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Colleagues, what would you do in this situation? A surgeon comes into the patient's room and without gloves takes out a pocket knife and removes the stitches and puts it back in his pocket. There was a nurse in the room but was in shock. He left and ...

Purplemania, you are correct in saying that peds patients show pain in many ways. I am an adult and have worked with patient's who have had pain issues as a reason for admission. I finally got tired of hearing nurses say that they are just looking fo...

The Panhandle as we call it also had a lot of hurricanes that come in through the Gulf of Mexico. If I had to choose again where I lived I would take some time if possible and come down and stay in the areas and get out and see them while you are the...

I have to agree with Todd about Tallahassee. It you want school fine but to maybe raise a family no. Also, there are not that many facilities in which to work. Tallahassee Memorial is a trauma center I don't know which level. Just after graduating so...

Not too long ago the regulations changed for LTC facilities as ratios were established. There has to be one PCT to every 10 patients and no less. They also have to be insured with a certain type and amount. However, as you probably already know mo...

realmean1 thank you also for your advocacy as much as you can. As someone mentioned these unnecessary treatments,etc will continue to go on. What is the physician saying about any of these things or does he/she know or even care. That person is rec...

Eddy, you should feel some satisfaction knowing that this facility will hopefully be shut down by the state, Medicare, or by the press as family members who are still available will hopefully have enough sense to take their relatives out. I know you ...

The flu shot is given to an infant in two doses as each is a half dose so that the child can build immunities against the particular flu. It is not to get extra money. You might want to check some pediatric journals or do a literature research on the...

Having worked all but one of my working years as a nurse we rarely got breaks as our policy was if it was feasible. Every thing was preceeded with IF this and that There were always conditions. When working in Mass. prior to nursing we were requi...

That sounds like a novel idea. That way they can set salaries higher than what they are getting now similar to the traveling nurses. The only draw back I see without viewing the site is how benefits will be available. But with the numbers they may...

Kim congrats on completing your degree and getting your RN. It is not an easy task with all the commitments of the day. A hearty and warm welcome to you KIM RN If you plan on getting your BSN and can arrange it begin taking at least one class a s...

What about the hockey season. Go Bruins and not the ones from California but Boston. I am proud you guys are taking on a new challenge and your varied experiences you have had will prepare you for working with staff members who are already in place ...

DMR1, blow it off because as an instructor she should have said nothing. Do you have an idea why you scored what you did? If so see if you can get some ideas from former teachers. Maybe a speed reading course as that will certainly come in handy wit...

Now I feel like the odd one out. Welcome guys the more the merrier and a hearty welcome to the profession of nursing. I don't know if you are aware of it but the Univ of Miami has an M.D. to R.N. degree program. Some are foreign students who wanted...

Dennie, I have to agree with you on the bp cuff or nothing in the elderly. I worked on a chronic respiratory unit and frequently lines had to be started or restarted for aminophylline drips. You could just enter the vein with no constrictive devce a...

Only one hospital of four in the county have an IV team and they end at 10p as they come in early for OR cases to be started if they haven't been. There is a special line called a Pic line that requires additional training. This type of line gives ...

Unfortunately, Florida is a right to work state and many employers more than take advantage of it. If someone just mentions someplace else they are out the door as there is a glut of people who would do the job probably for less salary. When I was t...

I agree that many of us have stuck our neck out while others have in some cases reaped the benefits unjustly. Any RN where I worked who was not in the union was receiving the same pay and benefits as the union RNs. We were required to fill out forms ...

First of all I was in a union and it only collected my dues and didn't help with I needed it. Hopefully, we will have even our hours of care on a patient's bill instead of being included in the room charge. We go to all computer and the dumb MDs stil...

It has been a while since I posted and when I saw this in my email I couldnl't believe it. When I wqs a clerk/tech up north we got time and a half with 8 hours off if it was a holiday. I will be finishing up my degree in Nursing in Dec. and wonder i...

Here in Florida there are many counties that do have the 911 operator stay with the person on the phone and help do an assessment and begin rescue breathing or CPR if needed. Many times here it is a small child who has fallen in a pool. Even when CPR...

There are starting to be too many commercials that have no regard for professional women. It is about time this masculine run industry learns a thing or two. Let's have one in which the insurance companies stop paying for the viagra. You would never...

Many times a parent is a coach for Saturday soccer are they certified. Here in Florida thunderstoms come up jn a flash. It is not unusual to hear that someone has been struck by lightening. Florida is the lightening capital of the world. I think in...

In the 3 hospitals I worked over the past 20 years only one had an IV team and it was primarily to check of new hires or incase of an emergency and the floor had already tried. Then the last facility I worked they were pulling charge nurses who wante...

sr moore, I am aware that this is a very serious subject but how does one lay off a half of a nurse? You would think that the schools would be screeming to have nurses or several trained in CPR as one said to avoid a nasty lawsuit. And what comes out...