Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. A few more questions before moving to Texas.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to John123's topic in Texas Nursing

    Working conditions are generally awful in TX. I'm forced to live here, but I don't work here any more. I became a traveler. I do most of my contracts in AZ. There are lots of places in AZ that are not...

  2. Help with my careplans

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to jnmoore02's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Windows Office does

  3. nail care and nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Can I ask if you could provide a more specific link? I am interested in the product, but there are hundreds of products on the page you linked. Thank

  4. Does HIPAA apply to non-work related information (from friends and relatives)???

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    What a crappy "friend"! If she felt so guilty just knowing about another person's abortion, she should have spoken to her clergy, or spouse. To tell the woman's mother is

  5. Blood transfusion

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to blessed02's topic in General Nursing

    Lasix is used to prevent FVO, and hypercalemia. I work in renal/dialysis. Renal pts who have blood ordered are ideally given their transfusion during dialysis- for fluid removal, and prevetion of...

  6. No Shortage of Nursing in Bay,S.F, and Sacramento Area!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to John123's topic in California Nursing

    Don't come to the panhandle- there is a huge surplus of nurses here! Someday soon, it will finally dawn on everyone that the shortage is a

  7. Culture Change In LTC?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have eight years in LTC- as a CNA, then LPN, and finally RN. In my experience, any nurse who voices her concerns about residents, talks about things that need to be improved, or tries to be...

  8. Culture Change In LTC?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked at facilities where residents are gotten up @0400 for showers. This is with a "fully staffed" unit. What mgmt considers fully staffed, and the number of staff required to actually...

  9. Culture Change In LTC?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If these changes are to be successful, LTC facilities need to markedly increase staffing, and spend a lot more money. But we know they won't. The culture change will fail. More nurses will leave. The...

  10. Tech vs. Nurse War

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I was reading on allnurses rececently about a case in which a pharmacy tech mixed up a dose of TPN incorrectly. The TPN was ordered for a premie in the NICU. The tech added 10X the ordered amount of...

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

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    please tell me this woman was arrested and her daughter taken

  12. Anything good about working in Texas?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MBsGirl's topic in Texas Nursing

    In my area of Texas, housing prices are dropping. My house is probably worth less than I paid for it 5 years ago. Houses are sitting on the mkt for months and months. The listings and signs frequently...

  13. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's how I am with pts. But thank goodness we have a place like allnurses where we can let the "bad" stuff out. I know that being able to vent, comisserate, discuss controversial topics, and know...

  14. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Lol!

  15. Does anyone regret becoming an LPN?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to wefdm21's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't regret becoming an LPN- I do regret remaining an LPN for so long. I've been an RN for seven years now, and wish I'd gotten my RN

  16. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just added mine. Thanks for the

  17. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I was making an observation; not

  18. Ever notice this about allnurses?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Allnurses finds old threads and pulls them up for us. I figure, so what if it's old? Posters can express themselves, and readers might learn

  19. Tech vs. Nurse War

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Good. In every TX unit I worked, techs do

  20. Tech vs. Nurse War

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I do hate it that techs can do "assessments" in TX. I've rarely seen an accurate one from a

  21. nail care and nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    Nail Bacteria Linked to Baby Deaths...03/24/00 By Carol Cole - Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Bacteria found under the long fingernails of two nurses may have contributed to...

  22. Tech vs. Nurse War

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Besides talking about nurse liability w/ my RN/JD acquantance, my mil and I have talked about it a great deal. My mil is an RN, PhD. She teaches classes on nursing law and ethics, and she serves as a...

  23. Travel Questions from a not-yet RN

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Natkat's topic in Travel

    I am a traveling dialysis RN. You will need to have one year minimum experience as a dialysis RN to travel as one. LPN and tech experience is not

  24. NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact) Question - HELP!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to alkaleidi's topic in Travel

    Baglady RN is right- You must be a resident of a compact state to have a compact state license. For example- If you live in CA (non-compact state) and you get an AZ license, that license is only good...

  25. Do you get extra work cause your bilingual?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your post. I think you said what I was trying to say all along- only you said it