optimist

optimist has 3 years experience.

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1. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

   optimist replied to mbrn1985's topic in Career Support

   New RN grad here (with LPN experience), very rural southeast, just accepted an offer for outpatient Dialysis position, 3 twelve hour shifts, $24.50/hr.....Im still smiling!

2. Help, I need and RN preceptor!! Triad area

   optimist replied to optimist's topic in North Carolina

   Thank you for replying! Where did you do your clinicals if you dont mind me asking? I live in central NC and cant find anything in Greensboro,High Point, Winston Salem, Thomasville, Asheboro, Kernersville,Lexington, Siler City or Burlington. Everyone...

3. Help, I need and RN preceptor!! Triad area

   optimist posted a topic in North Carolina

   Hi and thanks for taking the time to read, Ive recently been accepted into Davidson County Community College LPN-RN bridge program. For the clinical aspect of instruction, the student is responsible for securing their own preceptor in a acute care/m...

4. What the what??

   optimist replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

   First semester nursing school...explaining my rationales for each med I was giving that day.....couldnt understand why the instructor giggled at me each time I said ass-a-teem-an-if-en (aceteminophen LOL)

5. holiday pay this year-what??

   optimist replied to orla's topic in General Nursing

   Whats with this complaining? You have a job. You get extra pay for working a weekend. You want extra money on top of extra money because its considered a Holiday? What about those that dont observe the holiday? should they not get holiday pay because...

6. Pharm Rep making rounds with the nurse?

   optimist posted a topic in General Nursing

   I do wound care in LTC. Last week I had a pharm rep representing a very popular debriding agent contact me to give a demonstration on the proper application of this med and new guidelines for ordering from pharmacy. I thought it was very nice that sh...

7. Any Parents Working Weekends Only?

   optimist replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

   Ive been working weekends only since my daughter was born in 09 and I wouldnt have it any other way! I didnt want her growing up in daycare, I wanted to be the one to teach her how to walk,potty,talk,manners and I must say that her having a one on on...

8. Advocated for PT against the on-calls orders

   optimist posted a topic in General Nursing

   I do wound care in LTC. I had a pt admitted 6 weeks ago following surgical intervention for hip osteomyelitis. During that hospitalization he suffered many complications from infection including sepsis,prologed ICU stay and intubation.Came to me with...

9. Problems with/in Long-Term Care Facilities

   optimist replied to 12leakec's topic in Geriatric

   *caregiver/staff ratio *inadequate staff training *odor control issues *medicare/medicaid budget cuts *implementing stimulating activities for Alz/dementia pts *mass herding policies that serve to convenience staff instead of pts (i.e. all pts must g...

10. Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    optimist replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    "Tell me when Im in all the way" (measuring the depth of abd fistula) "I dont like how juicy this is today" (referring to copious exudate in previous abd fistula) "could you open your legs a little more? the light in here is terrible and I cant see w...

11. Working with hand stitches

    optimist replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

    Latex finger cots?

12. Resident Care Coordinator

    optimist replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in Geriatric

    Hmm, Is that position in the greensboro NC area? If so I think Ive seen that position advertised for quite some time now. If im not mistaken, I believe that is just a fancy term for a regular LPN slingin meds all day. I think at one time Brookdale wa...

13. Great nursing jobs out there :)

    optimist replied to ICU, BSN, B.S., RN's topic in General Nursing

    I love my job! Been doing wound care in LTC for 2.5yrs now. Weekends only. I love the autonomy of working at my own pace, having the time to take a break or help a L.O.L put her makeup on in the morning,sitting and talking to a lonely demented little...

14. Patients' "home remedies"? What have you seen

    optimist replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    As a child my mother SWORE by mayo on sunburns! Can you imagine my torture in bed at night with HOT MAYO slathered over my face and shoulders. yuck!

15. Nursing home/LTC getting more acute

    optimist replied to adoglover's topic in Geriatric

    I think a lot of this trend is $ related. The SNF Im at is beginning to accept more and more acute pts because they can charge more for their care. As the older 'retirement home' pts expire, they are replaced by trachs, fresh off the vent with multip...