RNandlovingit

I Currently work for a hospice in Arizona. For the past year our company health insurance has been thru United Health care. I pay 60 dollars every two weeks for just myself. Co pays for DR visits 35 pcp and 45 for a specialist. Max out of pocket per ...

RN Arizona triage nurse Su-TH salaried at 66,000/yr CM are salaried the same. Milage reimbursement is crap at 0.42 cents a mile. Would love to talk to the other Arizona posters. Clearly they are getting the better deal. Thinking I need to move to Al...

Okay here is the deal. YOU ARE NEVER FULLY READY FOR THE NCLEX! I don't care what anyone says! Its a scary test, you poured all this work into going to school and you set a test date. TAKE THE TEST Already. IF you don't pass it then take it again. He...

Okay so I am going to try to give you the easy explanation.. I live and work in Arizona which is a compact state. What this means to me is lets say I took a nursing job in texas another compact state. I can keep my Arizona license and work in texas ...

MomRN do we have the same boss? LOL. I have a director who has that whole I am right and you wrong and you will do everything my way attitude! Very frustrating some days! I have gone rounds with her on several occasions especially regarding admits th...

Curious as to why it is taking you guys so long. I moved to texas in 2007 and had to pay the 150 as well and was cleared within a month although maybe it didnt take as long because I was endorsing in from New Mexico. I had a misdomeanor driving while...

I have never nebulized morphine for a patient in chronic pain. I have however nebulized morphine at end of life for respiratory distress. And let me tell you it works wonders. It relaxes the bronchial muscles and opens up the airway of a patient and ...

Thanks Dee. Thats what I plan on doing tomorrow.. Just wasnt sure if that would be approriate out here..lol.. i actually have a job interview tomorrow outside of the health care industry.. I needed to do something to start earning some cash.. Am goin...

I am beginning to think its not just new Grads.. i have applied at Sunrise, and Valley Health systems. I am a nurse with 2 years experience and I have yet to get called for an interview. Is it the nurse recruiters that are just slow to forward my app...

I have only been a hospice nurse for a little over a month. I absolutely love my job!!! with that said. I am "green" to the field of hospice nursing and would love to hear tips and advice from you experienced nurses! I am one of those people who want...

Nursing students that are selfish, catty and back-biting..say it isnt so.. Sad to see that not much as changed. More nursing schools should give a class on team work and how to get along with fellow nurses. Thats all I see in the nursing workplace. S...

I have a patient with ES Bladder cancer, probably met to stomach. This patient has MSSR 60mg q 12 hours and MSIR Q4 prn prescribed for pain management. Patient refuses to take the MSSR due to his religious belief that he has to suffer some in order t...

Sue. I actually took a pay raise coming to hospice. But anyway. I know all about the paperwork!! Now i seem to be having communication issues and learning how to deal with families approriately. I have a tendency to open mouth, insert foot!

Let me reclarify something. Most floors have standing Diabetic protocol. and Standing Sliding scale protocol. I think i misread the post and started myself on a tangent..lol Our standing protocol was to notify MD if blood sugar was more than such an...

Um since when does a nurse ever need an order to hold insulin? That is a nursing judgment. I worked on a cardiac unit with lots of diabetics and we would always hold the insulin if we felt it was warrented given that particular paiteints circumstance...

Its not that easy to do but I have seen it happen. And you would not believe how fast I have seen people running to get to that patient.. (just grab the wall and stay out the way if you dont know what your doing.. lol)

Personally PATIENT SAFETY should always be a priority. You will learn there is a big difference between "textbook nursing" and the reality of being overworked, short on staff and you have 5 patients all needing things NOW! you will learn your own sho...

And to add to that..make sure they show you the difference between the code light and the button to turn the call light off. My first week on a unit no one showed me the difference(they were right next to each other) First time i hit the wrong button...

And if you do accidently extubate, make sure you hit the code light and call a code!!!!:yeah:

Remind me not to let you stick me lol :roll I absolutely love my job now. It took me many job changes to find an aspect that I truly loved. Dont get me wrong. I liked peds and NICU were I first started (some days). I switched to Hospice and I love wh...

Hmm maybe OR nursing might be for you, or a postpartum. Most moms on post partum can toliet themselves. The fresh c-section patients are up by the next morning after surgery. There are so many avenues open to you in Nursing. It took me a long time an...

I am so sorry for what you are going thru, my thoughts and prayers are going out to you tonight! Several years ago I lost my grandma and grandpa on the same day. I remember crying for days because I lived out of state and was not there when they pas...

Okay I know that most of you are still in school, it looks like nursing school never changes.. you guys have given me a chuckle because I think we have all had those instructors that you want to beat over the head! Just remember.. Nursing school does...

Please dont stress yourself out you are there to learn!!!! When I was in nursing school I think i had to redo it twice.. I kept messing up with the sterlie gloves. And My instructor was a big nitpicker(but she was my favorite instructor!) That was fi...