nursekare

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1. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

   nursekare replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   :heartbeat :redpinkhe I am an RN. I've been an RN for 15 years. For 15 years prior, I was an LPN. In LPN training, we were told by our instructors that if we didn't continue our eduction, we would...

2. I hate nursing

   nursekare replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

   I have felt the same way at one time or another, squawmeemaw. I've read a few of the repsonses to your post. And, I personally don't agree with some of them. The ANA likes to talk about the nursing...

3. Nurse fired for calling police

   nursekare replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

   i've seen many nurses get fired for doing one thing wrong. not long ago, in a hospital i was working in, a new graduate recieved the results of a positive drug test on a patient and a container of an...

4. Nurse fired for calling police

   nursekare replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

   security should have called the police after the first couple of times that the visitor began throwing things. not only was she putting the staff at risk of injury but other patients and their...

5. Rich nurses?

   nursekare replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

   tiij, I wasn't offended by your remarks and I concur with your thoughts on nursing in this country. American nurses are some of the highest paid in the world and we whine about how hard the work is....

6. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

   nursekare replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   [color=brown]personally, i feel that this obsession many have with grammer, spelling, and pronunciation, is a perfect indicator of why many poor people and people from certain cultures, races, and/or...

7. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

   nursekare replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

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8. heparin drip mistake! what would you do?

   nursekare replied to youngever's topic in General Nursing

   i believe that the first thing that you need to do is obtain and read the hospital policy/protocol for heparin administration. if you can determine from the policy that you indeed violated it by...

9. Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

   nursekare replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 28 years. I have seen people die of many varied diseases and for many varied reasons. I too have issues with the administration of of drugs by nurses to make the dieing...

10. Whites or Colored scrubs?

    nursekare replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    i believe that the facilities that employ nurses shouldn't be so hung up on the color or kind of uniform a nurse wears as long as the uniform covers the appropriate areas of the body, the nurse...

11. Wacko RN - Write Up vs. Direct Report

    nursekare replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    A similar occurance once happened at a hospital in which I worked. During a code in ICU, a nurse thought that the ET tube wasn't working properly in the coding patient and after several strong pulls...

12. Tips for a good gtube stoma (re: gran tissue and leaking)

    nursekare replied to AmericanChai's topic in Gastroenterology

    Nitara is a beautiful little girl! I have always known that leaving the g-tube site open to air is quite helpful unless the area is bleeding or draining excessively. I wish you could find out the...

13. Andrea Yates R.N.

    nursekare replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    well said!! couldn't have said it any better. this woman had a history of psychosis and was instructed to reconsider her desire to continue to have children in light of her considerable struggle...

14. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    nursekare replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    [color=sienna]i've felt the same way about some agency nurses. they make much more than most of the hospital staff; and, many times they require more supervision than the regular staff. however,...

15. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    nursekare replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    my story. i never really wanted to be a nurse or a teacher, as they are female dominated careers. i wanted to be a trailblazer. i wanted to go into a career that no woman had ever been in. i wanted...