LisaMR

LisaMR has 10 years experience and specializes in Surgical ICU 3 years, L&D 7 years.

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1. General Rant.

   LisaMR replied to delabeaux's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing started out using this approach and it was with the hospital-based programs. Most of them were about 3 years long, and you pretty much worked the floors as your clinicals. By the time the nurses graduated, they could easily step right into t...

2. Flu Shot Clinic Question

   LisaMR posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm finishing up the online training modules to work flu shot clinics soon. The injections are the easy part, but the paperwork seems completely confusing and am wondering if it's easier in person than it appears? Anyone done this, and what has your...

3. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

   LisaMR replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

   I recently completed an RN Refresher course that included 8 shifts (12 hours each) in a hospital. What a humbling experience, lol. I was treated for the most part like I'd never stepped foot in a hospital, and was a student, even though I had 10 year...

4. OK- need some help with ancient nursing history

   LisaMR replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

   I never took care of diabetics when working but do remember in school clinicals having patients that were diabetic. We gave sliding scale insulin based on urine glucostix results in the early 80's. What shade the strip was determined how much insulin...

5. OK- need some help with ancient nursing history

   LisaMR replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

   "Almost 100 percent of the safety features introduced in the 1980's came about due to AIDS. Sadly ironic benefit of that awful disease" Sad, but true. When I first worked in ICU, we didn't wear gloves to start IVs, suction patients, empty gastric...

6. OK- need some help with ancient nursing history

   LisaMR replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from college in 1984 and we had sharps containers at that time. Most of them had you cutting off the needle and then putting the rest of the syringe in another container, sometimes it was made of heavy cardboard....and occ something sharp...

7. Fill me in

   LisaMR posted a topic in Hospice

   I've been thinking about hospice nursing for years, since my father died and had excellent care with hospice. Is is possible to work part-time or prn for a hospice doing home visits? What are the pluses and minuses of working in an inpatient hospi...

8. Returning after 17 years out of nursing

   LisaMR replied to LisaMR's topic in Retired

   I live in Broward county , Florida....the Ft Lauderdale area. I took the RN Remedial class at Capscare in Lake Worth. It was a bit of a drive doing the clinicals but much easier than the other closest option of Miami.

9. Getting a Home Health job

   LisaMR posted a topic in Home Health

   I'm an RN that's returning to work after being home for 17 years. My previous experience was in SICU and then L&D. For a variety of reasons, I would like to work Home Health at this point in my life. Any advice for breaking into this field? I'...

10. How is this possible? Being Diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes at 20

    LisaMR replied to Still Riding's topic in Endocrine

    This is to Neliii: Two of our kids have type 1, one dx at age 18 mos and she's now 8yo. The other is our eldest son, who was dx just over a year ago at age 22yo. I highly recommend a great website: http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com It's full o...

11. Finding an RN job

    LisaMR posted a topic in General Nursing

    Best advice on how to go about this? I've been applying online to everything I am remotely qualified for, and have had one interview that I got through the recommendation of a friend, but unfortunately they can't hire right now due to low census and...

12. Salaries? No idea what to expect.

    LisaMR posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm re-entering the workforce after 17 years at home. As an RN, I really don't know what to expect for salaries in my area, since none of the job listings will say, and I don't know any currently employed RNs to ask about it. I live in Broward Coun...

13. Returning after 17 years out of nursing

    LisaMR posted a topic in Retired

    Hi all, I saw some older threads about this, but thought I'd bring it up again. I'm Lisa, a "mature" RN returning to the workforce, hopefully. I have 7 kids ranging from 23yo down to 5yo and our youngest is getting ready to start Kgarten in a few wee...