How does a small hospital maintain it's ratio of 1:5 during breaks? I am curious what other small hospitals do and looking for ideas that may be different from what we do. I work night shift so if we...
Just yesterday the local paper had the front-page story about this. the hospital here is implementing a new policy that says all admissions to ICU are on a 24 hour isolation and swabbed and tested...
We recently had a situation where the mom of 3 kids (6,9,12yr) was vacationing in Jamaica when her husband collapsed and died. She did everything, and in that country they did an autopsy (wouldn't...
Nobody can MAKE you take a night shift job, however at the time you are looking in the area that you want to live and the specialtiy you want to work in, that may be the only shift to get your foot in...
I believe it can, especially if it goes on chronically. Have you read the China Study? Interesting book. It talks alot about protein and also how not all protein sources are equal, but not...
We have been pretty low census too but when we are full it is 14 pt so we are usually 10 pt or under. I just checked to day and this last month the day shift people all had almost 40 hours of...
I am in California and the small hospital I work in (we don't have phlebotomy or IV services) we contract with an outside company, one that also supplies medical supplies to homes. They have RN's who...
Just so you know it's not just nurses who sometimes make mistakes, yesterday an MD used silvadene-soaked gause to vag pack a pt I had. Apparently the PACU nurse noticed and he came back and repacked...
Unless you really need the money, or to get out and do something for yourself, your kids are only little for a short time (make a timeline and see) and soon enough you can work out a little early care...
"The China Study is a very, very good book if you can get your hands on it." I recently read this book and couldn't put it down, fascinating info, and hard to dismiss. Research like this is being...
I always ask my pt if they brought their own jammies to wear and that they don't have to wear ours if they don't want to. Many do wear thier own and I think it is beneficial to be more comfortable...
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wow, I have tons of respect for phlebotomy! I consider them the experts in what they do, and quite often they bail me out of a difficult 'stick'! (we don't have them, but one comes in from the lab...
Just to give you another side of the story, take a read at some of the birth stories on this website, and where some women see labor very differently than most in America. You'll be guaranteed to...
that family member sounds manipulative and probably wanted to see if you really would cave into his demands! I can picture you saying, "well let me see, it looks like I will be busy at that time,...
The small hosp I work at will only offer 8 hr shifts. Most of the night shift, including me really want 12 hour shifts! It is really difficult working 5 nights a week. I am fortunate to be a .7 so...
I have had to do similar things. I had to get a job to buy a house so the husband knew it was important or we wouldn't get the house. When I had to orient on day shift, my husband hired a young girl...
I also wanted to add to be careful as some people do get 'wired and jittery' from Benadryl instead of drowsy. I found that taking 2 does that to me and one 'may' work, but I have not found it very...
It is wonderful to hear many different suggestions to give you lots of different things to try, from finding the best schedule, and other techniques. I have done night shift for most of my 15-years as...
I don't believe this is recommended anymore. "Moist tea bags applied to the nipples are a folk remedy that recent research has shown to have an astringent effect that may promote drying and...
I use the pre-filled syringes. I draw up the needed amt of med with the blunt tip (metal, not plastic) type needle and squirt it in the 10 cc syringe with saline in it. sometimes I have to squirt...
where I work it looks like from the hosp web site advertising a med/surg nursing job it starts out at 36.20/hr (does not include $10/hr night differential). this is central coast of