KC CHICK

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1. Kansas City area anyone?

   KC CHICK replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.mudirect.missouri.edu/degrees/rn-bsn.htm Here's the MU-direct RN-BSN website. I'll be starting this summer

2. Kansas City area anyone?

   KC CHICK replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

   bizzle, it's my understanding that HCA is the only unionized system....it's also my understanding that it hasn't done much good for the conditions anyway. Truman Medical Center also has hiring...

3. Kansas City area anyone?

   KC CHICK replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

   ....as usual, people down south forget that life exists north of the river. The Kansas City, MO northland is growing in leaps and bounds. I'm located close to KCI airport (5 min away) and it's...

4. Kansas City area anyone?

   KC CHICK replied to louloubell1's topic in General Nursing

   ....and you didn't PM me??? Liberty Hospital is Level II and is located just north of KC. (Have to throw this one in cause this is my home.)...and I'd love working with you....

5. Getting Dumped on

   KC CHICK replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

   ....and your nurse manager says? If you don't feel comfortable talking with these individuals...voice your concerns to the unit manager. Would he/she rather keep you or lose you? It would be more...

6. 2 Nurses needed???

   KC CHICK replied to BrandieRNq's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   We don't have a policy to double check at my facility. Us nurses DO double check our calculations for our weight based Heparin protocol though. Have never seen or heard of any nurses that I work...

7. Was anyone ever a floor nurse?

   KC CHICK replied to askater11's topic in MICU, SICU

   :) Wow. With all of these responses, I'm even MORE excited to be going to the unit. I only have two more weeks on tele....WOOHOO! I just got through with a crazy weekend on the med/tele floor I...

8. Any tips on reading EKG's?

   KC CHICK replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Cardiac

   It's the website that's shown on the graphic. There are many websites with EKG information. Just plug EKG into your search engine and you should find a

9. Any tips on reading EKG's?

   KC CHICK replied to nicoleinphilly's topic in Cardiac

   Learn to recognize NSR, then your fatal arrythmia's, then everything in between will fall into place a little easier. It was for me, anyway. Just have to memorize P-R, QRS interval lengths for NSR....

10. The most pee ever.....

    KC CHICK replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the torch has definately been passed from Nurse Rached to Shark!!!!! Unbelievable. Now, the 800cc doesn't seem so bad. Way to put things in perspective. Shark is now the PEE PEE Queen. "We're...

11. The most pee ever.....

    KC CHICK replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    :eek: He needs a urinal in his truck, doesn't he????? Mmmmmm. Wonder why he was constipated. As a friend of mine says "Ya gotta clear the tracks before the train can go through.". That bladder of...

12. The most pee ever.....

    KC CHICK replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    HLR...It's just amazing what gets left in our laps sometimes, isn't it??? I'm usually start becoming concerned if they don't urinate 4hrs after foley dc'd. Kelly, my patient had urinated...although...

13. The most pee ever.....

    KC CHICK posted a topic in General Nursing

    Got report for one of my patient assignments (out of six) and was told this elderly male patient had been complaining of "feeling the need to urinate" and "not being able to urinate very much at a...

14. Independent/distance learning

    KC CHICK replied to mona b RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hey all, I will be starting my distance RN to BSN bridge through University of Missouri, Columbia this summer. Nice to see others doing the 'distance' thing too. Right now, I'm taking co-requisites...

15. Night shift vs. Day shift...

    KC CHICK replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nights rock. The staff on my floor just seem to help each other out a lot more. I love the people I work with. It seems like nights are the scapegoats when something isn't done right. 'Cause, as you...