bunsterj

This reminds me of several situations I was involved in. 1)1st or 2nd grade girl, not too bright. I was asked to see her about a bad odor; she had a general dirty smell with a fecal/urine odor as well as unwashed hair smell. I wanted to speak to Mom. She came in to see the principal later that week for an unrelated issue. The problem was apparent, as Mom smelled worse than her daughter and left a long lasting residual smell in the principal's office. 2.) Was speaking to a high school girl about assisting her younger siblings with lice removal (they all lived with Grandma, who had other children in the home.) She revealed--no vacuum cleaner, no washer/dryer, no money for laundromat, water heater didn't work. Laundry was done by hand in the tub with cold water. Bathing was done with cold water at the sink, or infrequently in the shower if they could stand it. 3.) Two jr. high siblings had bad hygiene and dirty clothing--including animal waste on the clothes. DFS was brought into the situation. Their single mom had some cognitive impairment and no support system. DFS got someone to do an initial clean-up of the house. A contract was set up with Mom for various things including what nights the children were to shower on. You just don't know what you are dealing with when you have a smelly kid.

Way back in 1982, during my new grad orientation, "the suits" came in during the early days. They welcomed us to the family, went over the history of the hospital, and other things I do not remember. One thing I do remember though, was when they told us that doctors and patients bring in money, and nurses cost the hospital money. If there was a problem, guess who they were siding with? It was cold, but through the years it was the truth.

I have ET. My GP gave me one med for it, but the dose was not adequate. I went to a neurologist, who checked me out---neuro exam, EEG, MRI, I don't remember what else. Now I am on two different meds, have been on three in the past. I avoid caffeine, decongestants, getting over tired, and muscle fatigue. Not presently working, so haven't had to draw blood. Have found that for similar tasks, that bracing my dominant hand/arm on a stable surface helps.

When I was in nursing school, the hospital that we did clinicals in gave the postpartum moms little self dosing drug packs with unit dose vitamins, Tylenol, and Colace. It was in a Zip-lock bag along with a card to "sign out" their meds.

I'm thinking 2600 USD/month is not a correct figure, because that is not a high salary.

Although it has been 30+ years since I attended, I went to my college's web site and checked their current catalog, and for almost if not all of their clinical courses it states that "individual transportation is required". At least in my day we only needed a car for community health, for our other clinicals, they loaded us up on buses.

I have my own insurance through a different(government, as a matter of fact) plan, and likely won't be using an employer's plan with the exception of dental...would I therefore be able to decline all of the probing questions?

When I was in nursing school, a car was required for my community health clinical. I was turned down for for the usual financial aid I was receiving at that time (A BEOG, now known as a PELL grant), for that school year. I copied that page from my catalog that stated a had to have a car as well as prices for some other items I was required to have beyond the usual books...liability insurance, insurance for the car, uniform, shoes, stethoscope, as well as the miles I would have to drive each week ...the clinical took place in a town 60 miles away from the college--resubmitted it all and received an SEOG instead. It never hurts to ask.

i used to work with a jw nurse, and she didn't have a problem with her patients receiving blood...her attitude was it was their choice. i also used to work with an aide that didn't want to have anything to do with blood (our aids used to pick up our blood for us) ...including getting a quick temp. i don't think you need to change careers as some have suggested, and i bet if you look around there is probably a group of jehovah's witnesses nurses. as others have suggested, discuss this with your pastor, but i often find that one leader will say one thing and another will say something else. you have to decide what in your heart (with a trusted adviser's guidance) is the correct action for you. it is my understanding that your primary problem is the actual spiking and hanging of the bag of blood/blood products. as an rn, that is an easy and non time-consuming task and i would gladly swap you that for a simple dressing change, etc. if you let me know about it at the beginning of our shift or as soon as you know about it.

Taking an RN job at Trinity seems appealing, but from what I can see rental housing is slim pickens, and finding a place that would accept me and my cat is out of the question. Am I looking in the wrong areas?...Craigslist, different rental; websites, etc. It seems that most of the rentals are tied up with oil crews all they up to more than an hour away. Any suggestions on dealing with this? I'm willing to pack up my snow shovel and go, but I need a place to do to.

I never had a problem with it, but the topic did remind me of a certain situation. I had two young guys who both had had eye surgery...I can't recall what, I think one was a scleral buckle and the other was something retinal. It was some years ago, so they both got to spend a few days inpatient post op. Both were doing well, up to the bathroom on their own, could sit up, probably were going home the next morning. They both had girtlfriends in visiting and both were cuddling very innocently with their girlfriends in their respective beds watching TV. All looked very innocent to me. The eye surgeon came in (they had the same one) came in and had a fit. Ordered both girls off the beds and gave anyone within earshot a lecture about no canoodling of any sort after his eye surgeries because arousal could cause the pupils to dilate, and whatever surgery these fellows had needed the pupils to stay constricted during recovery. He seriously felt that the girlfriend sitting next to the guy was too much.

I took the GMU course in January of 2009. I thought it was a good review of med-surg info. We did our clinicals on the weekends at INOVA Fairoaks, but I think they might be doing them at INOVA Fairfax now. I think most of the people from my group that actively persued employment eventually found it. We "graduated" at one of the worst possible times. Sadly, I have not found a job...yet. I think being in a class with a group of people that are in the same boat as you is helpful, I don't think you would get that with NVCC. We also received a lot of encouragement and support from our instructor and each other.

Is this residency program the same as the "Ryan Residency" that is referred to on one of their job postings?

Is this residency program the same as the "Ryan Residency" that is referred to on one of their job postings?