Quickbeam

Quickbeam BSN, RN

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  1. What's your favorite type of patient?

    Quickbeam replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I had posted in this thread but I guess not. My favorite patient was always the newly diagnosed child with diabetes. They seemed to be very good at cause/effect..."do this, you'll feel...

  2. Occupational therapy

    Quickbeam replied to starnik14's topic in Occupational Health

    My best friend in life is an OTR, Master's prepared. I work in a community health/occ health hybrid (RN) job that requires a lot of contact with OTRs. I asked my friend for some insight as to the...

  3. UW-O Accelerated or Traditional?

    Quickbeam replied to sail81's topic in General Nursing

    Sail81, I graduated from an accelerated BSN program that was 12 months. I was self supporting and needed to get credentialed ASAP. A few of my accelerated classmates did drop to a slower program but...

  4. where do old nurses go?

    Quickbeam replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in my 50's and have now been in Community Health for 8 years. I could do this job in a wheelchair and plan on staying until I retire. A lot of public health/community health jobs are competitive...

  5. Patient Rights and Diabetic Diets

    Quickbeam replied to SassyRedhead's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a community health nurse. I deal with drivers with health problems 1:1 and on a global, statewide basis. Our state's #1 health problem behind the wheel is diabetes. When I talk to the drivers...

  6. Electronic stethoscope?

    Quickbeam replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    Just FYI...in addition to being a nurse, I'm a sign interpreter and my circle includes a lot of deaf friends all over the US. Be aware that Depts of Vocational Rehabilitation differ very widely state...

  7. Sleeping during nightshift!!

    Quickbeam replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought this thread was about what people did on their unpaid break. I worked straight nights for 20 years and I saw the "find an empty bed or closet and hide out" nurses. The 2-4 hour,...

  8. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    Quickbeam replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It is an interesting question which has an odd real life application for me. I make 30$ an hour full time but my job is M-R, community health. I was looking for a part time clinical job for Fridays. A...

  9. Is it worth it?

    Quickbeam replied to Jogirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a career changer...I'd say my 20 years in nursing have been wonderful but I do caution you to look at pension and retirement benefits...most hospitals have very poor retirement plans. I took a...

  10. Need advice on leaving nursing!

    Quickbeam replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'd be very cocnernd about a progression to an NP program. You've stated in your post the things you don't like and you'd find most of them in an NP role. I sympathize with your job search. It...

  11. canker sores

    Quickbeam replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    I've had chronic canker sores since I was a child (I'm now 51). I've got a hefty pain tolerance but I find these horrible. Mine take about 2 weeks to heal. I almost always have one somewhere in my...

  12. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    Quickbeam replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    I look at the vaccination question through the eyes of an old timer....I only got polio vaccine and then proceeded to get every other childhood disease. I would not wish them on anyone. I think it is...

  13. post polio syndrome

    Quickbeam replied to old1guitar's topic in General Nursing

    In rehab, we saw this a lot, especially about 10 years ago. Our resident neurologist told us that it was because the person with polio has fewer nerve cells and as they experience the aging process,...

  14. Have you ever heard of "cupping"?

    Quickbeam replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    I had to take a cultural awareness class in this once! It seems that the Hmong people in my area use cupping as a treatment and the hospital was afraid we'd report the parents for child abuse if we...

  15. Electronic stethoscope?

    Quickbeam replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    FYI on steth theft...I had a few walk off on me. My husband took my replacement to a jewelry store and they engraved my name into it. It never happened

  16. Anyone ever been fired before?

    Quickbeam replied to NurseXtine's topic in General Nursing

    In some areas, school nurse jobs are extremely political. A dear friend of mine was told her school nurse job was being eliminated. She later found out that the mayor's cousin was in the job which was...

  17. Closing the unit

    Quickbeam replied to JenTheRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not aware of any laws. I worked on a very small rehab unit almost identical to the situation you describe. No aides, no clerks. The manager made a decision when we opened that no matter the...

  18. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    Quickbeam replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    In general, commute to and from work is not considered work time. In most states it is not time covered by work comp. Taken in the broader sense, that holds true for lawyers, accountants, etc. as...

  19. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    Quickbeam replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course no job is worth your life. However, I understand the hospital point of view. If they have a lax policy on weather it will be abused. I work in an office setting now with some community...

  20. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    Quickbeam replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a very cold snowy state. When I did hospital work, we were expected to get in no matter what. Since I worked nights, it was even more urgent for some reason.... In 20 years and countless...

  21. Courtesy Assessment

    Quickbeam replied to kdbsmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was the night charge on a small 12 bed rehab unit for about 8 years. We had this issue all the time. Since we connected to a hospital, we had to have people going for procedures ready at 0700. I...

  22. If you are drunk, don't drive!

    Quickbeam replied to chuck1234's topic in General Nursing

    Since I work with driver's licenses all day long (DOT nurse) I wanted to add something else to the discussion. I just finished a review of the prohibitions for being a school bus driver in my state....

  23. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    Quickbeam replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have an opinion on it as a requirement but being a CNA before I got my BSN was the best thing I'd done. It helped me deal with the realities and to keep a patient focus. I learned to work...

  24. Arthritis and Bone Spurs at age 25 ????

    Quickbeam replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Arthritis knows no age barrier. Try a good rheumatologist. JRA (for one) can cause disabling joint pain and deterioration in a young

  25. Would you prepour meds for nursing assistant to admin later??

    Quickbeam replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    As bizarre as I find this practice, I've run across it several times in my nursing career. I've seen it most often in facilities that want more from their night staff. Someone gets the brilliant idea...