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I am a nurse manager in a CAH. I would say that the nature of nursing practice in small rural hospitals would benefit more from nurse residency programs than an actual rural education track. A...

For me spelling and grammar mistakes are a big turnoff. However I put greater weight on enthusiasm and knowledge about my hospital and the specific job I am hiring for. Of course this usually does...

My hospital just discovered that MDG has filed chapter 7 last week. All promises to correct issues, which were made over the last months are worth absolutely nothing and our facility is now left with...

Although no harm was done, you need to be sure to report the error. This will ensure that other nurses can use your experience to avoid making the same error.

Do what your heart tells you. There are many non-traditional students in nursing. Also your BS can be a steppingstone into an accelerated nursing program.

For a long time I could not figure out why a lot of my patientsdid not get a bath. Our nurse-techs do most of the hygiene tasks, and after a while I noticed they would go into a room and ask the...

the prostrate really gets me and when someone writes "I was suppose to..."

I guess I fail to see a connection between the HIPAA law and your rights as a smoker. I believe that as healthcare providers it is our responsibility to at least try to live what we preach. ...

Thank you for the posts, as in most things we can research and talk to others, but in the end we are going to buy what administration tells us to buy. In this case we are going to go with the...

Holy cow, it took you over a year to find another middle of nowhere person. Glad to see there's others here in South Central Nebraska. Well at least one other. :wink2:

I work in the center of the State, but have not had any trouble getting hired. Actually only had to wait for an answer once, for the other jobs I got hired on the spot. You should not have any...

I work at a small rural hospital that services several Long Term Care Facilities. We usally have one Physician or mid-level parctitioner on call and very rarely do they agree to talk to the LTC...

Sounds like an allergic reaction rather than Redman's

OK, this is a story about what else a call light could be for. We had a patient that was very confused and we were unable to ever re-orient him. The doctor ordered a Physical and Occupational...

Good Luck to you :yeah:. I started out as a LPN and then worked for three years in a critical access hospital (very small rural). I took a bridge class to RN with 9 other LPNs at a distance learning...

Dear ABOOKER, I feel your pain. Our small hospital does not yet use electronic charting, but I believe some of our problems may still be the same. Whether it's electronic or paper charting, if...

I have been put in charge to help bring my small rural hospital (20 beds) into the 21st century and find a computer charting program. I have been researching different programs, but I can't say that...

Another proud Diploma RN. I work in a small facility, have been here for several years. A fairly new BSN RN co-worker just used the fact that I was making more than him, even though he had more...

I have a co-worker that always reminds patients that are ambulatory with an IV pole to "be sure to take your date along"

In my opinion, there is really nothing else to do but notify the Health Department ASAP. Even though - just a thought that came into my mind - would this patient be considered a danger to others?

Actually the individual cuffs that we issue are not cleaned between patients, that get thrown away after the patient is discharged. If the patient is transferred to another unit, they go with the...

Report her. This time it's Z-max, (bad enough), it may be something more dangerous next time. The other thing- I have worked pretty darned hard to be able to call myself nurse, no one should just be...

I would speak to her and depending on her reaction would either follow up with a supervisor, or direct her (in this State) to the Nebraska Licensee Assistance Program. http://www.lapne.org This...

I would definately offer help if the EMT's had not arrived yet, (or if it was a situation where there is more than one patient eg. car wreck). Having been an EMT befor becoming a nurse though, I have...

At the place where I work we now issue cuffs to our patients, that get marked with their name and stay in the room. Yhis has cut down significantly on cross contamination. The other issue about...