Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Bad Experience Traveling! Help

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mdoze911nurse's topic in Travel

    I am a traveler, and I was in a similar situation in a dialysis unit. My recruiter was sympathetic and kept trying to get me to stay "just til we can find someone else." Well, I couldn't take it and...

  2. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have had a lot of experiences similar to what many posters on this thread have had. Such as: a pt calling to show off the size of his BM, and pt calling to "see how long it takes you to get here." I...

  3. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    You go, girl! :yeahthat:

  4. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you, Marie. I don't have kids and I plan to keep it that way. Last year, dh and I sat down and figured it out- I had worked every Christmas Eve AND Christmas day- eleven years in a row! As I...

  5. Hasten end so wife won't doubt DNR decision????

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to markm739's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ITA. Having been an inpt hospice nurse for 4 years, I have seen many non-responsive COPD and other pts on high doses of MS, such as 20mg sc q 2hs. I've seen them with resps of 6-8 and hr and last for...

  6. Will there still be a shortage in the year 2010?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to studentnurse3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    People find this hard to beleive, but some areas are saturated with nurses, and wages are very

  7. Witholding food from Hospice resident.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to lizscott nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I worked inpt hospice for four years, and I have never heard of withholding food from a pt who is asking for it. I don't think it would have prolonged his life at all to have it, since he was so close...

  8. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Preventing Infection by Anna

  9. Recommended Reading Nursing Books List (joke)

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    Avoiding Vagal Stimulation by Val

  10. Moving to Tucson again

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to DryMarsh's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I am a native Tucsonan. I was recently treated at NW Hospital ER. They place was nice and clean, fairly new. The ER staff seemed happy- joking around and friendly. The ER doc was a really nice guy, I...

  11. What's the trick to putting in Foleys in women?!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    With your non-dominant hand, use your thumb and place it just below the clitorous, push up slightly, and this will cause the urinary meatus to be visible, and puts a little tension on the tissue and...

  12. Can Assoc. RN cut diabetic toenails?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Shell5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There is no difference in ADN vs BSN licensure or scope of practice. I am an AAS RN in TX, and have cut and filed diabetic toenails as part of routine pt care and assignments. I also do q mo diabetic...

  13. Physician assisted suicide

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I worked inpt hospice for several years. I own this awesome book, which has studies that show that suicide and euthanasia rates and pt's requesting such go way down when quality hospice care is...

  14. The funniest thing happened to me today...:)

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If he really was kidding, that is

  15. RN Career Change to Massage Therapy

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to LLLRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I was looking into this also. I looked in my yellow pages and found an LPN, LMT. I called him to ask about this career. What he told me was that the market is saturated w/ massage therapists in our...

  16. Nurses: Delighted or Annoyed by Nursing Students?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to AthensICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Delighted or annoyed? Both! Depends on the student, the above posts are good examples. Also, depends on whether or not our manager told us to expect students, or if they left us out of the loop,...

  17. Health South Rehab Hospital?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who worked at the one in Tucson. She said it was just nuts, the amount of work was overwhelming. She is a semi-professional athlete, and has actually been featured in Muscle and...

  18. a little appreciation...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Loving, I'm so sorry about your grandma. I hope she is comfortable. I'm so glad she has good nursing care, and it is nice to know that nurses are appreciated.

  19. Sick of it!!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've had the same experiences and

  20. Do You See Yourself Making It To Retirement in Nursing?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to stlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is my problem, too. Four back injuries and constant chronic pain. I want to get my BSN online to further my

  21. Nurse terminated after having baby

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hokiern's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ITA. Employers could not get away with this kind of thing if we were all unionized. It is awful. To the OP: I'm so sorry for what you are going

  22. Only one nursing job opening at my local hospital!

    Hellllllo Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a travel nurse. One reason is because nursing jobs are scarce where I live. Well, I'm home from my last assignment, and not wanting to leave dh again to work, I decided to check out the local...

  23. Only one nursing job opening at my local hospital!

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

    barefootlady, Yes, I take 4-5 days off in the middle of each 13 wk assigment to fly home and see dh, or he flys out to see me. I spoke to a traveler friend tonight who thinks he may have a lead for me...

  24. Only one nursing job opening at my local hospital!

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

    I never heard back from the hospice before I reported my employer to the authorities. I think I never heard back from the hospice because When they asked me what salary I was expecting, I actually...

  25. Only one nursing job opening at my local hospital!

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

    llg, I went to my local hospitals, hospices and nursing homes to apply for jobs before I became a traveler. They will not even accept applications from nurses. The recruiter I did manage to speak to...