DidiRN

DidiRN

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  1. NP education - a rant

    DidiRN replied to CatskillNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Your "years of hands on hospital care experience" working as a nursing assitant and phlebotomist is not going to give you a big edge on being an RN,let alone an NP, sorry to say. I've worked with so...

  2. Patient assignments during pregnancy

    DidiRN replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Nursing

    I've got a question for you guys...I have seen quite a few pregnant nurses who refuse to do any kind of transports. For example, taking a patient down to CT scan or whatever (I work in ICU where the...

  3. Assisted Living and Dementia

    DidiRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wondered if anyone could offer me some advice on this. I guess I used to think Assisted Living you pretty much had to be fairly independent and just need help with a few things, but it seems like...

  4. What to do about tech refusing to get VS?

    DidiRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oops, sorry for the double post. First time I've ever tried to edit a post of mine,

  5. What to do about tech refusing to get VS?

    DidiRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think the OP meant "Toradol"...a pain reliever. Correct me if I'm wrong, Dutchgirl

  6. What to do about tech refusing to get VS?

    DidiRN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think the OP meant "Toradol"...a pain reliever. Correct me if I'm wrong. Scary how some of these drugs sound so familiar or the spelling is so familiar at times, isn't

  7. Antidepressants and Hospitalization

    DidiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious about everyone else's opinions on this, so I thought I'd throw it out here. Whenever I get a patient in an ICU who becomes depressed over a catastrophic illness, alot of the doctors will...

  8. MLK Hospital in Los Angeles - "LA Times" Series

    DidiRN replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    I read this article, plus others, from a link at Yahoo yesterday. You are right Gomer, what is written in these series of articles is utterly, completely shocking. I could not even imagine a worse...

  9. A Tech Made Me So Angry, I was ready to choke the tech (rant)

    DidiRN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Operating Room

    Good for you for standing your ground! Bet that's the last time she messes with you.

  10. ER the TV show

    DidiRN replied to aruray's topic in General Nursing

    Me too Fiona...I want one of those beds that does everything for ya! Just put them on the bed, and all your vitals and everything are up on the screen for you! :)

  11. old skills that we do not use anymore

    DidiRN replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I was a new grad, doing sliding scale insulin coverage on urine dipstick results (no fingerstick blood sugars at the time)...what a pain that was to try and get people to give us a...

  12. ICU Admissions

    DidiRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Any of you nurses out there working in larger hospitals, do you have some sort of protocol that must be met in order for the patient to be admitted into an intensive care unit? The reason I ask, I...

  13. ICU Admissions

    DidiRN replied to DidiRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Your situation sounds very similar to mine!! Especially the part about anesthesia not wanting to hang around too. Here's an example... one evening, I got a 80something with advanced dementia who was...

  14. ohio law - aide before lpn?!?

    DidiRN replied to jlc3572's topic in Ohio Nursing

    There is a community college here where I live that requires the RN students to take a nursing assistant course before they are admitted into the program, but I don't think it's a law.

  15. ohio law - aide before lpn?!?

    DidiRN replied to jlc3572's topic in Ohio Nursing

    There is a community college here where I live that requires the RN students to take a nursing assistant course before they are admitted into the program, but I don't think it's a law.

  16. Are there any nursing jobs in Alaska where they will pay you to fly to remote towns..

    DidiRN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw an ad a couple of days ago on the Delphi Forums for travel nurses, looking for an RN to work in an eskimo village.

  17. Amish in PA and charity care

    DidiRN replied to lee1's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'll reiterate what Noahm says, you would be very surprised how much money these folks have. They don't believe in flashing it around and they dress very plain, so are not going to appear like they...

  18. Amish in PA and charity care

    DidiRN replied to lee1's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I used to live close to a large Amish community in Ohio. I was told by several nurses who worked at the local hospital there that these people pay their bills in cash, refuse any charity.

  19. Citrate Protocol

    DidiRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Is there anyone out there who could possibly send me a copy of their policy on citrate protocol for CRRT? I've tried to do a google search but didn't get anywhere. PM me for my email address. I'm...

  20. made a fool of myself in school...advice please

    DidiRN replied to n8isgr8's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi Jami, I'm not a nursing instructor but a nurse. When I was in nursing school over 20 years ago, my father died very unexpectedly. I was only 18 years old at the time, and although my instructors...

  21. Hemodialysis for animals?

    DidiRN replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Reminds me of when I was watching Animal Planet the other week, I believe it was Emergency Vets. A lady brought in a sick ferret, was told it had renal failure. She kept asking about getting dialysis...

  22. Costello Calls to buy a PC from Abbott

    DidiRN replied to ExquisiteRevelation's topic in Nursing Humor

    That was

  23. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    DidiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone here have any stories to share about their personal experiences with this? I was diagnosed a couple of months ago, but the past 3 weeks it seems to have gotten much worse. I'm now starting...

  24. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    DidiRN replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    Even though I have been out of nursing school for 19 years, I thought I'd share my story, since I haven't seen anyone mention this reason here. Why I went to nursing school? I have no clue. I was at...

  25. Episiotomy vs. Spontaneous laceration?

    DidiRN replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I had had an episiotomy. I tore so bad that when I went back to my room and the epidural wore off...wow, the worse pain I have ever had in my entire life. I actually felt like someone was...