tylerrose

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1. comfy shoes

   tylerrose replied to analiezel's topic in General Nursing

   have you tried Merrell shoes? they are great shoes. If you need white they are available in a uniform catalog.

2. GOOD nursing shoe suggestions other than Danskos??

   tylerrose replied to NCNurse2be's topic in General Nursing

   have you tried Merrell shoes? eversince i've discovered them, i have lived on them. they are light weight and also comes in white. the white pairs, you can get it from the Lydia's Uniforms catalog or Tafford but if you can wear black shoes you can ge...

3. Lasik eye surgery??

   tylerrose replied to itsme's topic in General Nursing

   the trauma surgeons (2) i work with had their eyes done a few years back and the only comment we've heard "i wish i had it done sooner". why don't you give your opthalmologist a visit and ask what he can recommend. wishing you the best!

4. Reduce an adult patient's susceptibility to infection during hospitalization

   tylerrose replied to WannaBe's topic in General Nursing

   To prevent nosocomial infection, we practice strict handwashing (before entering the patients's room and after ) on everybody from doctors, nurses, therapists,and visitors especially. On admisson, the family is already informed about handwashing. We...

5. I want to work in the U.S as a nurse

   tylerrose replied to flyingbird's topic in General Nursing

   Hi flyingbird, as a graduate and licensed outside of the US, in order to practice nursing here, you need to pass the CGFNS,TOEFL, TSE, then you can apply to take the NCLEX. It's a lot of paper work but that's just the way it is. The CGFNS Certificat...

6. JCAHO visit

   tylerrose replied to tylerrose's topic in General Nursing

   Thank God! JCAHO came and everything went well in my unit. Our surveyor is a nurse and she was really nice. Took her on a quick tour of the unit then, she asked for a chart with a lot of the multidisciplinary team involved, got the chart went into...

7. Shoes again....Birkenstock vs. Dansko

   tylerrose replied to hoppermom3's topic in General Nursing

   it seems i have been posting a lot of replies on shoes today. anyways, i like birkenstock but not at work, i have not tried dansko. what i have been hooked on, eversince i have tried it is the Merrell shoes. they are available at Walking Co, Nordst...

8. JCAHO visit

   tylerrose posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has JCAHO visited your facility recently? Any tips on what they are focused on ... I know they are big on pain management, medication errors . we are going to have ours this week ..Thanks!

9. Zcoil or Dansko shoes?

   tylerrose replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   has anybody tried Merrell shoes? my feet has been hurting, tried a whole bunch of tennis shoes but nothing really worked, till i got introduced to Merrell shoes when i was in seattle but it was in black so, i can't wear it to work but found several ...

10. Shoes ? ? ? ? ?

    tylerrose replied to obillyboy's topic in General Nursing

    try Merrell shoes. i've a pair and i love them

11. Do you have this new protocol??

    tylerrose replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    I work in trauma icu and most of our patients have head injuries due to mvc and most them +ETOH or drugs when they come in. Most of the time if they are intubated, we start them on diprivan but of course when we wean them off the vent, your dipriva...

12. How is code blue announced at your facility?

    tylerrose replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Each room has a pad on the wall that you push whenever the patient codes which automatically registers with the switchboard the patient's room number then "Code 44" including the patient's room number is announced overhead. An ICU nurse is always ...