jrivers

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1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   jrivers replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I totally believe that, Lala!

2. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound

   No, but that's a good thing to remember. Thank you!

3. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound

   Thank you for the info. Wasn't familiar with that!

4. Your most amazing wounds and gore!!!! Anyone care to share?

   jrivers replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Wound

   Oh, come on, APO525...that's half the reason I went into nursing! YOLO

5. Your most amazing wounds and gore!!!! Anyone care to share?

   jrivers replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Wound

   Thanks! I responded at the end of the thread.

6. Your most amazing wounds and gore!!!! Anyone care to share?

   jrivers replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in Wound

   Thanks! I am not so sure about Fornier's gangrene with this guy as the s/s don't seem to match up. I arranged a f/u appt w/ his PMD and I hope that even though he's medicaid, the doc will do this poor guy right. I have a feeling there's something goi...

7. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound

   Anyone have experience with scrotal wounds? I have a patient with a sizeable (4x3x0) anterior scrotal wound with significant slough, induration to the "west" of that wound with tiny areas of oozing and slough and a perineal area near a gluteal fold t...

8. New Grad exploring HH

   jrivers replied to barbaralynn's topic in Home Health

   Get your year in med/surg first. It will serve you very well for a career as a field nurse! I've been doing it for a few months now and LOVE it!

9. Home Health Nurses, do you get paid shift/weekend differential?

   jrivers replied to lmsBSN's topic in Home Health

   Wow...I live in New Jersey and just started with a great home health care agency. We have to have "X" amount of credits each week, with the kind of visit we do tied to the number of credits. For instance, an admission is worth more than a revisit. If...

10. Home Health Nurses, do you get paid shift/weekend differential?

    jrivers replied to lmsBSN's topic in Home Health

    Wow...I live in New Jersey and just started with a great home health care agency. We have to have "X" amount of credits each week, with the kind of visit we do tied to the number of credits. For instance, an admission is worth more than a revisit. I...

11. The "bully" nurse

    jrivers replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Relations

    Someone who is venally abusive, critical, nasty and puts their ego above patient care. Someone who is so insecure they feel the need to put ores down around them so they might feel better. Sometimes it is cultural. I have experienced many foreign nu...

12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    jrivers replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    A woman came in with a zit in her ear and was afraid it would pop and "go to her brain"

13. What supplies do you carry on you?

    jrivers replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

    ...and some blunt draw needles

14. how can a nursing home nurse get into a hospital job?

    jrivers replied to RN2783's topic in General Nursing

    Try getting as many certifications in skills that you would need in a med surg setting...also perhaps jumping up the ladder from nh to sar and then the a hospital might help.

15. AA vs BSN: what to do and how to do it

    jrivers posted a topic in General Students

    AA vs BSN: what to do I'm in my 4th semester of an AA RN program and am employed as a PD ERT with Med Surg NA experience. I've just found out my employer is going for magnet status and is no longer hiring AA RNs. I am trying to decide if it would be...