LoriAnnRN

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 AD nursing programs. I realize my post hasn't help...

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. There is Coleman Correctional Facility up near B...

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 for medical attention, and the various medication nu...

dear jadednurse: Sorry you got a response like that (Neon8). You didn't deserve it. Both my mother and oldest brother get 'classic' migraines and they both suffer something terrible. They get auras and have take take Fioricet within 5-10 minutes o...

I have been nearsighted since age 30. My two older brothers came down with the same thing at about the same age. I began wearing contacts shortly after being dx with nearsightedness, but after 8 years, I have had enough of the contact routine! It...

I believe very strongly in physician-assisted suicide. I did a paper and presentation on it last year in grad school. Believe me, I did a great deal of research and the numbers indicate that neither the doctors nor the patients 'abuse' it. The gre...

I work in a county jail (3,000 inmates). My specialty is correctional 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 went back and read my post and thought someone might...

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 down' any of them. We are not taught what to 'pat'...

I am a Florida nurse too! I live in Seminole, not too far from 3rd shift guy!

I went to college in Arkansas; and say what you will about Bill Clinton and hicks and all, but if a pt was brain dead (as mandated by the state via testing) the doctor was allowed by law to extubage and thereyby end the pt's life without the family's...

In a huge county jail (3,000 inmates usually) in medical administration. Full-time day shift.

You don't have to pick a specialty to work in til after graduation. You will be rotated through med/surg, pediatrics, ob/gyn, a little OR, and public health as part of your training. Those are the usual areas schools hit anyway.

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 one of the best changes I've ever made in my life...

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 anybody.

You sound like someone who goes off and makes their own company. You sound like someone with excellent ideas who is not willing or able to conform to the everyday, ordinary nursing administration-scene. Why don't you look for some nursing entrepene...

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 times better than your worst day in the hospital setti...

I think you are definately correct about the 'no sleep and best foot forward'. I say stick to your guns; you have the right idea!

I haven't checked this site in a few days and my post is late but I had a very bad experience with the first patient I ever extubated in Neuro ICU. A 33 year old male with astrocytoma 'debulking' on day #3 post-op, perfectly normal recovery (so far)...

How about them Buccaneers?! Finally, after 20 plus years as the NFL joke, SuperBowl bound! Disclaimer: I am a baseball fan, but I will always root for the home team. Now, if only Lou Pienella can whip the Devil Rays into something!

You know it sister!

2banurse-fireworks in your corner of the bay area? People are going crazy here.

Yes, you are qualified for home care. You were pulled to a place you were not familiar with, that's all. Don't doubt yourself and don't give up; we've all had shifts like that. I personally think floor nursing is enough to try Florence herself! I...

Yeah they won. They beat the Philadelphia Eagles; a team they have always played poorly against. Lord, it's a miracle! I live in a middle class neighborhood across the bay from Tampa and you should hear the fireworks! It sounds like the 4th of Ju...

Excellent theory! It does not apply in my current job though. The person in charge is actually abundently qualified and hard-working. Some of my others jobs, well, maybe the Dilbert principle was goin' on..................