c_beshore_rn replied to AddieRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Although I can see where some of these seasoned nurses are coming from......I disagree. I've been a nurse at LTC. U need good assessment skills and experience- there is no better place to get it!...
I went to nursing school when the caps were the thing...We were taught by an ol military degree-program nurse that taught us to make military corners and toe-pleats in our beds. We ironed our dresses...
c_beshore_rn replied to mom4life's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I know one thing.....If this pt/res is a medicare or medicaid pt and you are "borrowing" medication from him for another patient-your entire facility could be in a world of terror. "Borrowing" is not...
c_beshore_rn replied to blondnursey's topic in General Nursing
I've worked night shift for a while and I always go back my first night on with no sleep, but my first day off I sleep forever. I work 3-4 in a row 12 hour night shifts- I spend my first day off...
I guess it all about Practice- I don't know about any of u but I got squat-for-training in school on cardiac!!! And don't be one of those arrogant little nurses that think just because you know 5...
I have an interview at St. Johns next week. I've been a nurse for 12 years but have little to no ICU experience but WANT TO WORK ICU VERY BADLY!! St Johns has a great training program I hear. Can...
+I work in a small rural hospital in Missouri. Our med/surg unit operates consistantly with a "skeleton crew". We Hire new grad prn nurses with little to no experience and put them, barely oriented,...