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What is the current scientific standpoint on having a patient do pre-surgical chlorhexidine washes at home for a planned cesarean section? I was kind of shocked that it wasn't mentioned at all. Granted, unplanned c-sections don't have the luxury of p...

I let my nursing license lapse in 2011 after I became a Stay-at-Home-Mom. 1) How do I get my license back? I've looked at the NCBON website but I can't determine where to begin. Background check first? CEUs first? When do I do the application on the...

Anybody?

Hiya there folks. Ever feel like you are suffocating? Ever feel like you are going to explode because of the panic inside? Well I feel as if I could pop wide open right now! (And two days before I work, and all days that I work.) I do. I think I hat...

I would say lifting and transferring one person - learning how to work with them and establishing a rapport - is much better for your back than hospital lifting and transfers. Of course, this is case specific and so I am wondering if your patient is ...

I'll have to check our policy on colonized patients. I know they are placed on contact isolation, regardless.

Really? I am looking for a change. Even with gas prices being nasty - I think this is worth it. My Mom was a HH RN the whole time I was growing up. I've done my year in med surge. I'm ready to actually have time to take care of my patients. Any advi...

Thanks. Looks like I'm two years older than you but you have 1 UP on me in the happy-with-my-job category. Best of luck to you with your new job. I hope that you find happiness - where ever it is for you! As for me...I may just take your advice and ...

We, along with three other floors swab folks as soon as they get in the room. Most of the time I send the swab down to lab with a chart sticker before lab can print a sticker off and send it up to me. If positive we place on contact isolation and we...

So what is the count at? #quitting? #thinking about quitting? #sticking with it? I have a new name for nurses: masochists. I do find satisfaction every morning at 7.30 as I leave...I look back on the night...think about the hell...and think about th...

Oh God! I'm not the only one! I'm not the only one! Woo hoo! I just posted a "vomit session" a couple of hours ago. I suppose it was venting and seeking advice...but a lot of my problem is solved by decreasing my anxiety...ie...finding something easi...

....I think I just wet myself.

Been there, done that, didn't buy the T-Shirt. I'll help you in any way that I can...just ask, okay? P.S. - I tried everything...sometimes more than once. Last and final thing was Chantix. It did the trick. P.P.S. - Sometimes all of the planets have...

You guys are naughty nurses. lol, naughty nurses Here is what my charting usually sounds like: "Pt. resting comfortably with eyes closed. Respirations equal and unlaboured. No sign of acute distress noted. Will continue to monitor." "Pt. awake, alert...

I work nights in Asheville. If we are REALLY lucky and staffed beautifully we have 4:1. Some nights I have had 6 patients. Those are the nights you pray a lot and thrive on team work.

My floor on the St. Joseph campus of Mission Hospitals is full of great nurses - some that have been in our department for 2 or 3 decades. Yes, Mission Hospitals does have an IV team. From what I see it looks like a great job!

*ding* I have officially just hit you up. lol

The water tastes good in Asheville, NC! :smiletea2:

I live in Asheville and work at Mission Hospitals. The pay is okay...My friends get paid a whole lot more in Johnson City, TN. The orientation was great. But always remember...it is the people who you encounter that make an experience worth it. My fi...

Thank you all for your advice. I moved home after school and got a job at the local hospital. I have no idea what my resume looked like but it worked. (My BSN program spent minimal time on preparing a resume.) Actually I think the advice that they ga...

Thank you all for your advice. I moved home after school and got a job at the local hospital. I have no idea what my resume looked like but it worked. (My BSN program spent minimal time on preparing a resume.) Actually I think the advice that they ga...

hello everybody! i am an rn with my bsn from east tennessee state university...class of 12/05. i live in asheville, nc and work at the one hospital in town. as i was looking through this thread i saw a thread that i had posted a long time ago...unde...