SLORRN

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1. salivary stone

   SLORRN replied to jwy66's topic in General Nursing

   As a surgical nurse I can tell you that the surgical procedure for removing salivary stones is generally very simple. In some cases the stone was expressed through a duct or very small incision. Ask the ENT Doc to explain how the surgery is done &a...

2. Did you watch The View today?

   SLORRN replied to AMV's topic in General Nursing

   As a female nurse married to a male nurse, all I can say is Brehar should only be so lucky. He's ex-law enforcement so his "manlyness" is not the issue. He is a caring, sensitive & wonderful husband & father.

3. How many of you are married to or date someone in the Medical Field?

   SLORRN replied to echo*echo's topic in General Nursing

   My husband of 33 years was a police officer when we met & married in my senior year of nursing school. He went to nursing school & graduated the year our 1st child was born. It has been wonderful for us & I always recommend it to other ...

4. Incident report filing....How do you do it?

   SLORRN replied to Pete495's topic in General Nursing

   The biggest problem we have with the filing of incident reports is a computer program that is NOT user friendly. There is very little fear of punishment, etc. because we make a very conscious effort not to use them in that way. The surgeons like to...

5. Nursing recruitment efforts?

   SLORRN replied to ucandoit's topic in General Nursing

   One hospital in Florida offered a recruitment bonus of $600/mo. for a 2 year contract ($14,400). The competing hospital counteroffered $650/mo. ($15,600) for a 2 year contract. You can guess what happened. The local newspaper called it the Great N...

6. On- call

   SLORRN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   We pay two hours of base pay for each 8 hour shift of call. OT is paid if over 40 hours worked. Shift differentials are also paid if applicable. I.E. an RN at $20/hr makes $40/8 hour call shift.