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  1. Is it common?

    nminodob replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing

    Since when is calling a doctor when you have concerns ever considered

  2. I was just laid off

    nminodob replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry to hear that...Didn't you recently have a job interview? What happened with

  3. Medical privacy violator gets 1 year- what do you think?

    nminodob replied to petunia2016's topic in General Nursing

    It's cases like this that have caused us nurses to have to sit through endless lectures on HIPAA, as well as the relentless continuing education on the topic! For that reason alone I think the...

  4. What degree is best for a new nursing student? CNL, BSN or RN?

    nminodob replied to jdb156's topic in General Nursing

    The CNL is masters prepared and is also credentialed (meaning you can add the intitials after your name). Although my own degree is a BSN, my school has a CNL program and there are definitely pros and...

  5. Know it all Nurses

    nminodob replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I was a know-it-all in NS, I confess. I think, as others have pointed out, that it was a coping mechanism to make up for the fact that I was so much older than all the other students. Now that I am...

  6. Who Benefits More?

    nminodob replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of agree with the HS girls answer, but if you consider "readiness to learn" as being a necessary prerequisite for acquiring knowledge, it kind of leads me to choose the newly-married, since...

  7. Please Send Good Vibes my Way!

    nminodob replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is now 7:12 am Pacific time so I guess you are already winning them

  8. clinicals?

    nminodob replied to skandy's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking about "pre-planning" - at our school we were required to pre-lab, which means to go to the facility the day before and research a number of patients that we would be caring for the next...

  9. Nursing shortage my !! (Bay Area)

    nminodob replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you can contact me, but I don't think SF General is hiring at the moment - they hired a bunch of us a while back but most were people who were already CNAs or did clinicals there while in school....

  10. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    nminodob replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    I was just given a Blackberry for my b'day and I am excited abolut using the various nursing apps for it - anyone have any in sight into the Blackberry, my new favorite

  11. Racist Patients

    nminodob replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At my hospital they tend to separate the pts. in the psych untis by "focus" - AA, Asian, Gay/Lesbian, etc. Sounds weird but it seems to work better that way. I think when people are compromised they...

  12. Nursing shortage my !! (Bay Area)

    nminodob replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was lucky and got hired at SF General in April - but I have friends who graduated with me that are very discouraged and can't find any new grad openings. I am hoping for them! I wish you good luck...

  13. Nursing shortage my !! (Bay Area)

    nminodob replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard from someone who works at UCSF that there may be a new grad program beginning in August - hope it's true and that they hire a

  14. Your favorite nursing gadget?

    nminodob replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    Ever since I started on the nightshift I find my keychain LED light indispensable and not just for doing pupil checks but for reading lumbar drains and chest tube outputs and a million other things -...

  15. Any one getting down sized yet?

    nminodob replied to Qwiigley's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    In San Francisco where there is a dire budget crisis I am wondering what will happen. The union is urging us to make concessions, although "old-timers" say that these concessions which are promised as...

  16. Racist Patients

    nminodob replied to Williss2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am an older Caucasian male and while I was in NS I worked as a CNA in a culturally diverse county hospital. I saw just the reverse - older AA folks insisted on calling me "Doc" even though I told...

  17. Starting over at 50

    nminodob replied to kolaone's topic in General Nursing

    What a downer! I empathize with those that are miserable as nurses - and you owe it to yourself/families/patients/staff to get out of it and find your true vocation - but I don't think it's fair to...

  18. Any PST Trainers for an IDTF here????

    nminodob replied to kcnurse2003's topic in General Nursing

    OMG IMHO you should use fewer

  19. Finding a mentor

    nminodob replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I think you have to set your age fears aside and be realistic - plenty of nurses pursue advanced degrees well into their 50s - my own NM got her masters at 57. If you feel able, apply to the programs...

  20. probably a dumb question about PIVs and drawing blood...

    nminodob replied to rach_nc_03's topic in Pediatric

    I guess peds is very different from adult med/surg. Where I work it is against our policy to draw from an existing PIV, unless we get the labs at the same time we start the IV (and then it isn't an...

  21. G-tube Flush

    nminodob replied to stkn1's topic in General Nursing

    Besides sitting in Fowler's to prevent aspiration, I have seen repositioning to the left or right just a little bit help with tube feeds - sometimes the tube is compressed by internal organs, I'm...

  22. Nursing Major Environment

    nminodob replied to alyxoxo82's topic in General Nursing

    You seem frightened of blood. Not to scare you more, but my first med/surg clinical a poor old man with lung CA bled out and died in the hospital bed (he was DNR/DNI). Immediately after that, the...

  23. need an iv answer please

    nminodob replied to sweet sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    By advanced I assume that what was meant was a new catheter was re-threaded and inserted farther until it reached the caval atrial junction. I am not a PICC nurse, but just had an in-service with our...

  24. Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    nminodob replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    This may come out of left field, but if I were to have an addiction of some sort (and nurses never do, right?) and I felt it would be discovered at my place of employment, then I would definitely try...

  25. Does it sound like I got the job (according to interview)?

    nminodob replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    Similar thing happened to me - they sounded just like you described, but no definite answer. I was so bold that I said "Can I sign something now to make it official?" and they just laughed and said...