Scavenger'sWife RN

Well, aside from all the "scary stuff"....what is very nice about nursing is the variety of jobs you are able to do with a nursing degree. You just have to look for them. I never would have dreamed I would be doing my current job. I am no longer a...

I still look stuff up in some of my books. But I did sell many of them (or gave them away). I recommend you keep: a good A&P book (just one) a nutrition book a good med-surg text that covers general disease processes one (only ONE) on nursing d...

I cannot believe that! (well...actually, I can....) Was this at a hospital or a nursing home? If this patient was, as you said, "competent", then you can files charges against HIM, not the facility. I would look into that if Iwere you. Call your ...

I would very much enjoy an Ohio get-together. Even if it is only 3 or 4 or 5 of us. I am between Mansfield and Columbus. And - it is true - there is no such thing as "just" an aide....how could the nurses do their job w/o aides?? I also say there i...

This story is a bit of a rant, but I want to hear funny ones, too. Yeaterday, a pt of mine passed away at (time) 1727. She was 96 years old, had a fantastic life and had family & friends with her at the end. It was a very gentle passing, and th...

OK...major ranting about to go on here. PUH-LEEZE explain what is happening to my facility's ER. Here are just a few problems lately. We got an admit last night of a 51 year old male, N&V, diarrhea, dehydration. No co-morbidities. Labs were st...

It's a mix here. At the main hospital where I was until Feb., we still charted on paper. But labs, test results, Xrays, H&P, etc., are on computer. A paper copy of same is on the chart. We also enter VS, I&O onto computer at the end of the ...

Yes. our hospital has a facility-wide rule forbidding artificial nails if you are in a job where you give direct patient care. This means it covers: nurses/aides, housekeeping, unit clerks, pharmacists, PT/OT, lab/EKG techs.....etc. It allows perso...

Some great ideas here. I hated SASS, but my sister swears by them. I do love the pair of clogs I have. Didn't think I'd like them, but they are nice. I have wide feet and have to find a size 10 W in whatever I buy....that is not easy. I currentl...

OY VEY!!! BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAA!!!

LMAO! I don't know why, but of all these entries, this one made me spit my pop laughing! These are great!

Ummmmm.......how you spell it could mean a difference in the location of the infection......(get it? )

Love all these!!! :chuckle How about mine: They are not bumper stickers, but are my favorite pins. I collect pins with sayings that make me laugh and wear them to work. "Prozac & Starbucks - Breakfast of Champions" "I dress this way to bother ...

WOW - lots of you have really interesting lives! I feel like a "Schlub".... I work as a Home Health nurse, which is great. My "fun" work is teaching CPR. I just love doing that. If I could get a full-time job at it, I would! I like the idea that...

YOU GO GIRLFRIEND!!!! :wink2: Believe me, she has a loooooooong way to go in med school and she *WILL* get hers at many, many times in her education (*IF* she even finishes it! With her attitude, she may not!) heh heh You were cool and that is d...

Congratulations!!! Now the real work begins! LOL :rotfl:

I am sorry to hear about your friend. I think it is wonderful of you to go to the funeral home. I had an elderly gentleman touch my heart the same way many years ago. It has been almost thirty years and I still remember him from time to time. Praye...

I think you should try to call the widow, even tho, or maybe even *because* it has been 5 years. Most Hospice programs only follow for a year, and then send a remembrance once a year after that. I think the widow would be very touched that you call...

Agnus: You will LOVE Hospice!!! I worked it for a year and a half. I would still be there if I could have gotten full-time. It takes a special nurse to do it.....Good luck and God bless ya!

Gee, Tom....some women just aren't as trusting of their menfolk as I am..........

What a neat thread! I love starting IV's! Maybe that sounds vicious, but I get a kick out of feeling that needle slip into place and seeing flash! I especially love it when I get it the 1st time, or get it after another nurse has not been able to g...

Yeah, we used to joke that "LPN" was "Let's Pretend Nurse" and "RN" was "Real Nurse" and that "NA" was for "Not Anything". But that was just among ourselves...plus I said that "RN" stood for "Really Nuts" for putting up with crud that we do.... Well,...

I want to add my congratulations to you, txnurse! YOU ROCK!!! And to all who are students, especially if you are trying to do it while raise a family: You are wonderful. I went to school at an older age than most, but I had grown children and did n...

Hmmmm...do you think this is what we call a Case Manager? Kenshi...I really enjoy your conversation! You should come to Ohio. The weather here is nice, we have seasonal changes. There is a great need for nurses here and the cost of living is not v...

Nakita...I had been wondering where you were... I, too, had been a DON at an assissted living...indeed the staff drove me to quit, as well as some of the ways the admin ran things. Loved the residents...I still miss them! Good luck on the job hunt....