care4you

care4you

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  1. Hospitals Hiring only Nurses with BSN Degree

    care4you replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    hmm... i would like to disagree with you on the fact that there is a shortage of active rn's. i graduated with a class of 120 from a bsn program a little while back and know that there are still about...

  2. Ohio board of nursing should be ashamed

    care4you replied to Miss Tay's topic in Ohio Nursing

    had all of my paperwork in to the OBN by May 25th and was finally pending last monday... soo its been 7 business days and still NO ATT !!!!!! I have a few choice words for the OBN because this is...

  3. Nurses on strike-is it even possible?

    care4you replied to braddah's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN

  4. Length of er orientation?

    care4you replied to SueNYC's topic in Emergency

    the orientation i am doing is 6 months, 1 week critical care floor, the rest is

  5. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    care4you replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    :hdvwl: "you are taking things way to serious.... we're having a little fun with the things we deal with all day... every

  6. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    care4you replied to RN_in_SC's topic in Emergency

    :spbox::anbd:

  7. What type of a nurse are you?

    care4you replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    "i would describe myself as one who remains calm during trials and i know that getting angry at any time only burns my candle out mighty quick. i am sometimes caught up in the tasks and not spending...

  8. Nursing Tid Bits

    care4you replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    not sure where you went to college but we had to take

  9. NCLEX-RN review book suggestion?

    care4you replied to AnnaC's topic in First Year After Licensure

    the Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN Examination (4th edition) is the BEST book out there.... atleast from what I have found. The book covers every body system, how to study, what to...

  10. Critical Care Podcasts

    care4you replied to mmutk's topic in MICU, SICU

    I also listen to these, they are very

  11. Largest ED in the US

    care4you replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    the ER in Dayton ohio has about 100 beds and sees close to 150,000 pts a year. VERY

  12. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    care4you replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I had a similar incident earlier this week in the ER. A patient came in who was determined to have a seizure (witnessed by paramedics) but was not postictal at all. He was aggressive and ****** off...

  13. how to deal with a know-it-all?

    care4you replied to picurn10's topic in General Students

    Haha, I believe I would take a more direct route than mentioned above. Ignoring this type of person usually doesn't work. I would say, "I know you think your all that and a bag of chips, but I really...

  14. Yet another IV question

    care4you replied to Dancin'Mom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i would suggest using the butterfly catheter instead of the straight. this would totally eliminate the chances of twisting the catheter and would give you a little more length to work with then...

  15. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    care4you replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    -both systolic and diastolic blood pressures tend to increase with normal aging, but the elevation of the sytolic is greater. -Tachycardia is the major side effect of tocolytic drugs. (brethine,...

  16. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    care4you replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    mine are below

  17. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    care4you replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    second degree heart blocks only need a pace maker if they are symtomatic ... third degree heart blocks ALWAYS need a pace

  18. You're JUST a nurse

    care4you replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    being a male nurse is interesting at times too, ever heard "what ? not smart enough for medical school"? them are fightin

  19. Learning thread (ER medicine)

    care4you replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    may be viable, but will spend much time on a ventilator or some form of positive pressure breathing device due to the lack of surfactant in the lungs. may have to increase peep higher than on a normal...

  20. Men intimidated by RN salary?

    care4you replied to ment2be's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sorry but you must not know many

  21. Tell us about your ED ?? =)

    care4you replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    hmm .. i just went to the website ... it says it is 71 beds but i could have sworn they told me 98 when i started .... i've never counted, so i'm second guessing myself now

  22. Tell us about your ED ?? =)

    care4you replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Miami Valley hospital in Dayton

  23. Tell us about your ED ?? =)

    care4you replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    I work in a Level 1 trauma center that has 98 beds... we have 3 trauma rooms, 3 revival rooms, and the ER is broken down into wings according to the severity of the pt. if we are working in the north...

  24. travel ER nursing

    care4you posted a topic in Travel

    how many of you do it ? and how many Emergency Rooms are really looking for travelers to fill positions? also, how much do you make an hour:twocents: ?

  25. travel ER nursing

    care4you replied to care4you's topic in Travel

    sure does... i'm workin in the ER right now and plan on doing some traveling in about 2 years ... Thanks for the