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  1. Will AN let me post this?

    handyrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    i don't know if the all nurses gods/godesses will let me post this or not, but i'm gonna try. i really just want to say: thank you ruby vee! i think we all need to pay attention to ruby vee. her...

  2. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    handyrn replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Abcde, pronounced

  3. Random drug tests

    handyrn replied to roreyn02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As an RN who is also from the same Iowa/Nebraska/South Dakota area, I have to ask: Are you nuts?!?! The job market is terrible here. It is hard to find a job in nursing in this area. Why would you...

  4. Is it wrong if I....

    handyrn replied to arabstarRN's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA-it's supposed to be such a good thing, but all it does is take the love out of nursing if you ask me. It just goes too far! This is one reason why I cannot do floor nursing in a hospital. It...

  5. There but for the grace of....

    handyrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    One of the saddest (and scariest) patient stories I have is that of a little boy. When he was not quite a year old (still only crawling) his dad dropped him off at daycare. About 10 minutes later...

  6. First RN job in a LTC facility.....help me

    handyrn replied to KarriRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ...and the more we talk about how bad it is in a nursing home and that you are un-hire-able afterwards, the worse reputations the nursing homes get. Nursing homes (contrary to popular belief) are...

  7. Role of a Hospice RN in the SNF?

    handyrn replied to brenrn06's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Does anyone know the CMS regulations that speak to the different roles and

  8. Preconcieved ideas about doctors

    handyrn replied to MKS8806's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If there really is a problem with turnover, how about talking to your nurse manager about a mentor program on your unit? Get the mentors to be people like yourself who have relationships with the...

  9. Do you get over it?

    handyrn replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    I guess we are getting a little off topic here, but I will add my own experience. I can handle anything. Suctioning anything snotty looking used to be my grossout, but I have gotten used to it. I...

  10. Will move for work but where???

    handyrn replied to RB2000's topic in General Nursing

    The area I live in in Texas has big need. The three hospitals within 50 miles of my house are hiring. I just landed a great job in one of them. Also, one of the hospitals, Val Verde Regional, in Del...

  11. Hospice-excitement and confusion

    handyrn posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am a new hospice nurse. I am so excited! I have mucho nursing home, home health, and geriatric experience, and was super excited to get this job. I have good assessment skills, but little acute...

  12. Treating the whole patient?

    handyrn replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, to xtxrn's answer. I recently read an article about pain and sufferring. They are two different things, but is it being differetiated? Physical pain is just that-physical pain. But sufferring...

  13. He// to the NO!

    handyrn replied to FLmomof5's topic in General Nursing

    Charge you with theft how? The police? First of all, I don't see a cop wanting to write a ticket like this. And if they do, you have a right to your day in court. At that point, I would contact...

  14. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    handyrn replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    Small retirement town in southwest Texas. I bought my house (3 bedroom, 2 bath) for $20,000 and I make $32/hr. When I lived in South Dakota $25 and hour was generous. Those people making $25 an...

  15. Marketing Ideas

    handyrn replied to Amanda.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a couple of ideas for the flyers. When we hung flyers for our assisted living facility a few years back, we got a really good response from hanging flyers in laundry mats. I'm really not sure...

  16. After the Fall LTC/SNF Nursing Know-how 101

    handyrn replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The one thing I was taught and continue to do these days, I have not seen anyone address. Ask the pt to do ROM on all 4 extremities before getting them up. If they are unable, then I do passive ROM...

  17. Dementia screening with self-med and post fall assessments

    handyrn replied to dhsieversRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I was running an ALF, we had to assess everyone before admit. We had an assessment tool that included these things you asked about, including the clock test. The answers had scores to go along...

  18. Do you write all your work history when filling out a job application

    handyrn replied to lifein08's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I have learned to be really careful on this one. I held a job once where a new supervisor came in that didn't like me. (I was fine under the old supervisor.) The new one brought me in one day and...

  19. photographic memory real??

    handyrn replied to kitty222's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! I want that nmemonics book! I will have to look for one. This is also how I studied but had to make up my own. Sometimes the nursing instructors I had would give us some too. My husband has a...

  20. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    handyrn replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dang! Now I gotta go back and find that post that I liked so much so that I can copy/paste it onto a document to keep in my datebook along with the other stuff in there that I reference on a bad day...

  21. Kudos

    handyrn replied to LLL01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know this is gonna sound bad, and I don't mean for it to, but I was under the understanding that OB nurses didn't do c-sections? There was always one or two there to take care of baby when the...

  22. Conflict of interest? Family member? Please help!!

    handyrn replied to newbiern41's topic in General Nursing

    Always living in a rural area, this is normal for me. I have seen many staff work at places that their relatives were residents. It was never a problem. It has also been my experience that in a LTC...

  23. Ethical discussion about blood donation.

    handyrn replied to Flare's topic in General Nursing

    here is a link I found to the actual questionairre for blood donation. Yep, they ask about sleeping with prostitutes and such....

  24. Looking for some advice- Mom verbally abusive/new grad not being able to find a job

    handyrn replied to crazyscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Now that you are an adult with the freedom to live as an adult, to live at home with your mom being verbally abusive is your responsibility. YOU are allowing this to happen. I know it sounds cold...

  25. Am I freak for charting meds as I pull them?

    handyrn replied to Izzy11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually, I think you are doing it the correct way. The others are taking illegal shortcuts. Sadly enough, this tends to be common practice in