seamus

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1. Rural Nurse Organization

   seamus replied to PatRichardson's topic in General Nursing

   I am an R.N. in southwestern Alaska. We are about as rural as you can get. We have 7 miles of road. The only way in or out is plane or boat.I think rural nurses are a breed apart. We call ourselves Tundra nurses. I would love a way to network with ot...

2. Staff Retention

   seamus replied to bunky's topic in General Nursing

   Call the teamsters. They can't callyou. Believe me you won't regret the call! I am getting chest pain just reading your message. How about 18 yrs experience in Perioperative nursing,BSN CNOR ONC RNFA, 1 year at a corporation owned hospital and re...

3. Can nurses administer paralytics ie rock,vec etc.

   seamus posted a topic in General Nursing

   Recently our DON has said R.N. can't give paralytics.In the past we have often given these drugs when assisting with intubation esp.peds as we have a large volumr of pediatric emergencies.In other states when working in ICU I have also done this. So ...

4. nursing salaries

   seamus replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   [Q In reading all these different wages I can only hope that some day tha ANA will carry as much weight as the AMA. Until then consider union! UOTE]Originally posted by iamme457: I live in Pittsburgh PA, the base hourly rate I make is $17.71 add $1 ...

5. Biased care in the ER?

   seamus replied to Mijourney's topic in Emergency

   Surprised nobody responded - but really think ER staff as really color blind. We went into ER because we want to make a difference in someones life and wouldn't work there if we were going to sort out our care by race or socio economics status. The...

6. Would you be just as comfortable with a nurse practitioner as with a doctor?

   seamus replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I work and live in bush Alaska. We work on a daily basis with NPs. I find them to be very caring and competant. NPs treat the whole pt.,not the diagnosis.