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  1. Anyone a ACLS instructor?

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why I ask??? Today I went to ACLS for re-certification....prior to the test the instructor said, "The ACLS instructor course usually cost $450 but now they're offering the course for $200. The...

  2. Any nice places to stay in MI??

    askater11 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    For 4 families. Something nice house/cabins....by water or something fun for all the kids to do. Thanks in

  3. WHY ARE NURSES SO RUDE to CNA's?

    askater11 replied to nurse2be123's topic in General Nursing

    I was treated very nicely as a CNA --that was 15 years ago. Now as a RN I've come along rude patients, Dr.'s, nurses, families, CNA's but there hasn't been enough rude people in my career that would...

  4. Beaumont Hospital

    askater11 replied to XxWINSTONxX's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I work at Troy, Beaumont. At the end of July they gave us our yearly raise plus RN's received a house wide raise b/c Beaumont was not at a pay level as local hospitals. Weekend shift differential...

  5. Who order's vaccines??

    askater11 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    When we do an admission we have a list of questions we ask a patient...if they don't have any contradictions...there's about 6 possible contraditions and if the patient has no contradications we go...

  6. ETOH Safety

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm concerned about ETOH and safety. I work in the critical care unit. I get patients that have sitters on the floor. When they come to CCU for alcohol withdrawl b/c it cannot be controlled without...

  7. ETOH Safety

    askater11 replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    We have no posey's in the hospital any longer. We do have wrist restraints for our vent patients. Does anyone's ICU been without posey's and sitters with severe ETOH patients? From what I...

  8. The Introverted Folks

    askater11 replied to narcissistic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been a nurse 10 years. Still I'm an introvert in large crowds. I'm more of a listener at that point than a conversationalist. If there's one or two people around I'm very vocal but any more I...

  9. Pneumonia Question

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today I had a 46 y/o with probable pneumonia. The patients wife asked if it was Viral or Pneumonia. If you don't have a sputum sample--how can you tell if its pneumonia or Virus? He came in with...

  10. Threats from Management

    askater11 replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    We have mandatory meetings. My employer is very accomadating. My top priority to attend any class that will help the patient. I love learning. That includes unit meetings. I actually go out of my...

  11. Help me--with dieing neighbor

    askater11 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi!! I'm an ICU/telemtry RN. My grandma died with the aide of an hospice nurse. I totally adored the care she gave my grandma and assisted my parents through grandma's death. I deal with death...

  12. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    askater11 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    How do you feel about the nursing shortage being relieved by "fast track" nursing programs? A program that only takes 12 months. Read this article: ---------------------- College grads take...

  13. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    askater11 replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think even though people pass NCLEX it's not a true sign how GOOD of a nurse they'll be. And I do not believe my degree is better then anyone elses. But I do believe I needed more hands on after...

  14. Become a nurse in just 12 months!!!

    askater11 replied to askater11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with you--hands on is the best way to learn. In hind site I don't feel my BSN nursing prepared me enough for nursing. I graduated nursing 10 year's ago--I truly believed I needed more hands...

  15. Pet Peeves

    askater11 replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you on that one!!! Last time I worked my alert and oriented patient insisted his urinal stay on his side table. Yikes when I first walked into his room I saw his breakfast next to it was his...

  16. What's the best Metro Detroit Hospital

    askater11 posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    to work

  17. Does anyone know much about Lupus?

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My girlfriend has been dx. with Lupus. They believe it's hepatic lupus. All her symptoms started with difficulty moving her hands. Her spleen is enlarged. She'll be getting a liver bx soon to...

  18. Judgements about big families

    askater11 replied to PegRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sometimes people need to be told not to have more children. Sometimes I wonder if it's always being done. If health providers are telling people full risk of having children. I'd want to be told if...

  19. Does anyone know much about Lupus?

    askater11 replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

    What's the long term prognosis? The Internet doesn't give you any numbers. Thanks for that reply Kolt19!!! That helped a

  20. man holding wife still during epidural dies!

    askater11 replied to smk1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yesterday at work my telemtry patient and her family were talking about this "story" They said, "what is this world coming to with frivolous lawsuits" I found it interesting reading this post from...

  21. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    askater11 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 10 years out of nursing school. I found clinicals as a learning experience. I find the crabbier the nurses corralates with the conditions. I found a hospital that moral is very good. (sure a...

  22. ER or ICU?

    askater11 replied to 502Nurse's topic in Emergency

    Wow interesting!!! Sounds like not too many like the ICU. That's where I"m at now--though I sometimes float to other telemtry

  23. Anxiety attack or not??

    askater11 replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

    I had numbness down one side of my body. It totally freaked me out. I was at the gym doing an elliptical machine when it happened. Than I came home and noticed I was not walking straight lines at...

  24. Magazine--Nursing Made Incrediably Easy

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My son brought home a magazine fund raiser. It has "Nursing Made Incrediably Easy" Has anyone read that magazine? How is it? I'd like to learn something--hoping it's not too

  25. What does family/friends think of nursing?

    askater11 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most people just say, "oh you're a nurse. Where do you work? What type of patients do you get?" And more or less that's the end of subject. I do get the discussion of bedpans and I would never be a...