nurselsteele

nurselsteele

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  1. When does my license need to be renewed??

    nurselsteele replied to daisy87's topic in Texas Nursing

    check on the nursing boards website for the state you are practicing in, I don't think the renewal changes just the endorsement changes... the website will tell

  2. Little Confused

    nurselsteele replied to prettygirl1987's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I was a new grad & got hired in Peds/Maternity/PICU= They sent me to all the classes that I needed to work there You have to have different specialties to work in the unit but they trained me...

  3. ** How Hard Is It To Find A Job!!?? **

    nurselsteele replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are right there, no one is beating down those doors, women are the hardest to work with, in my prison we have 654 inmate right now 93 of them women................ i would take care of all of the...

  4. I hate nursing

    nurselsteele replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

    i have to confess, in my 18 yrs of nursing i have never said: i hate nursing! i have said : oh i hate that procedure or i hate that policy... nursing is the best decision i made in my life! its a...

  5. I hate nursing

    nurselsteele replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

    #1- I wished i didnt have to work #2- I also carry multiple degree's #3- Hate the field of hate the decision to enter the field? #4- Why continue w/ school if you don't plan to go into the field?...

  6. CNA's OR ANYONE HELP PLEASE

    nurselsteele replied to CyndyM's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    i work for prison health services they hire cna's lpn's rn's you can search career builders for all the jobs that are available at my company, also career builders will search for you, put in your...

  7. what i can do ? help pleaseeee.

    nurselsteele replied to ICUNURSES's topic in General Nursing

    uk rules are so different from out usa rules, we have set standards as far as the hospitals or the place where you work, i know in the telemetry icu, our nurses have 2 patients each, in the neonatal...

  8. Med Error Report

    nurselsteele replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess i am confused on the question? My medication error reports are graded:nurse: meaning, degree of error, example: Error: Antibiotic ordered Ampicillian= gave = Amoxicillian Intervention:...

  9. ** How Hard Is It To Find A Job!!?? **

    nurselsteele replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in First Year After Licensure

    if you want to get into prison health services, our company doesnt turn away new nurses we are a teaching facility.......... and prison health services is located all over the united states!! if you...

  10. Is pay raise mandatory for per diem?

    nurselsteele replied to in2ICU's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:good

  11. Highest BAL?

    nurselsteele replied to nickos's topic in General Nursing

    we just had an individual (male) in his 50's die in police custody while waiting for transport to prison with a bal of : .42 he was an unstable diabetic, htn & seizure disorder, i think the bal...

  12. what i can do ? help pleaseeee.

    nurselsteele replied to ICUNURSES's topic in General Nursing

    had to put on my shades to read your question again! haha honestly icu nursing is one of the most intense nursings next to the er......... & maternity........... and the pacu............. &...

  13. I really think I've been set up.

    nurselsteele replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    #1- Breath!! You made a mistake! #2- Tell your manager; If you indeed left medications without giving them, its a medication error, you return , document the doses as missed doses & write yourself...

  14. Finally!!!

    nurselsteele replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

    don't let yourself be scared; even though its human nature to be afraid of what we don't know, you have as you said : wanted this for so long", I can remember taking my boards, i was so scared i...

  15. Is pay raise mandatory for per diem?

    nurselsteele replied to in2ICU's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree / no Per diem that i have ever worked with had Mandatory raises, but in our facility our staff is elegable for raises on their anniversary dates regardless of their status, per diem,...

  16. Very New to Nursing...Still Taking Generals in Minnesota

    nurselsteele replied to dsidney's topic in General Nursing

    the bottom line is where you live, i live in pa, work at a prison, & i have to say i make $54,000 with some overtime, and i work as a college professor & teach medical courses for the police...

  17. This Current Recession!!!

    nurselsteele replied to puppyrules's topic in General Nursing

    here in pa we are hiring more nurses than ever, the recession leads to homelessness, to more crime to more people out on the streets pan handling, our er's are bursting at the scemes! we have most...

  18. Methadone

    nurselsteele replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    i agree, there has to be something underlying here, my 65 yr old father had the same surgery, and he had pain management for 1 week only then onto anti-inflammatories & mild muscle relaxers, only,...

  19. Methadone

    nurselsteele replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    2nd thought, whats the chances of a blood clot? what about infections? any chance that we have another underlying problem that is causing this severe pain post

  20. Methadone

    nurselsteele replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    We use controlled substances very very limited, the ONLY people that we keep on Methadone or Suboxone Or Subutex is the pregnant females, only because the baby will die from withdrawl if we remove the...

  21. Methadone

    nurselsteele replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    i am not debating that methadone can be used for chronic pain, & i have indeed researched methadone & its receptors, my question was : should it be used with other narcotics & opiates, is...

  22. Methadone

    nurselsteele replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    i guess my confusion is: methadone is used to deter addicts from using opiates, narcotics & heroin/crack, etc... i am unsure why we are using it along with the other medications?:thankya: if i...

  23. Alternative to spanking

    nurselsteele replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that & I have shared this before, that depending on the age of the child is how you have to discipline. Toddlers, time out worked for me, smack on the hand when they touch things that...

  24. Positive Spin on The Nurses that Don't Eat their Young

    nurselsteele posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay ; Here you go! We have a thread on Nurses that Eat their young! This is on Nurses that Choose to Not eat their young! Nothing Negative here please, Only Positive experiences that you have had...

  25. When to wear gloves!?

    nurselsteele replied to LaurRN's topic in General Nursing

    I teach infection control! And i would never tell a nurse not to wear gloves! If you have the chance to come in contact with blood or body fluids than you can be exposed!! Vitals / you can get skin...