walk6miles

walk6miles

ICU of all kinds, CVICU, Cath Lab, ER.

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  1. I Need Your Assistance, Please.

    walk6miles posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

    :spin: My first husband, William Troy Rowland, Jr., came from Enfield, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. After serving 3 times (Purple Hearts and Bronze Star) in Vietnam, Bill left the Army and we settled...

  2. I have a theory/question.

    walk6miles replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious - have you been drinking orange juice or similiar liquids? That will give you diarrhea big

  3. advice for ER interview please

    walk6miles replied to cedavid22's topic in Emergency

    Experience with ER consists of small town, small time hospitals in Texas and Florida. Then I went big-time: Trauma Center in the big town host of the "500" and "bike week". OH MY GOD, was that an...

  4. Nights: Normal schedule on days off??

    walk6miles replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked nights for 20+ years. I agree with everyone that nights are best. I also think you become a better nurse because you must be - you have to know when to call the Docs, what orders to...

  5. putting urine on burns? has anyone ever heard of this?

    walk6miles replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    You are Joking aren't you?

  6. Please Help Me

    walk6miles replied to konahi7's topic in General Nursing

    Konahi7 I feel so badly for you. Do you have someone who can mentor you; perhaps a meeting with administration in the company of your mentor... someone who knows how you work and study? The next...

  7. Disclosing personal info to patients

    walk6miles replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I am so happy to get this off my chest! I work in a cardiac unit now; having spent 18 years in Open Heart/Transplant Recovery (it's nice to have a conscious patient!!). I frequently work with another...

  8. writing up another LPN for med error

    walk6miles replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    I am really offended by your miserably negative way of handling what you, her coworker (not her supervisor) deem as this nurse's poor handling of medication distribution to patients. Here is my first...

  9. Declined Job Offer, and was practically told off!

    walk6miles replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations on your new job (I hope you succeed beyond your wildest dreams) and, I agree with RN28MD - write the CEO or President of that hospital and let them know how the Village Idiot spoke to...

  10. Mature Nurses over 50

    walk6miles replied to Su360's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I will be 59 in December; have no plans to retire unless my body gives out! I love my job (right now in Chest Pain Center). I have worked nights 98% of my career and would not dream of changing....

  11. Posting fears...

    walk6miles replied to Rizpah's topic in General Nursing

    Hello... is there an American flag on the flagpole outside the hospital entrance of the hospital at which you work? How many people have died for the right to express an individual's opinion? 99...

  12. Visitor from He**

    walk6miles replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I read (and reread) the comments regarding this visitor from hello.... why are we nurses willing to bite our tongues and put up with this demeaning behaviour? Must be because in some cases we are not...

  13. Union Memorial

    walk6miles replied to winnievanurse's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Here's my two cents worth: I worked there as a Travel RN and extended my stay twice - I worked in the ICU and loved it - everyone worked together and I felt like part of the family. I would work there...

  14. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    walk6miles replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have been known to tell the patient (or mother or father or friend) upon their 5th visit out to find me and interrupt me to ask for something trivial or stupid that "as soon as I am able, I will...

  15. John Hopkins Bayview advice!

    walk6miles replied to newnurse07's topic in Maryland Nursing

    If at all possible, go as a Travel RN - that will solve your housing expense problem. It's a super city - I was born and raised there.. the Bayview area is a mixture of ethnic groups (laid back,...

  16. Sign-on Bonus contract terms

    walk6miles replied to Keshet's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my story. I made the move from Staff RN to Travel Nurse so that I could move back to my home town (no plans to remain there) - long story short, I learned the hard way to ALWAYS GET IT IN...

  17. Why not Nurse Practitioner?

    walk6miles replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    I agree; I love bedside. Perhaps some day I will undertake the