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  1. Covid Vaccine Given Too High On Arm

    Can't u give vaccines in the anterolateral thigh? Like in the vastus lateralis? I always dislike receiving injections in my little
  2. How to get experience as an MDS coordinator?

    there are training programs and certs for that, you learn about the billing
  3. Recommend a quality online supplement?

    for everything I studied I bought the correlating "Success" book (they probably have on online versions) example "Pediatric Success" or "Maternal and Newborn Success" many test questions in school,...
  4. I'm a Monkey...

    when I was new, I got there 45 minutes early, got assignment, added pts to myself in the computer printed the previous nurse notes on each of my pts (screen print=your best friend,...
  5. Covid Vaccine Given Too High On Arm

    Are you saying your arm is hurting more than you expected? I've received shots from walgreens because they offer preservative free, and tri and quad and egg free, etc. Maybe next time...
  6. What's your dream nursing job?

    an
  7. not really sure what your point is. it is a surgery center, it's big, there are a lot of people who work there, it is freestanding just next to a large hospital. she just happens to work for a...
  8. haha, because they do many other things there, like colonoscopies. and she said a sx has a set time frame where the Dr says this will probably take 1.5 hours , but if it only takes 45 minutes they can...
  9. HELP! Don't know what to do.

    my friend moved to Texas in January, she only has an RN certificate. She just obtained a job at a hospital, they must need people. 1.Take a Kaplan (or similar study course) NCLEX review course, and...
  10. Medical Center of Trinity

    well for anyone who is interested in current med/surg ratios as of 8/2020 it's 6 pts, and if someone calls off they give you 7. and the unit I interviewed said they have a lot of psych pts,so you're...
  11. Medical Center of Trinity

    Hi, I am applying to Medical Center of Trinity, on a med/surg unit. Does anyone know what charting software they use, and what are the ratios? Thanks
  12. Quotas for visits, mandatory overtime?

    they need to
  13. sounds like she's sick and thats why she fell. but, if i was 94 with dementia , and if my PREDEMENTIA self could choose........then tylenol sounds great. my mind would be the one thing i wouldnt wanna...
  14. any travel agencies that you all know of, who have travel opportunities near Dearborn Michigan? I spent over an hour creating an account, filling out job history andddd a phone interview only to find...
  15. Got interview for methadone clinic!

    i have an interview in two weeks at a methedone clinic. i will be keeping my hospital position, but i'm interested in this for part time. i hope it's not a dangerous place to
  16. Internal jugular IV

    The INS Standard #44 states that the removal of a non-tunnelled CVAD should include cautions to avoid air embolism. Digital pressure should be applied until hemostatsis is achieved by using manual...
  17. readynurse.com ,what?

    I receive an email saying she hopes i had a good holiday and here's some info on jobs, it had my full name, and my personal email address, an email address i never for any reason use in relation to...
  18. Vein Illuminator

    what is
  19. to camo angel: keep the prn job until your 90 day at the hospital are well over, here is why i say that...like you, i was offered a job at a snf and hospital at the same time. i decided for the extra...
  20. PICC dressing change nurses notes

    I put, "PICC dressing changed, site of insertion is unremarkable, patient tolerated procedure well, PICC remains patent, will continue to
  21. even though this is an older thread. I've been working in a SNF since 2011. I have 30 patients, in my 8 hour shift. If I pickup a midnight shift I have 40. I believe BOTH of those number are the legal...
  22. Things I did to pass NCLEX (1st time)

    congrats! so far 5 people i know from school who took the test passed. i'm taking mine at the end of march
  23. Things I did to pass NCLEX (1st time)

    what is a SATA question? i keep seeing a lot of acrynms when people are talking about nclex, i never know what they are talking about,
  24. Nclex Question 2012 (Studying)

    thats morphione, u need to know how much p/kilogram to give, usually 0.2ml/k so even if u weigh 200lbs, you'd only give 18
  25. SPC Nursing students??All B student

    did you try for jan 2010 too