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  1. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    charebec65 replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    LOL Caroladybelle, I don't think so..... It wasn't exactly on my list of priorities. I was more concerned about the HA, vertigo and especially getting my BP down before I stroked or had an MI or...

  2. Press Gainey AARRGGHH

    charebec65 replied to susi_q's topic in Emergency

    Ironically I got a Press Ganey survey in the mail today relating to my ER visit a couple of weeks

  3. About to Graduate - HELP!

    charebec65 replied to whit717's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Getting out into the real world can be scary. Just make sure that you get plenty of orientation at whatever job you take. They can only teach you so much in NS, a huge portion of your eduation will...

  4. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    charebec65 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean about the dummy arm Gromit. We used it for the first stick during the certification class. After that almost all of us volunteered to be guinnea pigs (of course we all had to sign...

  5. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    charebec65 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'd not thought of that Tazzi. Thanks. It just seems like around here the nurses start IV's. Come to think of it, I've not started an IV since I bacame certified because I work with peds...

  6. Agency Nurse doesn't know how to start IVs?

    charebec65 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I am an IV Certified LPN and am going into an LPN-RN transition program. Please excuse my ignorance but don't they teach IV starts in nursing school for

  7. Typical Orientation

    charebec65 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Home Health

    Mine was similar to caliotter3. I got 1 day of orientation for 2 of my Peds HH patients and 2 days for the other - I requested the 2nd day because that patient is incredibly involved medically. I...

  8. Nurses with MS or similar disorders

    charebec65 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Soldier'sWife, I agree with the others regarding the second opinion. Keep in mind though that if you are ever DXd with MS that it's not necessarily a career ending DX. Most people with it have the...

  9. My destiny journey almost over

    charebec65 replied to onduty23's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!!!! Insofar as seeing your scores... nope. All you'll ever know is

  10. Frustrated with the California Board of Nursing

    charebec65 replied to silly1982's topic in California Nursing

    I have a friend from Canada. He said it was really easy to get a SSN here, and that was before he married an American. Also, my daughter is dating a young man from S. Korea. He's here on a work...

  11. Nursing teachers

    charebec65 replied to finola's topic in Michigan Nursing

    In Ohio there are many nursing instructors who are doing so on a BSN. I think the OBON is now requiring that nursing instructors be working on their master's degree in order to keep teaching. From...

  12. Is it customary to give clinical instructor's gifts at the end of a rotation?

    charebec65 replied to lizmatt's topic in General Students

    As others have experienced, we had a half clinical day on the last day of clinicals. The second half we would usually go out to eat somewhere. After everyone ate, the instructor would do evals with...

  13. TOO Old??? 41 1/2 years old

    charebec65 replied to chubbi's topic in Nursing Career

    I started PN school at 40, graduated and became an LPN at 41 and started working toward my RN about 3 weeks after graduation. I turned 42 a couple of weeks ago and work part time while going to...

  14. Humidify low flow oxygen?

    charebec65 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I know of one on 1/2 lpm via trach - humidified. The only time it's not humidified is if pt. leaves home for an appt. on portable O2. There is always a humidivent on the trach as

  15. Just where do our services end?

    charebec65 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    My little one has scared me a couple of times. Once the hr went to 18 - thank goodness for only a couple of seconds. On occasion the sats will drop incredibly low too but we muddle through. The bad...

  16. hey im a highschool student tat needs some clarification so help me plzz

    charebec65 replied to this101477's topic in Government, Military

    Hon, you are asking a lot of questions that most of us don't know anything about that could be cleared up with one phone call to a recuiter. Good

  17. Merck suspends lobbying for Gardasil vaccine

    charebec65 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh no, you're not a dumb conspiracy theorist. Here in the US, our 'government' in bed with the pharmaceutical companies, the health insurance companies and big oil. HMMM, can we say Haliburton for...

  18. Just where do our services end?

    charebec65 replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    mmmmmm, my home number? 123-456-7890 I do pediatric homecare and do predominantly 1 patient. We have each other's phone numbers but our situation is a bit

  19. Low income women out of luck?

    charebec65 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :yeahthat:

  20. Low income women out of luck?

    charebec65 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's funny but my oldest daughter and I were discussing this vaccine earlier today. She is a college graduate, a professional and lives in Kentucky. She had been to her GYN who had discussed this...

  21. nclexpn/nclexrn, what's the difference?

    charebec65 replied to renri4's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Now that I re-read my post I can see where it would be confusing. No, you have to do an RN program to take the RN NCLEX. I had just graduated from PN school so I took the PN NCLEX. I just took a...

  22. My son needs help. The system isn't working!

    charebec65 replied to Dixiecup's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in tough love..... He's an adult and you cannot continue to enable him. He needs to learn to pay the price for his mistakes or he'll drag the rest of the family down with him. Unless he...

  23. nclexpn/nclexrn, what's the difference?

    charebec65 replied to renri4's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would do Suzanne's program and go for the RN if you qualify for it. I passed the NCLEX-PN and took a practice one for the RN just to see how I could do on it. They didn't seem all that different...

  24. Which is correct method admin meds via GT

    charebec65 replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    I work predominantly with one patient, a patient who is on a lot of meds via either GT or JT. Liquid meds get drawn up in separate syringes but I crush all pills together. If that med time includes...

  25. Did You Guys Pay Too Much Tuition Too?

    charebec65 replied to lookingforward's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    With the pay difference between an LPN and an RN MSN I might pay $36,000 for a master's program but no way would I have paid that for my