DonnaRN

DonnaRN

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Begin RN2BSN program Fall 2005

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  1. Warm mist vaporizer or cool mist humidifier?

    Have to agree with the cool mist. If you're having trouble breathing, warm air tends to give a suffocating feeling (firsthand asthma experience speaking here!). The cooler air makes it much easier to breathe. In the pediatric practice where I work,...
  2. How long is your LPN or RN program?

    I think it depends on the area you're in and the degree of the nursing shortage there. For example, our local hospital hires mainly RNs and have tried to eliminate LPNs by attrition - as they leave, they are replaced with RNs. However, we live in a...
  3. Dissect a cat?!

    From what I understand, this is common practice in many nursing schools, including the one I graduated from. We had to dissect in groups, and although I did watch, I never actually touched the cat. As it happens, I'm severely allergic and my allerg...
  4. Difference Between a New Nurse and an Old Nurse

    Funny....but true! :roll Saw myself in a lot of those "experienced" nurse descriptions. Kinda' scary! I guess I've been around longer than I thought! Donna :)
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  6. Sites for free CEUs?

    Medscape usually has a pretty good selection of free CEU's and a CEU tracker so you know what you've got. You can also add CEU's from other sources to get a more accurate total. Hope this helps! Donna :)
  7. Worst Night of My Entire Career

    LoveRN, I'm so sorry you had such an awful shift. Sometimes people forget that night shift can be just as awful as day shift in its own ways. Because my shifts (day or night) usually wound up like that, I gave up hospital nursing and have stuck mai...
  8. When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    I have to agree. Having had my newborn daughter die almost an hour after being born, if I had heard that played in the hospital I probably would have wanted to do the same thing. It's been six years now, and it wouldn't be as traumatic, but it woul...
  9. Working with the kids.

    While it's true kids can be fun, working in a pediatric office for the past 8 months has helped me learn that for the most part, it's really hard work! They don't like having temps taken, being weighed, getting breathing treatments, immunizations, a...
  10. Interview anyone?

    Hi everyone, I'm currently pursuing my RN-BSN online and am presently taking a Nursing informatics course. I need to interview an Information Systems director for a short paper, consisting of only 3-4 easily answered quetsions (educational backgroun...
  11. *rant* "Nurse" at office answering questions.

    Sadly, this happens quite frequently. In an office I once worked in, the doctor perpetuated the situation by telling patients to ask "one of the nurses" if they needed anything. I was the ONLY licensed nurse in the the office. Really burnt my cook...
  12. Is anyone near or in the path of Katrina?

    Although I'm not affected directly, my aunt and her family are in the direct path of the hurricane (suburb of N.O.). They've left to go....somewhere....they really don't know where they're going at this point as the other cities are so overwhelmed. ...
  13. What is the difference in

    The only thing I might add is that JCAHO is a voluntary survey and the facility must pay (quite a bit, from what I understand) for the evaluation. It's kind of a "status symbol" thing in the healthcare industry. (That's what I've been told, anyway!...
  14. Now I am really questioning nursing

    Couldn't have said it better, Sherri! Yes, I've been frustrated with nursing many times, but it has helped me learn and grow so much. Plus, the patients and their families, most of the time, make the job worth some of the hassles that come with it....
  15. Need a Good Careplan book

    Hey Kristy, That's the care plan book I used during nursing school, and I thought it was great. I found it to be very thorough and specific as well as having age-related care plans (adult, peds, geriatric, etc.). The only negative I found with this...