Nemhain

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1. Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

   Nemhain replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Geez... the average sick days taken on my unit per year is 7 and I've used 4 so far.

2. Fed UP IN MISSOURI!

   Nemhain replied to lorilou22RN's topic in Activism

   I hear ya! I've heard many nurses say that they used to be able to spend more time with patients 6 + years ago when ratios at my hospital were much higher. The paperwork is taking us away from the patient and we have to get after the MDs to sign t...

3. Tucson Medical Center - New Grad Pay?

   Nemhain replied to dancingdoula's topic in Arizona

   I have to say that I've heard nothing but good things about TMC's L&D... seriously. I know that there are approx. 4,000 births a year there! That 's a busy L&D dept. I can't say I've heard the same about the Med/Surg units. I heard that th...

4. Experienced RN help finding work

   Nemhain replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona

   That's what I see coming. Not only what you mentioned above, but my hospital has part-time nurses going to full-time and some inactive RNs returning to the workforce. The "nursing shortage" was created by many RNs leaving the profession or going ...

5. Massage Therapy

   Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona

   Maddie, I'll PM you.

6. Massage Therapy

   Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona

   Maddie, If you look under "Article 2"Licensure; persons and activities not required to be licensed of the Arizona Massage Therapy Board's website, you will see where Licensed health care providers are exempt providing they do not identify themselves...

7. Massage Therapy

   Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona

   maddie, I was a massage therapist for 10 years before becoming a registered nurse, and yes, massage therapy IS within the scope of practice for RNs and has been for quite sometime. Actually, it is within the scope of practice for Physical Therapist...

8. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

   Nemhain replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

   :rotfl: I with you!

9. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

   Nemhain replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

   1) No, I wouldn't be a nurse again. 2) Yes, you should use your MPH.

10. Nursing Surplus?

    Nemhain replied to sgmanda's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. At my hospital there is. We've benefited from the local schools hemorrhaging new graduates. We now fight over who gets to work overtime.

11. IV Administration of drugs...KVO vs numerous saline flushes??

    Nemhain replied to LucyLu's topic in Medications

    I keep a line KVO if I'm going to hang another bag with in two hours during the day or within three hours at night. I find alot of times at night that the pt. would rather be KVO 'cause they don't want to be too disturbed with the flushing. I don'...

12. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    Nemhain replied to RNKPCE's topic in Medications

    No policy at my hospital, but almost everybody dilutes 25 mg of Phenergan in 50ml of normal saline and hang it as a piggy back. We don't need an order to do that (hang it as a PB).

13. What is the worst part about nursing?

    Nemhain replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    You said it, sister! I want to add "management". I've had three other careers before nursing and all of the nursing managers I've had so far (although I know all aren't like this) act unprofessional, are vindictive or are completely clueless about...

14. how many hours do you work a week?

    Nemhain replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm jealous! Very very jealous!!! I want to go down to two 12's a week with the option of working the occasional 3... but you get overtime for it... you lucky devil!!!

15. Need to Understand COAD/COPD and the issue with Oxygen

    Nemhain replied to AussieKylie's topic in New Nurse

    According to Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing (10th ed.), "...because hypoxemia stimulates respiration in the patient with severe COPD, increasing the oxygen flow to a high rate may greatly raise the patient's blood oxyge...