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Hi i am a CNS-Adult health doing my 2nd semester and I am enjoying it, actually four of us in the class.We are preparing for a class debate on CNS should be APN.

Hi ,I need help in searching for one of the best public junior high school or secondary school in Bakersfield California ,preferable zip code 93305.You may PM me with any tips.My son is 11years old ,he is expected to begin secondary school in september 2008 while we are also expecting to migrate to bakersfield once all goes well. Thank you in advance.

Congratulation to you and your family and best of luck in the future. Please remember to keep us posted .You have been such a good member and post contributor,my friends and I enjoyed all your post.

Congratulation on passing your NCLEX exam. If you said you are expecting to get engage next year around this time ,then what ever you decide remember to include your boyfriend.

Whatever you do ,as a nurse you must over come this fear of blood.Running away from it will not do you any good.If you run away then ,lets say ,for example you meet a friend or a family member bleeding, what will you do ? run away? allow him or her to bleed until 911 arrive ?Think about these simple questions. Maybe you can attend the meat or fish market where they butcher these animals not to witness the actual slaughtering but to observe how the dissect the meat.Maybe this may help as there will be some blood in that area.In ER you will see all sort of bloody mishaps and even some of us who are in the servicefor years will shiver when you see the coditions some of these patients arrive in.It is just human nature to be scare at times and the empathy we have for human beings.

Hi Vincentian nurses will have an opprtunity to practice nursing in Barbados as a team of recruitors will be visiting our shores wednesday 12th march 2008 to conduct interviews .No midwife will be recruiting as some caribbean countries signed an agreement not to drain our midwives.This is so sad since a few of our nurses who are also midwives have their husbands working in Barbados and wishes to join them.The midwives who want to join their family were asked to resign and then apply,however they were also told that this will not guarantee they get the job. The salary is very good ,much high than what we are getting here in St Vincent as a matter of fact we are the least paid nurses in the entire caribbean. This is surely good news for the new grads who were threatened by the health ministered to go home in JUNE 2008 due to "excess" trained nurses. No one knows though ,how many of these nurses the Bajan recruitors need. Lets pray that all these nurses get a chance to migrate and thus maintain their RN status.It is really difficult for them ,some aquired loans and mortgages and are grieving since they heard the news from the minister that they are about to go home.This is difficult times for our country, Never before we had to send home nurses,infact over the years we employed nurses from Phillipines and Guyana. Let us pray for their families.

I have seen and heard of instancing where male and female co-workers became intimate and often times disregard/disrespect their fellow collegues and the patients while on duty .When the relationship go soar then the patients in their care suffer as well indirectly. These behaviour is very easy to depict in our system here as our hospital is about 190 beds and everyone know each other. We have les than 10 foreign nurses from the phillipine and guyana.We know all the nurses name and where they work,very small place.

If most men when they see young attractive female they will be nice,what will happen when the female is an elderly and or attractive? Will they be nice too? Will they be attractive to young female patients?

I really think the focus here should be patient care and not to attract the opposite sex. There should be a time and a place for attraction. Respect for ones-self and the patient as well as our co-workers are crucial. Lets be serious here.

This is a typical classic case,my grandma used to say "one hand can,t clap". I would have listened to both sides of the story from the two parties involved in the conversation at the time. Do you ever stop to ask yourself what part your friend played during the process of time when the so called "bully" was speaking? Was she silience for the whole time or was she leading on the conversation?

Nothing is wrong with you starting in ER.If that is goal then go for it,how does one gain competency? it is through experience and practice.You must start some where. you will learn a lot,just stay focus and ask questions if you don,t know or not sure. Goodluck.

Competency is really what matters. I am currently working with 2 male nurses and sometimes they will almost drive me crazy.It appears as if they are hidding from certain responsibilities .They will take breaks at the most inconvenient time and always late and want to leave before handing over finish.The male doctors on the other hand is more efficient and professional on my unit.

I have never really heard of redundancy in nursing,but in other fields.I am so sorry to learn of your plight and think that your firm was rather harsh/hostile .With god on your side all things are posible,try and move on with your career. I really like your positivity your way of dealing with the whole issue.You seem to be a very strong person.We will pray for you and your family here on allnurses.com.

Susan I know that we are not to discuss agency,s details on the forum ,however I will very much like to see that policy /strategy change.I think it is fair that if an agency is good we say yes it is good,and when they are BAD we also mention them so that other people don,t make the same mistakes as others. Some of them are just ridiculous and by exposing them they might just improve.

If the patient is alert then simply ask him/her to swallow while gently slide the tube down.It is always good to position the patient in an upright position.In my hospital we listen withe the stethoscope or confirm with stomach content aspiration or submerge the end the end of the line in water and observe for bubbles. same goes for the babies except you can,t ask them to swallow.

On my unit we teach all member of staff including the NA to do ECG ,but not even all the Doctors can thoroughly interpret the ECG . I think we really need boosting so I am in the process urging the RN,s to do at least an on line course I had also found an attractive site and inform a few doctors Only the doctors ,the ward sister ,the charge nurse and myself completed the ACLS ,NOT EVEN THE SUPERVISOR certified. I ask to be transfer to that unit from maternity and when i get their a few days a ago i realise apart from the supervisor and the other 2 charge person I am the most senior nurse and midwife,hence it is chalenging supervising the juniors ,triaging and assessing yet the doctors will call on me to do the maternity cases. I am liking it very much and wish i was there before now.Hopeful I will spend at least 6 months then resign and migrate.

Nothing is wrong about where you start .All the ER nurses started somewhere,afterall you gain experience. Congrats on your new job.Take notes ont the common conditions read a lot on the management and don,t hesistate to ask questions.

We all make mistakes ,some mistakes do cause the patients their life or physical or psychological trauma ,but is this a mistake or you just didn,t give because the patient was sedated otherwise? In that case,you had to assess the patient,s and report to the doctor your findings, then ask him whether or not to give the drug ordered. If the doctor on the other hand said to give and you had any doubts then you call your supervisor to confirm your assessment or nicely ask the doctor to come and reassess the patients. Did you discuss this with the immediate supervisor before with- helding the drug? And I think the nurse should discuss with you before she wrote you up.I would ask for a transfer to avoid her by all means.

Some antibiotics are very irritative to the veins ;augmentin ,cloxacillin etc .hence it is always wise to flush the iv site prior infusion ,dilute in 20mls ,then flush again. Gentamicin if given in the same line with these antibiotics may crystalise as well ,and always read the manufacturers guide before given any medications you are not familiar with.

Remember also that the IV site need to change at least every 72 hours.

Yes Susan,I am in agreement with you ,we really need to get pro-active and keep abreast with what,s going on in our field until such time when retrogression is end.Some day to come it must end. If nursing is really what we want to be doing ,we must focus.Hold own to our dreams continue to serve our country and our people.There are lots of on-line courses we can engage in ,we can even keep the skills current by seeking employment in neighbouring countries if employment is difficult in your country.

I would sure like to have my green card so that my son and I can get an opportunity to spend a "white christmas" with my eldest brother and my last sister. That will be great!!

This retrogression is getting people so discourage ,it is one thing to have your goals ,trying so hard to attain them and here comes obstacles. You know what we are going to be strong,continue to pray and reach for the stars.

The law is the law,no one is above the the law ,you break the rule then you should pay the consequence. While some of us are here waiting so long for retrogression to be lifted others feel they are large and that they will get around the law without even weighing the consequences. How can one be happy and free in another country when they are illegally there? And still feel they are free to move here and there without getting caught? I am therefore urging all foreign nurses to read these threads carefully and take warning .Wait for the right documents ,retrogression will not take forever it must be lifted one day and we will all be free to live our American Dream the legal way.

This is ridiculous ,Susan always said to read all fine prints in contracts ,why they did not take some time and do some research ?.Why people in this day and age want to sell themselves soo short?. It is better they did come in the Caribbean at least they will be practising nursing and gaining valuable experiences. At least after researching they would have known it is not that easy to practise as an RN in Quebec. Why Quebec to of all the other provinces in Canada ?At least they could have apply for Home Health Aide.But then that to will be adding insult to injury,they will be under employed and it is an big time insult to their intelligence. There is nothing like your home country if you simply can,y get what you want then just leave ,go back home until you figure it out,Slavery had abolish many years ago.