pcbnurse

pcbnurse

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pcbnurse has 27 years experience.


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  1. I would not work in a SNF as a new grad. There are so many other options out there for you, unless you love working with geriatrics. What is your passion? What is it that you really want to do? Then go for that. As a new grad, most hospitals are ...
  2. The dumbest things you've heard from a provider

    In the PACU my patient's K+ was low and I let the surgeon know. He said, "give her a banana". (Waited over an hr for food service to bring it, never came, pt discharged) about 2 hrs later, said banana arrived, I ate it!
  3. I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    I lasted 7 weeks. (Should have quit at 3 weeks) What a mess!
  4. I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    Florida
  5. I'm back! And so far I like it!

    Good for you, What agency are you with now?
  6. I quit my Home Health Nursing job!

    I worked for a rather large HHC here in the South. The GM was new, the DON started after I did and the Patient Care Coordinator started one week prior. I was seeing patients all over town, driving 150 miles per day without a gas allowance or mileag...
  7. Help! Lots to consider

    I have been a clinical sales nurse for the past two years. I was recently laid off from a large corporation and now find myself seeking employment. I applied at all the local hospitals with no luck, probably due to not having any recent bedside ...
  8. Doctors office job..think I made a mistake...

    I would approach the doctor and flat out say "I"M BORED!" What kind of practice is it? Could you possibly do skin care, wound care, teeth whitening? I go to a family practice doctor (on rare occasions) and he has gotten into all kind of stuff. Wei...
  9. Alaris pca pump...most annoying IV pump ever!

    The key to not getting the "air in line" is to always prime your tubing slowly. The extra 5 seconds it takes to do this, will avoid all of those annoying allarms!!
  10. Advice, what would you have done in this situation?

    You may also want to put a sign on your Med Room Door " Please do not ENTER this room if Nurse is Preparing Medications" or Please do Not Interupt Nurse in Medication Room"
  11. Will I find work if I quit for 1-2 years?

    I quit Nursing for 2 years several years ago. It did take awhile for me to get back into hospital nursing. I applied for several jobs and was turned down because I had no recent experience. I worked for a doctors office for a year and then took a ...
  12. At a Crossroads *again!!

    Long story: Background is that I have been a nurse for 24 years. I am currently doing Home Health, Infusions and thought it would be great to be a Nurse Educator! I applied at one of the big companies and actually got the position. Its per diem, ...
  13. Which job should I pursue?

    ER, lots more exciting and you will develop all ICU skills by default
  14. Pacifying a difficult family that will not listen to reason??

    I actually have a friend who's mother is in ICU today, dying. She is 84 years old and is in resp failure, has C Diff, and a host of other problems. She is now a DNR. My friend called me in tears stating that her mother is receiving horrible care, ...
  15. I agree, there is no way I could do home care right out of school! Most of the IV's I start are very difficult and there is no back up nurse if I can't get it first stick. Wound vacs can be tricky too. You are the doctor's eyes and ears. I just s...