SCRN1

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1. Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

   SCRN1 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

   You can't judge a person's pain level based on whether they're sitting in a recliner watching TV, talking on the phone, laughing, eating, etc. I have had to have numerous orthopedic surgeries, including two total knee replacements on opposite sides ...

2. Questions for those using a pump

   SCRN1 replied to SCRN1's topic in Endocrine

   I've been using my pump for over a year now. I do like it much better than having to take injections and I love having more freedom with when, where & what I can eat again. Yes, I have a cell phone. But I don't wear it.

3. Tech that tells everyone she's a nurse

   SCRN1 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

   To answer the question as to how she got the insulin is that it's very rarely locked up on our floor. Actually, it sits right out in a basket most of the time on the counter where we draw up meds, recheck meds pulled from the pyxis, etc. I don't kn...

4. Tech that tells everyone she's a nurse

   SCRN1 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

   My question is about nursing in 2008. I think we all have had to learn the history of nursing while we were in nursing school. My main concern with this (other than hearing her talk about it) is that she is misrepresenting herself to patients, who b...

5. Tech that tells everyone she's a nurse

   SCRN1 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

   no, i doubt it. the oxygen was just the latest example of why i don't think she's the equivalent of a nurse here. she says all kinds of things that make me wonder. she knows nothing about any medications, she didn't have to take any of the kinds o...

6. Tech that tells everyone she's a nurse

   SCRN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have a nurse tech who is from Germany. She's forever telling everyone...other staff & patients...that she was a nurse in Germany but the United States won't let her practice nursing here without going back to school and earning a degree here. ...

7. I can't believe this! Help again Cardiac Nurses!

   SCRN1 replied to RN75's topic in General Nursing

   Patient's are put on Plavix after having a heart cath with stents being placed. But, they should not take it within 5-7 days before having a CABG. If they are already on it, our patients usually remain in the hospital until they have been off of it f...

8. Possibly offered 3-11 med/surg in hospital; HELP!

   SCRN1 replied to mama_bird's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations on getting your life back!! Good luck working your new shift! I've worked all shifts and think that has got to be the busiest shift of all because it's usually when we get the most admissions in any of the hospitals I've worked in. ...

9. Walmart flip flops

   SCRN1 replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

   Regardless of whether or not it was from latex (which the straps are rubber instead of plastic), I still think it's something in them that she is allergic to. I know there was one other person who said that they also had that kind of reaction. But ...

10. Please help!

    SCRN1 replied to freetofly's topic in Career Support

    Where are you applying? Are you applying at hospitals? I can see having a hard time finding something at somewhere like an office without experience or if it's a specialty area somewhere. Have you tried applying for Med/Surg at a hospital? If you...

11. Walmart flip flops

    SCRN1 replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

    That is horrible. But I wonder if it could be from a latex allergy instead of reaction from lead. I didn't think contact with lead could be that fast. They used to put lead in white gold jewelry and I never heard of anyone's skin breaking out that...

12. nursing in Vegas

    SCRN1 replied to jennyboofRN's topic in Nevada

    I don't know how long it takes, but here's a link where you can call and ask them. http://www.nursingboard.state.nv.us/contactinfo.htm I'm considering taking on a travel job there. Maybe we'll run into each other sometime.

13. Precepting?

    SCRN1 replied to gdelrosa's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think 4 weeks is long enough for a new grad either and 2 weeks at night is just scary!! I've worked nights myself for years and there have been many nights I was busier then than I've been on days. It sounds like you're precepting the same n...

14. Columbia Scrub Store

    SCRN1 replied to Good Doogie's topic in South Carolina

    I've also seen them at Uniform Advantage on Hwy 378 in West Columbia and at Adams Bookstore on Assembly Street.

15. BID Shift

    SCRN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is anyone else doing this where you work? I work per diem at a local hospital to a particular floor. They recently just started doing BID shift there. Actually, those shifts start in Sept., but we just had to start bidding online for them this past...