dorie43rn

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  1. ICU Visiting Hours

    dorie43rn replied to LaRose's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our visiting hours are scheduled, but alot of familys don't adhere to them. If we nurses get our way, the doors will be locked, and the familys will have to be buzzed in. Of course there are...

  2. Poor RTguy!

    dorie43rn posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    This just happened the other day, and I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. I was giving my patient her medication through her Dobhoff, and was meeting a little resistance. In the mean time, The...

  3. Baths on night shift?

    dorie43rn replied to RNforLongTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    This has been a touchy subject in our unit also, especially with a new aide who thinks the patients should all be bathed on nightshift. On afternoon, or midnight shift, we go around together and bathe...

  4. contemplating travel nursing

    dorie43rn posted a topic in Travel

    Hi All, I have been a nurse for a little over a year. I worked 9 months on a Med Surg floor, now am in the ICU. I am waiting to get my ACLS, and then my dream is to travel nurse. I'm thinking I'd like...

  5. Southwestern PA...Cambria & Westmoreland Counties

    dorie43rn replied to werlp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Yes, the new OB unit will be at Westmoreland Hospital. I predict alot of babies will be born in the ER at Latrobe.

  6. The BEST Companies

    dorie43rn replied to silly1982's topic in Travel

    Has anyone ever worked for Agostini Nursing based out of California? A coworker of mine used to travel with them and said they are good, but I would like more opinions before I make the giant leap to...

  7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    dorie43rn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have smelled CDiff, wound infections and infected urine, but have never smelled anything as bad as this one day. I'm sure if you have experienced this, you will agree. My paitent was 300+ lbs, and...

  8. Southwestern PA...Cambria & Westmoreland Counties

    dorie43rn replied to werlp's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hi, Yes, I work in Latrobe Hospital! It is a very nice place to live and raise a family. The hospital in my opinion is a good place to work. I've been there amost a year, and I'm enjoying my job in...

  9. Would you want your children to go into nursing?

    dorie43rn replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    Not only would I want my daughter to go into nursing, I pushed her to go! She wasn't even thinking of being a nurse, but I talked her into taking the course. My reasons being: She will always have a...

  10. GN starting rate?

    dorie43rn replied to RNismycalling's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I live in the Western Pa area, and my starting rate was 20.19. I have friends that work at the famous big UPMC hospitals, and their starting rate is 19.00. They can do that because everything in...