NurseBlueBear replied to feelsgoodtobeRN's topic in Nursing Career
I have worked in the VA for about 6 months or so now, but I work on the outpatient clinic side of it. I love what I do. :redpinkhe Occasionally I will get a bit of an oddball patient, but who doesn't....
NurseBlueBear replied to mwboswell's topic in Emergency
I am currently working for the VA. I am not in the ED, I work on the Clinic side of it. I love working there. My patients have great stories and are a pleasure to take care of. It makes me feel good...
NurseBlueBear replied to Ivy Black's topic in General Nursing
OK, I am going to throw in my , Nursing is a profession that we see the very best and the very worst in people. Most people just think that is limited to our patients, it's not. It is our patients,...
I guess I have been lucky. My commutes have mostly been around 15-20 minutes. At my previous job there were a couple of nurses that had a little over an hour one
I just hope that if I am ever on the receiving end of a code that the staff makes as much noise as necessary to do their jobs effectively. No matter whom else it may
NurseBlueBear replied to evilolive's topic in General Nursing
We still use text paging for a lot of things. The doctors and the nurses have them. We have a certain way that we enter pt information so it won't be a HIPAA violation, and they monitor ALL the pages...
http://www.target.com/Armitron-Lcd-Sport-Watch-Black/dp/B002DL4KCS/ref=sc_qi_detaillink This is the watch that I have. I love the holes in the band because I hate the feeling of my wrist still being...
NurseBlueBear replied to 2ndcareerchange's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
My IV course was included in the curriculum at my nursing school. It is certified by the state and has to be a state approved program. We had to pass a written test and start a successful IV with the...
NurseBlueBear replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing
She actually thought that she would not get caught because she was friends on Facebook with everyone except our office manager. She didn't think that anyone would actually show the manager the pics...
NurseBlueBear replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing
We had someone in our front office get reprimanded partially because of Facebook and partially because some of the nurses called BS on her. 1. Her husband was admitted to a local hospital for a GI...
NurseBlueBear replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in General Nursing
Some of the reasons that we saw in our office were usually caused by a neurogenic bladder. Sometimes this can be caused by diabetes, spinal cord injury, or occasionally just by the bladder muscles...