11-7er

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1. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

   11-7er replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

   This is actually one of my pet peeves. Unless you have gone to school and taken the NCLEX exam, you are not a nurse. But of course a hospital or nurse manager are not going to correct your aide. The more "nurses" they have running around the floor, t...

2. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   11-7er replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   Why didI become a nurse? I tried a few different "hats" when I turned 18. None of them really felt right. Then I got married and had two kids. I thought I'd be a stay at home mom but I want ed something more. Nursing offered me a flexibility that oth...

3. Problems with specialty mattress?

   11-7er posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in a hospital that uses specialty mattresses which use air to help prevent decubs. Depending the size of the client we use different ones. Other RNs have noticed an increase in alert and oriented patients falling out of bed. They usually have ...