longforseaair

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1. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

   longforseaair replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   kafene, thanks so much for the up words, I've been needing them, feeling low. jingle2bells, which cities have the demand you speak of? In case of....ha!

2. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

   longforseaair replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   I have felt for some time that there has been no nursing shortage in our area. Recently, one of the bigger hospitals laid off a number of nurses and replaced them with new grads. Another hospital has a hiring freeze and it is a rumor that my hospit...

3. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   longforseaair replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   As old and tired as this saying is, just wishing it away won't work. Some nurses do treat new grads, younger nurses and new employees in a despicable way. In an environment of CYA all the time, it is worse. There is every type of person in the w...

4. Career change/why so neg on nursing?

   longforseaair replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

   Well, maybe it is because our places of work don't care a thing about us as people, only as warm bodies? We watch our hospitals lay off fifty employees who were about to retire or have poured their heart and soul into their jobs, greatly neglecting ...

5. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   longforseaair replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Well, it is a tiring topic, and it's getting better I think, but I went through things no one should have to endure. As a new nurse, when I asked two of the most senior nurses a question, they most generally said either "call the doctor" or some st...

6. Doctors Enter Their Own Orders??

   longforseaair posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do the doctors at your hospital enter their own orders into the computer? We are soon to be using a new system where this is supposed to occur. We nurses wonder how it will work and how will we know when a new order has been entered. Especially a ...

7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   longforseaair replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   It's really true that some have the chest pain thing figured out. They get admitted and an overnight stay with morphine. And the first thing they ask for on the floor after morphine is food. Some of them truly have cardiac disease, often from drug...

8. Steroids for pneumonia?

   longforseaair replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

   I'm asking this because I was recently told by an RT that a certain patient was refused steroids he requested because they are not given to pt with pneumonia. I don't understand, since I see prednisone or solumedrol given so much. It made me questi...

9. Steroids for pneumonia?

   longforseaair posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you see steroids given for pneumonia? Why or why not?

10. Rash????

    longforseaair posted a topic in General Nursing

    My doctor does not know what this rash is covering my face and neck. It is rough and red and has very small clear vesicles. It is even in my ears and nares. It is itchy and burns a little bit. The last time I had this, I had put Tea Tree Oil and ...

11. Other ways to get BP?

    longforseaair replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, tried doppler and also dynamap.

12. Other ways to get BP?

    longforseaair replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    This pt. is a frequent flier and usually exacerbation of CHF.

13. Other ways to get BP?

    longforseaair posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know any other ways to assess a BP when it can't be heard anywhere or palpated? This pt BP has been done in the thigh for a while now. Now, it can't be heard or palpated. It disappears by doppler at around 60 mmhg as the cuff is inflat...

14. Being Charge

    longforseaair replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to take fewer patients but we are not allowed to do that. And supposedly, all charge means in our unit is making bed assignments, but it always eats a lot or time because the staff expects us to do all the problem solving, helping the n...

15. My son is missing

    longforseaair replied to Katnip's topic in General Nursing

    Thanking God your son is found and am praying for you and your family.