nursemanit

nursemanit has 13 years experience and specializes in Home Health, Informatics.

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1. Possible Move to Baton Rouge

   nursemanit replied to rescue911girlfl's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   don't give up on renting just because of pets - a lot of houses will rent to someone with pets there are plenty of unsold houses that the owners need to rent and they are cheap. The real estate...

2. Possible Move to Baton Rouge

   nursemanit replied to rescue911girlfl's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   1. Rent first !!! for you price range you will need to commute to get to LSU (if it is under 175,000 and in baton rouge you do not want to live there) 2. The BON is slow drop off you stuff in person...

3. Best place for a new RN to work in Baton Rouge?

   nursemanit replied to geauxlsutigers's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   The job market is poor right now. There are still grads from last year looking for work. If you can get a job at 20/hour take it. In one year you can job shop as an experienced

4. Loyola RN-BSN

   nursemanit replied to MsCrescentCity's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   I did attend one night a week for the BSN, if you live in the BR or New Orleans areas you have to attend the BSN classes but I would ask since I have heard of some exceptions, the MSN classes give...

5. Loyola New Orleans-

   nursemanit replied to DAP AGPC-NP-C's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I have and I am currently enrolled - what do you want to

6. Loyola RN-BSN

   nursemanit replied to MsCrescentCity's topic in Louisiana Nursing

   I just Graduated today from the Loyola BSN portion ( I am halfway through the RN-MSN online Program) I would recommend the BSN program. The non-nursing courses are awesome. Loyola is a tough school...

7. Does it matter where you get your BSN?

   nursemanit replied to HididiScribbler's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I have noticed that Ph.D. programs seem to care about your BSN GPA more than your MSN GPA when evaluating applicants. I would assume that DNP programs, which can be more competitive, would follow the...

8. Nurses who were in the Field prior to 1950

   nursemanit replied to nursemanit's topic in General Nursing

   The assigned questions were so basic that I can answer them based on my knowledge of history. I want to put some feeling into the assignment so questions like What kinds of things were taught in...

9. Nurses who were in the Field prior to 1950

   nursemanit replied to nursemanit's topic in General Nursing

   Any time before the mid 60's would be

10. Nurses who were in the Field prior to 1950

    nursemanit posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have an assignment to interview a nurse who was in the field during or prior to the 1950's. Unfortunately, I work in informatics and I am the oldest (at 35) of my co- workers. I would love it if...

11. Who Cares About Nurse Theorists?

    nursemanit replied to dlo's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can agree with most of the points about the "classic" theorists. Or as they are called now the Grand Theories. In the grand theories there are some pearls among the aggrandized concepts and made up...

12. What do you think about foleys and infection?

    nursemanit replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am about to hit on 15 years as an RN, And yes I am a student, I will always be a student. Besides graduate school, and full time work I also keep up with the major journals. Experienced nurses who...

13. What do you think about foleys and infection?

    nursemanit replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    But do you Know "ut, i am a huge proponent of meticulous foley care. scrub that peri area clean, or else (female) pt will likely get e coli " I think the research would provide some clarification to...

14. What do you think about foleys and infection?

    nursemanit replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    "there are other (realistic) considerations." This is addressed in the research see citation 2--- Judgment requires a knowledge of the existing research - without that it is just

15. What do you think about foleys and infection?

    nursemanit replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    A few minutes spent researching answers this question. Here are 3 of the most recent published peer reviewed articles on the topic as a start. Godfrey, H. (2008). Older people, continence care and...