NellieP73

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  1. Protocol Resource

    NellieP73 posted a topic in Telephone Triage

    Hi all - Question...I work in a multispecialty office that is just now really starting to develop triage protocols. Until now it's been pretty much been however the nurse who takes the call wants to...

  2. Protocol Resource

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in Telephone Triage

    The problem that I'm having now is that since we are a specialty clinic, most of the protocols that we have been able to find are waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too general for us, so we are basically...

  3. NM and respect issues - need advice!

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay so what do you do about management that walks all over you and doesn't realize they are doing it? It's really hard to keep up your confidence when they treat you like they only respect you when...

  4. NM and respect issues - need advice!

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, I've been looking for ways to boost my resume for months now. I've applied to several other places, but I always lose out to someone with more experience in the area. I want to leave my...

  5. NM and respect issues - need advice!

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, training! That's a good one. No such thing where I am. They have mentioned that there is going to be a permanent charge available and asked me to consider it, then they do stuff like this....

  6. Milk of Mag

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Even harder than that - ours is only 10 ml because it's the concentrated stuff, but this pt is strictly forbidden to have even a drop of anything thinner than pudding consistency. I had never thought...

  7. Milk of Mag

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys - quick and kinda weird question. Can you thicken MOM with thick-it? Pt on swallow precs needs thick liqs but insists on MOM as her LOC. We can't find any info to the contrary, but for...

  8. Milk of Mag

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah this lady is a pudding consistency. It just seems so gross!!!!! Thanks for your replies, it was very

  9. Office vs hospital??

    NellieP73 posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hi all! I was hoping that those of you with experience in bboth medical offices and hospitals could help me out here. I may have an opportunity to switch to a medical office that is affiliated with...

  10. anyone with hospital and office experience??

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all - I posted this on the ambulatory board, but it doesn't look like there are many people there. I thought I might get a lot of responses here because y'all are so versatile :nuke:. Anyway,...

  11. anyone with hospital and office experience??

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Good questions, good questions. I honestly feel like it is time to start thinking about making a change. I don't even know if this job is going to work out - they may still go another way, salary...

  12. anyone with hospital and office experience??

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys! I know I want to make a change, but the more I sit there and analyze things, the more I feel like I shoulld stay where I am. The reason this job seems so appealing to me is that, like I...

  13. OH Nurses - Any advice about this?

    NellieP73 posted a topic in Occupational Health

    Hello! I have been thinking ever since nursing school that I would like to get into occupational health nursing - not OT like in a hospital, but to be a nurse at a corporation. Recently, I found out...

  14. OH Nurses - Any advice about this?

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in Occupational Health

    Thanks for the advice! I'm not really sure about how to get my foot in the door, but I'll keep an eye out for classes, temp work, etc! If anyone has any more tips, I'd be more than glad to hear...

  15. Living situation

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys! I hope is is ok to post this here. It is not a nursing question per se, but it is job related. My roomie and I are going to be moving soon. The place we live now is nice but noisy, and I...

  16. Living situation

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    I actually live right across a fire station righ tnow. The problem isn't the sirens passing, it's that they would be frequently stopping irght outside my window. And I don't care if I am a nurse, I'm...

  17. Living situation

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    That's a big part of the problem, actually. It's not a month-to-month lease. The apartment is a ranch style and literally on the corner of a very busy, congesterd intersection (in fact, someone did...

  18. Living situation

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Haha leslie, that's what I do now. I'd like to stop that...sometimes they fall out or sometimes my ears get itchy, so if I can avoid having to do that, I'd like that very

  19. Opportunity...help!

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a question for you guys...here's the situation. I have been at my current job (bedside) for about 5 years now. I have worked with a lot of nurses who feel trapped in their jobs. They have...

  20. Opportunity...help!

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    That's it on the nose, Tazzi! I'm afraid that if I stay in one place too long, I'll be too afraid (even more than I am now!) of trying something new! My unit specializers in oncology and hospice...

  21. staffing

    NellieP73 replied to 1husband's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a question that I've been meanng to ask for awhile...should nurses who are not tele trained be floated to other units and expected to take tele

  22. Funny

    NellieP73 replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Haha tazzi, you beat

  23. Funny

    NellieP73 replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Prostate, not prostrate,

  24. REALLY dumb question...

    NellieP73 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: But what it an MDS coordinator? I have heard of MDS before, but I don't know what it is, and I have tried to look it up, but MDS stands for lots of things and I just feel really dumb that I...

  25. REALLY dumb question...

    NellieP73 replied to NellieP73's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you!!! Minimum Data Set was actually the only thing I thought it could be, but I for some reason was sure that was wrong! I knew it had something to do with nursing home admin, but I wasn't...