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  1. Nursing Experience FNP

    hdhnurse posted a topic in Advanced Practice

    When you are looking for FNP employment is there any consideration given to prior nursing experience? I begin the FNP program this fall and I currently have 20 years nursing experience. Right now I am...

  2. Nursing Experience Question

    hdhnurse posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    When you are looking for FNP employment is there any consideration given to prior nursing experience? I begin the FNP program this fall and I currently have 20 years nursing experience. Right now I am...

  3. Nursing Experience Question

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank you for your answer. I just wondered if a 20-year seasoned nurse would have a better chance of procuring an NP job compared to a nurse with just one or two years of experience. I would think...

  4. Med/ Surg Patient to Nurse Ratio

    hdhnurse replied to pilpusher's topic in Medical-Surgical

    rural hospital ......medical surgical unit that has everything. (peds, geriatrics, tele, post-op, criticals, etc,) Our ratio on days is 1:6-9 nights 1:8-9 primary care...one aide at night for as many...

  5. Hospital Security

    hdhnurse replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel....our security has just been downsized. They used to come on duty at 8 PM but now they don't have to report until 11 PM. The hospital is not secure at all....anyone can wander...

  6. How can we protect the nurses?

    hdhnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know of any laws that are in place to protect nurses from the threat of violence? How would I go about finding any info on a hospital's responsibility to ensure a safe working environment...

  7. How can we protect the nurses?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the replies....I talked with my nurse manager today. She took some notes and said she will bring it up at the next admin meeting. I asked her to keep me updated but I am not going to really...

  8. Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

    hdhnurse replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Rural comprehensive med-surg that treats everything from peds to vents, telemetry and geriatrics. In Ohio, days

  9. How can we protect the nurses?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    How does the hospital where you work handle security issues? Is the certain areas of the hospital locked down at off hours? Do you have security

  10. How can we protect the nurses?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My husband suggested contacting the local news to have a reporter come in a do like an expose. He said that would be sure to get the attention of admin. Of course, if word gets out that I blew the...

  11. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    hdhnurse replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Let me make another point.....Every patient that I admit to my floor I have to ask them if they are a smoker. It they say yes I am required to give them a smoking cessation packet. Smoking is an...

  12. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    hdhnurse replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Dilaudid is highly over prescribed and it is a dangerous drug.....how many of you have had to narcan a pt. after dilaudid? In our facility we have done it several times.....for those of you who say...

  13. Comprehensive Medical Surgical Floor

    hdhnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know if there is an official title for a medical surgical floor that houses everything?....What I mean is we have telemetry, cardiac drips, pediatrics, geriatrics, general illness,...

  14. Comprehensive Medical Surgical Floor

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital is a critical access hospital and we only have three floors. The first floor is OB, the second is the Med-Surg and the third is geriatric psych. But on the med-surg floor we get...

  15. Does an empty bed justify admission?

    hdhnurse posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in a small rural hospital that is a critical access hospital. By standards of operations we are only allowed to have 25 "regular" beds at any given time.(this includes the ob dept.) However we...

  16. Does an empty bed justify admission?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just wanted to give an update on the situation at my hospital. I worked yesterday for twelve hours as a nursing assistant...I am an RN but they are constantly pulling us to work in NA capacity since...

  17. Does an empty bed justify admission?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    First of all, the house supervisor also has the title capacity manager. A couple of them were questioning admissions due to the patient's conditions (for example we have no icu and sometimes the...

  18. What is the pain med of choice?

    hdhnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 11 years and in the past year or two I have noticed that we are giving more and more Dilaudid IV for complaints of pain. It doesn't matter what kind of pain, the house doc just...

  19. What is the pain med of choice?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I do want to make it clear that I am not against giving people pain med...I administer dilaudid every day to people who are really hurting. But this is what really gets me..we have the patients that...

  20. What is the pain med of choice?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    In response to the question "why was she admitted with bronchitis and a Headache?" We have this ER doc that admits everything...He doesn't want to deal with anything himself so he sends it to the...

  21. What is the pain med of choice?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Wow..Narcan as an allergy??? Now that is a professional drug

  22. What is the pain med of choice?

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder where this increased use of dilaudid is coming from. Was there something written in a medical journal that is encouraging the docs to prescribe dilaudid? I know it is making our lives on the...

  23. California Hospital Nurses Need your Input please!!

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in California Nursing

    My hospital is governed by a board made up of township trustees......I believe a lot of things are kept hidden from the board by admin. When we have a board member as a patient we do everything we...

  24. California Hospital Nurses Need your Input please!!

    hdhnurse posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hi all, I would like some specifics on the nurse patient ratio in hospitals in California. How is a typical med surg floor staffed? Do you have 5 patients and an assistant? Or do you have 5 patients...

  25. California Hospital Nurses Need your Input please!!

    hdhnurse replied to hdhnurse's topic in California Nursing

    Suzanne, I work in a rural part of southern Ohio....Our hospital is going through some major "financial" trouble or so they say....We are being pushed to the max and all the nurses are just about at...