Selke

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  1. Best primary care texts (both APRN & MD FP)?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for the great suggestions; I'm keeping track here. I looked on Amazon and the internal medicine book I was thinking about is by Harrison. One reviewer said it's not the best first line book...

  2. Stuttering?

    Selke replied to pgray1229's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I suggest you find a speech therapist who specializes in stuttering. Maybe there is a school of speech therapy nearby you with a clinic that takes clients on a sliding scale. You CAN learn to...

  3. pain med...

    Selke replied to stephera's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I push the fentanyl into the IV line with the IVF at the usual drip rate. It goes in slowly enough, IMHO. If the pt has a saline lock, I mix it with sterile NS and slow push then flush. The usual...

  4. very discouraged and tired

    Selke replied to Silkiebyrd's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Sending you hope, hugs, and encouragement ...

  5. Am I being unreasonable? Kind of LONG

    Selke replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    This sounds like a bad agency and bad recruiter with a bad contract. I'd learn a lesson and not work with them again, nor sign a 48 hour a week contract knowing your limitations (heck i could never...

  6. submitted to a hospital

    Selke replied to AfghaniPrinzess's topic in Travel

    You only have a legal obligation once you sign an actual contract. The hospital is only legally obligated to you once you sign a contract they have offered you through your

  7. Anyone gone to Quinnipiac University for NP???

    Selke replied to RN28MD's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This isn't from personal experience, just hearsay. When I was in CT I heard actual nurses I worked with say, and having observed students, that given how expensive Quinnipiniac's tuition is, you...

  8. Die Hard Nurse

    Selke replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    Why do nurses always get asked this question, but never

  9. why cant I get hired?

    Selke replied to hpizzle789's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, is it possible employers don't want to hire someone who challenged the LVN boards and passed, that they might prefer someone who went to LVN school? I'm genuinely wondering. I never heard...

  10. Deperately need anyone's HELP !!!!!!!!

    Selke replied to Butter-Flys's topic in Nursing Career

    Call the schools themselves directly and talk to them. Call the admissions offices of the schools in your area and speak to the admissions counselors, get catalogs and applications, all that stuff....

  11. I've had enough...turned in my resignation!

    Selke replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if there are any grounds for legal recourse in a case like yours? Just wondering. Anybody

  12. how Did you handle your first mobbing?

    Selke replied to Anjann's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a similiar situation. The union rep negotiated me "quitting" instead of me being fired. Very bad racial situation at that place, too. The hospital unit was so toxic I quit the specialty at...

  13. ADN vs BSN Managers

    Selke replied to CrispyRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Seems like the problem ultimately is with management above her who hired her for the job. They should have known about her character/behavior before promoting her, yet they promoted her anyway ......

  14. Nurses with scoliosis out there?

    Selke replied to Selke's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yup, these experiences while young change you in weird ways. This is what got my interest up in health care. I wanted to be an orthopedic surgeon for quite some time. That, and I never had...

  15. L&D Travel Nurse - Do I HAVE to Float?

    Selke replied to rnWinn's topic in Travel

    You don't have to know things like bili levels and WBC shifts or whatever to do PP nursing. Trust me on this. You will not be a NICU or nursery nurse, nor a Peds NP. You just have to know how to do...

  16. L&D Travel Nurse - Do I HAVE to Float?

    Selke replied to rnWinn's topic in Travel

    What are you afraid of? Just do it. PP isn't that hard, believe me. Tell them you will need an orientation. You can ask questions of the staff if you are floated. Gyne isn't hard, either. But...

  17. For those that have been fired as a traveler.......

    Selke replied to raindrop's topic in Travel

    Just don't list the job at all on your resume. Your recruiter/agency need to be involved in any dispute as serious as this. They might actually defend you and find you other work, if this facility...

  18. cute, non-tacky scrub tops?

    Selke replied to emersushea's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This website has ... CELEBRITY SCRUBS. Yes, you read that right. Scrubs connected with a designer with those awful TV "medical" shows that put nurses in such a bad light. I guess it was a matter...

  19. RN-MSN Thesis vs. project

    Selke replied to Mahage's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with you about more clinicals ... there are threads and much discussion about this on allnurses. I also agree about liking to work alone. Good

  20. If You Could What Halloween Costume Would You Wear?

    Selke replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    In my polyester white nurse dress, with Kay's nurse's cap, white fishnets, blue navy wool nurse's cape with red satin lining (an oldie from ebay) ... well you get the

  21. Distant learning programs?

    Selke replied to lvnandmomx3's topic in California Nursing

    Why don't you contact the CA Board of Nursing directly and ask

  22. Traveling in California

    Selke replied to karen0083's topic in Travel

    Look for agencies which have the most contracts in CA. These will be the larger national chains or those regional to CA or the southwest. The more CA-based ones I'm signed with are Access Nurses, On...

  23. RN-MSN Thesis vs. project

    Selke replied to Mahage's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm glad that my program (Frontier) does not require a thesis. Instead we are putting together an entire proposal for a birth center, from a written synopsis of nurse-midwifery and birth centers in...

  24. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    Selke replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a rule where I work, but I have heard of dumb L&D managers wanting to start one of those idiotic "time outs" for lady partsl births. PLEASE. Time outs have become a complete farce and...

  25. Need some insight

    Selke replied to momto2beauties's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Do you live in the Dallas area? Parkland has a CNM program. Look at the ACNM website under educational programs; it has a listing of CNM programs in the U.S. Frontier is an option, too. There must...