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  1. NAI descent: Roll Call

    According to tribal law and the US govenerment, I am Tsagli, as my maternal side is Cherokee. (according to daddy though, I'm HIS daughter and therefore am Choctaw. ha ha
  2. TB-PPD info/HELP please

    The school( 24 hr residental) where I work is going to start having us give PPD's to students and employees. I know that when I worked in the clinic there was questions we asked BEFORE we did the test, and info we gave to the patient. I looked and lo...
  3. Crossing Over to Psych Nursing...advice please

    I think you will know fast if the place is not for you. IF they don't give you an excellent course (FOR SEVERAL HOURS/3 or so days,not IN 1 day)in a PMAB program of some type BEFORE you go on a floor your in for a bad time probably, and COULD be uns...
  4. I would like some advice

    It depends on your personality, and also the type of PT in those 10 beds. With 30 yrs of PSYCH experience, and 10 as only nurse on 24 bed lock down unit (had ALOT of good tech's though), if it was a CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY unit, i'd fall on my face. SO...
  5. I would like some advice

    It depends on your personality, and also the type of PT in those 10 beds. With 30 yrs of PSYCH experience, and 10 as only nurse on 24 bed lock down unit (had ALOT of good tech's though), if it was a CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY unit, i'd fall on my face. SO...
  6. Child Psy. Unit/Grrrrr+gripe

    I am really in a ticked off mood. I am a pedi nurse (working NICU/and a psy. nurse(working PSYCH.ICU and kids unit). I love doing both, especially because I keep my brain in both worlds, Medical and Psych. I have been a LVN for 30 yrs, so I have bee...
  7. I PASSED(wellllll, kinda)

    HEY GUYS, I went to the library to study some Ref. Books for this test, and happened to catch the used book room open. I found FOUR nursing books (and two on NEONATAL/PEDI KIDS) and only cost ONE dollar apiece. NONE of them were over three years old...
  8. Ranting/Agency tests/Rn vs LVN

    OKay OkaY, I know I should have just went ahead and gone back to school along time ago for my RN license, but I didn't. And now gonna pay for it! Last week (after working five days in Level 11 nursery for Hermann's PREMEIER agency/float pool), they ...
  9. First Agency Job This Week

    I've been an agency nurse for almost as long as I've been a nurse. (20 yrs) One thing I know is that I remember no matter what unit/what hospital, If I have my Kardex, Mars, Med cabinet, charts, and supply rooms, then rest will take care of itself! W...
  10. Nursing neglect... Tornados

    I was raised in Oklahoma, and spent my formative years/nights (sic) in a torando shelter. I remember coming up from the shelter and seeing the comforting green light on the downtown tower that signaled "All Clear" for our town. In my heart, I don't...
  11. Nurses eating their young-venting

    I have found that those nurses that are like this are really in doubt about their own abilities or shortcomings, in nursing, and/or in their private life, and look for someone to bully just like in kiddy school. I remember when I was a young nurse, a...
  12. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    I've been an LVN for twenty years, and have learned alot about the whole ball of wax. If I was you, I would ck out the other hospital's/places around the area you work (and look within a 25 mile zone) and see what the LVn's are making there! I kno...
  13. Primary v/s Secondary Agencies.

    I had posted early about what was going on with Houston Agencies (no work, or little of it, and LOTS of cancellations with all my old agencies) and FINALLY figured it out,and work all I want now, but sure isn't what I CALL really AGENCIES!! See, the...
  14. HEEELP-need practice test for Assessment tool

    Hey. If anyone knows of any site that has any FYI's or self assessment or practice tests for working in Neonatal nursery, (ESPECIALLY for Level II nursery), I would SURE appreciate knowing. I am (or was) a Level II nurse, and pedi nurse for years, b...
  15. What's up with Houston Agencies/Hospitals

    I have been a LVN for 20 years (man, I am getting REALLY OLD), and most of that time I have been an agency nurse. Recently I moved back to Texas and reg. with my old agency, and a new one. Though I prefer working pedi/ and step down nursery, I can ...