flightnurse2b LPN

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    10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    flightnurse2b replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    it's important to me too. i pay $535.25 a month, which is a quarter of my monthly pay. that's the best COBRA coverage i could get being a brittle asthmatic and being pregnant, and my previous employer...
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    Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

    flightnurse2b replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    honestly, most of my pt's are not very elderly. i work in a very underserved inner-city area and the retention rate for nurses is not good not only bc of the high nurse-pt ratio (and forget tech-pt...
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    10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care

    flightnurse2b replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    you must have some spectacular health insurance then. not everyone with insurance is so fortunate. my insurance company (which sucks, and i'm paying for COBRA since i'm in waiting at my new job)...
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    Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

    flightnurse2b replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    man, you guys who work tele with 4 and 5 patients, i am jealous! i know @ my new hospital, the med/surg ratio is 8-1 days and 10-1 nights. that's good old corperate HCA for ya. south florida is not...
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    Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

    flightnurse2b replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    i'm in south florida on PCU/telemetry. days is 7-1, nights is 9-1.
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    I am a very young nurse. Will my patients be frightened?

    flightnurse2b replied to youngandnursing's topic in General Nursing

    i was 18 when i graduated with my degree in EMS and i'm petite, so not only did the boys @ the FD used to give me a heck of a hard time, male patients would really get lippy. i would respond to calls...
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    An Atheist Outnumbered by Christians at Work (an ethical dilemma)

    flightnurse2b replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    OP, don't disclose anything you don't want to... and i agree with suesquatch, just nod and move on. it's NOT worth the heartache. i am a catholic democrat and was living in north carolina working on a...
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    E-mail I got today....

    flightnurse2b posted a topic in General Nursing

    i thought everyone might enjoy this. a friend of mine e-mailed it to me and i think it's definately worth sharing and/or printing out and sticking next to the elevator by the patient satisfaction...
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    E-mail I got today....

    flightnurse2b replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    apparently. at my new job, the sqawk box (the call light system) that rings at the desk has a timer that administation can track. they can tell what room hit the call light, the exact time they hit...
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    FL CEU providers

    flightnurse2b replied to KateRN1's topic in Florida Nursing

    try RN.com, i know their HIV/AIDS, domestic violence and med error course are all up to the FL BON standards. my boyfriend and i both used this website when we endorsed from NC to FL. good luck
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    Help! Constipation Schultz Cocktail Recipe :-)

    flightnurse2b replied to vyper's topic in General Nursing

    is it this one? ½ cup unsweetened applesauce 4 tablespoons wheat bran 6 ounces prune
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    How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    flightnurse2b replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    this is an ongoing battle with my boyfriend and i. i figure since i have to carry this baby and give birth, i get to pick the first name and he gets to pick the middle name... but he says we need to...
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    Please pray for a friends granddaughter!

    flightnurse2b replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    what a beautiful little girl. she's in a much better place than all of us now. i know your heart is broken and i wish you strength and peace during her memorial services. i will keep all of you in...
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    Timing of Loan Forgiveness Payouts

    flightnurse2b replied to Tweety's topic in Florida Nursing

    tweety, i would like to apply for this program for the june deadline. how do i find out if my hospital participates? they are a trauma center but not sure if they qualify technically as a "teaching"...
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    $125.00 for a nursing license???

    flightnurse2b replied to nursinger's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    my NC license only cost me around $90, my FL license cost me $223. i think the renewal fees are around $150 plus the cost of
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    Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    flightnurse2b replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i don't honestly want to or care to discuss the issue any further with you. i don't know if this entire post was directed at me or not, because i have been saying that i was having problems with my...
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    Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    flightnurse2b replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    believe me when i tell you if anyone on this board doesn't wanna debate the ethics of abortion, it's me. i was just saying that possibly the statistics there are higher because it's a more widely...
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    Opioid/anxiolytic combo?

    flightnurse2b replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    i remember reading somewhere that dilaudid given with an anxiolytic and increase the risk of CNS/respiratory depression. we give reglan with lorazepam for pts with cyclic vomiting or uncontrolled N/V...
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    Please pray for a friends granddaughter!

    flightnurse2b replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in General Nursing

    mommy of 3 in AL, are there any updates on the little girl's condition? i'm sending some more prayers her
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    Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    flightnurse2b replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    do you have an article i can look @ with these rates? i believe in the countries you have mentioned, sweden especially, that abortion is not as "taboo" as it is here in the united
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    flightnurse2b replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    hit the nail right on the head, elvish.
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    flightnurse2b replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    ok, alot of people on this thread have verbalized they do not care for michael moore. HOWEVER, they still believe that there is a problem with the health care system in this country. my comment about...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    flightnurse2b replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i just honestly cannot comprehend your position. i don't know how you can watch this movie and say "oh it's a lie". and i don't know how you can say you want to pick your charity, because the sad part...
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    Attacks mount on 'preexisting conditions'

    flightnurse2b replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i can't even really comment on this without getting mad. it brings tears to my eyes. you guys know about my current struggle. pregnancy is "pre-exisiting". gag me with a spoon. you know, maybe the...
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    I am watching Michael Moore's "Sicko" for the first time....

    flightnurse2b replied to Valerie Salva's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i think the nonbelievers of the health care crisis in this country do not and will not understand until it comes and and turns their lives upside down like it has to myself and my family. it is a sad...