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OK: I think you made the right decision to change your unit that you worked as a PCT. There is a big transition from PCT to RN. It is hard to be in control of your coworkers that you were once " one of the guys" You now have much more responsibility...

Could not remember in my last posting. But the "Gumpco" suction units.

Hyperstat for hypertensive crisis ACLS: When you were lost for a intervention you could always "Give an amp of bicarb" Sublingual Procardia-cut or pierce the capsule and squeeze it under pt. tongue OH BTW: you had patients instead of customers/cli...

Nursing is and always will be a fascination of new ideas, studies and theory. I have a 40yr hx of CCU,ER, Geri-care, Med-Surg and many certs and took a lot of classes. My 93 old Mother is in a NH, and was called by the DON and her case worker. To be ...

You can be in a crowd and everyone can be talking with about hundred different conversations and regardless how much you try to ignore all the talk. If there is just a faint smidge of a conversation related around healthcare or illness you unconsciou...

No doubt finger injuries especially amputations. 40 some years ago as a new ER nurse in a small county hospital where the physicians took tune being on call. I mean you actually had to call them at their home to come it to see pts or we were just giv...

We all go through this in our career. Its the time when we try to completely disengage our job and profession on our time off. No talking about it, no reading about it, if you are pursuing an opportunity related like in class ,or studying for a cert,...

Got out of the service. Played a few years on the road, not the glamorous life so many think. With a bit of road wisdom I decided time to get a back up plan. Always enjoyed helping folks and healthcare always fascinated me. So went to Nursing school....

So it seems we have took a sedgeway into a side discussion on the rewards of certs by our employer. In the early days at a small hospital I was given .30/hr for my CCRN, then got my CEN, and another .30/hr. So a total of 60cents/hr. Plus they actuall...

In order for the big greed factor to take over our hospitals. They have to get rid of the vintage nurses who have seen the drastic downfall of healthcare. There is still a great deal of older nurse in the workforce who still remember the days of heal...

Okay folks I am a retired RN and always feel the best place to come for true facts and education is to the nurse who specialize. I have a 20 yr old nephew who has been on Depakote for about a year maintain levels WNL. About 2-3 weeks ago he C/O visu...

That was the hardest thing in my career. was getting sleep while working and then re-regulating sleep on days off. I was so adamant about not sleeping my entire day off that I would come home have my wife wake me up in 4hrs. Drink a big Sundrop or Jo...

I think I choose "Poor management" which I feel is the result of many of the other options 1. Overworked 1. Overworked- This is a result of the hospital administration trying to save money ,clearly as nurses we see all the waste in other depts. and o...

I am wondering while these nurse are wearing the Extreme(but necessary ) PPE. Seems that charting would be very difficult. Are they able to use a dictation device or something?. I could not imagine wearing that PPE for 4 hrs. I know I would be claust...

Try and find a hobby you love as much as nursing, let them compete, then let the hobby win on your time off!

[ I just found the terminology "highest regard" a little florid. Highest regard is earned by showing an example others should repeat. Okay When we go to War. We always have "High regard" for the 1st charge,the 1 st injured and the 1st fallen. Thi...

I hope it's just not nurses and Healthcare workers praying for these comrades. I like to think that everyone is praying for them. I think it's well over due for a National Day of Prayer for our Healthcare Workers. Other folks read these post as well....

darn I was on pg 10 hope it was not me. But sounds like.

So we are not stopping or restricting folks from these high risk regions. But some of the major airports are going to have increased screening. At which time they will place those who are suspicious in quarantine. Then if they develop Ebola they get ...

OK WE HAD 1 pt and 2 nurses so far infected,and Africa has had about 8000 cases and Bout 405 Health Care Workers infected. I did not address the the level of tx. My target of comment was based upon the safety of the Health Care Workers made consideri...

"Evidently, some people don't understand the meaning of "voluntary quarantine". I know - I would HATE it; I'd have to be led kicking and screaming to wherever the designated quarantine facility was but I would do it, to protect my family" The w...

Simple question but as nurses you may understand where I am coming from. What type of thermometer are they using. We all know that its rare that we can get the same reading back to back. If it oral then I could just drink some water while in the line...

Okay the Doctor's without Borders and the Samaritans Purse seem to have this care to an art and have a much more better safety record than the US hospitals. So who would you trust them or the CDC?. They don't seem to have the equipment and supplies ...

OKay Nurses: What do we do when we don't have Unions to speak for us?. I hope out of all of this we learn and realize just how much danger and how important we are. I mean to include all our Brothers and Sisters who are working in the Health Care Wor...

This was a topic in 2009 during the possible pending Flu pandemic. Still interesting how 5 years can change things...