Hellllllo Nurse

Hellllllo Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. I agree with everything everyone one else has said, but especially: Charge nurse/managerial skills Assertiveness training Other skills I wished I learned in school include how to trouble-shoot/refill...
  2. The Best and Worst things about being a male nurse

    I am a female and have been a nurse for 12 years. I have had FOUR serious back injuries due to lifting during my career. So, I always get help lifting, and if there is a big guy around the unit to...
  3. Do you have to deal with these?

    ER/ED nurses see (and touch) some of the grossest things imaginable. Stuff like wounds with maggots in them, and
  4. Fmc

    Here's my I really like Renal Care Group, but not FMC. I have no experience w/ Gambro or DeVita. And yes, DaVita did buy
  5. MSDS and hand lotion

    I don't wash my hands very often- before you freak out- lol, let me tell you what I do. I keep a bottle of alcohol hand gel with me at all times, and use it between each pt contact. I clean off the...
  6. I need advice from an experience nurse

    It sounds like you havn't started dialysis yet, right? In dialysis, I always feel pulled every direction at once. It is fast-paced, hard on the back, and never boring. I have been a nurse for 12...
  7. Being called a nurse is offensive??????

    I totally disagree. When I was a CNA, the nurses were great to
  8. Dr. Phil today 4/14/05

    I agree w/ every word,
  9. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    I agree w/ the others here- caller Id and Just Say
  10. Completely innaccurate report!

    I think you were right in what you
  11. Mandated!

    Nursing employers today are just rediculous. I will never be a regular, full-time employee
  12. I would still get a good lawyer to advise you every step of the
  13. My patient and her abusive husband...Please advise

    Google Adult Protective Services and your state's
  14. Being called a nurse is offensive??????

    I agree, especially concerning "preaching to the choir". I bet the resident and PT involved did not even realize that they were insulting their colleages by their reactions. I'd bring it up w/ them,...
  15. Mandated!

    Now, do you see why there is a so-called "shortage" in the U.S.? There is no shortage, but there are plenty of nurses not working, as they are sick of being
  16. Checking in: Loving my travel job!

    Hey everyone. My travel job is 1/3 over; one month down, two to go. I'm back home in Texas for two days, and back to AZ tomorrow. Hate to say it, but I just do not like Texas at all. I miss my home...
  17. Checking in: Loving my travel job!

    Thanks, Jnette! I will stay in touch, and let you know how my assignment goes.
  18. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

    When I worked inpt hospice, we once had a pt on a Dobutamine drip. She wanted go out to smoke constantly, which really annoyed the RNs. At the time, I was an LPN, but because of the drip, an RN had to...
  19. Health insurance for retired nurses?

    Hardly anyone in any field gets to keep their health ins at retirement. Some federal gov't employees do, some executives and some unions have this in their contracts. Many hospitals and nursing homes...
  20. Neurofibromatosis

    Same here. I know that years ago, it was thought that John Merrick, The Elephant Man, had NF, but now it is known that he didn't. He had Proteous
  21. Pregnant after husbands vasectomy?How common?

    I worked w/ an MD who had a vasectomy after baby # 6. He now has Eight. After my former fiance' (sp?) had his vasectomy, we continued to use condoms until we broke up. I've heard too many stories...
  22. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

    Exactly.
  23. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

    Hmmmm..... Food for thought. Let's say an ALS pt is admitted to hospice for metastatic ca. Okay.. but if the ALS advanced to a stage where the pt needed to be vented, the ALS would probably be added...
  24. At Your Hospice, Do You. . .

    Jnette, We've had hospice pts on dialysis at all the dialysis units where I've worked. Same thing when I worked hospice- there were pts there on dialysis. These were home care pts, though, none at the...
  25. Looking for Generic packing list...

    One thing I can tell you is bring an extra stethoscope. I have several, but brought only one on my assignment. It broke, and I had to buy another. Also, I brought very little regular clothing. I...