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1. Effects of "Safe Haven" Bills on RN's

   princessRN4 replied to princessRN4's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone else have an opinion on "Safe Havens" for newborns? How will this effect nursing, if at all?

2. Effects of "Safe Haven" Bills on RN's

   princessRN4 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Wondering how RN's feel about proposed (and in many states, passed) "Safe Haven" bills? (There may be different names for these in different states) These bills would allow people to drop off unwanted newborns in ER's with no prosecution for doing ...

3. Orems Self-Care Model????

   princessRN4 replied to marshalbc's topic in General Nursing

   Here's another definition..... The Orem theory "describes the role of the nurse in giving assistance to a person experiencing inabilities in self-care. The goal of the Orem system is to meet the patient's self-care demands until the family is capabl...

4. UNIFORMS

   princessRN4 replied to egmillard's topic in General Nursing

   Emma, If you are going to be working on Telemetry, you may want to get a pair of calipers for reading the monitor strips. Also maybe a pair of good bandage scissors and a pen light. Good luck with the new job.

5. Care Plans

   princessRN4 replied to wen-wen's topic in General Nursing

   Per MOSBY'S Medical, Nursing & Allied Health DICTIONARY, 3rd Edition, 1990, pg. 826, a nursing care plan is: "a plan that is based on a nursing assessment and a nursing diagnosis, devised by a nurse. It has four essential components: identificat...

6. Question for home health nurses

   princessRN4 replied to sunfire's topic in General Nursing

   I just left a full-time job in home care, actually today was my last day. I started at $23.00/hr. and worked 8hrs./day and 40hrs./week. The per diem nurses made $36.00 per visit and $45.00 per admission visit. It was a wonderful job, in the respec...

7. nursing salaries

   princessRN4 replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   I am in Connecticut and will be starting a new job at a big teaching hospital in a few weeks on a pediatric specialty unit. I am a BSN, RN with 5 years experience and will start at a base pay rate of $20.45/hr. with a $3.05/hr. shift differential fo...