judyblueeyes

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1. Requesting to not have a certain patient

   judyblueeyes replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   Don't feel bad about making the request. We do it quite a bit on our very large antepartum unit. We have patients that we need to "take turns" with- both good and bad. Usually, when the charge is making the assignment, she passes a paper around for ...

2. Rumor of a six month 200K RN position in Iraq????

   judyblueeyes replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

   Also, this: http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/nurse/corps_benefits.jsp You can make the most of your time and career by taking advantage of the benefits available to nurses serving in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Not only will you come to know the pride tha...

3. Rumor of a six month 200K RN position in Iraq????

   judyblueeyes replied to pdaddy's topic in General Nursing

   I looked around the web and could not find any job listings for nurse in Iraq or Afghanistan. The only articles I saw were about nurses who are also enlisted military members. It appears there are not any high paying jobs to these places. I did see a...

4. Coaching women during childbirth has little impact

   judyblueeyes replied to URO-RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Professionally, I agree that coaching provided little benefit. Personally, I took no classes and had no birthplan with my first. the baby came anyway! LOL!

5. 1 gram of Sodium = ?

   judyblueeyes replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   A raisin?

6. "A Walk to Beautiful"

   judyblueeyes replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I saw it, also. You can watch many PBS/NOVA shows on their website for free. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

7. An answer to them calling everyday!

   judyblueeyes replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

   I don't mind when they call.. I rather like it. Keep calling!

8. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

   judyblueeyes replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a pt complaint once about something trivial like that, too. She complained that food service forgot to bring her a soda, so I secured one for her- with a cup of ice. She asked me to pour it for her (!) and later complained that I ruined her dri...

9. Doctor Practices that Dump Patients

   judyblueeyes replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Here is an intersting article about a Doc who didn't want a particluar patient I read recently: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1681838,00.html

10. Would you consider a home birth?

    judyblueeyes replied to 2curlygirls's topic in NICU

    "The Business of Being Born, a documentary directed by Abby Epstein and produced by talk-show host Ricki Lake, is a generous-spirited tribute to the practice of home birth. It's full of moving (and surprisingly ungross) filmed deliveries, including t...

11. Highest paid nursing field?

    judyblueeyes replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    More Onet info..the 25 top paying jobs: Top 50 Highest-Paying Occupations by Median Hourly Wages These are the occupations with the highest median hourly wages in 2006. Annual wages are considered if the hourly wage is unavailable. Select an occupat...

12. Highest paid nursing field?

    judyblueeyes replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    Onet says about registered nurses: Wages & Employment Trends National Median wages (2006) $27.54 hourly, $57,280 annual Employment (2004) 2,394,000 employees Projected growth (2004-2014) Faster than average (21-35%) Projected need (2004-2014...

13. Highest paid nursing field?

    judyblueeyes replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, money won't buy you happiness, but it will allow you to have a comfortable life which can get you closer to happiness sometimes. Try "O-Net"...not sure if it is a dot-com or dot-net. It has a lot of information about jobs including pretty accu...

14. What does you health insurance cost?

    judyblueeyes posted a topic in Activism

    Mine is 12,500 per year. I pay half and my employer pays half. This is for a family of 4 (2 adults and 2 children) and includes dental and vision.

15. Pinky finger issue

    judyblueeyes replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I recall their names as hallux (or was that pallux...one is the thumb, the other the toe), indices, impudens, annulus and minimus.