BarbPick

BarbPick

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  1. LPN Licensure for RN'S?

    BarbPick replied to JWB's topic in General Nursing

    See!!!!! It is good to listen to us oldie goldies once in a while, it is also good practice for the RN boards as well. Just remember the LPN is sposta report it to the charge nurse, in RN school,...

  2. Best Florida city?

    BarbPick replied to lmolvr's topic in Florida Nursing

    I was born in Miami, I live in Miami, I went to the U of Miami, I teach at Uof Miami I will end my days in Miami. I vacation

  3. Central Lines: saline or heparin?

    BarbPick replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Bla Dee Oh Bla Dah Life goes on

  4. 1st CODE.....

    BarbPick replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    speaking respectfully, your nurse manager marches to a different drummer. This is the only time I have heard of this, and feel you were not oriented properly. If you don't understand, and can't...

  5. 1st CODE.....

    BarbPick replied to LuvbabiesRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Asking slowly and kindly, Why are you in a monitored unit and you have not taken

  6. Loss

    BarbPick replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "I don't know how I would have handled watching him die. " You will be suprised, a higher power takes over. Be it religion, or intestinal fortitude, or just the expereince that time and nursing...

  7. Morphine PCA Shortage

    BarbPick replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    this is the first I am hearing about this, I will keep my ears

  8. airforce nursing??

    BarbPick replied to frogman77's topic in Government, Military

    edited out inappropriate post not germane to original

  9. Clostridium Difficile

    BarbPick replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    "C Diff" is the new "in" bacteria. Used to just be mersa and people would run. You see it these days as a gastroenteritis. Since they discovered it, they now get a lot of money to treat it. They...

  10. Am I just too idealistic?

    BarbPick replied to JaHazle's topic in Ohio Nursing

    The comments were made so maybe you would re think. First of all, it concerned me that you said you wanted to put in your hours before you can become an RN. The most precious patients under our care...

  11. Bathing - scared to death!

    BarbPick replied to jennysjewels's topic in General Students

    In those days I worried too much about being slender and adorable, I skipped breakfast too often. I just remember waking up on the floor with a BP cuff and my instructor holding my head between my...

  12. Attn: Please Help!!!!!

    BarbPick replied to byrdgirl210's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't ask me, Me and Ms Scarlet don't know nothin' bout birthin no

  13. Bathing - scared to death!

    BarbPick replied to jennysjewels's topic in General Students

    I still hold the record for passing out during clinical at the University of Miami..............sigh, for 28 years, get it together , I finally

  14. 26wks pregnant and in labor???

    BarbPick replied to sprtbikegrlsv65's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Sounds like your friend is getting the right care. The steroid shots shows me the doctor knows what he is doing. The steroid injections are to protect the baby's lungs untill the baby makes his or...

  15. Loss

    BarbPick replied to L&D_RN_OH's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are many more wonderful times you will have in Ob. You saw what very few see. What is more important is that you were your patient's advocate, the person she will never forget. In years to...

  16. Central Lines: saline or heparin?

    BarbPick replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had a dollar for every line I had to de clot because Hep Loc was not used. There are standards of care from The Infusion Nurses Society.

  17. Question For Cardiac Nurses

    BarbPick replied to Jay-Jay's topic in Cardiac

    Jay Jay, If it doesn't work, your husband can be elected President. George Hurbert Walker Bush had atrial arrythmias his entire presidency, and still does today. The fact that they didn't keep him...

  18. Where are the advice nurse jobs?

    BarbPick replied to NurseDeeb's topic in California Nursing

    Insurance companies, but they usually try to use those positions for nurses with some disability. I know a blind nurse who works on the phone all day, and one who is in a wheel chair does case...

  19. Am I just too idealistic?

    BarbPick replied to JaHazle's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Listening to your rant, I suggest you try a real estate course, as a new Grad, you do not have the slightest clue what goes on in a nursing home 24/7 365. How could everyone be so wrong in a...

  20. "Bad" rooms on a floor

    BarbPick replied to Ariko's topic in General Nursing

    My house was built in 1926. Happiness and joy as well as sorrow and death. It was built by my husband's grand father, handed down to his father and 22 years ago to my Husband. The happiness and joy...

  21. How did you do it?

    BarbPick replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I suggested you work as travel nurses in your chosen state. You get free luxury

  22. Help!! Anxiety!!

    BarbPick replied to Nursehappy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Dial a flows are attatched to the IV tubing and you set the dial to the number of cc's per hour you want by twisting. The cost about 5 dollars a day, I think the person who you quoted was reffering...

  23. What State Should We Call 'Home'?

    BarbPick replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    take a travel assignment and get the free housing and tax

  24. Sister-in-law has chicken pox worried about her 1month twin babies

    BarbPick replied to chugs's topic in Pediatric

    Viral transmission. Nothing anyone can do, just wait it

  25. How did you do it?

    BarbPick replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Barry University has a great Anesthesia school in Miami Shores, 6 Blocks from my house. Lots of money and grants , so I told. You can take a travel Nurse position and your housing is paid for. There...