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what is your nurse patient ration where you work on the night shift. mine can be upto 8, which I believe is dangerous because they don't consided the aquity of the patient.

this will be a great site. i'm sure i'll be talking to all of you, as i have just started with excelsior. wish me luck

I take Rebif for MS, which is an interferon, and they say you should have your liver enzimes checked every 3 month. Other than that, you could have flu like symptoms after each injection. tylenol usually works victoria

are the answers on the practice tests so you know what you got right or wrong victoria

I work med/surg with renal pts , oncology and anything else they send to the floor. no aid for upto 18 pts 2 nurses and a charge.....by the way,the charge nurse doesn't take patients...their decision according to the director. floor holds 30 patients...

I was born and raised in Ohio......Canton, but have lived in Florida for the past 7 years. Don't miss the cold weather, but still like to come back up and visit

I will keep all of you posted. I should know more about this committee within the next couple weeks. We are in the process of putting it together

Good morning everyone. Need some input. We are starting a committee at our hospital.......nurses only..........for dealing with rude doctors and the way they treat us.............which isn't professional. The committee will be formed with nurses on d...

I live South of Jacksonville

hi everyone. I was born and raised in Canton Ohio. Lived there till 7 years ago and we moved to Florida. Don't miss the cold weather Married for 14 years, no kids, but have 2 dogs

NE Florida here

Gwenith, What is the website for the download

I have recently been diagnosed with MS and will be starting Rebif this week..............I hope. I have read about the side effects of Rebif but my question is.............Has anyone ever been on or is now on Rebif. If so, how are you doing and have ...

Discarded APN Thanks for the info. I got my first Rebif shot today. Also have called MS Lifeline several times. They are the nicest people I have ever talked to and willing to do almost anything for you. I got my travel packet, sharps and all that ja...

We fax the orders to the pharmacy and if its STAT, we hit the STAT button on the machine. The pharmacy enters the drug name under the patients name in the pyxis. Takes all of about 5 minutes or less. If its STAT, they tube it to us. We have a full ph...

I have rheumatoid arthritis and just recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, both of which are autoimmune. My neurologist said that the bulk of his patients are nurses and he also said stress is the number 1 cause of MS.........imagine that!!

As I sit here today, with tears in my eyes, I need some advice and encouragement. I have recently been diagnosed with MS and feel everything is falling down around me. I also had cancer 3 years ago. I have been seeing a great neurologist who is tryin...

Thank you for all your warm hearted replies. I still haven't gone back to work yet but might try for saturday. Will keep you posted as to what is going on. I can honestly say I have never met a better bunch of people that all you folks here

My doctor just put me on Ritalin. He says it might help with the short term memory loss caused by my MS

Thank you all for your kind words. You are really a great bunch of people. I just finished up day 5 of 1.5gram Solumedrol IV and really feel lousy......but this to shall pass. Went to a support group meeting monday nite and got a little information. ...

........ and give your condolences for someone you had taken care of in the hospital??? I had taken care of this lady for several weeks and saw in todays paper she passed away. Is this a no-no or is it appropriate for me to go to the calling hours

I had a doctor throw a chair at me once and missed me by an inch, but I was agency at the time and relatively new and let it go without saying anything. I know better now

might want to check your state boards on the internet, or if you have a website for dept. of health that you can look up licenses. it will be there before you get your letter

I once used a permenant marker (only pen I had at the time) and 2 weeks later still had the vs on my palm

I have had times that "no one" can read the hand writing, not even the people in the pharmacy. I have even had to hold the order upto the ceiling lights and read it backwards. As a rule, when I call for clarification, they are nice, but did have to c...