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  1. incontinent NH pts

    rondafan replied to 3cdn1usa's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I know this is an old post but I am currently having this problem in my unit. We have a pt that arrives in a geri chair, has both legs & 1 arm amputated, has full control of bowels but cant "hold...

  2. Tech Certification....what's everybody else doing

    rondafan replied to Kelly_the_Great's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    My clinic paid for a prep course at the local hospital for around 30 techs. They let them payroll deduct the cost of the test @ $20 a check & reimbursed all that passed. All took it last month...

  3. Certification

    rondafan replied to traveler RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I wonder if this means all the certified techs will be getting raises once they complete this? I sure would expect one. My bosses are "not sure

  4. Certification

    rondafan replied to traveler RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have heard this..........we supposedly have someone coming to our unit to administer the test to all the techs....haven't heard that licensed staff have to have it tho. Our nurse manager took a...

  5. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    rondafan replied to Luvbuble's topic in General Nursing

    Have to agree with the dialysis thing...... we have 4 Docs that round (1 per day) & so far they are all very pleasant. We mostly work on protocals & usually can handle anything that comes...

  6. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    rondafan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I heard on the news in the first few days after the storm that the staff evacuated nursing homes & most, if not all, of the residents passed away. Haven't heard anything else about it. Was just...

  7. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    Just heard on Fox news that the owners of the nursing home are being charged with 34 counts of negligent homicide (I think thats the charge) & are in jail at this time. They also said that the...

  8. Dangerous lessons learned in your first year of nursing

    rondafan replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My 1st year out of school I had an order for 25mg phenergan IV push on a pt with a central line well I diluted it in 10cc of saline ........did it real slow........then just slammed a 5cc saline...

  9. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    rondafan replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    You know both your parents are nurses when your kids are "triaging" a bicycle wreck & telling them "it's just a little blood.....you'll be fine" & coming to the house for sterile water,4 X 4's...

  10. New Nurse Salary

    rondafan replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Amy...... I live in a town of 2500 people on the Louisiana border. lol...... Hubby is the new grad & he drives 27 miles to work @ 17.50/hr nights. I drive 15 miles for my 27.00/hr, very little...

  11. New Nurse Salary

    rondafan replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Amy...... I live in a town of 2500 people on the Louisiana border. lol...... Hubby is the new grad & he drives 27 miles to work @ 17.50/hr nights. I drive 15 miles for my 27.00/hr, very little...

  12. New Nurse Salary

    rondafan replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Starting salary here is $17.50 first shift, $2-3.00 for shift dif. I have 7 yrs experience & make 27.00/hr. Very good $$ for my part of town. I live in a 3 bedroom 2 bath brick home on 3 acres...

  13. New Nurse Salary

    rondafan replied to murnahan5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Starting salary here is $17.50 first shift, $2-3.00 for shift dif. I have 7 yrs experience & make 27.00/hr. Very good $$ for my part of town. I live in a 3 bedroom 2 bath brick home on 3 acres...

  14. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    rondafan replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    This is a hot topic @ my facility right now. We're a small hospital, we get lots of nursing home pt's so they have to have assit to get out of bed, most need to be fed, cleaned up etc. The RN's were...

  15. How many nurses do their own vitals???

    rondafan replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    This is a hot topic @ my facility right now. We're a small hospital, we get lots of nursing home pt's so they have to have assit to get out of bed, most need to be fed, cleaned up etc. The RN's were...

  16. Just need to whine

    rondafan posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope this doesn't turn out to be a long post but here goes. I'm open for all the criticism and help I get. In April/02 I had a job I loved in a small hospital 5 miles from home. I worked 4 nights/wk...

  17. Just need to whine

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the responses I'm getting. Some of the advice is really good. I called around to a few friends over the weekend & for now noone is in need of a RN. My board order stipulates direct...

  18. Just need to whine

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    In response to Avigail......BNE ordered me to TPAPN, I didn't agree with this order so they sent me for a very expensive psychological eval w/ chemical dependency component, the MD said I didn't have...

  19. Just need to whine

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    just to answer what Brownms said.........The reason I didn't think twice about the drug screen was because it had been 2 weeks & I had filed that weekend away. I know.... sounds stupid but if I...

  20. Just need to whine

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to thank you guys for all the input here. I can for sure take the criticism & keep on going. Believe me you guys couldn't say anything to me or kick me near as hard as I kick myself....

  21. Just need to whine

    rondafan replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    This board order will last for 2 1/2 years from the time I get a job. Whats so bad is my Home Health agency was willing to comply with board order, and even wrote to them on my behalf. No Luck. Here's...

  22. Do any fem. nurses here have Stay at Home husbands/SOs ?

    rondafan replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    I have been the bread winner in my household for 5 years now. I went to school, then nursing school with 3 kids at home ages 3 DAYS, 7, & 14. My hubbie was a truck driver that was gone for 2 weeks...

  23. Temps

    rondafan posted a topic in General Nursing

    Now i've only been an RN for 5 years but this is the first time this has ever come up. I had another RN tell me that for a rectal temp you should subtract a degree & for an axillary temp add a...

  24. Night Shift Differential

    rondafan replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital we make $4.50 per/hour dif for weeknights & $6.50 per/hour on weekends. We actually get holiday pay of time & a 1/2. 3 holidays in the last few months has been