grdmdb

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1. Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

   grdmdb replied to amadime1's topic in New York

   overlook hospital rn hospital and communty nurses someone around 38 to 45 with years of experience

2. UMDNJ-NA program

   grdmdb replied to love-d-OR's topic in SRNA

   sent my application in for fall 2011.. still waiting to hear- what other schools did you apply to? why did you pick umdnj? i work with 2 nurses .. both attending umdnj.. i works part time and said this is doable- one works full time and said it was r...

3. Day in the life of a hospice nurse

   grdmdb replied to FirstYear2005's topic in Hospice

   i find the patient care and home visit to be a wonderful experience. it is calling dr's 3 and 4 times , pharmacies, charting that never ends and documentation that is for the jury in mind as well as check off boxes and naratives and 485s and updates...

4. ER Nurse Salary??

   grdmdb replied to honeyrosc's topic in Emergency

   nj community hospice working 4 to 5 days a week with some weekends and oncall if needed anywhere from 28 to 45 an hr smaller private companies pay less... hospital based hospice pay more.. always rushing... always.... loaded down with paper or comput...

5. Rant About On Call

   grdmdb replied to Sue Damonas's topic in Hospice

   i work for profit organization we have approx 125 cencus for 8 rn's my case load is 20( i have a busy area) i case manage and travel( not usually more than 150 miles on for the week) i make 32 an hr for 40 hrs( dont usually get paid for overtime) we ...

6. Recommended Reading for Hospice Nurses

   grdmdb replied to introspectiveRN's topic in Hospice

   what are the reimbursement rates for hospice dx

7. What Diagnosis would you say this patient is?

   grdmdb replied to CANRN's topic in Hospice

   i recently switched from emergency on call to case manager for approx 16 pts - most in assited living- lots of dementia and some cardiac- the problem is- many of them don't technically qualify! has anyone had this experience? txs g in jersey

8. Littmann Classic II vs. Master Classic II

   grdmdb replied to ErinRena's topic in General Students

   do you use the diaphram for the abdomen and the bell for the apical? and is the diaphram the best for brachial blood pressures? g

9. Nursing educators- salaries

   grdmdb replied to ginat113's topic in Educators

   the dates are old on these blogs- any new salary ranges for instructors in the clinical area? txs g

10. How hard is LPN school?

    grdmdb replied to mya1234's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    has anyone had experience with New Community LPN program in Newark, NJ txs

11. Mnemonics and Memory Aids

    grdmdb replied to VickyRN's topic in NCLEX

    any mnemonic devices for hypo and hyperglycemia? txs gina

12. protamine sulfate

    grdmdb posted a topic in General Students

    how does protamine sulfate work and why give it vs ff plasma or blood for heparin :bugeyes:

13. G-tube dressing change

    grdmdb replied to MrsWeb's topic in Home Health

    why are g tube dressing being put over the t adaptor? if we are looking to protect the skin from drainage this doesn't make any sense? gina

14. MRSA colonization and staff

    grdmdb replied to oramar's topic in Disease

    i have colonized patients who are no longer on isolation- can't i spread this other patietns on the floor? what exactly does colonized mean to other patients? gina

15. Accuchecks

    grdmdb replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    do you have to wear gloves to do the finger stick testing?