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According to the voicemail I received from the school, it is coming. Again, is there anyone here who has participated in a LPN to RN mobility program at another college in central alabama, or anyone...

I've been told that Jeff State has dropped their LPN to RN mobility program. Is there anyone here who has participated in a LPN to RN mobility program at another college in central alabama, or...

I like the clinic so much better than working on the floor. I had gone a very long time without working in a hospital setting and was apprehensive about re-entering hospital floor nursing after so...

As a patient, I felt mislead when my hubby told me that the "nurse" at out PCPs office was not a nurse, but rather a medical assistant. Apparently the term "nurse" is used loosely in their office as...

I just found this website with what I think is good patient education material about various surgeries. IMO, it provides a little more in depth info than some resources provide....

I have two questions. Anyone know what a LPN (with 20+ years experience some of which are LTC experience and supervisory exp.) should expect to be paid as DON of an assisted living faciltiy in the...

Mr. Post-CABG calls asking if he can have intercourse. Nurse: Yes, so long as you don't exert any more than ten pounds of pressure on your sternum. Mr. Post-CABG hangs up. Phone rings...

FWIW, I was in the bookstore at the Shelby/Hoover campus Thurs. 8/5/10 and there were lots of boxes in the nursing books aisle waiting to be unpacked.

I hope to after completing all the general courses, COMPASS tests, etc. I do have a question for you re: the mobility program. When are the classes held? Especially NUR 200? I was told that the...

Our issues are related to not having past medical records for appts. If they are your own office's records, I'd think they should be in the patient chart whether a paper chart, an old paper chart...

I work for surgeons rather than cardiologists, but it is my job to prepare for pt. appts. being sure that the patient's test results, surgical path reports, etc. are on the charts for their for...

40. Don't tell me you cannot afford to pay on your account or afford health insurance when you've smoked 2 packs of cigarettes for the past 40 years and still smoke.

I bought the book, Manual Of Perioperative Care In Adult Cardiac Surgery by Robert Bojar. One of our P.A.'s tells me everytime she sees it how good of a book it is. Maybe this book would be...

I'm having the same problem with patients showing up sometimes an hour or two before their appt. time. The practice has since I've been there called the patients back in the order they arrive in the...

In your office, do you call patients back to the exam room in the order of their appointment time or call them back in the order they arrived for their appointment? If you've tried both, what worked...

you're right, critterlover, it is way too easy for just anyone to phone in prescription meds. if you think about it, it is the same for controlled substances as well. i appreciate all your...

My coworker phoned me at home today [Sat.] asking if I would phone in some BP med for her since she ran out and it is a holiday weekend. She is not even a pt. in our office. I was floored and told...

...can prepare nerve block meds but can not inject them, but can inject other basic meds like Demerol, phenergan, stadol...imunizations ect) This is the only thing that I'd be uncomfortable...

Do any of you ever run into home health nurses/agencies that are overly persistent in trying to promote their services. For instance trying to push you or your doc to order certain equipment or...

I just printed out a stack of resumes and passed them out at places that seemed like somewhere I'd like to work whether they were hiring or not. Believe me, no one seemed to be in a hurry either....

Maybe you could tell me what MAs do. I've not worked with MAs before, but would have if I had accepted the job offer from the OB/GYN office. Here are some of the things I do during my work day....

I guess I should mention too that as I handed out resumes all over, I got several suggestions of places that were hiring.

During my recent job search which consisted of OB/GYN, Gen. Practice office, Pediatric, Dermatology, Cardiac office, the pay and benefits had quite a range of pay and benefits. Pay ranged from...

I live near a nursing home that has always had a reputation for having a lot of turn over with employees, and not the most eye appealing decor/environment. I had applied for a job there and also...

Anyone have any other "must have" suggestions as far as books geared toward Cardiac, Thoracic, and/or Vascular surgery nursing? I can be reimbursed by my employer for up to $500/yr. for books,...