JNJ

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  1. Just FYI, many of the larger international health and welfare agencies that operate in developing countries ('third world' is no longer PC) do not accept gifts of out of date medications. However, smaller clinics and individuals may accept expired OT...
  2. On Line Masters Program?

    You might want to check out the states in which you want to practice - also if you want to work in education. Some Boards of Registered Nursing e.g. California, can be very sticky about MS versus MSN. I know this to my cost - took me five years and d...
  3. On Line Masters Program?

    California State University at Dominguez Hills has been offering Master's degrees by distance learning techniques for many years. I spent five years part time getting mine and the cost was only $6,000 total. They now do a Master's in Nursing online ...
  4. picc lines & peds

    I've been maintaining a home care PICC for two years, two ports in a 25 lb child. We flush pre and post with 3-5 cc NS. Daily 3cc of 100u/ml heparin to each port. This protocol came from the (BMT transplant) unit in the mid-west that first placed th...
  5. Need advice about an idea I have

    In the UK a midwife visits the newly discharged mother and baby for up to ten days - even making two visits a day if s/he feels it is warranted. Usually when the infant is 10-12 days old (but up to one month old if the midwife feels she needs to stay...
  6. Independent Nurses providing medical care?

    Renerian: I'm sorry the professionals you talk with have had difficulty finding work in Ohio. Perhaps they are simply nursing professionals and lack the skills and knowledge to successfully become independent. Indie nursing takes marketing and moxie ...
  7. Independent Nurses providing medical care?

    Rachel: In many states, the Medicaid program uses the term "independent nurse provider" (INP) to designate a nurse who is self-employed. I am an INP for Medi-Cal in CA. INP means that I provide nursing care independent of employee status with a heal...
  8. Out Of BEDSIDE nursing

    Have you considered being an independent RN? There are many, many ways to achieve this. Most of what we dislike about bedside nursing is not actually the nursing care, but the politics, people, budget issues, schedulers, managers, etc etc. I fought b...
  9. Out Of BEDSIDE nursing

    Have you considered being an independent RN? There are many, many ways to achieve this. Most of what we dislike about bedside nursing is not actually the nursing care, but the politics, people, budget issues, schedulers, managers, etc etc. I fought b...
  10. I have failed as an HH nurse

    Nursebailey: Please do not give up - the nursing world is so very much in need of independent nurses. This cycle will change and you will be back in business again. Read the reply you have already had carefully - it was full of great ideas. Get a ba...
  11. I have failed as an HH nurse

    Nursebailey: Please do not give up - the nursing world is so very much in need of independent nurses. This cycle will change and you will be back in business again. Read the reply you have already had carefully - it was full of great ideas. Get a ba...
  12. Funding a doctorate degree

    A long shot, but depends on how desperate you might be to try anything. In San Diego several hospitals were so concerned about the nursing shortage that they grouped together and came up with enough to fund more nursing educator positions (I suspect...
  13. making your own scrubs- patterns?

    I always sew in an extra pocket with zip top to stop everything falling out during the (occasional!) bathroom break.
  14. As someone else has posted, the answer to your question depends on the school you are in. If the RN program follows a certain pattern, there may be a point at which you have completed the equivalent of the LVN training, but the school has to be will...
  15. preceptors for employees

    It's part of the description of being a professional - we teach and train our own.