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  1. experiencing burnout less than a year in

    francine79 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will have been a nurse for a year in May and I must say that it has gone very well for me. I never experienced the horror stories that I have heard about a person's first year in nursing. However,...

  2. Tell us what a *stellar* nurse you are!

    francine79 replied to porterwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I probably saved a patient's life by taking the steps necessary to getting them transferred to the unit when they should have been transferred several hours before, probably even on admit. The...

  3. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    francine79 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

  4. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    francine79 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have only been a nurse for a little over a month. And I know one of the biggest fears is having to call the Doctor. So far I have had great success in not having a doctor yell at me (even the one's...

  5. Preceptorship in ER

    francine79 posted a topic in Emergency

    It is getting to be the time when I have to decide where I want to do my preceptorship. I really want to do it in the ER or in an ICU. However, I am worried because I know to be a nurse in the ER you...

  6. 11 Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

    francine79 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

    Here are several that I have found: Effective breastfeeding Ineffective breastfeeding Interrupted breastfeeding Disorganized infant behavior or risk for Readiness for enhanced organized infant...

  7. meds that should never be given IV push

    francine79 replied to newgrad2005's topic in General Students

    Vistaril is not allowed to be given IV, however it is apparently given that way at

  8. drug math HELP!!

    francine79 replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in General Students

    Ok, I figured it out the tubing size by working backwards. For #1: Your tubing is microtubing (60gtt/ml). You need to first find out the rate that your solution is going at. To do that you need to...

  9. drug math HELP!!

    francine79 replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in General Students

    What size is the tubing you are using to infuse the solution. The amount of medication received depends on the size of the tubing that is being

  10. Who attends/attended Indian Hills Communtity College

    francine79 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I work with a couple of nurses who went to Indian Hills. I haven't heard much about what they thought about their program. The only thing they have said is they wished they would have been able to...

  11. Hippa info. please

    francine79 replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    The policy at our hospital is the patient has to come up with a password upon admission. Then they are told that they need to tell family members, friend's, etc. the password if they want us to give...

  12. Hippa

    francine79 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Within the past week I have been yelled at by 2 different patient's family members that happened to be nurses. They wanted to look at the patient's chart and I stated that to comply with HIPAA there...

  13. Hippa

    francine79 replied to francine79's topic in General Nursing

    jemb, Obviously the patient has to agree to the disclosure of information, but what I was trying to emphasize is the fact that these family member's were nurses at other institutions and when told...

  14. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    francine79 replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    When taking tests always remember, that if your patient is not breathing, NOTHING else matters. That one can help you answer several questions. Also, when learning about disease processes and...

  15. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    francine79 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    when your patient's family member is a nurse and they act like you are completely stupid and think their family member is getting horrible care because they are the best nurse in the

  16. worst part about being a nurse

    francine79 replied to jlw1412's topic in General Students

    Having to let your patient be completely disrespectful and treat you like total CRAP!!! and you still have to be nice to

  17. new bsn wants to move

    francine79 replied to is this heaven's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know much but my Med/Surg instructor worked there and said that there are experiences there that you will not get any where else in this state. (not that that is really saying much, It's

  18. In what order would you take these classes?

    francine79 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    If you are only taking one class at a time, then I would get the sociology, nutrition and growth and development out of the way first since they are the least important classes and it's not as...

  19. Wow!

    francine79 replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

    I won't graduate until May of 2005. Mercy doesn't offer an LPN, which I think kinda sucks because I'd like to be able to get out and use the information I already have, plus I wouldn't be thrown right...

  20. Wow!

    francine79 replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

    I go to Mercy, which seems to be a good school. However, if it weren't for the two year waiting list at DMACC, I'd be there. Here's pretty much what I tell everyone. There's always something bad about...

  21. Greetings from a newbie as well

    francine79 replied to zigs's topic in General Nursing

    debblynn13 I'm not sure if you know this or not, but I just wanted to let you in on this. U of Iowa has a 1 year, 1 day per week RN to BSN program. I thought I would let you know since you said that...

  22. CNA Patient Ratios?

    francine79 replied to StacyC417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked in a nursing home about 7 years ago and they only had 2 aides for a 20 bed alzheimer unit. I wasn't a CNA, I worked in the kitchen, so I don't know how it was, but I know when we served meals...

  23. Low-Census and you......

    francine79 replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a small town with a 42 bed hospital. we have a mandatory 1 day a month stay home. We get on call pay. $1.50 an hour. Im a little upset by the whole deal. I'm a college student I can't...