eneed1566

eneed1566 specializes in M/S, ER, GI, Pre-op, QA, JACHO.

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1. I'm an addict

   eneed1566 posted a topic in Recovery

   I finally admitted it, I'll never forget the day. It was Dec. 12th- the day before my graduation from RN school. I had been working as an LPN since 2002 and was finally graduating, but I almost didn't walk. It seemed like my whole life was crashing ...

2. "Your attention, please. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A. Code J, ICU pod A."

   eneed1566 replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

   When JCAHO first started making their unannounced surveys, every hospital would freak out. How would the hospital know when they were coming, how would all the directors/managers know when they were there, etc. When JCAHO does surveys most of the hos...

3. Am I stupid? Med question...

   eneed1566 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

   For that matter, I've dropped pills in the floor before and have had my pts. say "Oh, don't worry about it! You don't need to get me another one, I'll take that!" Well, since it was on the floor I gave it to the pt- J/K! I went and got another pill, ...

4. Tell all about Arkansas!

   eneed1566 replied to military spouse's topic in Arkansas

   We live in NE ARK. COL is low but jobs are poor! Hubby has to travel out of state to find decent pay, along with probably half of our town! I'm sure there are parts of the state that do offer good jobs but I believe this area is not one of them! Many...

5. The field of Nursing is wicked to CENAs..the ugly side no one talks about

   eneed1566 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

   The staff that you work with will make or break you! When I was working at a LTC facility, I, too, worked with one of these 'wicked' nurses. While she was the same rank as I at the time, LPN, it was still uncomfortable giving report to her as she was...

6. single parents and 12 hour shifts.

   eneed1566 replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure if you've found a soln. or not yet--- do you kids currently go to any type of daycare? If so, how about asking some of the parents there for 1 night a week to take your kids home, feed them, etc. It'd prob work best if their kids were your k...

7. I"m confused - take a look at this package...

   eneed1566 replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

   $17/hr? That is less than what graduate nurses start out here in Arkansas! I'd say something is fishy there!! Best of luck to you!

8. JCAHO coming in September...need ideas to get staff ready

   eneed1566 replied to tuttlebug's topic in General Nursing

   I do weekly JCAHO questions of the week, I post 2 questions and then draw the winner out of a list of correct answers. The winner chooses a prize. We are also holding a JCAHO Carnival where each department is setting up a booth with questions related...

9. Hippa

   eneed1566 replied to eneed1566's topic in Educators

   We have an EMS radio at the nurses station which clues people in most of the time if there is something coming into the ED. Also sometimes the nurses call for back-up from the RN on Med/Surg. And, yes even with it being such a small hospital, word tr...

10. Hippa

    eneed1566 posted a topic in Educators

    I have recently been asked to present an in-service on HIPPA to our nurses. Here's the deal... We are a small 25 bed hospital with a pretty active ED. Sometimes when a patient the staff knows or code/trauma comes in some of the staff takes off to the...