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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 it" for long. We have a staff of 3, myself & 2...

Best advice I ever heard for weight loss was eat breakfast like a king........lunch like a prince.........& dinner like a pauper. And I also forgot about the vinegar for jelly fish stings...works instantly!! Just make a compress of straight vin...

clear finger nail polish will help not only poison ivy but will heal ring worm ..............just paint it on & let it wear off by itself. Just repaint them every day till gone. for toenail fungus soak your toes in listerine..works as an antisept...

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 & passed except 2. The ones that passed are gonna...

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 yet"..lol

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 practice test & didn't pass........heard it was t...

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 up....so far I'm absolutely loving my job!

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 wondering if anyone else heard this or has heard any...

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 owners were begged to evacuate the pt's & refused...

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 flush. The pt immediatly fell back, eyes rolled back...

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 & tape.

I also work in a small rural hospital..... 22 beds 2 of which are designated OB, 2 of which are used for storage but can be cleaned out if needed for high census. We have a 2 bed ER but have triaged in the hall & placed in old ICU rooms. We have ...

I didn't get to see this personally but an ambulance brought a 54 y/o from home that had fell, she lived in a very small travel trailor & was unable to get up for "days" she said. She had numerous ulcers to her legs that she had placed paper towe...

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 driving for the money involved. We do live in a rural...

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 driving for the money involved. We do live in a rural...

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 & pay $400./month house payment. Can't complain!!

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 & pay $400./month house payment. Can't complain!!

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 getting their own VS while the CNA's were doing bre...

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 getting their own VS while the CNA's were doing bre...

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 12 hr shifts, hubby going thru ADN program (not w...

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 pt care only, no floating, no agency, no temp posi...

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 a chemical problem only anxiety which he recommend...

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 would've thought I would test positive I could've ju...

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. Thanks for the kind words also. Today I have spent ...

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 the kicker .....if I DID have an addiction proble...