Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. career change to nursing the right choice?

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

    I hate it when people who are not nurses say "It's not that bad, it's what you make of it." I know nothing about being a pilot, so, should I say being furloughed is not that bad- it's what you make of...

  2. Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

    Giving MS04 & Ativan to a dying pt w/ sats is the 40% will not kill them. This is proper pain & sx mgmt. The pts on your unit should not be suffering like that. Where is the pain control and...

  3. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    They are not ignorant- they know very well that we are skilled. What it shows is that big business is very savvy, and has government in its

  4. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Water intoxication = dilutional hyponatremia. Not likely to occur from excessive admin of NS, but 1/2 NS will do it. Also, excessive po fluid intake and SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-diuretic...

  5. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    What administration considers adquate staffing rarely agrees with what nurses or staffing studies say is adequate. But admin is the one making the

  6. graft vs fistula

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kell1566's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    A graft is usually in a horse-shoe or letter C shape, and is normally firmer to the touch. Fistulas usually run up and down and are more squiggly shaped, with bumps (pseudo anurisms) and softer to the...

  7. Male RN gets to pay more?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to churro's topic in General Nursing

    He could be from the US, then. It's long been known that men generally earn wore than women for the same job. And no, it's not because women may take time off for babies. This and other factors have...

  8. Male RN gets to pay more?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to churro's topic in General Nursing

    Men earn more for the same job, same education. Period. Read the AAUW Education Foundation’s Behind the Pay Gap research. Just one year after college graduation, women earn only 80 percent of what...

  9. Tips and Tricks that work!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to momcat107's topic in General Nursing

    Shaving cream works well to get dried BM off of skin. When you are giving a bed bath, put the pt's bottle of lotion in the bath basin of warm water. By the time you are done giving the bath, the...

  10. considering travel nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to vtach1959's topic in Travel

    The best thing about traveling is being employed! Where I live there is a surplus of nurses and no jobs to be had, so I became a traveler. In the higher paying and union states, some travelers make...

  11. Nursing Surplus?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sgmanda's topic in General Nursing

    There is a big surplus wherre I live- in the Texas panhandle, Jobs are scarce here. Every single nurse I've know from this area has become a traveler. As I've posted many times here, the Dept of Labor...

  12. Need Nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sassychris's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on an Apache res in AZ for 6 mos, and was the only non-Native American on the unit. Overall, it was a very positive experience. I'm a Swede- not a drop of Indian blood in me. I did enjoy...

  13. ESRD Refusing dialysis

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Morning-glory's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    (Jacquie) I'm very surprised to learn your mil lived so long without dialysis. I'm very glad for all of you that is was

  14. considering travel nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to vtach1959's topic in Travel

    I've been a traveler for three years. It has it's good and bad points. but overall, I much prefer it to a regular staff job. Be sure to talk to several agencies. The bigger ones have more assignments,...

  15. "The Jesus Factor"

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good

  16. Travel Jobs in Paris

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to golfsnc's topic in Travel

    Do a search on O'Grady Peyton here. They are known to lie to nurses. I know of some one who was very badly treated by them. By internatinal positions, I think they mean they bring nurses from other...

  17. So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Bad advice. Any nurse would be committing career suicide to do these

  18. So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to fizz2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this post. It's comforting to know that sometimes, some one will listen and action will be

  19. "The Jesus Factor"

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree totally. I worked at a hospice unit with a nurse who often "witnessed" to her pts. Several pts brought it up to me that they were uncomfortable with it, but did not want to risk upsetting the...

  20. ER nurse accessing Dialysis Cath in Emergency

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

    I agree. What good is an untouched dialysis access if the pt is dead? It's like the old saying "The operation was a success, but the pt died." If you want to make an omlet, you gotta break a few

  21. Hypotension post Dialysis

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

    That's what I was thinking- maybe lower or D/C bp meds. Returning blood can make a pt's bp temporarily higher- just like giving an NS bolus can. Then, once they're finished w/ tx, and out and about...

  22. Fresenius medical care...taking over dialysis unit HELP!

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

    Some FMC units no longer even provide gauze or tape for their pts. The FMC Flagstaff, AZ unit is one such place. Pt's are required to provide their own gauze, tape and band-aides. All their staff has...

  23. Moving to Az in August

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nhnurse1's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I like the old, dumpy towns of AZ such as Florence, Casa Grande, Benson, Sierra Vista and Globe the way they used to be- a bit dumpy, but authentic AZ, and affordable. Now with all these developments,...

  24. Life Care Centers

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to eugenia's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I worked at a Life Care Center facility in Tucson a few years back. They are a nursing home company, not a hospital. The pay is bad, and working conditions were horrible. Two of my former co-workers...

  25. Do I really want to be a nurse?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Of course, nurses need to be fairly compensated. But, it disheartens me when I see that many people are mainly interested in nursing because of the pay. Nursing is really tough. Don't want to start...