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frann

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  1. RV or possibly sailboat?

    frann replied to Soonstudent's topic in Travel

    Couldn't you just buy a starter house? When you start traveling you could rent it out. Boats and RV's can be money pitts. You would have the tax break from the mortgage. A house is much easier to sell...

  2. Virginia Student Nurses?

    frann replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Not a student anymore, but I went to Warsaw Comm. Coll and J. Sargeant Reynolds. Anybody going there now. I graduated 91. Yikes that was about 13 years

  3. Please help me - ADN or accelerated BSN?

    frann replied to AnnaN5's topic in General Nursing

    I'd talk to your advisor. How many hours are you away from BSN. Then talk to advisor at ADN school. How many classes/hours would you need there. If I had my BSN I would make 50 cents/hour more. I just...

  4. drug calculations

    frann replied to emmy's topic in International Nursing

    depends if I have to multiply2 digit numbers I find calculator. If its a simple one I use my head. I'm not good with math. Some say I'm not good with spelling

  5. Help...Duke University

    frann replied to NCNurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of my sisters works at Duke. She works weekend nights nicu. She said she makes about 90k year. I think she is charge though. They send her to conferences about 2 times a year. She said she...

  6. instant messaging

    frann posted a topic in General Nursing

    instant messaging? my dd wants to do this. tried msn, and aol. could not get it to work. i did manage to get her a email address set up i can do that. but this is too hard who do you'll use for the...

  7. Virginia Hospital Accidentally Kills Patient

    frann replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :kiss

  8. Tips for bringing your child to the ER (rant)

    frann replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    Thats why I allways carry my emergency toolbox in car. It has every thing I might need to treat my kids or DH. fits right under a seat. Have tylenol, motrin, benadryl, etc in it. Really has come in...

  9. Virginia Commonwealth University

    frann replied to calgal's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    If this is the one in richmond then the crime rate is very high. little to no student housing. My nephew went to vcu. don't know anything about the anesthesia

  10. Lazy Nurse Recruiters?

    frann replied to NancyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same trouble with our recruiter. Finally had to call the nurse manager where I thought I wanted to work. No she had not recieved my application. Got an interview a week later. I was there 7...

  11. Flow in IR dept

    frann replied to frann's topic in Radiology

    I just give up. We are so disorganized. Main trouble is half people here don't

  12. Home birth vs. hospital

    frann replied to rnmi2004's topic in Ob/Gyn

    About 5 years ago here, a mother died at a home birth from pp bleeding. baby survived just fine. about 12 hours after the birth the woman just bleed to death. I think this was li ke here 5 childbirth....

  13. Does anyone use the WITT system for documentation?

    frann replied to KSSRN's topic in Radiology

    We don't use the WITT system, buttttttt i have a concern. In our area. occasionally we have to sedate children with oral versed for VCUG's. THe girl that usually does them has left now I said I...

  14. Any other radiology nurses??

    frann replied to RN4ustat's topic in General Nursing

    I just started in Jan. in IR. I will never ever go back to floor nursing. I'm much happier, not as tired. I work with a great bunch. The doctors treat you with respect. We have 6 nurses on a day. day...

  15. Has anyone been pregnant as a L&D nurse?

    frann replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have hyperemesis while pregnant and I was working nights. not a good combination. Luckily (I think) I had been a nurse 6 months when I got PG. Had to take my boards with hyperemesis. Lost 20 pounds....

  16. Let the next shift deal with it...

    frann replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    EArly as 5 pm, when I was working n ights, it was routine for me to note all the orders for the day. Thank goodness for the secretaries hardly ever making a

  17. Nurse's with bad knees????

    frann replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    I had that problem for a long time. I fell and hurt my knee. then overcompensated and made the other knee hurt. I could barelywalk up the stairs. Went to my dr. several times. He kept saying to take...

  18. Lunch breaks

    frann replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We're not allowed to have sex in the whirlpool, Even if it is our lunch break. Big no-no. Grounds for getting fired here, but if your spouse comes and begs you may be able to get job back.:roll :roll...

  19. Length of stay in ED before admission

    frann replied to suzannasue's topic in General Nursing

    our waits are as long , or longer than 24 hours. No beds. Talked to a lady the other day. Her husband was waiting on a icu bed going on 24 hrs. Construction is going on all the time now. Hard to keep...

  20. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    frann replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    We have 318 beds. the ACU started maybe a couple of years ago and has grown. Its now staffed 24/7. They try to have minimal 2 nurses on and 1 aid. Pts have had to stay in there overnight maybe longer....

  21. Suctioning vent patients

    frann replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

    No, I meant to suction prn as needed. not paige resp. to come suction. If they are on the vent, its so easy. Its all in line.

  22. ICU nursing vs Floor nursing

    frann replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

    my friend was delivering a pt from ER to our MICU. It was before christmas and all the nurses where cruizing the net. It was at night. The floor doesn't have internet acess. Our MICU has mainly the...

  23. Night Shift Differential

    frann replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    we get 4 extra for weekday nights. 8 extra for weekend nights. thisnurse Where is this free buffet and limo

  24. Does anybody utilize admission nurses?

    frann replied to KatWright's topic in General Nursing

    Out hospital has a relatively new acu (admissions care unit) located near er. medical patients are brought to the acu where there paperwork is done, first meds given, and admitting doctor will admit...

  25. Suctioning vent patients

    frann replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

    Prn definately. They need to learn to cough that junk