debthern

debthern

NICU, PACU, Pediatrics

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  1. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work for Carolinas Healthcare and they are in the process of building a new icu tower and are hiring for it, they do transplants in the cvru. We also have a pediatric cvru. Fort Mill SC is a great...

  2. Pediatric toy ideas please !!

    debthern replied to mom_of_two's topic in Pediatric

    you can build things with tongue depressors also we saved the caps from saline bottles and things and made a sorting counting game out of

  3. change from adults to kids

    debthern replied to nrsjo's topic in Pediatric

    not impossible at all just a desire to do

  4. new grad jobs in NC

    debthern replied to newnurseinNC's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    http://carolinashealthcare.org/splash/ check out this if you are interested in Charlotte in the employment area they have a section just for new

  5. stethoscope question~down to 5 choices.

    debthern replied to Buckyxj's topic in General Nursing

    I have the Cardiac III also and love

  6. What happens when u move to different state???

    debthern replied to HeartJulz's topic in General Nursing

    NC is in a pact with several other states so you can work in them with your NC

  7. Happy Nurses Week!

    debthern replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

  8. Moving Expenses Paid, Which States?

    debthern replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    the hospital I work at in Charlotte paid for my move here from OH, I had to pay first then they reimbursed

  9. DISCHARGE from PACU? Who does this?

    debthern replied to BABRNBSN's topic in PACU

    We keep ours 30 minutes if they are going home and 20 if they are going to the

  10. Pain Scores Effective or not

    debthern replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the PACU and most patients who are waking up from anesthesia can't count to ten let along put a number on their pain so I go by them saying it hurts and their body language and score them on...

  11. how would you feel as a pt?

    debthern replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    No at are hospital you would have to say the MOST EXCELLANT

  12. Cold sores & stress

    debthern replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I use Herpacin L which has lysine in it as soon as I feel the itchy, tingly feeling Don't get them often but when I do it's stress

  13. ethical dilemma

    debthern replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    doesn't this patient have a case worker or someone that is his advocate? Something needs to be done for him that's for sure, the poor man, and that doctor needs a new attitude. This is one of the...

  14. Crazy stuff can happen

    debthern replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school one of the other students got a huge Carafate tablet stuck in the gtube, it said per gtube and she didn't know you were supposed to make a slushy of it

  15. how would you feel as a pt?

    debthern replied to crissrn27's topic in General Nursing

    hey I think I work at this looney bin, and if you give report the want you to go in the room and say "I am leaving now but Karen will be taking care of you, she is an EXCELLANT nurse and has been in...

  16. Is this outpatient or inpatient surgery at yours

    debthern replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    ours are still staying over night for the most part but we have had a couple recently go

  17. Moving to NC

    debthern replied to beckyvon's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I love cmc but have friends who love presby. I think the low pay is 19 with a max of 29 but that is an rn 1 and we have three levels and at each level you get a raise, benefits are so/so pretty good...

  18. Are you paid for orienting someone?

    debthern replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital doesn't pay you on the hour but you get $150 for an experienced nurse and 300 for a new grad and we only have the workload of one nurse, the first stage the new nurse only has one patient...

  19. RN Pay Rates in NC

    debthern replied to tracyprn's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    yeah no where that I know of is going to pay you $35 an hour no matter how much experience you have. And Northeast has been eaten up by Carolinas Health Care System effective June

  20. What brand/type of shoe should I get?

    debthern replied to opal6779's topic in General Nursing

    they made us stop wearing crocs with holes in the top at work recently so I am looking for a pair of shoes that will equal their

  21. ahh two job offers, CMC or Presbyterian?

    debthern replied to rsjenni's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work at CMC and love it there it is definitely a teaching hospital and large but of course there are the smaller hospitals that the system owns as well. I actually just transfered to main from...

  22. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I didn't go there myself but I work with people who have and they thought it was an excellent BSN program. Carolinas Healthcare has an excellant ADN program as

  23. Moving to NC

    debthern replied to beckyvon's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work for CMC and really like it there it has several smaller hospitals you can work at and CMC main as well as we are opening a Children's hospital in OCT. I have friends who work at Presby and...

  24. single mom/RN- what's a good area/hospital

    debthern replied to NurseEmily22's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    here in Charlotte there are basically 2 hospital systems Carolinas Healthcare which runs the hospital I work at and the Presbyterian

  25. What Is a WOW Program??

    debthern replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    we have weekenders here but they get 30.00 and that is it no shift dif nothing, and no benefits. I am surprised they find anyone willing to do