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  1. Good online msn programs?

    CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you again! I am starting work on the application process!

  2. RN Relocating to Houston-Looking for a Job

    CodyRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    To Houston RNs! I hope you all can help me....I really want to move to Houston but have some practical & financial issues to consider. One, I am the sole wage-earner for my family. Two, my...

  3. RN Relocating to Houston-Looking for a Job

    CodyRN replied to CodyRN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Wow--Thank you for all of the information! I've been to Houston and you're right, it is a HUGE place! I will check into some of the places you have mentioned! Thank you again! I :redbeathe

  4. Good online msn programs?

    CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Congratulations on your MSN and also on getting accepted into the two post-master's programs! That is so great! Thank you for the information! I have been strongly considering this program and I...

  5. Good online msn programs?

    CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am considering this program (Loyola MSN-HCSM). I still need to make some phone call inquiries but wondering if anyone else knows... 1) If you take this online (or distance ed) will your...

  6. Vaccination administration question - Help

    CodyRN replied to Irishlass79's topic in General Nursing

    I thought SQ needles were 24g so that falls in between your 22-25g range. You can choose whatever length of needle you think is appropriate for a person's muscle mass, some people have smaller muscle...

  7. Needle stick injury

    CodyRN replied to Blueorchid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Also, I THINK for HIV...the size of the "viral load" will depend on whether or not a person contracts it. If the viral load is small enough, I don't think the person will actually get

  8. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

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

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  9. A moment of your time, please, if you feel so inclined to give me you opinion

    CodyRN replied to coonkine's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that medicine is not what it used to be and it is highly likely you really won't make that much money. I agree with the other posters that you should ask yourself what you want from your job...

  10. Non-pharm interventions for very high blood pressure?

    CodyRN replied to Tiffany Lynne's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a pattern of high BPs and refusals, then the meds need to be given at a different time. Do not raise the foot and lower the HOB, you are right, that is for HYPOtension. And I wouldn't be...

  11. Question about MRSA

    CodyRN replied to exotickitty's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to be off antibiotics for 3 weeks and then have 2 separate cultures done. Then, definitely get paper documentation that you are free of it. Good job on catching it

  12. Getting avoided by a nurse...in my own family

    CodyRN replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the other posters that said she may not know what to say, may feel guilty for making it, may not want to open up a bad subject for you...or simply, as a new nurse struggling (we all...

  13. New nurse, Second Medication error, Scared

    CodyRN replied to Kaysonrose's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I would like to add that the stress of being a new nurse, learning, knowing people are watching you and looking for mistakes, can make people make errors they otherwise would not make. This...

  14. intravenous diazepam

    CodyRN replied to rjrule's topic in Emergency

    It sounds like he wanted you to give it fast and that was one way of diluting the concentration so you could just push it in without being concerned that too much would go in too fast. In this...

  15. Medical Conditions

    CodyRN replied to itskritz's topic in Health, Stress Management

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  16. new graduate with very hard orientation.should I quit my job?

    CodyRN replied to belle05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would suggest that you speak with your manager and request a longer orientation. If he/she can not accommodate you, then I would encourage you to look elsewhere. It is not too much to expect to be...

  17. i think i hate being a nurse?

    CodyRN replied to amms's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you all for your support, I am so

  18. WOCN or ET Nurses Questions

    CodyRN replied to lighthouseRN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Are the classes during business hours, did you have to take time off from

  19. i think i hate being a nurse?

    CodyRN replied to amms's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't know but I am wondering if I chose the right profession. I love the nurturing aspect of being a nurse but I hate the responsibility. And even though I have now been a nurse for a year, when...

  20. Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

    CodyRN replied to jaycrue's topic in Travel

    Suzanne4, Would you please send me a message with the travel companies you recommend? I am strongly considering travel nursing. I appreciate any input you can give me. Thanks so

  21. OR RN's recovering their own patients in a small, rural hospital

    CodyRN replied to wilbur1's topic in Operating Room

    I'm curious as to what conclusions you and your facility have come to in this situation? What's happened since the time you

  22. RV's anyone???

    CodyRN replied to RNERHOUSESUPOR's topic in Travel

    Wow! What agency do you work for and would you recommend them?

  23. WOCN or ET Nurses Questions

    CodyRN replied to lighthouseRN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    What is the CC program schedule like? Is it possible to work while you are taking the classes and

  24. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    CodyRN replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    "I don't sleep, I just worry myself sick. If I sleep, I wake in a fright at 2.30am. I can't get back to sleep and lay there waiting for morning to come. The lighter it gets outside my window, the...

  25. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    CodyRN replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now that it is June the next year, are you feeling any better? Any more confident? I graduated last June and had a rough time transitioning and just when I finally started to feel relatively OK...