KAW1962

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1. Need to share my feelings

   KAW1962 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today while at work I went into one of the patient's rooms to help him with something. He had a roommate who I easily recognized. I will call him GR. GR's wife passed away within the past year and towards the end of her life she was in the hospita...

2. Reading Telemetry

   KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

   Great website. I ordered the book. Thanks so much for your help!

3. Reading Telemetry

   KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

   The instructor focused mostly on anatomy and physiology of the heart, which was a great refresher, and what each individual wave of the complex signified. What I was hoping for was to go through strips, identify what rhythm it was and why. There ar...

4. Reading Telemetry

   KAW1962 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a small hospital on a med/surg tele unit. The unit can accommodate only 10 tele patients at a time unless we borrow tele boxes from ICU. Tele has never been my strong point but I would like to learn more about reading the strips. I did a...

5. Need your opinion on this issue

   KAW1962 posted a topic in Agency

   Since moving to California I have had a difficult time finding full-time employment, so I signed on with an agency. I have been fortunate to work a few shifts over the past month, so my recruiter was able to get me into another local hospital. I we...

6. Need some advice

   KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the advice. I updated my resume and produced a cover letter briefly explaining the gaps in my employment history. I've contacted other nurse travel agencies and there's nothing they can do for me either. I know for a fact that some o...

7. Need some advice

   KAW1962 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I will try to keep this as brief as possible. I moved from PA to CA in March of 2008 after my husband secured a job here in CA. In June of 2008 I obtained a position in one of the local hospitals. Shortly thereafter we began experiencing some mari...

8. Hard time finding a job

   KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in California

   Thank you for your response. I had emailed a local recruiter who works at a hospital that has an excellent critical care orientation program, as well as several ICU positions available. I inquired as to how to go about applying for such a program b...

9. Hard time finding a job

   KAW1962 posted a topic in California

   A few months ago I moved to the South San Francisco Bay area. I have been diligently searching for a job for the past month and have applied for about 10 positions at this point, but I am getting hardly any feedback whatsoever. One hospital at leas...

10. Discouraged

    KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in Home Health

    I went for my interview and walked out in an hour with a job. The greatest part was that I really didn't have an interview. The unit manager and I chatted for a few minutes and the next thing I knew we were discussing my start date. My salary will be...

11. Discouraged

    KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in Home Health

    It has been a while since I visited my original post, but I wanted to update everyone on my situation. I have hung in there for 10 months now and I would quit tomorrow if I could. Having a laptop has helped somewhat, but I still have extra work that ...

12. Discouraged

    KAW1962 replied to KAW1962's topic in Home Health

    Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. There are many things I truly enjoy about home health: flexible schedule, spending one-on-one time with patients, actually being appreciated for your work, among a few, so I'm not quite ready to throw ...

13. Discouraged

    KAW1962 posted a topic in Home Health

    I started home health nursing last November. Prior to that I had 10 years hospital-based med / surg experience. There are many things that I truly enjoy about home care, but I am getting really discouraged at this point. Mounds of paperwork, less fre...

14. Hi everyone! A question about orthopaedics

    KAW1962 replied to studentpol's topic in Orthopaedic

    You will want to familiarize yourself with total hip / total knee precautions (proper ambulation techniques, transfers, etc), your physical therapist will be able to provide you with this information. Also learn how to perform appropriate neurovascul...

15. Need info on metastatic renal cell carcinoma

    KAW1962 posted a topic in Oncology

    My father-in-law underwent what we thought was a liver biopsy last week. The path report came back metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He had a partial nephrectomy in 2003 for renal cell carcinoma. During his most recent check-up, he was found to have a...