starbin BSN, RN

starbin is a BSN, RN and specializes in Nephro, ICU, LTC and counting.

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1. What is your policy in DVT prevention following joint surgery

   starbin replied to starbin's topic in Orthopedic

   Is there any screening process to determine the risk level like high risk, medium risk and average risk? Or everybody gets a standard treatment? I wonder if it is common to do pre-op screening for DVT...

2. What is your policy in DVT prevention following joint surgery

   starbin replied to starbin's topic in Orthopedic

   Thank you so much Proppy. That helps

3. What is your policy in DVT prevention following joint surgery

   starbin posted a topic in Orthopedic

   I am doing a paper on prevention of DVT following joint surgery. I would very much like to hear from the ortho nurses on what policy their facility has in place to prevent DVT after Knee or Hip...

4. Fresenius as an employer?

   starbin replied to bill4745's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Fresenius as such is not a bad company to work for. They have good benefits and other programs. The experience varies depending on who you work with. And manager plays the big role, followed by your...

5. Go away...is not generally true!

   starbin replied to zuzi's topic in International Nursing

   Yeah. If you go to a place where everybody has one leg, you should also learn to walk with one leg.................otherwise you may find that you aren't welcome in that society..........Not...

6. Go away...is not generally true!

   starbin replied to zuzi's topic in International Nursing

   No offence to anybody but I have experienced that too. They even give the report in native language. We had english only policy but the DON, supervisors and the nurse managers were the first ones to...

7. Go away...is not generally true!

   starbin replied to zuzi's topic in International Nursing

   I am not sure which point you didn't get. In a nutshell, I was trying to say - there wouldn't be so many nurses and other employees from foreign country in one work place had this land not welcomed...

8. Go away...is not generally true!

   starbin replied to zuzi's topic in International Nursing

   I happened to be in the break room of a Nursing home during their lunch hours two days in a row last week. Here is my observation: There were four large round tables with six to eight chairs around...

9. Interesting facts on legal immigration

   starbin replied to lost_stranger's topic in International Nursing

   It is unfortunate that your sister didn't get visa. The officials need to be convinced that you will come back to your country after visiting the US. Probably she wasn't able to convince them strongly...

10. More unemployment news

    starbin replied to Ginger's Mom's topic in Immigration Advice

    Just spoke to two research nurses in a hospital who learned a week ago that their employer couldn't afford them anymore. There was an interview on the local news channel few days ago. A nurse...

11. effects of financial crisis in employment of foreign nurses?

    starbin replied to ecmicahrn's topic in International Nursing

    Agree with what you said-------- million

12. effects of financial crisis in employment of foreign nurses?

    starbin replied to ecmicahrn's topic in International Nursing

    No doubt foreign nurses are hard-working. But I don't like the justification for tolerating exploitation. This is one reason, I think, the nursing organizations should be careful about endorsing the...

13. Awake and alert? The same?

    starbin replied to dotherightthing's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I agree with the PP about the meaning of awake. If you aren't sleeping- you are awake. Alert doesn't always mean that you have to be oriented. Awareness of time, place and person may be categorized...

14. They have spoken..

    starbin replied to SilverSurfer's topic in International Nursing

15. Fresenius starting pay

    starbin replied to tralyn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Based on experience ranges from 27 to 32 dollars. If you do acutes, you will get