Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. Taking NCLEX tomorrow..how should I spend the next 24 hours???

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to newgrad2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    A long hot bath, and good meal, and plenty of

  2. What do you look for in an employee?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to barefootlady's topic in Nurse Management

    Hey, weren't we all that at one time?

  3. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Exactly.

  4. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Same here, but there are always those aides who disappear, take long and extra breaks, argue with their nurses, fight with each other, etc. I have never seen a CNA not get their lunch or have to stay...

  5. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Having been a CNA, and LPN and an RN, I know that being a CNA is hard, but being a nurse is much harder with many more responsibilities. One of the hardest things is dealing with the CNAs/PCTs. Why is...

  6. FMC buys Renal Care Group

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

    Well, I am a traveler. I just broke my contract at an FMC unit in Texas- working conditions are horrible there. quality of care is a joke. I took a new contract, for less money, to go back to an RCG...

  7. Do you feel like you have no "down time" on the midnight shift???

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

    Well, that was YOUR situation. Before I became and RN, I was a LTC LPN for several years. One nurse to 65 pts- two trachs (MRSA), nine tbe-feeders and numerous wanderers, frequent fallers, "wander...

  8. State Surveyors....

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

    Marla, I call going to administration going over to the "dark

  9. State Surveyors....

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

    I have seen several surveyers just take a pile of charts and sit in the conferance room with them for hours. They never took a look at the unit, and had no idea what was really going on. I wish they...

  10. just a question about Texas

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to prinzessdy's topic in Texas Nursing

    I am in the north end of Texas Panhandle. I guess you didn't hear that we got 2 inches of snow on May 2 of this year! It snows throughout the winter here, and is green with nice,not-too-hot summers....

  11. Deciding whether to stay in nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hartmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Hartmoon, I am so sorry. The "healthcare" industry pretty much just chews us up, and spits us out. They have a growing pool of uninjured, naive, and cheaper new nurses to pick from. What happened to...

  12. Our Own Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of taking a pt off of pain meds for rehab. In my rehab experience, staff is to be certain that pt has been adequately medicated for pain 1hr prior to starting a PT session. However,...

  13. Who is your Favorite TV or Movie nurse?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Funny how different perceptions can be. I was annoyed at the nurse in "Where the Heart Is" I thought she came off as flaky and

  14. 1)Feeling picked on, 2) How much is too much? A vent of a nurse/mom loosing her mind.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Great advice. First thing I would do is stop doing other people's work. You did others' work for them, and all you got for it was critisized. You don't have time to do it, and doing it just adds...

  15. Microbiology help needed please

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

    http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3504/gallery.htm

  16. Need help. Hypotonic vs Hypertonic

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ckh23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hypertonic IV solutions pull fluids out of the cells into the vasculature, helping to raise or maintain BP, by increasing intravascular osmolarity. Hypotonic IV solutions help to hydrate cells by...

  17. I Think I've Just About Had It.......

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi Marla, I've missed you. I'm sorry you're going through all of this. I know it's scary, but you have to take care of yourself. You can't push and push your body and spirit until both totally give...

  18. Public Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    MedicalZebra, You are so right- so many hemo pts don't want to know anything about their tx. Last week, I watched another hemo pt of several years down a hamburger, fries, and XL coke on tx. I asked...

  19. Public Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Lol,

  20. Pearls anyone? Nursing pearls that is.

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Teachchildren123's topic in General Nursing

    If you have time to do some task you need to do, never say to yourself "I'll do it later." Something (or many things) will invariably come up, and you will wish you would have already done whatever it...

  21. Who is your Favorite TV or Movie nurse?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    She's my favorite villian nurse. She's just soooooo evil. The nurse in the movie "Wit" is my favorite hero

  22. Public Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    If a pt cramps on hemodialysis, it's because the nurse doesn't know what she's doing. The fact that the pt just put on 8kg of water weight in two days, and so the staff has to try to get it off in...

  23. Public Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Pt: "If you don't give me what I want right now, I'm leaving!" Nurse: (to self) Don't let the door hit you in the

  24. Public Misconceptions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse to chronic hemodialysis pt of several years: "I have your Epogen here." Pt: "What 's that?" All of these posts are soooooo

  25. Wearing scrubs in public...

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Surgical booties/foot protectors are meant to protect staff from getting pts' bodily fluids on their shoes, and then tracking them around- not to protect pts from staff's shoe