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1. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

   letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Private Duty

   I tried to explain this to my husband--God bless him, he's not medical. He wasn't understanding why I was having such a hard time with it because it sounded like "easy money" because the family would...

2. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

   letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Private Duty

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3. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

   letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Private Duty

   Thank you everyone for your advice! My nursey senses were tingling that this just didn't feel safe to me. I brought up all my concerns with my nursing supervisor, unfortunately the family is not...

4. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

   letitbe_lindsay posted a topic in Private Duty

   Hello, I am fairly new to Private Duty nursing. I just began working with a patient who has muscular dystrophy and is on a vent. She is on a continuous pulse oximeter, which alarms and if she needs...

5. Can new grads start out as public health nurses?

   letitbe_lindsay replied to andpeggy's topic in Public, Community Health

   I just got my first nursing job at the county health department. I talked a lot about my previous volunteer experience, but I think the reason they offered me the job was because I really do love...

6. County Health Department Interview***

   letitbe_lindsay replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Public, Community Health

   I'm a new grad but I just got a job as a PHN with my county health department. The interview questions they asked were mostly about my understanding of the differences between acute care nursing and...

7. What a blow to my ego

   letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for your kind words and suggestions. Basically how it went down was like this: My preceptor was with me everytime I gave report, sort of as a standby in case I missed anything, but I was...

8. What a blow to my ego

   letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

   I gave this woman report again today, and she attempted her previous pattern of rude interruptions and swearing. I gave her this stare. Didn't say a darn thing, just looked at her, raised my eyebrows...

9. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

   letitbe_lindsay replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Nursing Career

   Not technically nursing experience, but I'll give you a story to illustrate what other people have been saying about post-partum. I was a tech in the float pool at a hospital for two years. Generally,...

10. What a blow to my ego

    letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

    Thanks guys! EricJRN, I think what you said is probably the thing that has put me the most at ease. You are right. Probably nothing I would say to this lady would make her any easier to work...

11. What a blow to my ego

    letitbe_lindsay posted a topic in General Students

    I am currently doing my clinical practicum on a very busy ICU unit. I feel like I'm doing very well given that there is SO MUCH to know and SO LITTLE room for error. My preceptor has given me lots of...

12. Letter of Recommendation Advice

    letitbe_lindsay replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Nursing Career

    I will be a new grad in December of 2010. Quite a few grad schools require letters of recommendation from previous employers, preferably nursing ones. I have lots of other people that will write me...

13. Letter of Recommendation Advice

    letitbe_lindsay posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all, I'm applying for grad school for the Fall of 2011. Right now I'm trying to gather up letters of recommendations--the problem is, I only have one work experience in a hospital. I was a PCT for...

14. UCSF 2011 MSN Hopefuls

    letitbe_lindsay posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi ya'll! I'm applying for UCSF 2011 MSN program ACHIN specialty. I know that the MEPN programs are VERY competitive--does anyone know how the MSN programs compare? How many of you are applying? What...

15. What Freaks You Out?

    letitbe_lindsay replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm laughing so hard right now I can hardly breathe....I guess this is an instance when you were really thankful to have the isolation gown,