Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. What is your most outrageous medical emergency repsonse in a correctional facility

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to sierranurse's topic in Correctional

    Excellent

  2. Checking in: Loving my travel job!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Travel

    Hey Jnette, BarefootLady, and Tweety! I was very burnt out on nursing for the last couple of years and had been looking for ways to get out of nursing, but I think I'm gonna stay with it now. :) My...

  3. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

    By the way, Steph- I worked in med surg at a horrible hospital for 3 mos. I've never been back to the hospital setting, and I now have a well-paying career as a travel nurse. As I stated, I've been a...

  4. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

    Steph, Many, many of us have been through similar situations. I hate to say it, but what you describe is pretty much how nursing today is. This is why the California Nurses' Assoc is so active in...

  5. Checking in: Loving my travel job!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Travel

    I live in the Texas Panhandle- there is a surplus of nurses there. It's hard to get a job and pay is low, staffing is poor. I'm told things are better in other parts of Texas. I completed my first...

  6. Thinking of travel nursing? Do this FIRST!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Town & Country's topic in Travel

    Bring two stethoscopes with you. I'm on a travel assignment now. My steth broke and I didn't bring a spare. I had to go out and buy a new one, even though I have a bunch back

  7. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When you have a task to do, never think "Oh, I'll get to that later." If you have the time to do it now, do it. If you don't, something will always come up, and you will run out of time, and fall...

  8. I am on my first travel assignment!

    Hellllllo Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    That's why I havn't been around. I don't have internet at the apt where the agency put me up. I'm at the library right now. I just completed week one of a 13 week assignment. The pay is very good, and...

  9. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Same here, SBE. I am traveling right now but hve been trying to get out of nursing for awhile. Basically, to put it bluntly, the siituation for nurses

  10. I quit my job (long)

    Hellllllo Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I quit my job as a hemo and peritoneal dialysis nurse. I didn't want to do it. However, my boss has been getting meaner, more and more inappropriate and behaving aggressively. This last incident, she...

  11. O2 saturation question

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

    I had a hemodialysis pt w/ COPD experience acute chest pain while on tx. He was on 02 a 2 l,. One of my interventions was to turn his 02 up to 5. My nm got all hysterical saying "You'll kill him!"...

  12. Travel Buddy

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mattsmom81's topic in Travel

    I'm going to

  13. Travel Buddy

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mattsmom81's topic in Travel

    Hey mattsmom, I'm leaving for my very first travel assignment in the morning. Wanna join

  14. O2 saturation question

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

    I learned that COPD pts should never have their 02turned up > 6 lpm, but another nurse I know was taught 3 l. Anyone know what the standard

  15. Dr.'s ARE NOT MGMT. MATERIAL

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to andrewsgranny's topic in General Nursing

    Great article,

  16. LVN duties??

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to stephera's topic in General Nursing

    Yes to all of the

  17. Second Bachelor's.......BSN??? Help!!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to wje9516's topic in General Nursing

    Insourcing- Many haelth-care corporations and hospitals are importing nurses from foreign countries. There are many nurses from The Phillipines working in The U.S., for example. As for advise, I would...

  18. Help! - problems with travel contract

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ColdFusion's topic in General Nursing

    I did not know they could remove money from your bank account. I am to start a travel contract job in one week. I already have it set up so that they deposit all money into my one and only account....

  19. General concensus of floor nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to chad75's topic in General Nursing

    I beg to differ on this one- my family if full of PhDs and they respect nurses more than anyone else I've ever known. Especially my mil. She's an RN, PhD. I find that it's doctors, mgmt, CNAs/techs,...

  20. Getting frustrated with lack of employment ops

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to HangingInThere2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Most agencies want 1 year experience before they will hire you. Have you tried a LTC that has a sub-acute/rehab

  21. Dr. ripped my co-worker a new one for no reason

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to pnkprincess's topic in General Nursing

    I've had this happen to me, too. Then, even if the doc says he will be in at a certain time, they often aren't and the family is back to bugging you about it. I will not make excuses for a doc. I now...

  22. What does your spouse do?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

    That's terrible! What a difficult, labor intensive, dirty job. Your dh needs a

  23. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Years and years ago when I was a "hottie," a guy I met once said to me "You're too pretty to be a real nurse. You look like a soap opera nurse."

  24. Cocaine and Urine Drug Screens

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to robred's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.genesishealth.com/occhealth/goh_collect.aspx Hair Analysis This information is based on a written consensus opinion from Society of Forensic Toxicologist, Inc. on applicability of hair...

  25. Cocaine and Urine Drug Screens

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to robred's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.genesishealth.com/occhealth/goh_collect.aspx Hair Analysis This information is based on a written consensus opinion from Society of Forensic Toxicologist, Inc. on applicability of hair...