azxyrn

azxyrn specializes in Geriatrics, Alzheimers, Behavioral, SNF.

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1. Is nothing sacred? Thief holds up nurses at gun point!

   azxyrn replied to azxyrn's topic in Arizona Nursing

   "I question if the front doors were unlocked at 4:30 AM. Or did they break in? And if so, how? That makes the facility a target right there." Yeah I agree, but the scuttlebutt among some of my...

2. Is nothing sacred? Thief holds up nurses at gun point!

   azxyrn posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

   I recently had to sit for a inservice at a local facility I work at, the topic: Armed robbery of nursing homes. The items taken at gun point; narcotics! During this impromptu meeting, nurses who...

3. Pediatric IV Infiltrate

   azxyrn replied to cchsmp1999's topic in General Nursing

   Infiltrations occur all the time, although I won't condone you not checking the site per protocol, as the prior post states the fluids will be absorbed and within a small matter of time. Back in the...

4. MY nurses are the best!

   azxyrn replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Probably because everyone expects this from nurses. Just like it's expected for you to have to deal with overwhelming workloads, smaller staff to patient ratios, and larger census. I hate to sound...

5. Should I do this ?

   azxyrn replied to Rascal1's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with travel50, but your statement alone says it all; "I just started orientation for a new job I have had some reservations about, but I need a job." I have been there, and done that! I say...

6. Free CNA training still available?

   azxyrn posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

   So now that a lot my friends/family members have lost their jobs or been cut back so much that what I had recommended to them so long before, (nursing) and they so quickly rejected is now more...

7. What are the things in your first year of nursing that you wish you had but didn't?

   azxyrn replied to TrinaCNA's topic in General Nursing

   Besides the obvious (more hands on time and confidence so that I was knowing what I was doing): 1. Uniform - pockets, pockets, pockets! (need I say more) patterns on your scrubs look nice, but the...

8. Can I do volunteer work as a nurse?????

   azxyrn replied to katr1313pay's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   To my knowledge there is no "volunteer nurses" in the U.S. excluding the American Red Cross. To do so go to http://www.redcross.org/services/volunteer/ But remember these types of volunteering is...

9. online paid surveys

   azxyrn replied to djasset's topic in General Nursing

   As far as surveys go I haven't seen any that are openly advertised for nurses, Here are some that I subscribe to: (in the sign up process it asks you a lot of personalized information (including...

10. I HATE nursing! (long)

    azxyrn replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you, there are a lot of nurses that get to the point where you are - realizing that you wasted your education time, and life on an occupation that you hate being in. This is why partly...

11. Day/Night Rotation and Sleep!

    azxyrn replied to sam1998's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous post, if you can try to move your shifts around so you are not alternating your shifts from one extreme to the other you'll do better. Worst case, try chamomile tea, don't...

12. What is a good job to start out with while in Nursing School???

    azxyrn replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    Although LTC is not what many think will be a learning facility, that's exactly where I started and you can learn at a much slower pac that diving directly into something high paced. I did, and...

13. Is this a HIPAA violation?

    azxyrn replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, this most defiantly is a HIPPA violation, I'm sure pretty much all of us have had to sit through the boring HIPPA video during one inservice/meeting over the past years, or at least signed...

14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    azxyrn replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite is when the staff tells me that the patient needs her pain pills, you know the one with grey hair, in a wheel chair, she has pictures of her family on the bed side stand. - Thanks, that...

15. New Head Nurse---how will this turn out?

    azxyrn replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done that, usually this means the higher ups are demanding the head nurse cater more to the doctors. Like towntalker suggest; give it some time, things should straighten out, or the nurse...