all4neuro

all4neuro

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About all4neuro

all4neuro has 16 years experience and specializes in Rehab/Brain/Stroke/Spine.


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  1. Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

    The hospital is crazy scared to have a union. They have had anti-union speakers hold MANDATORY meetings. A few of us failed at holding back our chuckles or snorts listening to their passive aggressive way of telling us if we supported a union coming...
  2. What do you think about dialysis nurses?

    Our facility got rid of homecare and hospice coordinators. The social workers took over doing some of the tasks the RN's once did. There is no one better than a hospice RN to coordinate hospice care. The home care coordinator position's, although I ...
  3. What do you think about dialysis nurses?

    Our yearly in service from the dialysis/renal/diabetic team helps so much to avoid conflicts, and misunderstandings. Our dialysis RN's do give transfusions, meds, change patients, etc. A dialysis patient is off the unit for 4 hours, that is a HUGE a...
  4. New RN how to 'manage' CNAs

    Being a new RN in LTC it is perfectly appropriate to ask how to delegate CNA's. One RN delegating to 5 CNA's for 25 patients on the special care unit, I asked the same thing. I WAS THERE 5 evenings, which means the 5 CNA's were different from day to...
  5. Man = muscle, being taken advantage of

    PT has males and females that work with pt's considered "heavy lifts". If a female PT can do it, a female RN can do it. Nurses are trained on how to do safe transfers. When a co-worker is taking advantage of my skills, I script the technique as I am ...
  6. What do you think about dialysis nurses?

    I forgot, another change is we have an on-call/float dialysis RN, they cover needs that arise anywhere in the hospital. He/she checks on renal pt's, and assists the diabetic nurse educator in between calls.
  7. Very interested in working in a Nicu - How do I get in?

    My neighbor applied for unit clerk positions in the surrounding NICU's. She was hired during her BSN program. Upon graduating she received a RN position.
  8. CNRN Certification...need some advice!

    I did not buy the core curriculum. I was a member of the AANN for 2 yrs. before taking the test. 4-6 months before the exam I bought study material. I also started looking for CNRN review weekends. I bought Hickey, and all of Linda LittleJohn's DVD...
  9. What do you think about dialysis nurses?

    When I think of our dialysis RN's, I think about the positive changes they've made. We see them more. They review charts in the early morning with night shift. They've taken over doing all of the PD. Floating to their unit has become a nice learning...
  10. Care of Childbearing Clinical

    Ask for the lactation consultant's voicemail, or the nurse educators voicemail. The facility/hospital usually has a phone directory for them, listed by the unit. I imagine you will look for post-partum, maternal/infant, maybe L&D. It depends on h...
  11. New RN how to 'manage' CNAs

    Do not tell them it is your first job. If they figure it out on their own, oh well. Until then, if they ask, lie! Tell them you are the spawn of the Terminator and the Alien. You will be more distracted than their other superiors in the beginning. T...
  12. What has made you become more persistent?

    Dtermnd2Bgreat, you can't ask without answering your own question ... !! Having strong, independent women as role models in my life. My great-grandmother (1901-1996 RIP, my great one) especially! She shared her story of practicing her right to vote...
  13. My husband graduated from the police academy the same month I graduated with my ADN. This was 1997, and there was a hiring freeze for RN's in Columbus, Ohio at that time. I passed out resumes, and even attempted to personally hand my resume to HR and...
  14. Maybe, use "HOPE" I was taught in nursing school to never loose it, and don't ever take it away from a patient that has it.
  15. What I sacrificed 20 years ago :) just because, here are a few: ~ parties, wasn't worth the time or missing sleep from being up all night ~a nice car. Mine had a bungee cord that kept the passenger side door closed and one of the backseat windows mad...