webbiedebbie

webbiedebbie

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  1. Anyone ever travel to an Indian reservation?

    webbiedebbie posted a topic in Travel

    I'm looking for travelers who have had an assignment on an Indian reservation. I'm also looking for travelers who have been on assignment to Arizona. I am debating about accepting an assignment in...

  2. Are medical-legal concerns changing childbirth?

    webbiedebbie replied to kathiecnm's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started out as a Grad Nurse in L&D. Worked at same facility for 2 years. Moved out of state and worked in a teaching hospital in L&D. My manager pulled me aside one day and said, "You are...

  3. Job type during Nursing school?

    webbiedebbie replied to taicjc's topic in General Nursing

    "The nurses even let me do some stuff with patients." SBTLAWREN...I question the above

  4. looking for home-based triage position

    webbiedebbie replied to Jana Stephens's topic in Telephone Triage

    Guardian Angels...do you work for McKesson? Where are they located and what is a Judge group? I applied with McK over a year ago and never heard from them. Also, how do you keep patients...

  5. TAB's?

    webbiedebbie replied to jrring1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At one hospital I worked at, only one physician would do them. His associates refused, so when he retires, the hospital does not foresee anymore TAB's being done. I didn't have a problem taking...

  6. So you wanna visit North Carolina .....

    webbiedebbie replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hey luckyangel...I worked in Jacksonville at Onslow! I miss working there. My daughter had her baby at Naval last

  7. "glorified birth junkies"

    webbiedebbie replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Although I no longer work OB, I still can't get enough of watching deliveries on the TV. Yea, I know!!! I worked L&D and PP and Mother/Baby for 15 years. I miss it terribly! But I don't miss...

  8. Postpartum Self Medication Program

    webbiedebbie replied to midwife2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked at one hospital where they used to do this. They don't now because of the risk of toddlers/children getting into the

  9. Scrubs on LDRP

    webbiedebbie replied to tammki5g's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One hospital I worked at (small) as a traveler, we wore our own scrubs, but we had to wear a white "bunny" suit over them for C-Sections. Not a locked unit. Badges were distinct with the pink...

  10. Your opinion

    webbiedebbie replied to Vlynn's topic in Nursing Career

    It seems to me you are really happy where you are. I am wondering about what kind of orientation you would be getting. It sounds like a wonderful opportunity for you, but then again, it sounds like...

  11. PRN jobs

    webbiedebbie replied to hunnigrl's topic in General Nursing

    I did both for awhile, worked agency and PRN at hospitals. Not having benefits sucked and when the hospitals weren't busy, I was the first called off because I made more. Trying to coordinate...

  12. help license question

    webbiedebbie replied to LNZMLY's topic in Case Management

    My bad...

  13. help license question

    webbiedebbie replied to LNZMLY's topic in Case Management

    I do telephone triage in a call center. We are required to have our own state license plus 5 more. Well actually, only one client of ours requires it, but as far as I know the other 4 states require...

  14. Other Great Careers in Healthcare

    webbiedebbie replied to following_faith's topic in Nursing Career

    Also look into telephone triage. I can still use my nursing skills, but not in a physical

  15. Umbilical clamp cutter

    webbiedebbie replied to Marijke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am working telephone triage now, and the other night I received a call from someone in Germany. They were discharged with the clamp still on! He said no one gave them instructions on cord care!...

  16. So you wanna visit North Carolina .....

    webbiedebbie replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I lived in Wilmington, NC for 9 years before moving back west. I miss it terribly! There are alot of things I miss...Wilmington by Candlelight, the Battleship, the beach, the Christmas flotillas,...

  17. Any Telephone triage nurses out there?

    webbiedebbie replied to lorio's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Glad I could help Lori. Yea, I live in Broomfield. Moved here a year ago to be closer to my mom. Moved here from North Carolina and I miss it terribly! Someday, I will

  18. Any Telephone triage nurses out there?

    webbiedebbie replied to lorio's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi... I just started working in telephone triage. I chose this line of work because I have been a nurse since 1989 and hospital 12-hr shifts are getting too rough for me. I know I can retire from...

  19. Telephonic Nurse Triage ?

    webbiedebbie replied to mdrkan's topic in Telephone Triage

    I work telphone triage. We don't usually use the fever algo unless it is of unknown origin. We ask if there are other symptoms (probe) related to the fever, which will bring up fever in that algo....

  20. Smoking bans in and around NC hospitals

    webbiedebbie replied to Maggie in NC's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    So, if a patient walks into ER right after having a cigarette, are you going to avoid him/her because their clothes smell like an ashtray? I quit smoking at the beginning of nursing school years ago....

  21. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    webbiedebbie replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an agency nurse for awhile. One hospital I refused to go back to because there was little teamwork with the staff. I asked the charge nurse where to find something and was told that I...

  22. skin prep for c-section

    webbiedebbie replied to newgrad2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    When I learned in the 80's, we used a kit that had sponges dipped in betadine scrub that were divided in the middle so you basically had a "handle" and we started at the incision line and worked our...

  23. onward health

    webbiedebbie replied to garryg's topic in Travel

    I worked with OH and was not impressed. I talked to them about some concerns I had about short staffing at the beginning of my assignment and was told to "just stick it

  24. Info on supplemental health care

    webbiedebbie replied to franken's topic in Travel

    I only did local agency work with them and they were screwing up frequently with my

  25. Is this normal for agency? (long)

    webbiedebbie replied to mtnmom's topic in Agency Nurses

    With my limited experience as an agency nurse, if I was not cancelled and got there only to find out they didn't need me, I would get 2 hours of pay. If census goes down, I am the first to be sent...