Noahm

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1. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

   Noahm replied to FoolsErrand's topic in General Nursing

   I really think that members of the public who want to behave like this i.e. getting abusive when their loved one doesn't get one to one nursing care SHOULD BE FORCED to pay for one to one nursing...

2. Med/surg patient worksheet

   Noahm replied to jogimada's topic in Medical-Surgical

   If you aren't too busy could I have one as well? I am about to start a new job in Med Surg. Thank you so much!

3. Just how bad is the job market in the Lehigh Valley?

   Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   bump

4. You know you're Old School when...

   Noahm replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

   Oh and we *try* to do a background q2 hourly with a linen trolley. And we are supposed to serve tea and coffee to patients via a drinks trolley or we get collared. Yeah right. As if we have time for...

5. You know you're Old School when...

   Noahm replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Northern England and we have all this stuff right now. We are a 30 bed nightingale ward. We have 15 beds lined up down both the left and right side of the ward. We get 2 RNs per shift and...

6. Told a doctor about how I thought he felt I had no common sense

   Noahm replied to ratherbe's topic in General Nursing

   If someone is in AF the pulse oximeter will not always pick up an accurate 02 saturation because of the irregular heartbeat. But the changes in mental status show that he may have been hypoxic...

7. Just how bad is the job market in the Lehigh Valley?

   Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

   Thanks

8. Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

   Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in General Nursing

   Chuck, I have been working for the NHS for the last decade. It is tough. I wasn't kidding when I said we have 2 RN's to 30 patients in med-surg. We also take high dependency when ITU is full,...

9. Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

   Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Chuck, I am not a BSN. I graduated from a well respected 3 year diploma school in the Lehigh Valley. We had statistics, chemistry and everything there and had enough university credits to get our...

10. Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

    Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in General Nursing

    Hello again, Thanks for all the replies. We are looking at the Lehigh Valley as that is where I grew up. The conditions here are pretty bad too. We have no set schedule and have to mix day,...

11. Just how bad is the job market for experienced Nurses?

    Noahm posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone, I am planning on relocating back to the USA (Pennsylvania) in early 2011. I have been an RN for ten years and have lots of experience. Most of that experience has been in the UK...

12. Just how bad is the job market in the Lehigh Valley?

    Noahm replied to Noahm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Anyone????

13. Med/Surg is great because...

    Noahm replied to regularRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I love med surg

14. Just how bad is the job market in the Lehigh Valley?

    Noahm posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I am getting really worried. I am planning on relocating back to the Lehigh Valley after 10 years in Europe and have my heart set on working at LVH. I am absolutely desperate to get home. We are...

15. What exactly is so bad about Med Surg?

    Noahm replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    So so true about interrruptions getting interrupted. You are going around with the medicine cart and pouring some meds and someone phones, you go to the phone and on your way back someone shouts out...