madwife2002 BSN, RN

RN, BSN, CHDN

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About madwife2002

madwife2002 has 26 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.


I Have been a nurse since 1989, I have been very fortunate and I have had a wonderful career

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  1. madwife2002

    Death came to visit

    We have to be so strong when advocating for our loved ones! Sorry for your loss
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    Death came to visit

    Nutella a great insight-In 2000 my mother was diagnosed with a stage 4 uterine ca. The specialist said nothing they could do-too far gone and was not operable. My mother and I had talked for years about end of life care. I lived 5 hours away and wou...
  3. madwife2002

    Death came to visit

    Death came to visit Friday, it was not kind, and it was not peaceful for my friend's mom-it was hard, she struggled so much, her mind was ready, but her body fought her to the bitter end; causing trauma to her loved ones who stayed by her side so she...
  4. madwife2002

    EQ Versus IQ

    Can you give me the link to the studies I would be interested to read
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    EQ Versus IQ

    What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)? | Psych Central Emotional Intelligence 2.
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    EQ Versus IQ

    Cowboyardee-it is indeed a good read It does say that EQ can be used for both good and bad, I am an advocate for EQ because my emotions can be detrimental to me in my position. I need to be able to function more effectively. Since using EQ in my work...
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    EQ Versus IQ

    Emotional Intelligence or EQ Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) is a term created by two researchers - Peter Salavoy and John Mayer - and popularized by Dan Goleman in his 1996 book of the same name. In the recent past it was always considered that IQ...
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    First Nursing Job interview

    Wear business clothes, closed toe shoes Shake hands with your interviewers-even if they don't offer their hands walk over and offer yours Take several resumes and hand to each interviewer If you do not know the answer to the question do not waffle on...
  9. madwife2002

    So is there really a nursing shortage?

    No nursing shortage just a shortage of good nurses
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    Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    Just plain nasty!! I do not want to see anybody in their scrubs in the supermarket
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    An Unexpected Twist

    It happened to me once many years ago, I so totally understand the feeling-The patients wife gave me a folded bill I tried reasoning but they were so instant when I looked it was $100 and I never felt so awful and horrible in all my life I left the m...
  12. madwife2002

    Reported for this?

    Moved to Private Duty Nursing forum at the request of the OP
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    Renal diet and label reading?

    First of all thank you for caring so much that you are asking for advice on the renal diet, two things you need to know are your patients on dialysis or are they on a renal diet to slow down their kidney deterioration? By this i mean are they stage 3...
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    Inquiry about Inactive Nurses

    Welcome to allnurses I have moved your thread to this forum as you will get more responses
  15. Do you have any Renal experience? A lot of dialysis centers are cross training their home nurses these days, the RN's will do the PD and HHD training. It takes about 3 months to train/orientate a RN to PD and the same for HHD. You can be expected to ...