Search Results

thats too bad

see next post

i was in real estate sales back in the 80s and 90s and one day i woke up and realized the only reason i had to get out of bed was to find someone...anyone..and take their money. I got up but i never...

Please do not encourage her to apply for any RN jobs anywhere. We dont need any more Rns with this type of work ethic.

You need to move to where the jobs are even if that mean leaving the state.

there is a 10% increase in return bloodflow to the heart while on treatment. It sounds like her cardiac status has changed and is unable to tolerate the increase in bloodflow. the aortic...

I just turned down a job that was a ccu step down/medsurg overflow/pediactrics unit. When they asked how I would handle this situation I responded I would not allow myself to be placed into that...

Here is the file from the Texas BNE... ftp://www.bne.state.tx.us/lvn-guide.pdf The is RN vs. LVN Chart is about half way down the page. it all really comes down to three words....

I can see why an absolute newbie should work med surg for a year. However I have been an LVN for 7 years and feel more than ready to go to ICU....i hope that clears it up.

I can see why an absolute newbie should work med surg for a year. However I have been an LVN for 7 years and feel more than ready to go to ICU....i hope that clears it up.

I was an LVN and I went to RN school to be able to work in ICU. I have seen some great LVNs in ICU. But the fact is I invested 5000 hours of my personal time to meet the state requirement to be...

I think you need to be a great ICU nurse before you can be a great med surg nurse. You still need all the critcal thinking skills and nursing knowledge in either area and med surg doesnt have all the...

I think you need to be a great ICU nurse before you can be a great med surg nurse. You still need all the critcal thinking skills and nursing knowledge in either area and med surg doesnt have all the...

I am still amazed at the lack of computers in hospitals for nursing staff to use. We had them ten years ago at my hospital and its wonderful to be able to read all relevant information without trying...

I agree. I was an LVN for 7 years I just passed my Rn boards But basicallyTexas Rn's are allow to work with more medically unstable patients. Most of my Rn transition courses were a review of what...

Nurses who talk about their patients for any reason should be givien applications for Domino pizza. They talk to us becuase its private...that is the social contract.

Before I became a nurse I saw all the same problems yall talk about. I watched adults treated badly by others for things like the cost of cheese or who would pay for bushes damaged during a...

5-1 o my god yall never quit moving at top speed do you. idoes that include a changeover 5-1 am and takeoff and 5 more on wow....

and icu acutes 1-1 inpatient 3-1 with 2 nurses present at all times or 2-1 but that situation always scared me there are no rules about double crashing while in the hospital it can and does...

I have 6 years as an LVn in dialysis my answer is during changeover 4-1 for techs 3-1 for lvns due to the added responsiblites of caths and meds for the techs. 8-1 during cruisetime for staff...

Call the board and ask to speak to their legal counsel. That should clear it up. I had a legal question about our NPA and they were very helpful.

did yall see that thread about changing the name of nursing to somthing else becuase of so many men entering the profession...what bs..i love being a nurse. . .

I had to write that paper about a fellow nurse....i failed that paper...but I was drinking beer when I wrote it.....passed the class...failed the paper....owell...yawn:chuckle

Is it me or what. I have a beautiful resume...nice fonts and setup But all the online applications say cut and paste your resume..and it completely wrecks the formating and then I have to input all...

Pharm and Patho will save your behind almost every time but dont forget its the nurse who does a large part of the pt teaching about meds and side effects and when the pt should call the MD once they...