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  1. What exactly is Rural Nursing

    wizap replied to pat8585's topic in Rural

    Rural Nurses stretch and grow!!! Never know what you will be doing next!!!!

  2. new ED RN needs IV encouragment!

    wizap replied to kimber3ks's topic in Emergency

    Practice, practice, practice...that's how you get good at IV's. P.S.- messy ones aren't bad ones, sometimes they are very good ones! Also, do not pass up the chance to start children and the elderly....

  3. When the going gets tough, so does your skin...

    wizap replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    People can be rude and crude. Especially drunks who just ran their car into a tree and are trying to get out of their spider straps and off the back board. It is your job to keep them safe, even if...

  4. Any experience with the new sleep med Rozerem?

    wizap replied to deeDawntee's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Rozerem works for me. I got free samples from my MD. I take it only when I need it. It works better than Melatonin. I do not wake up feeling drugged like I did with diphenhydramine. You do...

  5. What do you like about your ER?

    wizap replied to menolly_33's topic in Emergency

    Working with great people can make all the difference...and being there for one another! Knowing that you are part of a team where everyone is working for the welfare of the patient...that makes all...

  6. Incompetent nurses

    wizap replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    Keith, I am a frontier nurse. As one, I have never had to work on a tele unit as you describe. Our cardiac patients are all sent out to larger hospitals. By the way, I can read an EKG ... and...

  7. Florence Nightengale Pledge.

    wizap replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    NO....Wasn't, pinned, wasn't capped, didn't go to graduation... and I feel like a REAL nurse!

  8. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

    wizap replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Charge Nurse working 12 hour night shifts in a frontier hospital. At night there are only 2 RN's working. If it is crazy, it is hard to cover for each other. I think meal breaks are...

  9. Mature Nurses over 50

    wizap replied to Su360's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I turned 50 this year. I am a Charge Nurse at night. I work in a Frontier Hospital, and pretty much do whatever comes in the door. I love my

  10. Is it weird not to wear a scrub top?

    wizap replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    I wear scrub pants, a matching Tee shirt- in the winter a long sleeve turtle neck, and a jacket. I do not have tatoos to hide, but I do feel very comfortable wearing cotton. Most scrubs are...

  11. DTaP in ER?

    wizap posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are starting to give out DTaP shots to adults in our ER instead of the traditional dT shots. I am not sure how I feel about this. Yes, there are breakouts of Wooping cough, but should we be...

  12. DTaP in ER?

    wizap replied to wizap's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if I was ambiguous! We have been using DTaP instead of the older dT on patients who present with lacerations, or other complaints that need tetorifice boosters in the

  13. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    wizap replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I usually do three 12's in a row. I have done 5 in a row. I will refuse to do that anymore...it is

  14. No blood draw from IV starts?

    wizap replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    I will routinely draw blood off my Chest Pain patients who have big bore IV's, and have done this for years. The ER doc's know we do this. However, I will not draw from a 24g. in a toddler. I don't...

  15. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    wizap replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    My mom had quadruple bypass at Mt. Sinai in New York two years ago. I traveled from Montana where I live to New York To care for her. I am a BSN, RN who practices in a frontier hospital. The...

  16. Is Nursing your Passion

    wizap replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    :nurse:YES...I think that being a nurse is an important part of who I am!!!

  17. Best shoes while on the floor???

    wizap replied to ICURN08's topic in General Nursing

    I love my Danskos. I have one pair for work, and 3 pair for fun! I find they really work for

  18. How far do you commute to work?

    wizap replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    6.3 miles, but part of that is on dirt

  19. How Marketable Are You as a Rural Nurse?

    wizap replied to Camelhappy1's topic in Rural

    You are so right on the money! Rural nurses depend on one another, we do become good team players, and we learn the weaknesses and strengths of our co-workers. I do not worry at all about being...

  20. Sending drug abusers home with picc lines?

    wizap replied to JOLLIEHOLLY's topic in General Nursing

    We had a Heroin addict who became septic with MRSA from injecting herself. She went home with a PICC and came in as an outpatient for her Vanco. After each dose we had to tape each port with our...

  21. Any Nurses With Anxiety Disorders?

    wizap replied to Susanna23's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have had Depression most of my life. I stay on my meds and usually do fine. This spring I was diagnosed with Panic Attacks and PTSD. I have a Primary Care Physician and a counselor who...

  22. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    wizap replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I had 2 years of college under my belt... but I had been a wife and stay-at-home mom for 13 years. We had no health insurance...and private health insurance is expensive. I was torn...

  23. What exactly is Rural Nursing

    wizap replied to pat8585's topic in Rural

    Hi, I also work at a critical access hospital. We have 4 ER beds, 2 ICU beds, 2 OB beds, and 13 med/surg beds and 1 negative pressure room. We have 2-RN's, 1-CNA and 1ward secretary on at...

  24. Cab Vouchers

    wizap replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    I would feel the same in a city I am sure. Here my patients are neighbors and sometimes friends, and sometimes the town

  25. Cab Vouchers

    wizap replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    Rural MT nurse here... we have no public transportation in our community, no Bus passes...No taxi vouchers. We do not have taxi's or buses. Sometimes Pastors will drive Patients home. Sometimes...