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  1. Nurse license plate

    nursesaurus posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hello, if this question has been asked, feel free to point me to the thread. I was wondering if anyone knows anymore about a nurse license plate in Ohio? Last I saw from ONA was from May and talked...

  2. Nurse license plate

    nursesaurus replied to nursesaurus's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Thanks. From what I found in my research there is a physician license plate in

  3. Being an LPN in Ohio

    nursesaurus replied to runnerdoug87's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hello, I live in Dayton (a suburb called huber heights to be exact) and I have had a steady job in home care for five years. Before that I worked with hospice and in an assisted living. The major...

  4. LPNs are nurses too.

    nursesaurus replied to vbarger28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I encountered this once as an LPN doing home care visits. A patient told me she had "too many" issues and an LPN just wasn't "qualified" enough to take care of her. I did notify the RN case manager...

  5. Elevated temp and dehydration

    nursesaurus posted a topic in Home Health

    Somewhere along my nursing career I heard a sign of dehydration can be an elevated temperature. I can not find any literature to support this. Has anyone else heard this? Any input? Is it a...

  6. Need to share this...

    nursesaurus replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i just ripped that off my calendar too!!! love

  7. Elevated temp and dehydration

    nursesaurus replied to nursesaurus's topic in Home Health

    OK Thanks so much guys! Makes sense

  8. I would like to be a nurse in the entertainment industry...where to get started?

    nursesaurus replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    I do know that "HawthoRNe" had a "nurse consultant" that gave advice on medical procedures, language, etc. Scrubs magazine had an article about it about a year ago. You may be able to find it on...

  9. question: 1 on one what to do?

    nursesaurus replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a psych unit while I was in nursing school and did 1:1's all the time, I worked night shift and we stayed with the patient in most cases even while they were sleeping. It gave me a...

  10. Johnson & Johnson commercials

    nursesaurus replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    i apologize if this is repeated information but here is a link to 'The Nursing Show" which is a podcast for nurses which is a very good podcast btw to listen to but he did an episode where he...

  11. pacemakers and hiccups

    nursesaurus posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi! Please only nice responses, I have done research and haven't actually found an answer to my question(s). Why would someone get persistant hiccups with a pacemaker, and what problems does this...

  12. pacemakers and hiccups

    nursesaurus replied to nursesaurus's topic in Cardiac

    thanks so much for your responses! this definetly helps and all makes sense

  13. Jobs not being advertised?

    nursesaurus replied to ConsideringNursing79's topic in General Nursing

    i have found (in ohio) that a lot of companies don't post to a newspaper but will have the job posted on their

  14. Nurse Manager Write-Up

    nursesaurus replied to Girlygirl69's topic in General Nursing

    IMO you were following doctors orders. end of story. im not experienced in this field but if the dr was second guessed by other RNs and he stood by his order then you had no choice but to hang it....

  15. Just want to share the news; I got a JOB

    nursesaurus replied to cna to crna2b's topic in General Nursing

    congrats!

  16. Narc count right, then WRONG

    nursesaurus replied to Dee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work at an assissted living where there are no RN's, none, our DON is an LPN as well. What then? We have the keys to the med cart, including narcs because thats our job. In most LTC that is who...

  17. Wet-to-dry dressing question

    nursesaurus replied to CharmedJ7's topic in General Nursing

    In the home health agency i work for we also use wet to dry for this purpose. WTD is the single most common dressing change we

  18. Medical Assistant training?

    nursesaurus replied to scott.andrew's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    i was in school to be a medical assistant...one year to make 10-12 dollars an hour which is what i was making as an aid. lpn school one year 16-20 dollars an hour. but thats in ohio where i live....

  19. wound descriptions

    nursesaurus posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Ok, I know what granulation tissue and eschar is and what it looks like. I'm new to wound nursing in a home health care setting and there are some words when it comes to wounds that I don't know what...

  20. verbal abuse from patient

    nursesaurus replied to big bang theory's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    can i just say that i love your screenname

  21. Colds and ATB

    nursesaurus posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK first let me start of by saying, I don't want anyone to have to look information up if you don't want to. I just need a general answer because the answers online have not sufficed. With that said...

  22. Colds and ATB

    nursesaurus replied to nursesaurus's topic in General Nursing

    Yes i am an lpn. Idk why i post on here because most of the time people are just plain rude. I try and look answers up myself and yes i look for more logical explanations. Ive been a nurse for over...

  23. Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa -I need advice

    nursesaurus replied to NurseLisa64's topic in General Nursing

    thank you so much for the video

  24. Help Needed plzzzzz....

    nursesaurus replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    A few residents where I work who have constant constipation issues take miralaax every other day in the morning. A few also take stool softners like Colace and others take fiber supplements like...

  25. When are you no longer a "new nurse"?

    nursesaurus posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Next month I will have been an LPN for one year. I am tired of still being called a "new nurse" and am wondering when this ends? I know I won't be a "seasoned nurse" but when am I no longer a "new...