Nurse A is core employee of hospital who works evening shift and stayed over in same department to work double. Nurse B is per diem and been scheduled to work in same department as Nurse B. Who gets to float to another department Nurse A or Nurse B?
PACs are P then P-QRS, correct? It's like two P waves per QRS? The PR intervals remain the same. This was just another either p or u wave right after the T wave. Definitely not Wenckebach if that is what you're thinking. There was no lengthening PR i...
Thanks for the reply. Here's the EKG strip from what I can remember. If you can kinda picture it in your mind ;-) P-QRS-T-->p? or u? wave----->P-QRS-T-->p? or u? wave ---->P-QRS-T --->P-QRS-T This was only found in V2, V3 and V4 and ...
Hi All, Last night at work, one of my patient's nephew took a picture of me providing patient care to his aunt. I told him you cannot take picture of me without asking my permission. He denied taking picture but I know he did because of the flash and...
delabeaux wrote: "...Thus, if you come on over, be prepared, and if it is your life's passion, none of the above will matter." So true and that applies to all professions, not only nursing. I knew one nurse that quit her job to go back as a salesper...
Since you don't like taking care of patients, maybe you can go for the academic side in nursing like teaching or in research (though you might still have to deal with patients but it is not like the 8 or 12hr kind of direct patient care... if you kno...
ninjago replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Relations
I was just thinking about what OP said, one doctor orders a med and another doctor d/c it only to have the other doctor order it again. so here's the scenario: nurse: Mr X, here is the new medicine doctor A order for you. (gives med to pt to take) pa...
Nursing responsibilities are different from doctors. And you may have clinical exp as an MD in your home country, but you will have to adjust to the U.S. way, culture, the tech equipment and all. Aside from switching duties to nursing from a doctor. ...
Call or go to Excelsior Website. Your transcript needs to be evaluated by credential evaluators ( they will let you know which one they use) then from that, they can tell you the needed subjects/pre-reqs that you still have to take before the actual...
I vote for agency. I am an ED RN and agency. Loving it!!!! I control my own work days and shifts pretty much. I just pick whatever shifts and days I am willing to work. No asking boss for vacation. Unlimited vacation time if I wanted to. Don't have t...
ninjago replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in Emergency
I didn't know we can get the TNCC book ahead of time. I got the book on the first day of TNCC class, listened attentively to what the instructor is teaching, read the book and above all, always remember the ABCs. You can make it. I did and I had less...
ninjago replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing
No, only fake nurses do it...just kidding! We use IV pumps so it's been awhile since I counted drips. I hook pts in monitor for vitals so unless I'm giving cardiac meds like digoxin, I get apical heart rate and use my wristwatch. Giving IV meds, on t...
ninjago replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency
Noah: "I would think that sugarcoating something is not objective information. I was not trying to offend my supervisor. I was trying to show how much this patient did not want to get up because when I had written inappropriate language, the man is...