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  1. Prison nursing vs jail nursing

    Neats replied to tanna898's topic in Correctional

    My questions: 1. Why do you love/hate working in a prison? I enjoy the autonomy I have. with that said I know I have to have great skills otherwise any mistake I make could potentially cause me my...

  2. It's really hard for me to do blood pressure

    Neats replied to india.thomas1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Try practicing on family/friends. When you pump up the cuff to the desired amount you want slowly let it release, close your eyes (remember this is practice) and just listen. Sounds funny but it can...

  3. Newish RN, New to Corrections: How to be successful?

    Neats replied to carebear1980's topic in Correctional

    I am a Correctional Health Care Manager and BSN. I have hired a lot of ADN nursing graduates and always ensured they are competent to do the job, if not then I ask them to leave or they just get...

  4. How do I pursue nursing with a Health Science undergraduate degree?

    Neats replied to nurse2bglo.'s topic in General Students

    Better late than never to respond. I was a Health Care Administrator for a long time before I went back to get my nursing degree. I had to take A&P over, stats over, Biology over due to greater...

  5. How to find NP positions in Healthcare Insurance

    Neats replied to sylvestrer's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am in NP geriatric school, work at a major insurance company and love where I work. Insurance does hire NP but it is usually for Managerial positions- think Director of Healthcare Operations,...

  6. How to politely tell a patient "do it yourself"

    Neats replied to railroadrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow you all seem like such great nurses, I on the other hand seem like I am an old bat who makes people do for themselves. My background is geriatric and correctional nursing. In the skilled nursing...

  7. Working in Nursing home is all the same?

    Neats replied to bigorange123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a Registered Nurse AND Licensed Nursing Home Administrator I can say same stuff different faces. Most posted there are differences in SNF in that if you have good management that is great it means...

  8. What should I expect. Please let me know.

    Neats replied to RockStarAngelRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I feel for you as nursing staff we get the blunt of it all and almost always the scapegoat. For this very reason I always check orders even if Mother Theresa has given me report. I have argued with...

  9. Nurses Complaining About Assignments

    Neats replied to knurse10's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new manager I always had the most common policies at my finger tips. Attendance, respect in the work place to name a few I recall there was about 4-5 policies I knew by heart that dealt...

  10. Too bad sweetheart, guess it's cold food for you..

    Neats replied to overit013's topic in General Students

    Cooperate and Graduate Just get this rotation completed. There maybe a reason why the instructor does not want your class rotation to use the microwave. In one of my rotations we could not use the...

  11. Any NPs start from LPN?

    Neats replied to BabyFood26's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I was a nursing assistant before they had certifications, my CNA number was a 2 digit number when we did have to get

  12. Calling out Prior and Current South University NP

    Neats posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Can any of you with South University experience please provide me with information about the competence of the instructors? I am in the middle of applying and think I have been accepted for the...

  13. Common meds given in LTC facilites? New nurse seeking advice

    Neats replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think about chronic disease like HTN, Diabetes, Kidney disease, Rheumatology and mental health common diagnosis. I would then review those medications associated with those disease. I think this is...

  14. Best route for new grad to become commissioned officer RN in military (prefer Air Force)

    Neats replied to vlang's topic in Government, Military

    If your heart is set on the air force I would contact the Air National Guard or the Air Force Reserves. The "Guard's" (Army/Air Force/Navy/Marines/Coast Guard) are run by the state in which you live...

  15. 32 years old and ready to switch my career to become a nurse! Am I too old?

    Neats replied to Kaytee12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your title made me smile...and then I thought wow you must really think 40 or greater is real old. I went back to nursing school at age 44, I was one of the oldest in most of my classes, to include...

  16. Bad communication from advisors

    Neats replied to akb04e's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I would state this is an urgent matter wait a few days. If I have not received a response I would then email again this time cc their supervisor, then I would start going over their heads. I have no...

  17. Advice on handling/influencing problem CNAs and nurses?

    Neats replied to inaniel88's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You sound like a wonderful caring LTC Nurse who knows how to get the job completed. As a LNHA and BSN I can tell you I have had my fair share of employees not wanting to do their job...I have even had...

  18. Not firing a nurse for being unsafe

    Neats replied to db2xs's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with Rose Queen. Employees who are in need of counseling, who need corrective redirection should be in private. As a manager I would never speak about how an employee has been reprimanded. If...

  19. RN to BSN without statistics/chemistry

    Neats replied to hospnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There are online chem courses and stat course you can take just google. The chem courses have a lab...it is stuff you have in your kitchen to use for lab you then answer the question based on what...

  20. RN moving to Mountain Home

    Neats replied to michigangirl9876's topic in General Nursing

    Mountain Home is a very small military town. Many people commute from Mountain Home to Boise and from Boise to Mountain Home . The state does have commuter/carpool rides (park and ride designated...

  21. Reapplying for a job

    Neats replied to Bkre8iv2's topic in General Nursing

    I have rehired a lot of licensed health care professionals. Before the interview if I know they are a re-hire I ask them point blank how they have changed and how they have kept those changes in...

  22. Drug level monitoring frequency

    Neats replied to nurselove757's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Phenytoin (Dilantin) has a half life of average 22 hours (range 8-60), the time it takes to get to a therapeutic steady level is 1-4 weeks. The higher the dose the longer it takes. You check trough...

  23. Tired of being angry

    Neats replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    I think we all experience frustration at times. My background is all over the place however I do have correctional (prison) nurse experience. What has helped me (my belief) is knowing these people...

  24. If you work in a notoriously bad facility, do you get branded as a "bad" nurse?

    Neats replied to catlvr's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a LNHA and RN I use to go into troubled facilities to assist with improvement. Your facility may have a bad reputation however I feel it is up to each individual nurse to keep themselves...

  25. How old is too old to safely practice?

    Neats replied to traumaRUs's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I really have to chime in on this thread too! As a health provider who works with geriatrics since I was the tender age of 14 I can tell you age is just a number. I am getting my NP at age 54. I have...