shannon8282

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1. Patient hostility...HELP!

   shannon8282 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I have just returned to work in a dialysis clinic that I left 3 years ago. (I left to go to RN school and spent a year in the hospital) I had been there 5 years prior and I love dialysis and the...

2. Looking for a change

   shannon8282 replied to shannon8282's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for the suggestions, guys. This is a great website for

3. Looking for a change

   shannon8282 posted a topic in Emergency

   I recieved my nursing license one year ago, and since then I have worked on a step-down telemetry unit. I have taken a Critical Care course, and have floated to ICU on occaision. I enjoy the work,...

4. Symapathy is not easy

   shannon8282 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Before I start, please dont take this as criticism...I dont mean it that way. I only want you to see what I saw. I am finishing my first year in an ADN program. The school that I attend is very...

5. How close do you get?

   shannon8282 posted a topic in General Nursing

   How close do you get to your patients? I became too close to a patient at the dialysis center that I worked at. She became a very dear friend to me, and her death was VERY unexpected. That broke my...

6. Awesome!

   shannon8282 posted a topic in General Nursing

   These letters are awesome and inspiring. I have just PASSED my first semester of nursing school, and you are the people that I want to work with. You care, and that means more than anything. I have...

7. Do you use the trendelenberg position?

   shannon8282 replied to wishingmary's topic in MICU, SICU

   I cant go into detail about it because of my lack of knowledge, but when I worked in a dialysis unit we used trendelenburg all of the time. If you know a dialysis nurse, they may be able to help

8. Nursing question from a student nurse

   shannon8282 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a first semester, first year student nurse. I have just recently started clinicals, and my instructor wants me to use a nursing diagnosis that I can't find any info on. She wants me to use...