uses them in psych areas :(
    Mar 7 '12
    Forum: Nursing Issues On Patient Safety
  2. Disciplined For Helping With Disaster #6225472
    Were you called by the ARC to assist with the disaster? I understand due to your previous work as a firefighter, you felt...
    Mar 7 '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  3. Knoxville VS Johnson City/Kingsport pay #6225388
    Last I heard MSHA (the company operating Johnson City Med Center) starts new grads at $18/hr. This is low compared to some...
    Mar 7 '12
    Forum: Tennessee Nursing
  4. Anyone work in Population Management? #6225158
    :confused: Never heard of it...can you elaborate a bit on what's involved?
    Mar 7 '12
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  5. What kind of nursing bag do you have? #5560021
    Cindy, the website is
    Aug 27 '11
    Forum: Nursing Scrubs / Uniforms / Gear
  6. What kind of nursing bag do you have? #5541953
    I use the organizing utility tote from Thirty-One. It's got pockets all around the outside, and the pockets on each end...
    Aug 22 '11
    Forum: Nursing Scrubs / Uniforms / Gear
  7. How long to wait to take the NCLEX??? #5541167
    Depends mostly on how quickly you get your paperwork turned in, and how quickly the school will send your transcripts to the...
    Aug 22 '11
    Forum: Tennessee Nursing
  8. Tricities - Need RN refresher course info #5065787
    Mentoria is pretty good. I took her NCLEX course, and she gave us lots of materials to study on our own time. I don't know...
    Apr 30 '11
    Forum: Tennessee Nursing
  9. Do Nurses Still Make *Real* Beds? #4846015
    Really? I remember our instructors telling us that the pillow case thing came from an old superstition/old wives tale,...
    Mar 14 '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  10. Nursing Shoes #4839461
    I have flat feet and chronic back/leg pain. On someone's recommendation I bought a pair of Alegria shoes and omg I could...
    Mar 12 '11
    Forum: Nursing Scrubs / Uniforms / Gear
  11. Do you have to start everyone's IV for them? #4839395
    I was a phlebotomist for 5 years before nursing school, and never missed an IV in clinicals (even on a patient some of the...
    Mar 12 '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  12. night shift is really hard on me... #4765848
    I too would tend to agree that you should give it some time. I started as a "nurse intern" on a floor working days, then...
    Feb 3 '11
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion
  13. Urine test #4671785
    Just an FYI you can test for nearly anything, drugs or otherwise in the right lab... Our hospital has begun testing for...
    Dec 7 '10
    Forum: General Nursing Discussion