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My wife and I both purchased PDAs(sony clie') about 4 months ago best thing I have purchased for work second only to a good stethascope. WE WERE LUCKY , oNE OF THE DOCTORS GAVE US A DISK WITH A TON...

I will finish my bsn completion program in april. I think it has made me personally a better nurse, Not because of the nursing classes but brcause of some of the others. organic and biochemistry,and ...

piv's q7 days, art lines q4 days, central lines q7 days. checkout ww.cdc.gov for the government recommendations

I graduated from an ADN program 3.5 years ago. The skills I learned were very basic that is what the school is for. You were expected to find learning opportunities anytime you could. i was lucky I...

I couple of my favorites from my unit. TBF- total body failure. DM/WOV-dead man/woman on vent

i pt I was taking care of had 2 sacral decubs that needed to be debrided on a regular basis. the surgeon who was doing this has no bedside manner or sense of humor at all. So he comes into the room ...

I think you need alittle of both. My critical thinking skills were okay at the beginning. today I critically think much better. two things that have made me a better critical thinker, #1 experiance,...

there is some free stuff at the aacn website. Try asking some of the interns and residents if they can beam you anything they have.

Our new DON and ADON are holding a townhall type forum to here what the nurses have to say, complain about etc.. Administration hasd spent a butt load of money on hiring bonuses. 10,000 dollars for a...

move patient now.

how ironic I folow the same nursing theory as Zoe. I remember theory a little from school. Then I forgot it because truely it does not matter. You try to treat everyone the same reguardless of race,...

chigap, get over it. it is not sexism it is utililization of personel and team work. I am asked all the time to help pull up patients, turn them etc. As a team member I always help because that is...

as for the original post, my wie and I both have sony clie sj30's . we love em. She choose hers based on options and memory. I liked it so much I bought the same one. The biggest drawback is that it...

if i'm febrile, cannot breath, vomitting, runs,or cannot stop coughing. I have not called off for being sick since I have been an rn. Alll my call offs have been for mental health.

i agree with all of you we should get paid more for the things we have to do on an everyday basis, but going into this i knew I was not going to making big money unless I went to crna school. I am...

I have heard moct of these. My two favorite new one in the last 3 months. If a pt is having long pauses or severe bradycardia one of the nurses places an amp of atropine on there chest to ward off...

we use insulin and ativan gtt routionely in ICU. Insulin with sliding scale however the scale is written Q1-4 hrs. Ativan gtt for sedation of some ventilated patients if they are too restless or are...

the facility I work in does not ice the cardiac output injectate. I went to a coferance a few weeks ago and the speeker said her hospital still did. what is the norm at your facility?

mhn, I completely agree I am not a male nurse, but a nurse who just happens to be a man. In nursing school I delt with a few nurses at some of the facilities I did clinical rotations at who out...

actually all the iv diuretics are in short suppy not just lasix.

WHAT AREA OF NURSING DO YOU WORK IN? HOW LONG WAS YOUR ORIENTATION AND DO YOU THINK IT WAS LONG ENOUGH OR WERE YOU RUSHED INTO STAFFING TO MAKE UP FOR SHORT STAFFING.:o

Sorry I cut myself off. The adn-msn programs do not bypass the BSN education. You get your bsn by taking and passing the required curriculum as part of the process. It is not Oh you have an ADN so...

lalalalalalalalalalalalalaal come on Pama come up with something more original same than the same old BS. ADN students outscore BSN students on the NCLEX and how does art appriciation make me a...

first tojoules and everyone else don't you find it both sad and scary that only 67% of "experianced " nurses were shown to be competent according to this research. That means 33% are out there...

I work 8p-8a for now. Why?, because it was the easiet way for me to get a position in the icu. I just have to wait it out for a few months until someone leaves. turnover is about 20% and I know of 3...