Nemhain

Nemhain

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  1. Full timers-how many sick days do you use per year?

    Nemhain replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Geez... the average sick days taken on my unit per year is 7 and I've used 4 so

  2. Fed UP IN MISSOURI!

    Nemhain replied to lorilou22RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I hear ya! I've heard many nurses say that they used to be able to spend more time with patients 6 + years ago when ratios at my hospital were much higher. The paperwork is taking us away from the...

  3. Tucson Medical Center - New Grad Pay?

    Nemhain replied to dancingdoula's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have to say that I've heard nothing but good things about TMC's L&D... seriously. I know that there are approx. 4,000 births a year there! That 's a busy L&D dept. I can't say I've heard...

  4. Experienced RN help finding work

    Nemhain replied to NotSoNewNurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    That's what I see coming. Not only what you mentioned above, but my hospital has part-time nurses going to full-time and some inactive RNs returning to the workforce. The "nursing shortage" was...

  5. Massage Therapy

    Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Maddie, I'll PM

  6. Massage Therapy

    Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Maddie, If you look under "Article 2"Licensure; persons and activities not required to be licensed of the Arizona Massage Therapy Board's website, you will see where Licensed health care providers...

  7. Massage Therapy

    Nemhain replied to maddienurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    maddie, I was a massage therapist for 10 years before becoming a registered nurse, and yes, massage therapy IS within the scope of practice for RNs and has been for quite sometime. Actually, it is...

  8. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Nemhain replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: I with

  9. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Nemhain replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    1) No, I wouldn't be a nurse again. 2) Yes, you should use your

  10. Nursing Surplus?

    Nemhain replied to sgmanda's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. At my hospital there is. We've benefited from the local schools hemorrhaging new graduates. We now fight over who gets to work

  11. IV Administration of drugs...KVO vs numerous saline flushes??

    Nemhain replied to LucyLu's topic in Patient Medications

    I keep a line KVO if I'm going to hang another bag with in two hours during the day or within three hours at night. I find alot of times at night that the pt. would rather be KVO 'cause they don't...

  12. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    Nemhain replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    No policy at my hospital, but almost everybody dilutes 25 mg of Phenergan in 50ml of normal saline and hang it as a piggy back. We don't need an order to do that (hang it as a

  13. What is the worst part about nursing?

    Nemhain replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    You said it, sister! I want to add "management". I've had three other careers before nursing and all of the nursing managers I've had so far (although I know all aren't like this) act...

  14. how many hours do you work a week?

    Nemhain replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm jealous! Very very jealous!!! I want to go down to two 12's a week with the option of working the occasional 3... but you get overtime for it... you lucky

  15. Need to Understand COAD/COPD and the issue with Oxygen

    Nemhain replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    According to Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing (10th ed.), "...because hypoxemia stimulates respiration in the patient with severe COPD, increasing the oxygen flow to a...

  16. Nursing program @ Carondelet in Tucson?

    Nemhain replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Now that I think of it... it might be through Grand Canyon University in

  17. Nursing program @ Carondelet in Tucson?

    Nemhain replied to Multicollinearity's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I believe it is through Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. It's either online or via cable/satellite

  18. HELP!!! TMC vs. St. Joseph's Hospital ???

    Nemhain replied to miko626's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I think that's everywhere in Tucson (Carondelet network, UMC, and TMC) except Kino pays new grads $24.50 (that pay was actually listed on their website). Some of these hospitals will pay more (just a...

  19. HELP!!! TMC vs. St. Joseph's Hospital ???

    Nemhain replied to miko626's topic in Arizona Nursing

    St. Joseph's for Med/Surg. TMC for L&D and Mother/Baby. I would suggest UMC for Med/Surg, but there have been so many budget cuts that when a PCT leaves/quits the unit, the floor doesn't get a...

  20. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    Nemhain replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    My hospital wants it diluted in at least 20ml and pushed over 5 minutes. I end up doing almost the same as you: 50ml of NS to 12.5 mg of Phenergan and I run it over 20 minutes (150 ml/hr) on a pump....

  21. Documenting pain and pain medications

    Nemhain replied to fetch33's topic in General Nursing

    I'm on a regular med/surg floor and we have to do that except for the O2 for pain. You should see our charting; you'd fall over and die. I haven't been on my unit for very long, but one of the...

  22. Algebra anyone??

    Nemhain replied to sassiebaz's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Definitely hire a tutor. Do what you have to do in order to pass. Let me tell you, if I had to take algebra I'm not sure I'd be a nurse today. I went into a program where taking Statistics was...

  23. Mountain nursing

    Nemhain replied to nursnis's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I know the positions are few and far between out there. The ones that are open seem to be in ICU or ER (with all of the outdoor activities people get injured a

  24. Recommendations for nursing school books

    Nemhain replied to peeesh's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have Tabers and Davis' Drug Guide too. I would also recommend RN Notes or Med/Surg

  25. BSN vs. ADN income disparity

    Nemhain replied to romie's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Won't work for an employer who won't pay you a lot more than another nurse with the same scope of practice who's doing the same job? Then, romie, I don't think you'll have a job when you're done! A...