Racey328 replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Geriatric
Why do families torture their ones? I know there is a fear of letting go and not doing "all that you can", but geez do they really want to live this way? I had a resident that had a CVA, but was alert and the family put her on hospice, NPO, nothing...
Racey328 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Pre-Nursing
I always hated cardiac, however I did 3 semesters on a cardiac tele unit and found my calling. The fact of the matter is there is not really a job market right now so here I sit working in LTC. It is terrible. The whole corp. is more interested in...
It really does depend on the shift. I work 3rd shift with roughly 50 residents, which is okay as long as you have someone else there to help out if needed when things go wrong. First or second shift 30 is about the max I would go. You would have to ...
Med. surg for sure, but cardiac has give you alot of experience to because EVERYONE has a cardiac history and sometimes are on cardiac floors for other things.
First things first. You can NOT do it all. Trust me, I am in my last semester of nursing school. I thought it was bad in the beginning and now it's even worse. I thank my wonderful husband everyday, but I am just recently married and I did my fir...
Racey328 replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing
Yup we do this, but they can get the basic channels for free. If they want to upgrade its $6 or more if they want movies. I think it is crazy, but everyone is just trying to make a buck.
Racey328 replied to Jenthenutritionnut's topic in General Nursing
First of all CONGRATS! Oncology- Chemo precautions, how to manage side effects of chemo & radiation, different types of chemo & radiation and the precautions you need to teach your patients, what to do in case of a spill, pallitive care, DRUG...