tweinel

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1. doctor office benefits

   tweinel replied to hunnigrl's topic in General Nursing

   If you are in a hospital based clinic, generally you keep your same pay scale, when you transfer to that department. There are many benefits, but you also have to look at the hours of operation etc....

2. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

   tweinel replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Guess What!!! You don't have to have tonsils to get strep!!! That's what we were always taught but my daughter has have it several times post

3. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

   tweinel replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   A rapid is just a screen, that's all. I never do just a rapid. You have to do a culture if the rapid is neg. Otherwise your are left in limbo, is it really neg or could it be pos. The rapid does...

4. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

   tweinel replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   A rapid strep test and a culture are two different tests. When testing use 2 swabs. one for the rapid and one for the culture that takes about 24-48 hours to test if the rapid is neg. If the...