hopecandles RN

hopecandles has 4 years experience as a RN and specializes in Oncology, Neuro, Cardiac.

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1. Practice Tracings

   hopecandles replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

   here's some more. this is neat. wonderful ekg web site to test your ekg skills—click on the ekg simulator: www.skillstat.com/learn.htm http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/image_index/index.htmlhttp://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.htmlhttp://www.ekgreadin...

2. Practice Tracings

   hopecandles replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

   There is lots of other good info here: http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstc/backup/parasedu.htm#tol It has stuff on anatomy, trauma, 12 leads. I just found this site, but I like it. I wish I had known about it when I first switched to become a cardiac ...

3. Practice Tracings

   hopecandles replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I found this site: http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/pstc/backup/prandekg.htm You can't print out and measure them, it just shows you them, and then you pick out what rhythm you think it is from a pull down menu. If I see anymore, I'll let you know.

4. Am I Burned Out? Need Advice

   hopecandles replied to chumbly24's topic in General Nursing

   I've struggled with the same things. I started out in oncology, and I felt I got to spend a little more time with patients than I do on the cardiac floor I'm on. I'm 34 with 3 kids, 12, 7, and 4. I finally took the plunge, and started working from ho...

5. Lately I've been feeling the strain....

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

   I know you are focusing on your feet, or it's mainly your feet that hurt you. I don't know exactly how you feel, but I know days I've left work and it hurt to drive home...it hurt my foot to push the accelerator. My big problem is my lower back. One ...

6. Oops, sorry! Son got wrong vaccination

   hopecandles replied to hotshot05's topic in General Nursing

   I think I agree with everyone else!!! I would be soooo ticked! I can't add anymore, but I hope you will keep us up to date. What if next time, it's a different situation, and a kid really gets hurt!!!!

7. hello, looking for advice

   hopecandles replied to Tlott1926's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't been in your situation, my only advice would be that if you go back to a hospital, fight for all the orientation, education you can get. I started at a hospital about a year ago, I've been an RN for 4 years, and they just threw me so quickl...

8. uniforms are killing us

   hopecandles replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing

   The first hospital I worked at was very strict about their uniforms. Oncology Nurse's wore maroon, icu's light blue, ccu dark blue, med-surg wore white. I didn't like it until I went to other hospitals. I finally understood why my mother-in-law would...

9. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

   hopecandles replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio

   I'm originally from the Akron area, but moved down to southeastern ohio about 3 years ago. I've been an RN for four years. I started out in Oncology, then transfered to a critical care float position, then neuro stepdown, now I'm just working casual ...

10. A&P Question

    hopecandles replied to Christinmomof3nrs2be's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I've never heard of A&P coloring books. I have a friend whos daughter is just starting, and she's having trouble with A&P. She asked me for suggestions, but didn't give me anything specific. Does anyone know, where do you get these coloring b...

11. ekg strips...need help!!!!

    hopecandles replied to KellieNurse06's topic in CCU

    I wish I had found this info earlier. After being a nurse for 3 years, primarily oncology, then neuro. I switched to a cardiac unit. I was so frustrated there. Because I had experience, I got virtually no orientation, I did get some, but it was 6 day...

12. Tequin IVPB

    hopecandles replied to DirtRoads's topic in Student Assist

    Where I worked we used to run Tequin alot, then I heard they are not using it so much anymore, because of complications? Is anyone else experiencing that, and do you know why? Just curious.

13. HELP---Collaborative problem/potential complication question

    hopecandles replied to Chickie Studentnurse's topic in Student Assist

    What about infection, risk for

14. Questions re:Bible passage and nursing

    hopecandles posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend just called me, and said she had a question in her class (she's going rn to bsn at a christian college). The questions was to read James 2:14-25 with emphasis on v 14, and write how it would apply to the nursing profession. She called me, be...

15. can you refuse an assignment?

    hopecandles replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    One of the nurses I work with dealt with that issue. She was overloaded on an assignment, and there was some kind of "bad result". She didn't say what it was, but she said that the legal dept talked to her, and she told the legal dept about how many ...