jrivers

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1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   jrivers replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   I totally believe that,

2. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   No, but that's a good thing to remember. Thank

3. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Thank you for the info. Wasn't familiar with

4. Cutting VAC foam

   jrivers replied to islandnursemama's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Anyone have experience with scrotal wounds? I have a patient with a sizeable (4x3x0) anterior scrotal wound with significant slough, induration to the "west" of that wound with tiny areas of oozing...

5. New Grad exploring HH

   jrivers replied to barbaralynn's topic in Home Health

   Get your year in med/surg first. It will serve you very well for a career as a field nurse! I've been doing it for a few months now and LOVE

6. Home Health Nurses, do you get paid shift/weekend differential?

   jrivers replied to lmsBSN's topic in Home Health

   Wow...I live in New Jersey and just started with a great home health care agency. We have to have "X" amount of credits each week, with the kind of visit we do tied to the number of credits. For...

7. Home Health Nurses, do you get paid shift/weekend differential?

   jrivers replied to lmsBSN's topic in Home Health

   Wow...I live in New Jersey and just started with a great home health care agency. We have to have "X" amount of credits each week, with the kind of visit we do tied to the number of credits. For...

8. The "bully" nurse

   jrivers replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Someone who is venally abusive, critical, nasty and puts their ego above patient care. Someone who is so insecure they feel the need to put ores down around them so they might feel better. Sometimes...

9. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   jrivers replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   A woman came in with a zit in her ear and was afraid it would pop and "go to her

10. What supplies do you carry on you?

    jrivers replied to Nire83's topic in Emergency

    ...and some blunt draw

11. how can a nursing home nurse get into a hospital job?

    jrivers replied to RN2783's topic in General Nursing

    Try getting as many certifications in skills that you would need in a med surg setting...also perhaps jumping up the ladder from nh to sar and then the a hospital might

12. AA vs BSN: what to do and how to do it

    jrivers posted a topic in General Students

    AA vs BSN: what to do I'm in my 4th semester of an AA RN program and am employed as a PD ERT with Med Surg NA experience. I've just found out my employer is going for magnet status and is no longer...

13. Taking BP on infants

    jrivers replied to mmm cdiff's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I thought that you're not supposed to take blood pressures on little ones unless it is absolutely necessary or you are taking the neonatal baseline immediately s/p birth. I could be wrong....

14. Why are so many nurses so bad these days?

    jrivers replied to ghillbert's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a tech in nursing school but I may offer some insight as I've worked on a med-surg floor and have a sense of things. Are the respiratory therapists taking her out to check her O2 Sats? I often...