bill4745

bill4745 RN

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  1. What Is Your Opinion?

    bill4745 replied to tishirajan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a 57 year old ER nurse and seem to be well-respected by my younger co-workers, who often come to me for opinions and

  2. What type of nursing do you do?

    bill4745 replied to Cdnurstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Associate degree, ER. Never a dull moment, and you get to do a little bit of all the other types of

  3. Question about working per diem

    bill4745 replied to ccjus123's topic in General Nursing

    It's certainly possible. I know many people who do it. Two things to consider:1. Is overtime available at your hospital? Even if is a little less per hour than agency the comfort of working in the...

  4. Which blood pressure reading is correct?

    bill4745 replied to BriWisco's topic in General Nursing

    And the aline is not accurate unless it is

  5. so "the state" is coming, and i dont know how to rectify what i did.

    bill4745 replied to lorenwithano's topic in General Nursing

    A minor mistake. Most of us have done worse. Be

  6. Wrongful Suspension

    bill4745 replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    That was quite unprofessional and I think you are lucky to have only been supended and not

  7. Emergency Room Woes

    bill4745 replied to Okami_CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. Start

  8. ICU to ER

    bill4745 replied to dlane's topic in Emergency

    I made the ICU to ER switch 3 years ago. Your ICU and peds experience is a big plus. The hard part is dealing with critical patients - you often don't have the time to pay attention to details that...

  9. Honesty during the interview

    bill4745 replied to JohnUNF's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a job that can be done just for the

  10. Can I still get the job?

    bill4745 replied to misserella8036's topic in General Nursing

    If they won't let you work there because of that, it probably isn't the kind of place where you would want to work, if that is their

  11. Pay rates/mileage

    bill4745 posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm interviewing for a HH job tomorow. Can you tell me the typical pay rates per visit and mileage? How many visits per day on the

  12. Have U ever left a job after a short Period? Why?

    bill4745 replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    5 weeks. Was hired for 12 hour day/night rotation. First schedule was posted with me on straight 3-11, 5 shifts a week. With an 1h15min one-way drive 5 times a week there was little time for a...

  13. benzos...important question!

    bill4745 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Ask to doc if it's ok to give it and chart

  14. Guess What Everyone!! (and I need suggestions)

    bill4745 replied to ConfusedStudent3's topic in General Nursing

    Johns Hopkins in Baltimore MD is worth thinking about. I was just an inpatient fot 31 days, the quality of care was great-no one seemed stressed or overworked, all the RNs spoke highly of management...

  15. Excessive Foley drainage

    bill4745 replied to bisacat's topic in Emergency

    But your'e not experiencing a medical

  16. lidocaine for IV starts?

    bill4745 replied to NativeTexan's topic in Emergency

    Having just spent 30 days in the hospital and probably having 25 iv starts, it's one thing to have 22 or 20 in the forearm. A 20 in the back of the hand is a differrent story, and a few minutes...

  17. Life in the ER

    bill4745 replied to Student J's topic in Emergency

    You will only find this type of relationship in the ER. My co-workers are my second

  18. A name for Computer on Wheels

    bill4745 replied to butterfly9's topic in General Nursing

    "Carts" at our

  19. Piriformis syndrome

    bill4745 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    Any suggestions for an RN with piriformis syndrome? Does round-the-clock ibuprofen really help or is it just my imagination? I'm doing stretching exercises also, but it just won't go away. Should I...

  20. MBON-Congrats!!!

    bill4745 posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    Several years ago, I (a MD resident working in PA)tried to get a MD license by endorsement. After about two months and dozens of unanswered voicemails and letters, I gave up. With the cost of gas...

  21. Telemetry before ER

    bill4745 replied to markelleyr's topic in Emergency

    It is great

  22. Following up on application with nurse manager.

    bill4745 replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    One call after about a week is appropriate to express your

  23. scrubs help

    bill4745 replied to needscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    I found it by Googling "scrubs". They really are great

  24. Thinking about transferring to ED from NICU

    bill4745 replied to TJG618's topic in Emergency

    Your critical care skills with infants will be

  25. Do you make your title known?

    bill4745 replied to icunurse42066's topic in General Nursing

    I rarely do. I want to see what they are doing without knowing they are being