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  1. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

    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...
  2. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

    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...
  3. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

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  4. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

    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...
  5. Hi yall! I've known for most of my life that I have an ABSOLUTE PASSION for the HIV/AIDS population. I simply cannot learn enough about it. I am currently getting my BSN and will graduate in December...
  6. UCSF 2011 MSN Hopefuls

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

    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...
  8. County Health Department Interview***

    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...
  9. What a blow to my ego

    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...
  10. What a blow to my ego

    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...
  11. What a blow to my ego

    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...
  12. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

    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,...
  13. What a blow to my ego

    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...
  14. Letter of Recommendation Advice

    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...
  15. Letter of Recommendation Advice

    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...
  16. What Freaks You Out?

    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,
  17. What Freaks You Out?

    My thing is bloody poop. C-diff poop I tolerate, I could literally open my hands and let someone barf in them, and I almost even enjoy trach suctioning....but give me a patient with an active GI bleed...
  18. REALLY bad hair day

    I know this is a serious question (and probably very unpleasant), but it still made me
  19. How exactly should I handle this?

    CRAP. I'm just a nursing student, but I would say talk to your supervisor STAT. When I randomly find meds around the charting station I'll be the first to say I ain't quiet about
  20. Heartbroken over externship

    Hi all, I graduate with a BSN this December. This past spring, many of my classmates (myself included) applied for the various student nurse externships around Arizona in an effort to prepare...
  21. Heartbroken over externship

    I really apologize if my post came off this way to you. I believe I am a humble individual, and I don't have a chip on my shoulder. After this happened the first thing I did was to ask these employers...