Duckyaryj

SO basically it is a SNU/Rehab unit???

I worked on a HUGE unit (65 beds) with two main NUS stations one on each end covering 25 beds each and a station in the inside 15 when staffing decided to be extra nice. The charting system was partial paper and partial computer (Orders and MARS were...

I currently am a nurse (LPN) who has recently graduated and will soon start classes to get my ADN. I think I finally got my fiance' into the idea that once my fiance' and I graduate (he's going for his paramedic) to moving from Missouri to Wyoming. ...

This honestly doesn't surprise me. When I worked on SNU at a local hospital one of the main complaints I had is that the patients do not get any sleep or rest at the hospital because of all the hubub even at night. With 2200 med pass then 0330 lab dr...

Never been paid for a lunch in my life except for when we have mtgs or have do do work during lunch. unpaid lunch is quite the norm

Theres just not enough to the arm to give a im in an 8monther. Nobody at our office will even think about giving an IM in the arm in any kiddo below 3.

I love this...I dont get the channel but I watched the shows online.They are so cool

The other day I was getting a H&P on one of our new peds patients in our office. We have an almost paperless system in our office so I grabbed the stool and started to ask the myriad of questions that needed to be answered. At this time I had not...

I would make a T chart on the risks/benefits of going to school now. Reflect on why you want your RN NOW vs later and get input from family. But most importantly follow your heart. As your children grow up they will see how you handled this dilemma. ...

Im a 4th gen nurse, my husband is an EMT, my father was an EMT, my only cousin on my father's side is a nurse, along with both great aunts on my father's side. So Family dinners can get extremely grotesque at times. My husband and I compare notes on ...

Depending on the type of office you work in infection control issues may differ. If you work in a specialty pediatric office where you will be in direct contact with immunocompromised patients constantly I would change at the office. If it is a gener...

Caring in nursing to me is a simple acronym Comforting Alert Respectful In Tune Nurturing Giving

NKC is NOT union...I worked on 8Pav and SNU and there were not one iota of mention of unions. I do not reccomend working at Centerpoint... unless you choose to work in ER. My sis-in-law works there and is having many problems with management and she'...

Thats why I like the office, if I have a question I walk the 20ft to the bullpen and ask the doctor what they mean!

We just had a case of pertussis d/t non-vaccination. The reasoning for non-vaccination was that an older child had autism (non-vaccinated also) and the mother did not want to risk her other child (kinda odd sense of theory but to each her own). Now s...

Hello, I have recently accepted a job as an LPN in a general peds office. I absolutely love this job. I went from Med-surg as a tech to a SNU as a LPN and then to this current job. I am in my 6th month as an LPN. Like I said I have fallen in love w...

Try your bank they may have a student loan. Also some credit unions have decent rates on loans too. Be sure to read the terms though.

Between my husband and I (he's an EMT) we have at least 6 stethescopes and not one of them are a "normal color" The one I am currently using is a purple cammo Ultrascope Everyone at work Knows it's mine not only d/t the color but the odd shaped head....

sounds like what they were trying to do on our skilled unit but i have i new job now!

I too am a LPN and I have just accepted a job at a larger peds office in our area. I currently work at a SNU unit and after 6 months of being a new nurse I am already ready for a change (i think it has something to do with the unit not the pts) anywa...

I agree with the dry-flo pads. I had a pt on one of these and he was a para. we used the hoyer to get him in and out of the bed but he was quite noncompliant anyway. this thing worked wonders on his wounds (a wound vac wouldnt do anything at all for ...

On my skilled unit (which I have been on for barely 6 months), there are many many changes going on. The biggest change is that we are going to team nursing. The change was piloted when I first started and things started to go down hill from there. F...

The nursing responsibilities are divided between nurses. The RN of the unit does the assessments, charting, admits, and discharges, while I the LPN do the medications and treatments (wound dressings and such) while the CNA's take care of the ADL's ec...

I did my clinicals there. I was not very impressed at all. There were good nurses but many of them were rude and didn't care much at all. If your looking into the LTAC style of nursing there is a new one that just opened up in the northland I work on...

MCC is very much accredited. I graduated from the day program in December. It can get very difficult and my class was extremely cliqy, so things got rough but I made it through with two very good instructors. Mrs. Wiederholt and Mrs. Basara. Both wer...