old rural nurse

old rural nurse RN

med-surg, home health, hospice, LTC

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  1. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    old rural nurse replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    How sad that you think it is all about the money. In our facility, we aren't able to compete with homes in nearby larger towns, but we try to make up for that by being more flexible with scheduling...

  2. undermedicating pain in the elderly

    old rural nurse replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    SRBear, I think it's terrible, what happened to you. Do your supervisors not realize that pain can be at it's worst in the evening or night when people are trying to rest and have nothing else to...

  3. LTC blood draws

    old rural nurse replied to gomernurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In our facility, we do all our own veinipunctures, we include the training during our nurse orientation. However, if no one in your facility has experience drawing that can train the others, I would...

  4. Foreign Objects in Body Cavities

    old rural nurse replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    When I worked on the surgical floor, we had a young (20?) man who had a pair of INDUSTRIAL sized cooking tongs inserted you know where. The funniest part were the pictures they took in ER prior to...

  5. CNA in a nursing home.

    old rural nurse replied to Steph in Boston's topic in Nursing Career

    Steph, as the DON of our facility, I would advise you that you will get out of this job what you expect and put in yourself. I won't tell you it will be easy, but it can be very enjoyable. Being a CNA...

  6. Nurses pay

    old rural nurse replied to ChristineG's topic in General Nursing

    One thing to consider when discussing nurse's pay, is the working conditions, benefits and hours most nurses experience. My sister has a Master's in Education, and makes less than I do, but then, I've...

  7. I need some good nursing advice

    old rural nurse replied to ana115's topic in General Nursing

    How about getting a second opinion. If you are young and otherwise healthy, with no history of lung problems, thats a long time to be

  8. What is a professional nurse?

    old rural nurse replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse my plagiarism, don't remember where I found this. The difference between professionals and experts: professionals deal with knowledge, skills, attitude and values. Experts deal only with...