nurse2be2010

nurse2be2010 has 4 years experience and specializes in Cardiac, Trauma, Pediatrics.

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1. Postpartum / L&D Nurses

   nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi folks, i am doing a poster presentation to teach *nurses* information that can be useful while they are working on a postpartum or labor and delivery unit, but i need a topic! is there anything you wish you knew more about? this presentati...

2. Follow-up advice/recommendations

   nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Good evening everyone! ~a little background I am a "soon to be" nurse, I graduate in December and I have already started the application process. As we all know, getting a job is stressful! I currently work in a large hospital - this hospital is...

3. How do I ask?

   nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Good Morning!!! I am planning on getting my portfolio together to take to interviews and I am in need of one thing, a few letters of recommendation! I am very outspoken, and outgoing but every time I see one of my professors or my nurse manager I fre...

4. Is 6 months too early?

   nurse2be2010 replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks so much for the prompt response, I appreciate it! Wish me luck! :)

5. Is 6 months too early?

   nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

   hello everyone, i am currently in a 22 month rn program that is ending in december:up:. i currently work on a general surgery unit and several nurses i work with have been asking me if i started to apply for a nursing job yet. i don't graduate for ...

6. How does your facility transport patients into the morgue cooler?

   nurse2be2010 replied to littlern820126's topic in General Nursing

   At my facility, we put the deceased on an "angel cart" and the angel cart along with our hospitals own transporters, goes to the morgue and straight into the cooler. However, a few years back when I worked somewhere else, we had a 400 pound patient d...

7. Facebook Policy

   nurse2be2010 replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

   My facility just released a social networking policy last month (April 2010). To sum it up, we are not allowed to discriminate or negatively impact our facility on any social networking site such as twitter, facebook, myspace etc. or we will be term...

8. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

   nurse2be2010 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania

   Just wondering if anyone who is in or was in the 300's & has taken their psych rotation could give a few pointers. Whats the difference between going to mckeesport hospital vs. WPIC? Is the class demanding? Do you stay at McKeesport until 9pm l...

9. PPD ERROR???

   nurse2be2010 replied to ShanNurse87's topic in General Nursing

   Just curious if you are a nurse? The whole purpose of waiting the 48-72 hours to get the results read is because you may at first show a sign of a positive test but it will disapear if you have not been exposed. I am pretty sure health care workers w...

10. Febrile Interventions

    nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! :loveya: I am working on evidence based research regarding febrile patients and interventions that have been made recently. To my knowledge, febrile patients should no longer be treated with ice packs due to the risk of chills and hyp...

11. How nursing has changed over the years...

    nurse2be2010 replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for the responses! It sure does look like a lot has changed over the years!:)

12. How nursing has changed over the years...

    nurse2be2010 replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    hmmm.. VERY interesting!! Thanks!:wink2:

13. How nursing has changed over the years...

    nurse2be2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi "allnurses" family!! I am working on a presentation about how nursing has changed over the years through evidenced based practice. I was wondering if anyone had any input on the topic. An example would be: before- when you had hip surgery you were...

14. Anyone Starting At UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing?

    nurse2be2010 replied to ChristineN's topic in Pennsylvania

    Did anyone go to shadyside with all the pre-req's completed? If so, could you share your typical schedule during the week? I am planning on working while going to school and I was wondering how many hours I would be able to work during the school wee...