AprettynewRN

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1. Suggestions Appreciated

   AprettynewRN replied to AprettynewRN's topic in Wound

   Thank you very much. I know most nurses I know also say yuk and think I'm crazy also. They just don't get how interesting wound care etimology and treament is, not to mention with all the superbugs emerging, how needed. And I guess nobody enjoys...

2. Do you see informatics growing or shrinking in the next 5 years?

   AprettynewRN replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in Informatics

   Well said. Should note that smart cards are emerging here too. What they're really useful for, rather than storing records (though obviously there is a mandate for providers to give pt their encounter record in an e-format), the patients private ce...

3. Do you see informatics growing or shrinking in the next 5 years?

   AprettynewRN replied to stephenfnielsen's topic in Informatics

   It will shrink for many people having a field day with their 'epic implementation consulting', etc. First, meaningful use rush will calm down. it does not take nearly so many persons to maintain or upgrade a system as to implement it for the first t...

4. Career Fair Presentation

   AprettynewRN replied to nkochrn's topic in Informatics

   Maybe pick from a selection of emerging technologies like robotics in healthcare,pain measuring sensors and medication delivery, patient identifier smartcards, mobile care and communications with their PCP, etc. Videos, poster displays, sample periph...

5. Suggestions Appreciated

   AprettynewRN posted a topic in Wound

   Hi; As you can see from my alias I'm fairly new to nursing (about 2.5 years) though I have worked med/surg and floated ICU. Have been interested in ostomy and wound care for years based on a personal family experience. Does it make finding a job as...

6. Please Help Make Retractable Safety Needles Mandatory

   AprettynewRN replied to LRB79's topic in Safety

   I agree with the people who said that sub-standard "safety" needles do more harm than good, and especially that any protective needle is potentially dangerous if people aren't shown how to use them properly. I know where I started nursing they didn'...

7. No more Mr. Nice Guy (New Year Resolution)

   AprettynewRN replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

   Probably easier said than done but really good advice.

8. New Health Care Bill

   AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

   Talk about projection and irony-impairment! Not to mention disingenuity. "Put down your crackpipe"? Wow. That's even better than your recent clownish demands to know how much of the hard-earned uberwealthies fortune, moi, a backbreaking hard-working ...

9. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

   AprettynewRN replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Union

   How depressing. I suppose as a newbie with an outsider viewpoint what's going on is as more people don't have insurance (read aren't getting profitable elective surgeries), as health care costs rise, and as fewer wage-earners are paying taxes (either...

10. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    I completely agree with this. However I scrolled up in the thread and realized quickly I wasted several hours responding factually to his/her nonsense. Obviously no matter how many times others have proved his/her claims incorrect, s/he just goes ...

11. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    I was "garbling" about the misinformation you were posting regarding harzard duty pay which I have addressed in a seperate post. The information is readily available on military.com and only the lower grades get that 150, plus you get additional bene...

12. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    Canada most certainly does NOT have nationalized healthcare. Now everyone repeat after me, single-payer healthcare is not (at all) the same thing as nationalized healthcare. Agree with you on the stigma being lessened. Don't agree most people on we...

13. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    Clearly were way way up there in rank too..considering that the 150 flight crew pay you're citing is only for the bottom pay grades. The TRUTH is it changes with pay grade, a person can qualify for more than one hazard duty incentive concurrently, a...

14. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    RE> Your wish was my command! The source of the stuff you're spewing is from CPS Crossroads, a flaming far right Republican PAC , the garbage which was echoed by the usal right-leaning media outlets such as Murdoch's papers, AM radio, and radical ...

15. New Health Care Bill

    AprettynewRN replied to rodmoser's topic in Activism

    My God. Sometimes words truly fail.