docomo

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1. Playing with fire...

   docomo posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Lets say you meet another nurse or a tech at your work that you really like and would like to date. But you can't just ask, because the other person is already in a relationship with someone else....

2. The Black List

   docomo replied to Rascal1's topic in Nurses Recovery

   consider this your lesson learned. Don't work anywhere that you aren't in agreement with the quality of care being given. Move on, forget about that place and stop being

3. Reported to TPAPN

   docomo replied to Riley70's topic in Nurses Recovery

   Hey OP, no one can help you until you are ready and willing to admit that alcohol has taken over your life and your ability to make good decisions. As I read your post, it was clear that the person...

4. help with rhythms

   docomo posted a topic in Cardiac

   I've been through classes on this, reviewed books, and still suck at recognizing cardiac rhythms on the fly. Any advice on how to make it easy to recognize specific cardiac rhythms quickly and...

5. Registered Nurses: Do you like your jobs?

   docomo replied to mamba24's topic in General Nursing

   NO! underpaid, overworked, expected to carry elephants on your back and stand on your feet for 12 hours, no job

6. Ethical advice needed for a new grad...

   docomo replied to AnnaleaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   if you are a new grad, take in everything you can, but don't presume to know enough to hand out criticism. You'll observe good nurses and bad nurses, this is the time when you'll decide what kind of...

7. National Nursing License

   docomo posted a topic in General Nursing

   Why can't we have one national nursing license and still give states the authority to have their own nurse practice act? Isn't that what the compact state license is doing? We already have the...

8. Hypothermia for Heart Attack Victims

   docomo posted a topic in Emergency

   Since ACLS guidelines now recommends hypothermia for stemi patients that are unconscious with return of spontaneous circulation, then shouldn't all emergency rooms have the capability to initiate...

9. orientaton for experienced nurses

   docomo replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

   is there a such thing as a "not busy ER"? take the two weeks, if you don't feel ready, don't be afraid to ask for two more

10. Emergency departments willing to give a dedicated new graduate a chance..... realistic

    docomo replied to iliketosneeze's topic in Emergency

    being a new grad in the ED is rough. That being said, I did it, and many others have done it. There are lots of hospitals that hire new grads, and contrary to what some people with over sized ego's...

11. Supplies a new grad ER Nurse should carry

    docomo replied to Belle2013's topic in Emergency

    other than the obvious, pens, stethoscope, scissors. 1. candy or granola bars. 2. "pocket pharmacopoeia for nurses". because 90% of what you do is giving drugs, and when it comes to questions like...

12. Crazy preceptor?

    docomo replied to jrsRN07's topic in Emergency

    nothing sucks more than a bad preceptor or being assigned a lousy nurse for new hire

13. New ER nurse...is there any hope for me?!?!

    docomo replied to MereSanity's topic in Emergency

    Here's a my time tested IV insertion technique that rarely lets me down. Make the TQ on the arm very snug and keep arm lower than heart for the veins to puff up. (forget all that slapping and...

14. Nurses Talk To Nurses. Doctors Talk To Doctors

    docomo replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a male nurse, and believe it or not, us men encounter the same problems. Last year I took a job an ER. After only a few months on the job things were beginning to look grim. On several...

15. What's wrong with me?

    docomo replied to mappers's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Your post is rather incomplete in that very little of the information from your resume is provided. First let me say that I'm also considering a career in nursing informatics, though I'm a RN...