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  1. Disney Culture in Hospitals

    OT: thought some of you might be interested in this- check out http://www.StupidGuestTricks.com. Even if the nurses don't act very "Disney" all the patients sure
  2. msha or wellmont?

    I have worked for both organizations...in more than one of their hospitals. I still have friends and contacts at both so I kinda know what is going on everywhere...MSHA did just boost RN salary but I...
  3. Working with Expired CNA

    Is this person working in the home of someone you know personally so that is why you are concerned? Not to be mean, but saying I "know of someone that may be working.. and "not sure about the details"...
  4. Urban legends in nursing

    I attended a neuro conference a few years ago in which the presenter had actual xrays and slides-one which was of a pt with a basilar skull fracture with an NG tube inserted thru the brain. The NG was...
  5. Hi, quick answer for you,almost times to get the kids ready for school.Pts with pancreatitis will typically present with nausea/vomiting, abd pain. Some general malaise. The lab values you quoted...
  6. Nurse called "stupid cow" in Oscar movie

    I had pretty much the same thing happen to me one time. The son of one of my patients yelled for me by name as I was running down the hall- I made a detour to her room thinking something was wrong...
  7. Pepcid IV

    I believe it is diluted in 10cc NS and given IV push. It has been a while since I have given it, we have pretty much gone to
  8. Johnson City Medical Center info

    Well, I have lived here for my entire life so I am kinda prejudice to the whole area. I actually live in Kingsport though. JC does have better restaraunts Most people are easy going and kinda laid...
  9. Johnson City Medical Center info

    Well, it has been a while since I worked there, but I do work for a sister facility in the same organization, and occasionally go to inservices, etc. there. I did my clinical days for my chemo cert....
  10. Johnson City Medical Center info

    what kind of info do you want?i used to work there several years ago, now work for one of their sister
  11. Find YOUR spot..........

    hi, guys1 another lifetime kingsport resident here
  12. Nurse:patient ratio's in upper east Tn

    nothing i would want to share on a public bb :) pm me with spcific
  13. Nurse:patient ratio's in upper east Tn

    hi, i am in kingsport, i work on a tele unit, we average anywhere from4 to maybe 7 or 8 pts on nite shift, the 7 or 8 only if staffing issues that nite. have had managers stay and give meds, etc to...
  14. Mountain State Health Alliance and Covenant Health

    try to send me a pm..i will help you all i
  15. Mountain State Health Alliance and Covenant Health

    i can give you lots of general info on ipmc if you want. i work there now and have on and off for 15 years. currently have lpn positions posted for l&d, also actively hiring cna positions lots of...
  16. Steven Johnsons Syndrome

    I have taken care of several people with this disorder. One case was very severe and did not survive, others did recover. They are treated as burn cases due to the open blisters, lesions etc. Almost...
  17. Considering moving to Elizabethton

    haha. i really don't know if it smells or not to tell you the truth.i haven't been thru there a lot to notice. another thought that came to mind is jonesboro. very historic town, right outside johnson...
  18. Considering moving to Elizabethton

    yes, i work for the big hospital in johnson city's little counterpart. i know quite a bit about johnson city, i went to nursing school there and go there to shop occasionally. it is a rather large...
  19. Considering moving to Elizabethton

    i don't live in elizabethton but close by in kingsport, i love it here but don't know anything else :) have you looked around sevierville, it is on the outskirts of a resort town but definately very...
  20. Hi there, sorry you're having problems! I do not have MS but my twin sis does also an RN. She doesn't practice anymore unfortunately but I know the struggle she went through when she was first...
  21. Well, if it was against this university's school policy to consume alcoholic beverages, surely they knew this when they went to school there? If I were to enroll at a christian school I would check...
  22. I meant the bedpan is upside down, not the patient :) It is kind of a funny visual...but it does work..a gyn nurse told me to do this.Haven't had a bit of trouble
  23. If the pt can tolerate it place them on a fracture bedpan upside down. it works really well for larger ladies,etc. Places everything exactly where you need
  24. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    I had an old alcoholic man one night with lots of tattoos, across each butt cheek he had one word "the end ". i was also told by other staff he had a tattoo on his manhood, I made it my goal for the...
  25. Internal Defibs

    not sure they needed to be admitted but the doc needed to be notified at least. with her being a dialysis pt her lytes may have been out of whack contributing to or causing her arrythmia. it wouldn't...