hopecandles RN

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...

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 ...

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.

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...

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 ...

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!!!!

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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.

What about infection, risk for

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...

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 ...

HI! I have some of the same questions. I've been an RN for four years now. I started working from home. I have little ones, and didn't want to put them in daycare, etc. It's great! I work per diem for a hospital, but I've only been averaging about 4 ...

I can't believe your instructor did that for you. That was soooo nice!!!! Tell her thank you from me :) See, not all nurses "eat there young".

Just my 2 scents here are some diagnosis to consider for your COPD pt. Gas exchange, impaired r/t low V/Q ratio Activity intolerance r/t imbalance between oxygen demand and requirement. Infection, risk for decreased lung defenses Don't just use these...

Hang in there! I tried, and tried to get through nursing school. It wasn't until I changed my mind that I actually made it. What I mean is... one day I just decided I was going to do this. If I didn't think I could do it, I wouldn't, and hadn't. Fin...

Hello! Try not to stress out too much by the care plans. I remember doing that in school, and the teachers were so tough on them. So, one time, I went to one of the instructors and asked her to help me writing my care plan, because I was having troub...

Dear Epona, Well, unless you are going for your CCRN, which covers much more than just Cardiac, (I haven't done it yet). You can get a job as a Cardiac nurse as soon as you get your BSN. I think that is great that you want to work in a docs office, a...

Hey guys! Memories! I've been an RN for 4 years. It doesn't always get better. I remeber no matter how much I studied, the stuff didn't seem to stick. I think you just have to use it. I was at work the other day, and it's 2250, Report is at 2300. Wel...