WOLFE BSN, RN

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    Extra pay for certification or degrees?

    Ok, where I am...bsn... $1 more an hour national cert.. $1 more an hour (even if hold 2 certs) preceptor... $1 more an hour charge...
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    Personality Type and Nursing

    istj
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    Pccn Exam

    the facililty that I work at holds a review course for 2 days...check with your nurse
  4. in jersey the city state and zip are listed along with your name and license number and expiration
  5. Hello all, I hope someone can help. I am looking for a way to find out when conferences and seminars are taking place. I have tried the google thing and I usually get the listings...
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    Finding Conferences and Seminars

    sorry I am getting back to you so late....crazy hrs at work....thank you for the tip about
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    Finding Conferences and Seminars

    Thank You...I am familiar with abbrev of bon but didn't realize brn could also be used...and no I haven't contacted them, however I
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    Finding Conferences and Seminars

    TazziRN I might sound silly but what is a
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    Pre/post-hospital shower?

    Staff lives on the skin...but it is not intended to be inside the pt...therfore the shower to almost "debacterialize" oneself..now prior to sx we do what is called a MRSA swab of the nose...if the pt...
  10. Not good with coming up with names, but I have to say that I like "Healthy Starts".......:)
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    waiting after job interview

    merae I am not sure, because I have been at the same place since I was an extern and basically had the spot before I graduated...however I will ask a few fellow cowrokers tomorrow and respond with...
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    addicted patients

    How dare those nurses for determining if someone is in pain or not. And that doesn't even cover the fact that they are altering a dr order and practising medicine without a license. What one may...
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    how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    When entering a room or reciving a pt I always start with Good morning, afternoon, evening...My name is Sheila and I will be one of the nurse working with you today. I also always have my ID badge
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    nursing shortage

    In the medical section of the library there are nursing journals such as AJN and Rn...they may have some info you are looking
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    Pre/post-hospital shower?

    Prior to open heart surgery pts shower x 2 with the Chlorhexidine. However I can see this doing more harm than good with repeated uses if we were to start showering daily with it. Again as someone...
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    Dosage & Calculation

    Hello and welcome...dosage and calculation has to do with medication administration for example you need to give pt x 25mg of a med, you only have 50mg tablets...what are you going to give..answer 1/2...
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    Free Online CEUs

    Thanx for another link for
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    ohhhh my aching feet

    I tried a pair of Nike Air and they seem to do the trick...just another
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    First Week Orientation Program

    Hospital wide nursing orientation I wore street clothes..not jeans..but slacks and tops...if it is orientation to the floor then scrubs...check with your manager when in
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    Drips of Tears

    sorry to hear of your situation with the "family"...know that the family is not upset with you but of the situation and unfortunately you were the one to take the brunt of the "anger"...you will...
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    Cardiac Cath Patients

    same here... in cticu/sicu/ccu/micu the nurses pull
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    Drips Calcs Info Needed!

    You can also look in a local bookstore such as barnes and nobles or boaders for example in the nursing/medical section...they may have a guide in calculations...and if using dopa..and such write the...
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    Volume in 1 unit of blood?

    At my facility, a volume of prbc's equals
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    The Phone Rang!! The Phone Rang!!!

    Congratulations and good
  25. Maybe the social worker, case manager, ethics committee need a push...have a situation at work that if not for the nurses and md's ethics would never have been called