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  1. Go for it or play it safe?

    retiredlady replied to pugluvr310's topic in General Nursing

    Say med/surg, but don't tell them that you will transfer later. That will get you better odds for a job, then transfer when you want. They don't need to know just yet.

  2. My Dilemma...What would you do??

    retiredlady replied to Princessluvv's topic in General Nursing

    I think that I would work as a nutritionist. You could change and work in the hospital or a dialysis unit. That way you wouldn't have a ton of student loans to pay back. Both careers have their good...

  3. Bad experience at the ER

    retiredlady replied to SillyPinkBunny's topic in Emergency

    A lot of doctors don't understand chronic pancreatitis. When you have this, your enyzmes will not go up always, your pancreas is not working correctly. Pancreatitis has the worst pain that there is....

  4. insulin but no syringe

    retiredlady replied to tammy07's topic in General Nursing

    That's why insulin is given as a shot--cannot be given orally. And surely not for low blood

  5. have been offered L&D but not sure if its ..

    retiredlady replied to erin01's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Take what you can get, you can always transfer to another part of the hospital in 6 months or whatever time the hospital says you can transfer and that would be easier. You never know you might just...

  6. New Grad- Graveyard Shift Advice

    retiredlady replied to LVNfairy's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that you could get a job and just work wed, thur, fri. You would probably be required to work every other weekend and take call for full-time unless they were really low on nurses. You...

  7. Any Nurses with ADD? I need your help please!

    retiredlady replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sleep deprived? A lot of people who are sleep deprived do have the symptoms of ADD. It sure sounds like you are with 3 little

  8. Ethics of patient bathing

    retiredlady replied to discontentment's topic in General Nursing

    If it's ltc, ask the patient what time he bathed at home. My father is in one and he gets so mad when they want to bathe him in the morning (usually when Price is Right is on, ha, ha) he always took...

  9. My wife is having a Whipple!!!!

    retiredlady replied to Smokey9283's topic in General Nursing

    I had a friend who had a distal pancreectomy who did very well with the surgery. She had chronic pancreatitis non alcoholic. Hers was bad before and she had to take insulin. Depending on how much they...

  10. Using words like honey, sweety a no-no?

    retiredlady replied to bee212's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is disrepectful, especially from someone younger. For an older person call them by their last name unless you ask if you can use their first name. Personally, don't ever call me honey, I...

  11. low albumin

    retiredlady replied to retiredlady's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The patient has fluid in his abd that has to be drained every month. Gets albumin when it is drained.Possible liver problems. Just started to go downhill, hard to walk, weak. they are thinking of...

  12. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    retiredlady replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    Get yourself on your husbands plan and it would take care of the 20% or so of yours, but of course husband would have to pay more for a spouse. A lot of the times hospitals will give a discount--like...

  13. question about Magnesium sulfate infusion

    retiredlady replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, just went to a big city hospital that never used pumps except in ICU. It scared

  14. question about Magnesium sulfate infusion

    retiredlady posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do most nurses use an IV pump when infusing mag sulfate? or not? Ours does, but I have seen hospitals where they don't. This is on a Med/Surg floor, not OB. I was just wondering. It would seem...

  15. New Grads! If you found work recently, please share your stories.

    retiredlady replied to roadrunner-in-icu's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!! You should learn tons there, sounds

  16. Giving Lantus insulin when patient is NPO

    retiredlady posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been out of nursing for a while. I just wondered if a patient is NPO, do they still receive their Lantus insulin when they are on a sliding scale or just the sliding scale? I thought that they...

  17. Giving Lantus insulin when patient is NPO

    retiredlady replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone. That's what I thought about not holding the Lantus. You are a great bunch for