RochesterRN-BSN BSN, RN

I am wondering if there are any nurses out there who either work in a country with socialized medicine or nurses here in the US who are savy in the area of socialized medicine. I have to wonder just exactly how I personally would be effected if Obama...

I am new to my position in a LTC facility as the Inservice Coordinator/Director of Education/Infection Control RN and wondered if anyone here does this job in their facility and might be able to direct me to some resources online. I need to set up in...

I have to say it dissapoints me to see NURSES referring to someone as "crazy"......if we are ever going to stop the stigma we have to start with those in the health care business. It's really not PC. Mentally Ill....is oaky but crazy is not. It's rea...

I wanted to do OB and did....my first job was on a L& D deck. I had started nursing school when my son was just 5 months old and maybe that had something to do with my interest. I would watch shows on the Discover Health shows with L&D nurses...

Liver CA? With that you can have elevated amonia levels which can cause behavioral/cognitive issues including agitation.

Nit sure on that one.....when I was on an inpatient medical unit we did mix some things, but not those. And NEVER ever potassium. If you have to do it under a hood then that is a bit odd. It is usually the cancer meds that you have to do this with. F...

I know in out facility we are so short of RNs that we would likely hire a new grad if she had the strong desire to be there and was willing to work hard and learn. As far as tasks.........well I find a lot of my time is spent doing the things the LPN...

I am in a 120 bed LTC facility and they are right now using LPN nurse managers until they can get RNs to be the unit managers.........however until then me and the DON, and one per diem RN that works a few hours here and there are the only RNs employ...

Not sure how you feel about moving to upstate NY but I am in Rochester and just started a new job at a LTC facility. My administrator is trying to find RNs for immediate hire........Let me know if you are interested. Send me an PM and I can give you ...

If you have a patient who is confused/disoriented and really doesn't realize what they are doing....does your hospital allow soft wrist restraints? When I have worked the older patients who are confused in both medicine and in psych and they need IV ...

I would say there is a lot of good information already posted here....helping you to maybe understand that over all it's not that nurses don't want to help but are not able to......I thought I would throw in a couple things........first is that you s...

OP here....WOW this thread has gone on for a lot longer then I expected when I first posted my questions.......a large number of posts were so political and detailed I honestly got lost! lol But thanks for all the posts.......I really was just wonder...

I watched that movie for the first time just a few weeks ago........actually I posted a thread afterwards curious as to how social medicine would affect me as a nurse.......got some interesting feedback! The movie does get ya thinkin though doesn't...

I think you could be right but a full evaluation by a psychiatrist would be a good idea, and if she does indeed have OCD there are meds that can help a lot......however unless her behavior is unsafe its not like you could call and get her MHA'd to a ...

Unfortunately there is not a treatment for ASPD, even if he does have it. The most you could do is if he is unsafe again call 911 and tell them you want him mental hygiene arrested and they will have to bring him in for an eval...... Here is some int...

Funny story for ya...think you will appreciate....... one of my peers in nursing school had a fun experience with poop! lol We were in our first clinical at a long term care facility and she had a patient with diarrhea....she had a pan of water and w...

Okay so I'm reading this post and all I can think is..........Oh thank heavens I am done with nursing school!!!! lol I hated being a student! I love being a nurse, but the student part! not so much!lol I would not want to have to repeat that and I fe...

I think this varies by state.......I'm in NY state and am pretty sure that there has to be at least one in house at all times.... like a prior poster mentioned there are different levels of care out in the community.....senior living community, adult...

I've seen the secretaries who are trained take off med orders to a MAR but they have to be checked by an RN...they just do the transcription......then the night shift RN does a second check of all order in the last 24 hours/since last second check......

see if the hospital has a lactation specialist/cosultant that could come and give a talk........practice reading strips, lots of learning things available that they orient new nurses with....

yeah I was thinking either a UTI or even latex allergy. Is it still draining? how does the urine look?

I'm with you Batman24! Its setting limits as soon as the behaviors begin. If you let then feel like they have frazzled you they seem to only be more difficult I learned.....Being in psych I have gotten pretty used to mad patients and mad families. If...

Yikes you scare me! Where do you work?.......I go in for unbreakable severe headaches now and again--like maybe once a year or less-- and yes I am in the ER but I certainly don't need a 14G cath!!! Yikes! Overkill!!

Wiskey...well did he come from a LTC facility where he was getting this? How old? Hospice? if he is a regular consumer of the wiskey they would need to worry about withdrawal and treat symptoms....maybe for some reasons......they would rather let him...

So true I hate working with "super nurses" that feel they never ever need help and are even offended if you offer to help. Reminds me of a male nurse (not that his gender was of any significance) I worked with on a medical floor.... he was running ar...