LoriAnnRN

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1. any arkansas nurses or nursing students

   LoriAnnRN replied to kimhaw's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated from UAMS in 1988 and I highly recommend the program. I also had a good friend graduate from UALR and she is also a fine nurse. My brother lives in Conway and is currently checking out...

2. Any Nurses Working In Florida Correctional Facilities Near Tampa??

   LoriAnnRN replied to GARYLPN's topic in Correctional

   Hi Gary! I live and work in the Tampa area. There are two very large county correctional facilities (one in Hillsborough Co. and one in Pinellas Co.) but all of the prisons are out in the boondocks....

3. Nurse's Sick Call

   LoriAnnRN replied to fiestynurse's topic in Correctional

   I work in a very large (population hovers around 3,000 almost all the time) county jail. We do not have 'open sick call' like some prisons do. The patients submit an '82' form, which is a request...

4. Protecting yourself

   LoriAnnRN replied to epg_pei's topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to add something--I drew a parallell line between jail inmates and methadone patients because, well frankly, we get a significant number of inmates who are methadone patients. I just...

5. Protecting yourself

   LoriAnnRN replied to epg_pei's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the above posters; you were not wrong in feeling concerned for your safety. I work in a huge county jail with all manner of pre-trial inmates and I would not feel secure about 'patting...

6. DNR'ed from hospital

   LoriAnnRN replied to danvet's topic in Agency Nurses

   danvet-I became burned out re: hospital nursing after only 3 years (I was a traveler for a year and a half and I know all about being dumped on). I tried home health on a lark and it turned out to be...

7. Manual vs. automatic blood pressure cuffs

   LoriAnnRN replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   Manually is more accurate. We use a Welch-Allyn vital sign machine (aka 'Robo Nurse') but if we get an unusually high or low value we alwayscheck it manually before calling

8. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   LoriAnnRN replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   I can't go into details about my daily routines, but I did home health for about 8 years and I really enjoyed it. It has it's negatives but remeber this: your worst day in home health is still 5...