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wizap

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  1. What stethoscope do you have?

    wizap replied to zooz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Littmann Cardiology III...love

  2. Definition of Rural

    wizap replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in Rural

    Rural = no traffic lights...and no rush hour traffic... It also means dirt roads and chipped windshields from the gravel on the roads from the sand trucks in the winter. Rural also means that people...

  3. Hello - What state are you from?

    wizap replied to KimRN41514's topic in Rural

    Hi, I work in a 17 bed hospital in Western

  4. Rural Nursing as a SPECIALTY!!

    wizap replied to ranchwife's topic in Rural

    Hi, Rural MT. nurse here. I have always worked in the same Rural hospital since I graduated from Montana State University. I LOVE what I do. Yes, it can go crazy quickly, but it is never...

  5. whats happening out there???

    wizap replied to whitman's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am a rural nurse, I do med/surg, OB, and ER ...all on the same night. I work in a rural hospital. It seems to me when ER is slow, we make up for it in med/surge patients, and when you least expect...

  6. Anyone use Meditech computer charting?

    wizap replied to TooterIA's topic in Emergency

    I found there is a learning curve with Meditech,but I not only had to learnMeditech at that time, but also how to use a computer. O.K...so my age is showing..... Seriously I have been using...

  7. Question for "seasoned" nurses - how do you control your emotions?

    wizap replied to my3kids's topic in General Nursing

    you learn to stick things in a box on the shelf until you have time and privacy to deal with it. It is not a good idea to take home stuff to work, or work stuff back

  8. Most RN's first borns?

    wizap replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    :nurse:First born here. Mom and dad did not use

  9. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    wizap replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    When I walk into a new patient's room I always introduce myself and identify myself as their nurse for that shift...I thought picture ID was supposed to take care of the problem of who is

  10. How did you react to your first code?

    wizap replied to AZcardiacRN's topic in General Nursing

    I could't start an IV... I remember I felt incompetent in a room full of very competant nurses. I went out to the floor and started passing morning meds to the other patients on the

  11. nurse mom on the other side of the bed

    wizap replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    It is so much harder when your patient is your child/grandchild. My thoughts and prayers will be with