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1. giving iv meds

   HOOPS replied to HOOPS's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your advice. I do not work for the SNF. I hired in with the hospital. They do not have the LPN's do this, only the RN's. I do not feel comfortable in doing it and have told them so. Other RN's have been doing it though. Thanks,again

2. giving iv meds

   HOOPS posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am looking for advice. In the small hospital where I work we have a skilled nursing home next to us. Administration has been asking us to leave our assignment at the hospital and go over to push IV meds, i.e. Demerol, phenergan, Vanco, etc. I do no...

3. return to nursing

   HOOPS replied to HOOPS's topic in General Nursing

   It was very difficult for me to get a job in transcription but eventually I did. I returned to school for a year to obtain a degree in medical transcription but most places want you to work in a hospital first, which I could not because we had no one...

4. return to nursing

   HOOPS posted a topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone have suggestions on returning to nursing. I was a nurse for 11 years and took two years off to care for my young son who was diagnosed with diabetes. My last 4 years of nursing were spent in a nursing home. Previously, I had worked PACU a...

5. Dispensing medication

   HOOPS posted a topic in School

   Can any of you school nurses given me advice on dispensing medication at school. Our rural school does not have a full-time nurse. My husband is a 4th grade teacher and keeps medications in his room, i.e., inhalers and some sort of cardiac medicati...