RockyCreek

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1. Please be honest!

   RockyCreek replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

   I do it for the cute clothes and the built-in excuse to avoid family gatherings on holidays/weekends!

2. Being Sued / Losing License

   RockyCreek replied to Meraki's topic in Professionalism

   1. how many years have you been a nurse? 24 2. how many nurses do you know personally that have been sued? one 3. how many of those nurses who were sued have had to testify in court? none 4. how many of those who testified were found guilty? n/a 5...

3. Unit Manger Presence

   RockyCreek replied to GreentigerRN's topic in General Nursing

   It doesn't happen often but I have seen my Nurse Manager work on the floor. She even did a shift as a night shift aide! She is the first one to admit that her skills are rusty and she wouldn't be the first one I call in on a code but she is awesome a...

4. Tools for New NP Student

   RockyCreek replied to kenyohunt1's topic in NP

   "Reading glasses - because I'm pretty blind without them" Hey, this is the age of the computer - I had to get TRIfocals!

5. HIPAA Violation?

   RockyCreek replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

   Beyond the HIIPA issues, can I also throw in an observation or two of my own? The general public really doesn't need to see pictures of their nurse drunk, laying in vomit or passed out in cars. If you have a tatto in a private place - let's keep that...

6. Seasoned nurses- your thoughts please

   RockyCreek replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   If I understand the situation correctly, you have a patient with no history of aspiration that was ordered a regular diet. You witnessed the patient eating with no difficulty and swallowing pills with no s/s of respiratory distress. Another nurse at ...

7. New rn graduates help!!!!!!!!!

   RockyCreek replied to MARYRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   As hard as it is for you, please remember that the problem is not unique to nursing. There are new accounting graduates that are not finding jobs, new physical therapy graduates that are not finding jobs and new law school graduates that are not find...

8. AANP Certification Exam

   RockyCreek replied to Dixiecup's topic in NP Students

   Oh, DixieCup, I am so sorry! You have been so kind and supportive of all of us with our goofy questions and school anxiety - I wish more than anything that this hadn't happened to you. Sit, slump, and sob if you need to but don't let this defeat you....

9. Is the Job Market SLowly Improving

   RockyCreek replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

   I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are reinstating sign-on bonuses for experienced nurses in all the ICU's and even in MedSurg! Last year, we hired quite a few new graduates in MayJune so we expect to hired a few again this year...

10. Virginia Henderson

    RockyCreek replied to pedsrnjc's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nursinglibrary.org/portal/main.aspx?PageID=4017

11. Relationship-based care...

    RockyCreek replied to regularRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital bought the books, attended the seminars and really tried to get on board with it -- unfortunately, you can't do it unless you have the right staff and the right staffing ratios. As far as I can see, there is nothing really 'new' except t...

12. Chamberlain College of Nursing....

    RockyCreek replied to RachelLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can ditto webmansx. I got my BSN with them and suffered very little except over the tuition. The curriculum was solid and the interface was secure. Financial aid office was super and all phone calls are answered quickly.

13. Clinical Questions

    RockyCreek replied to chrisciwi's topic in CRNA

    The best person to ask is the person that is requiring the experience. NICU is a very advanced unit and, while it may be excellent experience, it may be too high an acquity for a first/early clinical.

14. Need nursing cap tutorial!

    RockyCreek replied to beebonnet's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh! It has been a long time since I had to think about this one! I used to sew a hair comb into the cap to hold the front and then I used two really really huge white bobby pins to hold the back [one on each side]. Because my hair has always been v...

15. Is this a common discharge practice?

    RockyCreek replied to ThanksForAllTheFish!'s topic in General Nursing

    As scary as it sounds, I have heard of this before. This is some 'great idea' to speed throughput and open the beds up faster. The idea is to have stable adult patients waiting for a ride placed in a 'discharge lobby' with at least one hospital emplo...