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  1. Can you believe this commercial?

    one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just watched a commercial on tv for a topical antibiotic ointment where the little girl says her cut got infected and her mom had to take her to the emergency room! For a cut on her finger? Are...

  2. Can Interpersonal Skills Be Learned?

    one2one replied to harmony00's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There is a book written by Nicholas Boothman called "How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less". He offers great tips on building rapport with people in literally only 90 seconds. It's very...

  3. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    one2one replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Several years ago I was working on a stepdown unit where another RN was assigned to a pt in her mid 40's with MS. The pt choked on her lunch tray and the nurse did nothing to intervene because the pt...

  4. A.n.d.?

    one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

    The physician's order sheets we use at our hospital have a space at the top for the physician to write in the pt's code status. One of the physician's recently wrote in "A.N.D." in this space. When...

  5. What Three Words....

    one2one replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Promote health, ease pain, allow death with

  6. How is MO???

    one2one replied to mamamia's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I want to add that the cost of living in MO is lower than a lot of other places (esp CA). Besides that, money isn't everything. The wages quoted in the hospital websites are, of course,...

  7. to give pain meds or not to give meds?

    one2one replied to msnursekim's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I absolutely agree with give Tylenol and other PRN meds based on the asessment- if they need something-give it regardless of what other nurses might say. I've worked PRN in a longterm care facility...

  8. Would becoming bilingual be useful in nursing?

    one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking of learning Spanish as a second language. Do you think this is a valuable skill in your nursing practice? Would it be worth the time and effort it takes to learn

  9. Do you think this would be beneficial? CNA until LPN school begins?

    one2one replied to DelanaRN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Sounds like a winning idea to me. It would be great experience for you. Some LTC facilities will pay for the CNA class if you work for them. Anything you can learn before you start nursing school...

  10. Noc shift nurses Provigil?

    one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you who work nocs every taken Provigil to help with your wake-sleep cycles? Does it work for you? I would like to know your opinions before asking my Dr to prescribe it for

  11. Noc shift nurses Provigil?

    one2one replied to one2one's topic in General Nursing

    Is this stuff worse than taking sleeping pills to sleep? I don't need help falling asleep, I just have trouble staying awake sometimes. Any other suggestions on how to

  12. ICU, when to advance?

    one2one replied to intothemoon's topic in Nursing Career

    This is only MY opinion for what it's worth. Starting off in the general ICU of a community hospital is a great place to start because you'll get to see a little bit of everything as opposed to a...

  13. Lower back pain anyone?

    one2one replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    If your back pain just started, consider seeing your OB-Gyn. I had terrible back pain and found out I had a bad case of endometriosos growing on the outside of the back of my uterus. It was...

  14. can anyone recommend a good heart/lung sounds CD?

    one2one replied to starbucks_girl's topic in General Nursing

    Go online and try out the www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm website. You'll hear examples of both heart and lung sounds and the abnormal ones. And it's

  15. Ccrn Exam

    one2one replied to belleterre's topic in General Nursing

    First you should go to the aacn.org website and read the requirements for taking the exam. If you meet those requirements, go to www.ed4nurses.com and consider buying their review course. That's...

  16. Terms we will not admit to using

    one2one replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Whenever I see someone use WNL I always wonder if it means "within normal limits" or "We never

  17. How Do You Cope?

    one2one replied to juairefamily's topic in General Nursing

    In time, you come to realize that death is as natural a part of life as is birth. Sometimes it comes too soon and sometimes it's prolonged too long. You will come to find your own inner strength....

  18. Job Hunting - I don't understand

    one2one replied to Pupnshnooter's topic in General Nursing

    I was sitting in the human resources office one day when a woman wearing sweatpants, tank top and flipflops walked in and asked for an application. The receptionist was very respectful but very...

  19. Can I do it?

    one2one replied to ccccdstudent's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Remember , you learn differently after the age of 30 than you did when you were younger. Study what you don't understand first thing in the morning, then your brain works all day to catagorize and...

  20. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    one2one replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Does your employer address which kinds of shoes you can wear? The hospital where I work just recently banned Crocs because of too many slips and falls with them. I personally cannot wear...

  21. How is MO???

    one2one replied to mamamia's topic in General Nursing

    Hello! I've lived in Missouri all of my life and it's a truly great place whereever you decide. You might consider Columbia MO. Right on I-70 between St Louis and KC. Close to the Lake of the...

  22. My new GPN job after 3 days.

    one2one replied to AliciaMarieGPN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the world of nursing! Don't be discouraged. I have to say that most of the time when a preceptor is being as unhelpful as yours, it's because they lack confidence in their own skills and...

  23. Fired from job

    one2one replied to goingnuts's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what an awful experience for you. I'm wondering what the other nurses who dealt with this family have to say. Surely if they had been in the hospice program for a week, another nurse had also...

  24. What questions should I ask during my job interview?

    one2one posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have an interview for a job. What are good questions I should ask the nurse manager who will be interviewing

  25. new CCU nurse

    one2one replied to nursy swat's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hate to sound like a commercial but really the Ed4nurses.com website offers courses in critcial care essentials and critical care mastery which are done in layman's terms and are easy to understand....