duwah

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1. U is For Union

   duwah replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Union

   I worked at what was at the time the only union hospital in my state. First hand I can tell you that the rules were in writing...which made both administration and staff go thru designated channels to resolve differences. I believe it made for better...

2. Triage sucks!!! Any tips??

   duwah replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

   Gotta say it helps to have a sense of humor. Also really liking people is a plus. I mean REALLY liking humans in general. Years ago I had a husband (yes...to all my friends...even I had a husband) who used to say that anybody could make pleasant folk...

3. Lifting requirements?

   duwah replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Flight

   Flight nursing covers a lot of different things. You can be a flight nurse and fly only neonates. Or peds. Or crosscountry transports. Or intrahospital transport. All of these things you can do without being hercules. However, if you intend to do the...

4. I don't understand this profession..

   duwah replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

   Remember that thing about random acts of kindness? It works in nursing, too

5. Smoking among Nurses is hypocritical.

   duwah replied to thomasgbsn's topic in General Nursing

   I don't like to share the air with cigarette smoke. That said I have a lot of bad habits that I do not recommend to other people. But I do believe as health care workers we have an obligation to inform our patients of health risks. My mother used to ...

6. question about insulin, heparin injections

   duwah replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

   current facility requires insulin checking. I have also worked facilities where you checked both. While I find this inconvenient I also find that I perhaps check myself a little closer....and that can't be all bad. Have seen several large med errors ...

7. Crying about my job...

   duwah replied to LearningRN's topic in Med-Surg

   Oh. You have forgotten. You are a nurse. Not just a nurse...but a nurse capable of doing med surg (the hardest job in nursing). You are a hot little commodity. People all over the world will hire you...fight over you. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LAY AWAKE BEC...

8. HELP- Hours a nurse can work????

   duwah replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know where you work, but some hospitals (government springs to mind) have rules as to what you can and cannot do outside of what they consider is your primary position....their employee. The facility where I work had a conflict of interest fo...

9. Med Error

   duwah replied to starcandy's topic in Med-Surg

   First off let me say I am sorry that you feel somehow to blame on this. You did all you possibly could, and more than would be expected. We who have worked awhile have all done med errors. I have seen some little, and some big. You need to be careful...

10. medicines from Mexico

    duwah replied to mtnmom's topic in Emergency

    Poisen control will often help you identify drugs. Or sometimes I just google them.

11. Techs Triaging

    duwah replied to tracelane's topic in Emergency

    Our hospital must be extra tiny (probably 12 med surg beds). We have three regular beds, a gyne room and two trauma rooms. One nurse and one tech staff during regular hours, then just one nurse from midnight till about 10:00 am. There is some excepti...

12. Feeling like I'm a lousy nurse (rant)

    duwah replied to Serenyd's topic in New Nurse

    Seren, Tomorrow will be better. And the day after that better still. And if your charge laughs at you it even might be because you did something she found funny....even if it wasn't funny for you. Like the time I walked down the hall trailing toilet ...

13. Excelsior college

    duwah replied to tulips's topic in General Nursing

    Transition from LPN to RN should be no problem. I did this program about 8 years ago, finished in 6 mths. It was really the only answer for me at the time. But as the previous poster mentioned...if you can't self study this is not the program for you...

14. STARTING IVs............OMG..............

    duwah replied to xokelly2's topic in General Students

    As in all skills it is entirely possible to go thru your compleat RN program and not have a single chance to practice. Relax. One or two sticks does not proficient make in the case of lab draws and IV starts. So. Ask the nurses who guide you in orie...

15. what steps do I need to take to become a flight nurse??

    duwah replied to nursejennie76's topic in Flight

    depends on the company you fly for. Of course...all companies would like super nurses with a ton of critical thinking background experience such as ICU. But some will take just ER experience. The local company where I live actually asked me to fly fo...