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  1. Bit Off More Than I Can Chew

    Since you have been there less than 90 days I don’t think they can ding you. You can say it’s not the right fit for you, and then say you are moving. Most places have a 90 day probational period. If you quit after 6-12 months that would look worse...
  2. I work in an outpatient psych clinic. We are a specialty clinic within a larger primary care clinic. I was asked by one of the MDs I work with to tell a new patient via telephone (all of our patient contact is via telephone except for in person MD ...
  3. I completely understand your frustration. You are so right how we are constantly making sure the doctors don't "accidentally" kill the patients. I think there's even a facebook page called that. Nurses we do so many jobs and get no credit or appre...
  4. Nurse wants to volunteer oversea.

    A couple other ones are IVHQ, GVI, and Project Cure. You pay to do this, it's voluntary.
  5. Homecare Advice

    is it computerized charting? I think that's the way to HH. That way you don't have to go in to the office every day and can chart in the patient's home. I try to chart as much as I can in the home, then try to finish my charting in the car in the ...
  6. Not a real nurse huh?

    Jeesh? A real nurse? What's that supposed to mean? We are all nurses, whether we are school nurses, home health nurses, hospital nurses, retired nurses, former nurses, nurse managers. We need good school nurses, too, because perhaps you may be th...
  7. New nice car

    Maybe get a small used car like a Yaris, Ford Focus, or Honda with really great gas mileage, is cheap, low maintenance, and inconspicious. Then buy a nice car for your husband/weekends. It's a bonus to have a small car cause you can fit in tight sp...
  8. How to work towards a research career?

    While I do not have any experience in nurse research, I would suggest find work on a gero or gero-psych unit preferably in a teaching hospital/hospital affiliated with a university. Stay there for at least 2 years. Maybe even work part-time/per die...
  9. Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    I think the best thing that your employer should do is hire a safety officer (a vet to give them a job and put their skills to good use as a civilian) to be on-site should any threats occur. I think it's absurd you would bring a gun to work and even...
  10. I must make a confession

    LOL. I'm sure there's plenty of times I would've loved to do that!!. Pack some power bars that you can just chow down for a half minute in the break room and finish the other half before you see the next patient. Or you can get that guu stuff that...
  11. embarrassing situation

    hi everyone, I came across an embarrassing situation last week and want to know if I did the right thing. We have our patients write down their medications and we go over it with them to double check for accuracy. The patient had their BP and chol ...
  12. IV removal etiquette?

    Two questions: 1)how to remove IVs without getting drops of blood on patients? 2) Do you always glove your removed IV and then throw in trash? I just feel like I will stick myself doing that.
  13. Please clarify allergies for me.

    Thanks guys. I understand the whole iodine thing, but the tech(?) was like, ask if they are allergic to shellfish if they are allergic to Sulfa? WTH? Ok well I ask a patient all of their allergies but this was a bit strange. English wasn't his fi...
  14. Is there any correlation with Sulfa, shellfish, latex, and iodine? A coworker tried to tell me that I need to ask if pts re allergic to shellfish if they are allergic to Sulfa? Is this true? It must be wrong. So confused! What do I need to know a...
  15. oxygen sTaturations

    I HATE Diabaet-ez. Isn't it Diabeeteez?