NellieP73

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 handle it. Bad, right?? Anyway, I am trying to ...

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 having to write them from scratch - not that we actual...

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 there is nobody better around. Example: I work nigh...

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 floor and try a whole new area of nursing, but nob...

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. They haven't mentioned the permanent job again. So...

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 of the juice thing before, or the applesauce. Bo...

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 some reason it seems weird. It would be okay, right,...

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

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 the hospital where I work. I'm currently in med/s...

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, here's the original post - thanks for reading!!!! Hi...

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 might not be enough, etc. I don't know all the deta...

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 said, it's still afficiated with the hospital, so...

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 that I am allergic to several different kinds of ...

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 them! Occ Health has been something I've been thinkin...

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 don't work days (eves and some nites), and I am worrie...

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 not getting up twice a week after only a couple of...

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 drive through it once a few years ago - literally th...

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 much.

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 worked at the same place for 10, 15, 20 years, and wo...

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 pts, but we have a lot of regular med/surg pts as wel...

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 pts?

Haha tazzi, you beat me!

Prostate, not prostrate, right?

: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 don't know what it is. My friend told me she is t...

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 really sure. You guys are great! Thanks again!!