Kel Cardaras

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  1. Yes, there are so many options

    I would recommend nursing BUT, not unless you can glean satisfaction from your own actions and are self-motivated, because it's rare you get a pat on the back or a merit raise. I would recommend nursing at this moment in Ohio, because everyplace is o...
  2. PTT,INR,PT

    A good place to start is with drug companies. The makers of Coumadin, Heparin, tPA, and other drugs affecting clotting have all the info you can imagine. Sorry I don't have that info handy for you. You could do a web search using the name of the drug...
  3. True ER stories

    Our ER gets lots of calls from residents in our rural area. One day a lady called and said her daughter had spilled some vinegar on herself earlier that day and now she has a red rash. The nurse who answered the phone said, "well I've never heard o...
  4. Nurse - to - Patient Ratio

    I hope this is not too late to be useful. I work at Doctors Hospital Nelsonville (an OhioHealth affiliate. Our ratios are based on patient categories, as follows: CCU/ICU: 2 RNs at all times. 1RN to 2-Category 2 or 3 patients. an LPN with adequate sk...
  5. New Grads: What would help you most???

    Using the hospital where I work as an example, probably the best way to prevent us experienced RN's from "eating our young" is to not make us work perpetually short staffed in an environment where the morale is lower than a snakes belly then toss us ...
  6. Why the Prejudice against LPNs

    Wildcat, you're right on! I worked too hard for my ADN and my BSN to have it discounted by anyone. You can be the best LPN that you can be, but you will still not be an RN. Same goes for RNs, as much as you know and can do, you are not an MD. My ...