Eliseinalaska

I am a floor nurse for a tiny rural hospital in Alaska. We currently use Healthland classic but will be changing to a different EMR soon and we are being asked for opinions. We have had demos from Centriq and CPSI, Meditech is coming next week. I...

I'm just finishing my RN to BSN program and have discovered a possible interest in public health. The public health office in town is a one-nurse operation, so no job openings at the monent. Our location is very limited, since we're on a small island...

You could fasten the frames to the opening with hooks or magnets or a combination of the two. Ooh, I like the magnet idea! That way you could easily take the frames off when you want sun in the room. Velcro might also work for attaching them. I can...

I live in an extremely small town, and my husband is a pastor, so many of my patients have some idea of what my beliefs are even before I know their name. Occasionally I do get asked to pray with a patient, and I do so willingly, but I do not ever m...

Thanks. It's good to start figuring out how things work. For the moment I'm staying in the hospital and I love it, but I'm interested in the public health arena- eventually.

Twenty years ago when I graduated from school I worked in a place that used care plans effectively. There was a section of the kardex where we penciled them in. They looked something like this: Respiratory distress - AEB SOB, cyanosis - Intervention...

Best IV skills also best foley skills, etc.

I also work in a very rural hospital (on an island). I work the ER and acute end, with an LPN and CNA on the LTC side; the three of us share duties back and forth. Sometimes boring, sometimes very exciting. I agree about getting your TNCC right awa...

So sorry for your loss. (((Hugs))) What everybody else said. Your grandmother's death was sudden, and a very personal event for you. Your reaction does not mean that you won't be able to work with dying patients. I may mean that when you work with...

Now that's just absurd. Sure, starting IVs isn't the most knowledge intensive part of being a nurse. But it's a necessary part of the job, and it takes a lot of practice to get good at the skill. I also didn't learn the skill in school. 15 years ...

rneung, In order to qualify for the BSN program, you need to have a valid RN license. The clinical experience in this program is limited and can be done at your own hospital. They do also have an RN program, but it is based only in specific hopita...

One evening, I went to give one of our ladies her pill. She had nasturiums planted on her windowsill, and had been talking about them at great length. She looked at the one little pill in the cup, and said "Just one seed? (swallows pill)... Think ...

Yes, I am. I work in a small hospital on a small island in Alaska. I know our four doctors, and they know me. Many of my patients know me as well. I walk down main street, and I hear "Thank you so much for the care you gave my dad when he was sick". ...

The job I have- Night nurse in a tiny hospital on an island in Alaska.

I am an RN who works regularly with LPNs. Our LPNs are excellent nurses whose work is very relevant. They may not have had all the humanities/ management courses that a higher level nurse has taken, but the education they have is very patient focus...

A liter over 8 hours is 125/hour. I've occasionally just been told to give it over 8 hours.

Hey our hospital finally has a patient- after none in AC for days! There were a few ER pts. They can't reduce nurses though. One for LTC, one for AC/SNF/ER. More if needed but never less.