uncRN

can anyone out there give me some pre-op tips, am going to have roux in y later this summer....also do you know of any studies of how this will affect my diabetes?

i guess it depends on experience plus what kind of pay plan you're on....made $70k last year....no OT....had a friend who made $80k with OT

sounds like hemachromatosis...affects the liver..the patient makes too many rbc's...the opposite of anemia...sometimes requires liver transplant in the more serious cases

adult renal/family medicine....unc healthcare, chapel hill nc

i work in a large teaching facility in central north carolina, and have to admit i consider it part of my job to teach these young docs some manners....i've been here for 9 years and have only dealt with a couple of boneheads...we try to teach good m...

i work on a 33 bed renal/gi unit. always busy,the days just fly by,anyone out there bored with their job?come on down to unc for some excitement! = )

for me working weekends has solved my solutions....i work f/s/s and am off mon-thurs .i'm able to go on class trips /be a leader of a brownie troop/ and also have days to myself during the school year....in the summer time we go on many day trips/and...

i believe i'm an ideal patient...but when it comes to my loved ones i'm the matriarch of the family from hell... = )

LIVE BY THE GOLDEN RULE ! O : )

I need some input...am going to a MANDATORY staff meeting tomarrow on nursing retention issues! we need some ideas on how to retain nurses without ANY monetary incentives! no , i'm not joking! I NEED YOUR HELP!

i will keep u updated not, just alot of brain storming during the first meeting....2nd meeting is next tuesday ..thanks for your input

i donate every 6 weeks, just to do my part...also they always tell you to EAT WELL! that day , so i reward myself with a fancy dinner out on the town somewhere!

over the past 3-4 yrs i've worked with several girls from the phillipines.....hardworking and dedicated are two words that come to mind...a privilage to work with them!

a must read...Tom's Year at the Nursing Home....by Theresa Edmond....a RN

we're trying something new @ my facility.....a RETENTION bonus! every four months....this has been approved through 2003....and will be re-evaluated @ that time.....i've received two so far, they come in pretty handy...

:chuckle cyb = cover your butt !

when you can't cry ,you need to get out of nursing...

i'm looking for a book,recently released...i think the name of it is "tom's year in a nursing home" it's written by a nurse based on real case scenarios...about a man put in a nursing against his will...so he refused to talk or respond to any of the ...

very interesting.....my hospital ranks #18 in the nation..go UNC:)

not only there young, but their old too =):chuckle