Sehille4774

Sehille4774

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  1. Teaching and When to get out

    Well i would think that that would depend case by case....For instance are u talking an 86year old diabetic with a tunneling stage 3 or 4? Or a simple post-op wound like from a hip surgery? I feel...
  2. Am I getting snowed? HH in North Texas

    Yeah but I wonder what the cost of living is in your area....NJ i have read pays the most of any state for nurses, but i know that they have one of the highest cost of living too...its all
  3. Declined nursing program. .. need to vent.

    I also wanted to add that I do pediatric home care nursing, 1 patient per day right now, so if i am taking care of a 2 year old then i am basically doing zero hard lifting..my heaviest pt is 95...
  4. Declined nursing program. .. need to vent.

    After reading your post, I felt compelled to post a reply. I commend you for being really honest with yourself....that is a very hard thing for many people. I personally have a bad knee injury and...
  5. Goofy call bell requests

    A few fav's: "Where's my tissue box? It's in your other hand. Oh, ok." "I think there are little men on the roof outside my room..can u get them down?" 2am: 87 yr old man: Mom!!! I need you to...
  6. Sutter Health New Grad program unpaid.

    Fascinating link! As a new Grad, I have been more educated about preserving our profession by reading it! Someone on this link talked about Doctors and the existing internship system in place upon...
  7. Current issues in nursing graduate admissions paper

    I would talk in their somewhere about the increasing acuity of patients...meaning the the average patient is requires more care today then they did 10 years ago and that trend is going to likely...
  8. Advice on dealing with dementia patient

    omg i think u hit like the top 5 things i hear on the dementia unit. 1. i have to go to school. 2. where is my mom i have to find/help her. 3. i have to go to work now. 4. where is my baby? lol....
  9. Advice on dealing with dementia patient

    Yeah, I love that trick as a distraction. I ask about their kids, where they grew up, what kind of work they did..many love reminiscing..and then you know what--surprize suddenly they will cooperate...
  10. Magnesium sulfate preeclampsia?

    yeah..i have been seeing that now that i have been doing more L and D nclex questions...infact, one question that i did stated that other, typical BP meds would be used to treat the BP and the mag...
  11. Magnesium sulfate preeclampsia?

    So it seems that mag sulfate is used with pre-eclampsia labor for 3 reasons: Lower the BP, Prevent Seizure Prevent Pre-term labor. I was just trying to figure out why this drug would be used over...
  12. anyone know of any free nclex predictors online? i too cannot deal with the brokeness and i am ready to just go take it and call it a day. i as strong in anything medsurg or even theraputic...
  13. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    Diana---sorry to hear about that but thanks for listing a great example of the failure of our current system..Everyone is talking about the "Rationing of healthcare" that would occur under the...
  14. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    Well, assuming that everyone had access to a general practitioner for non-emergent care...then at that point why would an ER have to accept non-emergent cases? I like the idea of these intermediate...
  15. So I am starting this thread hoping to find some success stories of nurses who are a little further along in their career who were able to start in Long Term Care and move into the hospital setting....
  16. Propofol recall....

    Sorry..but that seems like too much of a coincidence that this occured in the same time as Michael Jackson's death! I mean yes, certain LOT numbers were recalled....but how could they test and be sure...
  17. Should I put my last employer on my resume?

    LOL...i know this sounds horrible.but I had my Aunt call an old company for me to see what they say. She works in HR..and she just pretented like she was doing a reference check and let me know what...
  18. Finding Jobs

    yeah this is true....but in 2 years it may well be a totally different
  19. How to find a job in PA/DE

    yes i am experiencing the same thing...its quite a different story from last year where you could have gotten a job in any specialty, any hospital, any shift with a 15000$ sign on bonus....i gave up...
  20. Lehigh valley hospital in Allentown, PA

    i heard they have been on a hiring
  21. it seems though that many msn programs want you to have 1 year of nursing experience before accepting you into their
  22. finding a cna job with no cpr cert

    omg i have lots of advise, lol. First, most CNA jobs do not require u to have CPR cert, in fact im not even allowed to do CPR where i work, even though i am certified. hang in their...it can be a...
  23. Trouble with getting a job

    according to what i have read, alot of hospitals and ect aren't going to hire GN's becasue they dont want to put all the money out to train you, only to have you fail the test. however, once you pass...
  24. What Lab Values to Memorize for NCLEX

    serum electrolytes seem to come up alot such as potassium.. i think certain drugs with narrow theraputic windows would be good to such as digoxin, vancomycin, and
  25. EKG on female patients

    well, as a female nurse I would be annoyed not that the male nurse would be asking for help when he needed it, but if he is taking the stance that since its an extra hassle and risk for a male nurse...