James_Adam

James_Adam specializes in Geriatric Nursing.

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1. Wet-to-dry dressings

   James_Adam replied to James_Adam's topic in First Year After Licensure

   they don't seem to cause any pain to my residents at all. of course i do make sure they've had their pain medication before i remove the dressings. and if you do it nice and easy, i've always found...

2. Wet-to-dry dressings

   James_Adam replied to James_Adam's topic in First Year After Licensure

   well, i've only been a nurse for 6 months, but i have a lot of experience in wound care, and it seems to me like wet-to-dry dressings are a godsend for debridement. From my limited experience, they...

3. Wet-to-dry dressings

   James_Adam posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   I've been told that wet-to-dry dressings are now "outdated practice" and they have been removed from our wound care protocol altogether (I've been a nurse for 6 mos and i work in a nursing home). Is...

4. New Male RN wanting A supervising job

   James_Adam replied to James_Adam's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thanks for your input pat. Mostly, i think the reason i want such a position is burnout. My medpass is horribe, literally a medpass that shoulld be given to 2 or 3 nurses. i have complained to...

5. Evil Doctors

   James_Adam replied to James_Adam's topic in General Nursing

   Well you guys, like i said, I've only been a nurse for 6 months now, so i'm not trying to lable all docs, just trying to get some opions onthe issue. i probably said some words that were a little...

6. Evil Doctors

   James_Adam replied to James_Adam's topic in General Nursing

   thank god, maybe i just live in a bad area. literally all but one doc and ARNP treat nurses like idiots &

7. Evil Doctors

   James_Adam posted a topic in General Nursing

   Almost ALL the nurses I have met are wonderful people and are more than nice to their patients. But, in my limited experience, it seems that doctors, at best, are indifferent to their patients and...

8. New Male RN wanting A supervising job

   James_Adam posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hey guys, I'm a new RN in KY. was licensed June 20th this year! I am so happy. I am rather young. I'll be turning 23 December 12th. I have been working in a nursing home since I graduated four years...