The only way we can change our profession and received our respect and good benefits is to get involved in the recent discussion about health care changes. The shortage is at bedside nursing not at the higher levels . Nurses are moving away from beds...
Do not panic ,I started like this 17 years ago??????? First ,Look in the thread nursing with disabilities and look at hearing impaired nurses,you will find our post to help you.In this forum Secong :get subscribe to AMPHL.org and look for nurses for...
I am agreed with your suggestions we should help the ones who are facing discrimination to find help or learn how to speak out in their jobs,I have been a truly advocated in my hospital about discrimination against disability people specially us . Th...
Association of Medical Professional with Hearing Losses (AMPHL) You need to contact them and ask for help I am sure they will know better.I suggest you to become a member in this organization .It will decrease your fear as a new hard of hearing profe...
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I am very happy with your decision ,I hope you will get the knoweledge you are looking for.If you feel adults are not for you or overwhelmed try pediatrics you will love it. May be you need some push in your life and pediatrics and newborns units a...
Mechi replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency
1.Find out how many years of nursing bedside your manager had. I am always seeing new nurses less than two year become managers,her attitude correlates with her fear of not knowing bedside care and how to be an efficient manager to well so she would...
Continuation to previous page (computer shut down) 8. Were nursing care plans utilized? Yes 9. What differences do you see in standards of care now versus when you were in school? The clinical experience as graduates,new nurses are preceptor,educato...
1. why did you go into nursing? i always wanted to go to africa as missionary,but it was to far away so i decided to joint the red cross as volunteer when i was 15 years old to learn first aid twice a week /4hours afternoon while going to my high sc...
I have the same problem you have sometimes but even though you are the primary nurse ,any nurse who touch that patient should sign their name and the intervention with the time and signature if not you should add and addendum before you leave your sh...
Welcome to the ED,you will be a good asset to them.I was an ICU nurse for years before I decided to become an ER nurse you will love it.The ER is so different ,it is not controlled universe as the ICU ,but your knoweledge as ICU will be excelent in t...
Miami Childrens is the best teaching Hospital the other one is Jackson memorial Hospital they do ECMO.I will go to them. If you like NICU and pediatrics ,for adult traumas the best ER is The Ryder at Jackson Memorial Hospital.If you learn in it you...
Call all the Hospitals in naple or near you and ask for the educational dept ,almost all the hospital give ACLS/PALS/CPR courses mandatory to ER/OR/ICU nurses and fire fighters. I am sure you will find a date to register in one of them ,if you are em...
Miami Children and Jackson Memorial are teaching hospitals #1 .I will asure you they have Varsant residency or preceptorship training while you are learning.Make sure you call them but i know people that just transfer to them because they learn more...
The Miami childrens and Jackson Memorial hospital in Miami are the best teaching hospitals in Miami,They both have a trauma level 1 and recognized world wide.For a new student I will start in one of them Miami cildrens is just pediatric JMH has ever...
Whenever you get this type of situation filed an incident report and send it to risk management dept via fax or intradepartament mail,not e mail do not give to any body just send it to risk management dept explaining the situation ,if anything happe...