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zenman, may I pm you too? I would really appreciate tips on utilizing my bedside time while in NP school. I'm in the 3rd semester of my adult/gero NP program. Thank you, and sorry to highjack the...

I had a great experience with WCU. Well organized, very dedicated professors. I recommend.

When you tour the unit, ask to speak to some preceptors & charge nurses. Ask how long they've been working there & how long they've been nurses. I think it's telling if a unit has nurses taking...

I was taught that MAC stood for multiple access catheter; 4 or 5 lumens, as opposed to the standard 3. A cordis line could fall under that category, I suppose, since it has multiple lumens, but not...

Head lice. Walking around, visible from a few feet away, on a patient that had been in the ICU ~ 3weeks.

OP, are you asking about implementing hourly rounding in a long-term care facility? I don't see how it would be humanly possible. The bits of evidence I've read about it were specific to hospital...

Oh, and I really want to point something out: Delirium=fast onset, temporary, fluctuating altered mental status due to a treatable cause (such as lack of sleep, UTI, medication, dehydration, on...

Hey, thanks a bunch for the info! Good luck to you too!

sweepea or VickyRN, either of you may know the answer to this question: what documentation would I need to provide to show my hours of gerontological nursing? I've worked in med-surg, progressive...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1298101/pdf/11089480.pdf Anticholinergic effects are amplified in the elderly related to a variety of factors. The article above is really informative.

Oh, great site. Thank you!

Hey, good suggestion. Thanks!

Has anyone tried it? I want to get some Danskos, but I don't know if I can ride a bicycle in them. Thanks.

zenman, your presence in this world lights up my life & inspires me more than you will ever know. Namaste!

Thank you for the new forums, moderators/allnurses staff.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=8162701

Sunday brunch at the Pinhook. On me. Just sayin. Okay, sorry, back to your regularly scheduled topic.

I think I've heard that it takes about 2 years to "pay for" the orientation costs of a new nurse. I could be totally wrong about that--any managers know more? I get antsy too after I've reached a...

Well hey there! I'll see you in a few months! Rebecca the porterwoman in Durham :D

I have the good fortune to live close enough to work that I can bike there. Riding my bike home in the morning, after a rough night, I sure am grateful to be alive. After one particularly horrific...

One thing that really helped me when I was having those out-of-control too-many-things-to-do moments was to stop and take two minutes to make a little list on a post-it note of the things I had to...

LOL not at all! I do have a mostly stay-at-home spouse and a messy house, though. Good luck. I bet you'd do fine.

http://wcu.edu/4210.asp Yup, it's sort of inaccurately named, but it's what they call their program.

Are you pre-licensure or doing RN to BSN? I did RN to BSN part time, worked full time, had a baby, moved, changed jobs. Doable. Don't know about pre-licensure, though; can't speak to that.

Outside of ICU, I have worked in 2 units that had 1:3 (and often 1:2) ratio: medicine progressive care & bone marrow transplant. Plus an HUC & an NA. Excellent staffing on both units, I must say. ...