sunbeach73

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1. nurse to patient ratio

   sunbeach73 replied to lizzy84763's topic in General Nursing

   Where I work if someone is acting out: biting, scratching, hitting, throwing urine, feces or other objects we ask for a psych eval, immediately call the doctor for something to calm them down and if that doesn't work we send them to the hospital to b...

2. PTEC

   sunbeach73 replied to AllisonLP's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   There are other great LPN programs out there. Try Galen. More expensive but worth the money.

3. NEED HELP

   sunbeach73 replied to justt139's topic in General Nursing

   Oh....my bad. I guess I misread that part. I apologize.......Asking for how to solve the problem and asking for the actual answers are two different things.

4. NEED HELP

   sunbeach73 replied to justt139's topic in General Nursing

   Or maybe someone is just asking for help because they don't understand the problem???? There is no one person who knows answers to everything which is why we ask others for help. I think that finding a book on medication calculations would be a good ...

5. Average Pay for a new nurse

   sunbeach73 replied to jayde_RN's topic in Geriatric

   I'd jump on that job!!!! My first nursing job 2 1/2 years ago I started out in the hospital making $12.50 per hour. That was like a slap in the face. I even had IV certification. I was taking a pay cut of $2.50 per hour. I did data entry prior to nur...

6. Nursing Assistant Staffing/ Patient Loads

   sunbeach73 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   40 residents by yourself????? Are you kidding? And my staff complains because I have 4 CNA's to less than 40 residents. They have no idea how lucky they are!

7. Supervisory Training for LPN

   sunbeach73 replied to bethann27's topic in Geriatric

   I received mine through an online course. You get 20 hours on CEU's. The cost is about $35. Go to westernschools.com, look up management and leadership and the course should pop up. The ALF I work at has this as a mandatory course for all our nurses....

8. Help Please!!

   sunbeach73 replied to rachel33138's topic in General Nursing

   I just bought my daughter a laptop for Christmas from Overstock.com. They have laptops as cheap as $400 each. They are new computers that have been opened by a consumer and then sent back to the store "open box" merchandise. My daughters has one smal...

9. Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

   sunbeach73 replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

   I left an okay paying desk job to work at a major hospital where I live. I took a pay cut of almost $2 per hour. My desk job I was able to have overtime when ever I felt the need for it for the clients sake. With my nursing job, not only did I take t...

10. My first Interview....

    sunbeach73 replied to BansheebabeRn's topic in General Nursing

    I wore a pair of black dress pants, a white long sleeved button up shirt with thin black pin stripes and some black 2 1/2 inch hills to my interview. I had a bubbly enthusiastic attitude. All the questions that I had for the interviewer was eventuall...

11. Best City/Area for New Graduate

    sunbeach73 replied to gemini901d's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I'll add mine. Where I live is in a big metro area in Florida. You have Tampa Bay, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. Orlando is only an hour away. I've seen adds for pay as much as $40 an hour some places. How true that actually is, I don't know. I'...

12. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    sunbeach73 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is so awesome Lori!!! Congrats. Best wishes to you! I knew you could do it.

13. I wanted to explain what happened to me...

    sunbeach73 replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    What part of Lori's post was not understood? She KNOWS what she did was wrong. It was a mistake of her taking the wrong medication when she was upset. Geeze.....

14. My husband won't let me do bed baths

    sunbeach73 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

    Mercy, I suggested that before too! If someone is that controlling then don't tell them!

15. New nurse jobs - easy or hard to get?

    sunbeach73 replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

    I got my license in May this year. I began actively looking for a nursing job first day of August. I just got my first job as a nurse and start in two weeks. I filled out so many applications and was about to give up. I have never worked in the nursi...