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I am a full time nurse on an ortho unit, and I am completely burnt out and searching for another area of nursing. I recently interviewed for a full time school nurse position and have been very excited, the only thing is that I always take family an...

At our hospital we refer to those orders as "blanket orders", they are illegal and we are working on educating our doctors about getting away from this practice. If we do have such an order, we get a list of the meds from the patient and we have to ...

I am 21 weeks pregnant and just had an ultrasound. Everything was normal until they told me my cervix is about 3cm and may be funneling. They rescheduled another ultrasound for next week, but I am just beside myself worrying. I need some informati...

Thank you Jolie for your response. Were you placed on bedrest your entire pregnancy? Also to the next reply: they did both the abd. ultrasound and trans vaginal ultrasound because we were really trying to find out the sex of the baby but the positi...

I am sorry, let me clarify. They told me my cervix was shortened at about 3cm and should be about 4cm. However this could be just part of my anatomy, but they want to do another ultrasound in one week just to be sure that there is no funneling whic...

Is anyone a legal nurse consultant and do you enjoy your work. There is a 21 hour course where I live to become certified and it sounds very interesting, but I wanted some real opinions. thanks

I have been a nurse for 2 1/2 years now and I still go home at the end of each shift worried that I forgot to do something. I know at work that I give the best care I can and that I always check myself and meds at least three times, however each day...

Thank you all for your advice and comments. I do get good feedback from my co-workers and my manager and I do think in a way that puts more stress on me because I feel that if I were to forget something or make a mistake they would change their opin...

just wondering what brand of pca pumps are used at your facilities and has there ever been any problems with the pump causing an overdose to a patient. Thanks

Our hospital uses blue armbands for dnr patients

Thanks to all the replies, I will find out in about 2 weeks about the position I interviewed with the school district, there are 3 positions opening: elementary, middle, and high school. The pay is salary and really is not a huge difference from wha...

I actually have always wanted to get into school nursing but knew I should get at least 2 years experience in hospital nursing. My first major in college was elementary education but then I switched to nursing. I love nursing but I miss the interac...

I have really started to dread going into work each morning, my 12 hour shift usually turns into 14-15, I hardly get a lunch break and maybe have time to use the bathroom twice. I really love nursing and caring for people but I just cannot do this t...

I have really started to dread going into work each morning, my 12 hour shift usually turns into 14-15, I hardly get a lunch break and maybe have time to use the bathroom twice. I really love nursing and caring for people but I just cannot do this t...

Does anyone know if there is any correlation between alcohol withdrawal (following back surgery) and pulmonary embolism. I know that after any surgery (ortho) there is risk for PE and DVT's but was wondering also if any relation to DT's??? Thanks

I don't know how much information I can say with the Hippa regulations, any suggestions?

I am very excited because I just accepted a substitute nursing position I work full time on an orthopedic floor as a staff nurse, I really like my co-workers and manager but I just don't want to stay in hospital nursing. I have always been interest...

My manager at the hospital I work at posts our schedule about 1 month ahead of time, so I am going to give the school district my schedule and they can call me on my days available.

1.staff RN 2. 2 years 3. Orthopedics 4. $18.01/hr (will be getting a raise this month after evaluation)

Any advice would be helpful! I graduated in May 2001 with my BSN and have been a staff nurse on an ortho floor. I am already feeling the burnout and/or that hospital nursing just isn't for me. Any suggestions? I've been researching school nursing...

i work in a seventh day adventist hospital and we have been a part of a system of hospitals (not related with seventh day adventist) within the city. We are now in the process of moving out of our "current" system and joining the nation-wide adventi...

this is a very unfortunate story but on my unit heparin and insulin are two meds that we always double check with another nurse.

I am an orthopedic nurse and absolutely love my job. Our population of back surgeries is growing (lami's, fusions, cages, kypho's etc), and I've noticed that this populations of patients' pain is more difficult to control than total joint replacemen...

I work 7A-7P and get paid my hourly wage for the 12 hr shift, anything over 40hrs/wk I get overtime pay. Our night shift differential just increased to an extra $4.00/hr and we get a $2.00 extra differential on weekends.

I work on an orthopedic floor and I have noticed that some of my patients get an annoying case of the hiccups after surgery (this can be very painful for our back surgeries). Does anyone have any remedies that would be helpful. I am open to anythin...