BarbPick

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1. Specialization after Graduation???

   BarbPick replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   You get it cuz you lived it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Specialization after Graduation???

   BarbPick replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   I sincerely thank you.

3. Medical patients on post-partum floor?

   BarbPick replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Safety

   The american Nurses Association has created an RNc specialization of the "Nurse Generalist." This is the specialist of the future. With the nursing shortage, everyone has to adapt or not work there.

4. Medical patients on post-partum floor?

   BarbPick replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Safety

   This is one of the best posts I have ever read. I admire your insight. Putting on my Oncology CNS hat, when I am in the hospital, they have everything but an Oncology majority on the unit. It seems to be a trend to put oncology and Diabetes patien...

5. Medical patients on post-partum floor?

   BarbPick replied to tiliimnrn's topic in Safety

   No one wants to listen when an older nurse tells all to do a full year of med surg. I will sit back and see Mother / baby nurses irrigate a post op TURP, have to de gunk G tubes, give pateints go lightly, Drop Ng's, Decubitus care, have a Lumbar CSF...

6. Specialization after Graduation???

   BarbPick replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   I made my comments. follow the thread. Called out by name for giving my opinion like there is just one way. I do not believe in going to a specialty without learning how to organize time, learing how to tell when someone any age becomes ill . I h...

7. Specialization after Graduation???

   BarbPick replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   This is not 40 years ago, as you are comparing to a nurse in the 60's. This is recognizing when a patient becomes ill very quickly. I will not get into an arguement. It amazes me how quickly some are to use someone name in their reply, when they di...

8. Coumadin and Cranberry Juice

   BarbPick replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

   The more people add to this thread, the happier I am to keep my house. I have one IV reminder, Dilantin, don't forget to flush the tubing before and after with saline.

9. Specialization after Graduation???

   BarbPick replied to mspringer's topic in General Nursing

   I always use my Cousin Susan in all of my examples of mistakes, , well just some of them. Anyway, she went straight into Mother/Baby for 18 year, did not float much and her job was phased out. She was under the impression she was a nurse who could d...

10. Travel nursing agencies

    BarbPick replied to Ebeza's topic in Travel

    I read from a travel nurse's site that Motel 6 allows you to bring pets.

11. Liability insurance

    BarbPick replied to KarenAR's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing Service Organization reprsents CNA insurance, same thing

12. Liability insurance

    BarbPick replied to KarenAR's topic in General Nursing

    I have my life insurance with NSO. Their malpractice Insurance is the most popular and easy to keep in touch with. I have seen people squabble back and forth. No disrespect for the nurse who says she has been deposed three times and nothing happ...

13. need advice RE: disclosing board monitoring

    BarbPick replied to vanburbian's topic in Management

    Keep this quiet, no one is sposta know this but in your prospective nursing unit, one out of three nurses has had to have monthly reports done on them also. See the one over, there, no don't look now, wait, ok look, she bounced checks and has to pay...

14. Hepatitus b vaccine

    BarbPick replied to Balco's topic in International

    You start getting immunity immediately. You will be fine. On the other hand, I had my series in 1986 and was tested in 2003 and I needed to get immunized again, I had a booster shit. I showed antiboties a month later. It is more important to be im...

15. want to move to florida

    BarbPick replied to osprey's topic in Urology

    I make sure I see snow every year. Usually with relatives in Philly.