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I've been reading couple risk management articles and unable to understand "defense verdict was returned" phrase. Would anyone explain this, please?Thanks ,

I feel you. I have one wish that they (manager) would remove CNA and give you less patients but you would give them total care. work in Critical care at NOC and there are some freaking lazy CNA who give attitutes to new nurses on the floor (includin...

Would you be willing to work in Tacoma? It's a long commute but St.Joseph is currently hiring on GI post-op med-surg floor. Im working there for a year and loving it and my manager said she is currently having 4-5 openings.

Does anyone here know anything about working at PCU (Progressive Care Unit-step down from ICU) ST.Francis in Federal Way? I'd greatly appreciate any response regarding working there: environment, team work, nurse:patient ratio... or anything at all a...

St.Joe's hired around 300's of new grad for residency last summer 2009. There are still openings in other local hospital of Franciscan Health System (such as ST.Clare in Lakewood, ST.Anthony in Gig Harbor, St.Francis in Federal way). If u r intereste...

OMG, I just got off a shift ( still in orientation-soon to be on my own) and already have a thought of never wanting to go back. I want to leave nursing and do sth else. Its normal for me to have a 15 minutes meal break once in a while for the whole...

How did you guys get the results so soon? What did you use to find out (e.g.quick result)?

I wonder about MRSA becoming so common nowadays that isolation seems to be found in many floor of hospital or health facilities. My concerns are as nurses or healthcare provider with direct contact with those with MRSA, how should we wash our scrubs ...

i have some questions about the nclex, if anyone knows about these, please help me out. 1. i read on petersons website and found out that nclex candidate can retake 3 times within 2 years, and 90 days between the tests. but i also heard that nclex in...

ILovePeople, You get the titer from your doctor who would get the blood draw from your arm vein and send to the lab. The doctor then would get the result within a week and interpret and write the letter saying you're protected. You need to give the ...

I could not imagine I would have to face the fact about the staff:pt ratio. One care and rehab job before I was offered had a ratio of 1:30, $25/hr. CNA and treament nurses also included in the staffs. I turned it down because my first thought was th...

I'mOnMyWay, Thank you for the info. I have one question regarding the remaining students in the Nx program at TCC. How is the remaining number of Nx students at TCC from the beginning to the subsequent quarters? I look over the website and it seems ...

I wonder. Isnt BLS an advanced CPR? I got my CPR, but after searching, I realized I needed to take BLS class because it's CPR for healthcare provider! Just wonder! One thing more: most job I search has description like this: REQUIRED: BLS certificat...

any tacoma cc rn nursing students wanting to sell books back for classes from 4th quarter - last quarter? -hello everyone! i'm interested in getting to know what kinds of books i should buy for the 4th quarter to the last quarter! if anyone know anyo...

This is a new facility of retirement +assisted living community! I have been on training and orientation, all I have done was passing meds, insulin, BG check, wound care. Since the first day, I came in and started to pass PO med and the above mention...

Memory Care definition? LPN's duties? How to document for pt with dementia? I got an idea that Memory Care is for those with Alzheimer's and dementia. But I dont know how their health condition is like comparing to those inAlzheimer's unit in SNF. ...

It took me a while (2 months) because I did not work for healthcare field and usually for my type of license (LPN), hospitals dont want much! Some of my classmates who worked in a healthcare facility already got the job there after they got their lic...

i didnt say the name correctly! "nursing technician registered " is the term for rn- student to be employed at hospitals or such facilities! "patient care technician" means cna (certified nursing assistant).

Are you in one of the "quick result" states? WA is one of many. I did not paied for that due to my budget issues. However, I checked my state department of health and search for any change under my license. Before you take the exam, the "STATUS" will...

I would suggest you go to an RN program. It's no problem with LPN, it's just the process of going back and the job opportunities for LPN is not many! Advantage: -After finishing around 2 med-surg quarters, mostly you can apply to job at hospital for...

I used different books when I was in the program. For every body system such as GI or GU, I did NCLEX for each section and learnt different things that maybe the other book did not include in the book! Also the practice questions of different books ...

One of the books I used is: Kaplan NCLEX-PN Exam, 2008 Edition ISBN: 9781419552731 Most Kaplan NCLEX-PN are the same, despite the fact of their covers. Most of them I know are "Passing Score Guarantee", meaning that if you do not pass, you'll get a f...

Study the areas you're weak at first! I used Saunder for knowledge questions (side effects of medications, post-op and pre-op...) and Kaplan for strategies (priority, delegation, therapeutic communication, how to eliminate...). I also studied medicat...

Anyone knows how many LPN-RN students accepted into the program? Thanks you,