trufflelilyRN

Certainly, Beth makes good points to consider. Another factor to consider is that you will learn more in your first few months working in acute care than you did in school. Day shift offers more learning opportunities than night shift, it is busier a...

As U.S. Army Children, Youth, and School Services (CYSS) nurse our policy is to always call 911 before calling the parent for just this reason.

Nursing is very broad. Have you considered areas such as public health or school nursing? Have you considered working for the military? They use civilian and military nurses in many unique areas. These are just a couple of many areas available.

Call me judgmental--I don't mind a bit. Aubrienora, you are not nurse material. Maybe try selling used cars.

Watch 2 magicians destroy the anti-vaccine movement in 90 seconds An illustration is worth a thousand words.

No, IrishizRn, not because the vaccinated child has more rights, but because the non-vaccinated child has choices. The immune suppressed and too-young-to-be-vaccinated child has no choices. They are at the mercy of those who choose not to vaccinate.

brownbook, the same theme is increasingly occurring in pets. People are not vaccinating dogs and cats because of fear of adverse reactions, and they believe the "natural immune response" of the animal protects it better than vaccine. . . then wonder ...

No amino, no US, no Doppler. Fetal age determined by dates and when movement first felt, and X-ray to determine calcification of bone. Rectal exams to determine dilatation because vaginal exams might cause infection. No fathers, family, or labor coac...

What can be learned by treating these patients in Atlanta, with all of the resources CDC has to offer, far outweighs the risk to the staff that is highly trained in infectious disease. It is my understanding that these patients are going into state o...

Perhaps it varied in parts of the country, but as an RN I carried malpractice in the early 1970s. In school it was stressed that we should do so.

Unfortunately, PHNs usually do not get paid more. LOL

At the health jurisdiction where I worked in the 1970s the Public Heqlth Nurses carried large caseloads of MCH and infectious disease patients. Did we diagnose? Sure we did. That specialized training available to PHNs has served me well my entire car...

Public Health Nurses were the very first Advanced Practice Nurses, and we didnt even know it. LOL. Your Health Officer is responsible for providing standing orders allowing nurses to perform duties beyond what we normally do in our scope of practice....

Does anyone else remember cleaning thermometers? After vital signs were taken on the floor thermometers were cleaned of any matter and soaked in alcohol or benzylkonium chloride. In four hours or when vital signs were due again, they were dried, plac...

Where is your EO representative? Hostile workplace. This is not allowed.

This whole nonsense is so "last century." I am a U.S. Army DoD civilian nurse (RN) working overseas. Physicians, nurses, medics and ancillary services in our clinic work as a TEAM. Being respectful--on all levels--is a core Army value. I would not t...

I have my cap from 1958

Your charge nurse was wrong, per Occupational Health guidelines. You should have seen a provider immediately.

Go to the CDC website. The risk of HIV infection from a single (needlestick) bloodborne pathogen exposure is very small--0.3% if the source is HIV positive. Hep B virus is somewhat higher--6%-30%, depending on HBeAB. However, as a health care worker,...

In states where I have worked, most public jurisdictions have a secure facility for lock-up psych evaluations. Rules vary from place to place. Sometimes it may be the community hospital with a couple of lock-up rooms, a public funded crisis intervent...

I have certainly not worked in all states, but in states where I have worked, any citizen can call the police regarding a person (patient) who is in danger of hurting himself or others. The person (patient) is then put in a secure facility--usually a...

How are you going to MAKE someone pay their emergency room bill when they can't afford an office visit (even if someone would see them), they have no education, and they are unemployed or unemployable? We are failing at public education and our young...

Ever citizen should have basic health care. Taxes are paying for it now, when people without health care go to the emergency room for minor illness. The U.S. spends more on health care than any other industrialized country with poorer outcomes. Pleas...

How are we going to pay for it? Expanding Medicare to cover everyone is an extremely good suggestion. Support education--train and educate our youth so they have jobs and pay taxes. Bring corporate jobs to America. Corporations who ship jobs overseas...

We all grew up learning that socialism is bad. That is not necessarily true. Other industrialized countries do a very good job with government supported health care. Check out this organization: Physicians for a National Health Program Physicians for...