deanaRN

I feel sure she knows she has it, and she is likely embarassed enough already. Just ignore it, and hope it resolves. Living with bowel problems is no fun. Embarassing her further at work by calling attention to an obvious problem could cause hurt fee...

I recently took a refresher course. (In my home state of AR) Feel free to PM me if you want.

No, I didn't say a word. I would have had she made plans to get an order or charted it though.

I ate broccoli with my lunch....in the afternoon I pulled an elderly unresponsive man up in the bed and accidentally passed gas when I exerted myself moving him. Right after that the charge nurse walked in. She helped me finish moving him and when we...

We did 4-6 hours x 3 but I graduated in 1999.

I will never understand medicare. We had a pt. who needed 10 days of IV antibiotics after an outpatient procedure. He had a PICC put in and prepared for discharge. Medicare wouldn't pay for home health to adm the AB so they had to admit him for 10 da...

If you can't get back in, could you take the summer off to help you/your family get finances in better shape and get your mind off of it? If you can't get into a RN program anywhere enter a 1 yr LPN program, then once you have that and are working yo...

Thanks so much :)

Thanks, what about the tub rooms? Is there specific staff for the tub rooms, or are you the staff or is it a comination of the two? When we toured the burn unit in school clinicals we were only allowed to view an empty tub room, and only got to see a...

Thanks, application submitted! :)

I graduated in '99. I had 2 days of orientation. I worked 2 weekends a month for 2 months at a LTC facility. I was both thrown to the wolves and eaten alive. I was miserable. I realize it is completely MY FAULT for not starting at a more reputable pl...

I have applied for the job, at at peds burn unit but they have adults pts too as they are the only burn unit in the state. I am trying to schedule a tour of the unit. I have been reading the stickys above to get a little more information too. Ratios ...

Well, you asked, so I will be honest....RUN!! GET THYSELF INTO A NEW GRAD PROGRAM STAT! Let me tell you my position and maybe that will help you understand why I say that: I graduated in 1999. By taking the 1st job offered (LTC) and given little orie...

bargain outfitters, but to get them at that price you have to go through the "email specials" section. In any case, do you think it is ceil?

I have a ? but don't want to violate a rule (am assuming posting a link will be) - I need ceil blue scrubs. There is a site that has 3 tops for $4.97!! but it doesn't offer the "real" color names b/c it isn't a site that normally sells scrubs. The co...

When I had my last baby my nurse asked me if I minded a student. I said no I do not mind. Then a very timid instructor came in and asked me if I minded having a nursing student. Again I said no I do not mind. She then looked pointedly at me and said ...

I am in a refresher program that is a 90 minute drive (on good traffic days) from my home. I have applied for a job in that same area too. It is WO schedule, and the pay is so much more than what local hospitals pay that I am going to drive. I think ...

I have no doubt that she was hurting. He was such an awful man. I was very young, ignorant, and powerless. I did discuss this with my clinical instructor. Another student that was in the clinic that day backed me up. She did nothing, b/c she didn't w...

In clinicals I spent one day at an OBGYN clinic in a very poor area of Mississippi. I was observation only. The doc was foreign (sorry, can't remember country of origin) and was very demeaning to every pt we saw. I have no idea why he chose to be an...

Check with all of them - I am in AR, but I found a hospital based refresher course that is only $325. When you complete it you are offered a job there, but not required to work there at all. Very reasonable amount of $ IMO. I start mine next week. Go...

LOVE that streaming media site, THANKS!

Despite all my posts asking about AR Childrens I changed my plans. I will soon start the refresher course offered at St Vincent's. Has anyone here done this? I realize I will be offered a job in med-surg when the course is over. What are the ratios t...

They are mandatory in most hospitals & nursing homes here. Within 6 hours of getting one I get sick. EVERY.TIME. I think it should be my choice. I can get over the regular flu shortly. After taking the flu shot I am generally sick for 2-3 weeks.

The last time one of my boys was in the hospital I took a little basket full of pocket sized hand creams to the desk and left it. I made sure there were plenty to go around. It went over very well.

THANKS! I noticed in the job listings that day care workers were needed for 8-5 & 8-8 shifts. I was wondering how in the world you could use the daycare if you worked 7-3 or 8-4. I know a lot of hospital daycares are really only usable by managem...