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Rural Nurses stretch and grow!!! Never know what you will be doing next!!!! LOL:lol2::balloons:

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. Not everyone has big beautiful veins.... Good lu...

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 they have a "potty mouth" Do not take anything the...

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 have to find out what works best for you. Sleep is ...

Working in a frontier hospital, a car wreck can be more than the staff can handle on their own. Yes, I would go in if things are going crazy...I guess it is part of what I do....I choose to live here and I choose to work here!

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 the difference, in how you feel about yourself, yo...

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 I can tell if my OB is a 7 and 90% effaced. And ...

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

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 important, they should be taken, for all the reasons stated...

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 job!

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 polyester...They're OK for pants...

When I started Nursing as a new graduate nurse in a Rural Hospital 13 1/2 years ago, I felt comfortable going to any of the other more experienced nurses I worked with. I learned so much from all of them. I was truly blessed!!! The thing about b...

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 immunizing everyone? What do you think? Is this being ...

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 tetanus boosters in the ED.

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 unsafe!

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 want to loose my site!

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 hospital would not discharge her, she refused to have ho...

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

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

6.3 miles, but part of that is on dirt roads!

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 marketable in a city hospital, from what I have seen,...

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 initials, date and time, then wrap the site with dres...

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 communicate well with each other, and are sharp cookies. ...

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 between going back to school to be a teacher, or a nur...

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 night. Lab and X-ray are in house 24/7, and surgery ...