River

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1. need info?!!

   River replied to River's topic in Arizona

   Hi again redwinggirlie. Thanks, that's a great suggestion!

2. relocating to AZ need info

   River replied to River's topic in Arizona

   Thanks redwinggirlie!!

3. New at Case Management and patient discharging

   River replied to elle4pets's topic in General Nursing

   ceecel.dee, my reference point comes from a small town, rural area. The hospital is less than 80 beds and the town is less than 7,000 people in the whole surrounding area, with the closest large city over 90 miles away through mountainous roads. ...

4. need info?!!

   River posted a topic in Arizona

   Hello all, I'm an RN that has been away from nursing for 6 years and is finally ready to go at it again. My question is I'm sure that there have been many changes in the last 6 years...patient ratios, documentation, technology etc. I will be going...

5. Career choices - I need your input

   River replied to cordianet's topic in General Nursing

   hi Scott, It's such a good idea for you to look into this before enrolling in nursing school. There is a high burn out rate in nursing and it is very stressfull especially if you're a concientous, patient advocate type of nurse. I've been in nursin...

6. New at Case Management and patient discharging

   River replied to elle4pets's topic in General Nursing

   Accessing some of the home health agencies in your community might be another resource for you. Often they will have Social workers on thier staff that could help. Do your home health agencies ever sit in on discharge planning before the patient go...

7. New at Case Management and patient discharging

   River replied to elle4pets's topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital where I worked we always called in Social Services to help make arrangements for our dificult discharges. it seems the they had access to resources we nurses aren't aware of. They most often succeeded in finding a place for the pati...

8. am wanting to leave nursing

   River replied to reese-2000's topic in Career Support

   all the above suggestions are great ideas. I did oncology nursing for 4 years before that patient census for transfered to another floor. I loved doing it while I was doing it. But, after I no longer took care of the cancer patients I noticed an e...

9. Just Diagnosed With Plantar Fasciitis.

   River replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   FYI did you know that foot pain especially heel pain is one of the symptoms of perimenopause that can start occuring as early as our thirties. I had this for several months and would walk like a ninty year old when I first got out of bed. Then I st...

10. relocating to AZ need info

    River posted a topic in Arizona

    I'm planning on moving to the central AZ area. Somewhere between Flaggstaff and the White Mountain area and I wanted to get some feed back from any nurses or ancillary staff that work in this area. I have questions regarding payrates, step increases...

11. 2 Nurses needed???

    River replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Safety

    When I worked in a hospital setting both insulin and heparin were double checked. But, interestingly enough in home health setting we give lots of insulin all by our little ol' selves.

12. Any regrets?

    River replied to kayelle's topic in General Nursing

    Kayella, congrates on being in Nursing school. It's a tough go. Always has been. I graduated in 86 with an ADN. I was able to get a job right away in med/surg and work my up to unit manager without getting my BSN. But, if you want to get into edu...