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  1. failed NC1 , being so sad and amazed

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to singlelife's topic in Online Distance Learning

    You can get everything you need to learn the material for these exams for free, online. One good source is a Yahoo group called nontradnurses. In the files section are notes for each of the nursing...

  2. Is There Really A Shortage Of Nurses?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Vman's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There is no shortage of nurses. Maybe out in the boonies where no one wants to go, but overall, and particularly in metropolitan and suburban areas, no. There is a shortage of nurses willing to work...

  3. Counrtry doses

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Bethy-lynn's topic in MICU, SICU

    My God, thank you! That post scared the you-know-what out of me too!If a diabetic's glucose is high, you use the sliding scale per orders. If there isn't one, get one. Otherwise, how do you know...

  4. Deeply saddened.....

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to TXNurseBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I walked away from my first RN job after about 8 weeks (slept since then, so that's just an estimate). I could not bear to watch how poorly patients were treated, the shortcuts the nurses who were...

  5. Being treated like dirt from the aides...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Dempather's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have experienced some pretty poor treatment from aides also, and I saw a lot of improper, unnecessarily poor behavior and attitudes when I was externing in school (aide duties, aide scrubs, and aide...

  6. Administrative differences between Hospice and Home Health?

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    It seems to me, with my little bit of experience, that they are basically the same from the standpoint of organization, documentation, marketing and growth..... I have an opportunity to attend two...

  7. Foley balloon, test or not to test

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to mcmike55's topic in Operating Room

    Me

  8. Administrative differences between Hospice and Home Health?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    so you are basically agreeing with

  9. Dallas area pay rates?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to cotzoo's topic in Texas Nursing

    Yeah, but in Texas there is no income tax. So if you make $10 an hour or $100 an hour, your property tax for the same property is the same.I think that's worth

  10. Salary and not hourly?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to manurse06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am probably the last one who should be saying this, since I am salaried and a 50 hour week is a short one for me, but if we are salaried and expected to work x number of hours to receive that...

  11. CHPN exam

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Mandee's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am looking for a way to prepare for the exam. Actually, I am looking for a good, well organized collection of information I can use to round out my understanding of the practice of palliative and...

  12. The Last Hours of Living: Practical Advice for Clinicians

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Mine says 2.1 CEU's as well.... I thought it was

  13. Please help me

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to RNKay31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, try to look at the interview as something fun. You are going to meet someone from whom you hope to get something, e.g., a job. Are you excited about the job you might get? If so, you can...

  14. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You are right about the meds. Although those of us with ADD rather resist the street labels for our medications.There are so many differences between attentional disorders and the mood disorders that...

  15. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I think the "wiener" thing (which, if memory serves, refers to Vienna?) comes from our nickname for what you would call wurst, which is wienie ("weenee"). Probably they chose Wiener Schnitzel (sp?)...

  16. Temp and dying....

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to luvmy2angels's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Peppermint lotion is a wonderful idea! I'll pick some up for our supply closet. I do think we need to think comfort in dying, and fever is not comfortable. I use cool damp cloths (encourage family to...

  17. Think I've found my niche...

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to weetziebat's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I thought I recognized a familiar face! J/K of course.... We have wound up in the same niche though, and it feels great.I love being able to comfort and educate, to be present at the time of great...

  18. Rn not giving scheduled meds

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to tinkle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Fire her.She is either totally clueless or a liar or both. She is clearly incompetent, and her patients' pain has been effectively ignored. Her only redeeming value in this circumstance is that she...

  19. What if NCLEX results aren't posted and you haven't gotten a failed letter?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to 1awesomenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Go to pearsonvue's website (I'm assuming they still do the NCLEX). They'll love to tell you your result for a small sum. Or you can go to your board's website and "verify" your own license. That's...

  20. Need help.....quitting job

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to BrandNewNurse's topic in General Nursing

    See if your physician will advise you not to work for a period of time due to the tumor (I'm so sorry!) and the pregnancy (congratulations!). Then take leave based on that. Usually hospitals will be...

  21. fed up and set up

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If the second dose of antibiotic was given without consulting the MAR and the MAR was accurate, the nurse who gave the second dose was at fault. If the nurse did consult the MAR before giving the...

  22. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    chris_at_lucas_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I gave up just short of $1,000 in pay in order to attend an internship fair at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas in October. I dressed up, polished up my resume, made a bunch of copies. I shook hands,...

  23. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've never used a PDA, being of the "typewriter generation," but I can tell you that my first laptop changed my life. (In a good

  24. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the HR people were almost embarassed because the unit managers were so unresponsive. (In contrast to Presby Dallas where they really do need to clean HR house, and Medical City where they...

  25. Agism in nursing???? (furious rant potential)

    chris_at_lucas_RN replied to chris_at_lucas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The OP is indeed still here, but not monitoring the thread, except to read the posts that get sent (not all of them do!).What happened. Well, lots. I found out that the ideals I held for nursing are...