jlwerley

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1. How much pain medicine is too much?

   jlwerley replied to jlwerley's topic in Medications

   ill add that there was no decompression surgery, nor is she scheduled for one. to me, in my developing nursing judgement, it seems that our version of pain control is inadequate if q2 dilaudid leaves the pt with a continuous 10/10 pain. it seems to m...

2. How much pain medicine is too much?

   jlwerley posted a topic in Medications

   I am a PCT at a hospital and i just got home from work and experienced a situation that I would like the opinion of outside parties on. A patient has been in our care for several days for pain control of a type I chiari malformation. The pt has orde...

3. Health Care Bill

   jlwerley replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

   http://factcheck.org/2010/03/a-final-weekend-of-whoppers/ this website seems to clear up many of the confusing topics about healthcare and the healthcare bill. helped clear some things up for me, including the fact that since there is no government o...

4. Health Care Bill

   jlwerley replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

   someone asked for a breakdown of the bill, and this was on the home page of comcast: http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-finance/20100320/US.Health.Overhaul.Glance/ now, i am only 21 years old and know nothing about insurance, as all of that is stil...

5. Should I take a caregiver job?

   jlwerley replied to jlwerley's topic in General Nursing

   wow thank you everyone for all your help! i guess i shouldnt get ahead of myself either and assume that i will get a caregiver job either, but i do have a few interviews lined up with them so its a start :) with the jobs i have applied to, they are n...

6. Should I take a caregiver job?

   jlwerley posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone. I am pre-nursing student looking for employment within the spectrum of health care. I have applied to several hospital jobs but have not yet heard back from any. In the mean time, I began looking into home caregiver jobs in my area. M...

7. Senate passes health care bill

   jlwerley replied to jlwerley's topic in Activism

   wow, thank you everyone for your responses! they all shed light on a subject i know little about. i guess one of my bottom line questions is, how will this effect nurses' salaries and job availability/security? i am not yet a nursing student but will...

8. Senate passes health care bill

   jlwerley posted a topic in Activism

   So as of yesterday the Senate passed Obama's healthcare bill; what does this mean for nurses and future nurses? I know there are other threads on this but they are older so I'm just wondering what will change

9. We got into the CLC Nursing program...now what

   jlwerley replied to HospiceRN88's topic in Illinois

   ive taken most gen eds already, just a couple left but i hope to complete them before even applying to the program so that i can focus solely on nursing. how would you rate the program overall, compared to other nursing programs (such as oakton, whic...

10. We got into the CLC Nursing program...now what

    jlwerley replied to HospiceRN88's topic in Illinois

    thanks for the reply, johnny b! as you can see i am in the midst of a big decision (as i am sure many others are here) so any little bit of information helps! 20 hours of reading a week sounds like a lot! i guess its all time management though. whats...

11. We got into the CLC Nursing program...now what

    jlwerley replied to HospiceRN88's topic in Illinois

    so does anyone know about the quality of CLC's program compared to others?

12. CLC nursing

    jlwerley posted a topic in Illinois

    hi everyone, im a new member here and have a new interest in nursing! currently i am physical education teacher education student at illinois state university but am seriously considering moving back home and completing a degree in nursing. i am inte...

13. We got into the CLC Nursing program...now what

    jlwerley replied to HospiceRN88's topic in Illinois

    hi everyone, im a new member here and have a new interest in nursing! currently i am physical education teacher education student at illinois state university but am seriously considering moving back home and completing a degree in nursing. i am inte...