One of the nurses at our (very busy) outpatient dialysis clinic recently worked from 5A to 1A (the next day) - 20 hour shift. I put in my first 18 hour shift. We're somewhat better staffed this month. Great thing is that time goes fast! Some of u...
A good way to figure out which review to take is to look at Amazon for the top rated books. The Saunders Review is by far the best-rated. There are even some reviews by those who passed in 75 questions even after failing miserably the first time (se...
George_MSN replied to BSN_after_40's topic in General Nursing
I did geriatric home health for 7 years in the go-go 90's, intermittent visits - nothing scary except hearing gunshots a couple of times in the worst areas of Atlanta, and working in tenement housing. Big difference, however, between intermittent vi...
This this week's Time magazine - the cover story is about Twitter, and the conclusion was that the web will become "twittified" :typing in one way or another (not just within Twitter).
:yeah:Exactly! And another thing she should be thankful for is working by herself. No politics or interpersonal grief and friction... Remember the old expression about the only difference between psych patients and the staff is who carries the ke...
Well, my first "tweet" on Twitter.com. Joined at the behest of Allnurses.com founder and fearless leader! And my first tweet was about C. Diff - go figure... > I have the same handle on Twitter (George_MSN) as I do on Allnurses. There is a cove...
George_MSN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric
Fairly recent news stories about Ambien use in England: Many front desk workers at hotels were instructed to keep towels on hand because of the high rate of nude sleepwalkers in the lobby (British men apparently have the tendency to sleep in the nud...
Remeron (mirtazapine) - Nursing 2010 Drug Handbook, still does not list the off-label uses, and this is the most used drug handbook (but not necessarily the best). Many patients of all ages (even those in late teen years, a black box warning age gro...
George_MSN replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric
Remeron (mirtazapine) is not just for underweight insomniacs (as far as the off-label uses). Even when used as an antidepressant, many users find it to be more effective than Zoloft w/ less ADR's (adverse drug reactions).