shellek

shellek

pacu, icu, med aesthetics, massause

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About shellek

shellek has 12 years experience and specializes in pacu, icu, med aesthetics, massause.


RN,BSN, med.aestetics, massage therapist

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  1. botox/aesthetics

    Hi, I am new to the aesthetic side of nursing after 12 years of critical care. I have been working in a clinic that treats vericose veins and myself and one other nurse are doing the "extra" stuff...
  2. Any aesthetic nurses here in TN?

    Thanks Tanya RN !! I checked out AMEN and am now a member, I am also going back to Vegas for a mesotherapy certification workshop. I am working in a clinic and would like to eventually work like...
  3. Off to COT

    BLESS YOU ! May God be with you and your family don't stress, giving into stress makes you weak. I myself am not in the military, however have worked with many military wives and officers..... time is...
  4. Dosage Calculations

    F Y I, I know you are going through alot, however once in the "real world of nursing" you WILL have resources, pharmacist, and calculated out spread sheats for calc's, not including IV pumps with...
  5. Tattoos and nursing

    I myself do tatoo removal however love tats and question if this could be grounds for descrimination? I understand professionalism yet, also believe a person with a unsightly scar or disfigurement...
  6. nurse shortage but difficult entry?

    I have been a travel R.N. the past 5 years and have found the hospitals that offer their own training with extra pay for their already staffed RN's to assist training-via accrediated schools to...
  7. Bless your heart!! I do feel your pain and concern. I my self love PACU, it can be intense at times yet you are in an open room full of staff never without some-one if not everyone knowing your pt....
  8. LET ME JUST LET US ALL RECOGNIZE "CO-DEPENDENCY" I AGREE!! NOT ONLY THAT BUT NURSES TEND TO BE or BECOME THE SOLE PROVIDERS AND HAVE MANY PERSONAL REALATIONSHIP ISSUES...caring tooooo much can often...
  9. How did you know "your calling"?

    I really can't say, I was a teen pregnant mother looking for a career in which I would NEVER have to depend on a man and wouldn't take years out of my life to obtain. This option opened up...
  10. I understand where you are coming from, unfortunately over the years I have learned even though your parents may not have drank or drugged infront of you the characteristic traits of dysfunction can...
  11. average age of a new nurse?

    I graduated in 1995 (21yrs/old)ASN then 1999 BSN (25yrs/old)......took a break from june 2004 to now may 2007(doing own massage biz) But am happily re-entering nursing....it was a self made...
  12. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    I have been a traveling nurse and been offered many times positions in AZ. I told them it would take a bit to obtain my license, they wanted me asap. they told me I didn't even need a AZ license??...
  13. If I am truely sleep deprived it is like driving drunk, not only are you compromising patient care but you may be risking getting to and home from work. I worked in PACU were we had to take call many...
  14. How would you make inpatient rooms better?

    I am currently working in city, state that has many specialized hospitals. To me it is some what unfair because the get all the insured paying realitivly healthy pt's where the uninsure really...
  15. Fake Nails on Nurses, Yay or Nay?

    All JACHO hospitals I have worked in say NO! I myself am a nail bitter and acrylics keep my cuticles and nails without sores, I don't see a difference in natural and fake nails as long as they are...