RN30years

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1. Apheresis Nurse Job Interview

   RN30years replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

   I worked for the American Red Cross as an Aphersis Nurse for 10 years in the 1980's it was very fasinating and fun. I had to leave because unlike you Angioplasty, we were on call. If a premie needed a white cell buffy coat to treat sepsis we were ...

2. 30 Day notice for resignation??

   RN30years replied to ctyler98's topic in General Nursing

   It is amazing the hospitals can work us to the bone and then require 30 days notice to leave on good terms. I think it is so they can suck every last drop of blood from us...........................no wonder there is a nursing shortage!!! I have alw...

3. survived the bon and 5 day eval

   RN30years replied to lisa bear rn's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Lisa, I went through the same thing w/ the BON 3 years ago for charting errors w/ narcotics. They just a few months ago got around to handing out my punishment. My licence is now restricted for 2 years and I have to call in daily for rand...

4. DNR means Do Not Treat

   RN30years replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have always thought it stood for do not resuscitate. treat pain, infection, maintain nutritional and fluid needs but Do Not Resuscitate

5. DNR means Do Not Treat

   RN30years replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have always thought it stood for [/u][/b]do not resuscitate. treat other symptoms pain infection fluid needs but do not resuscitate!

6. Med Errors

   RN30years replied to UM Review RN's topic in Medications

   You are right. Each pt must be looked at individually. I was generalizing. But many times Blood Products are wasted. I have seen it time and time again. Many Pt's who have suffered blood loss due to surgery actually do better if not transfu...

7. Med Errors

   RN30years replied to UM Review RN's topic in Medications

   I worked on a tranfusion team for over 10 years. PRBC's are not needed for a Hb above 6 and maybe not then, at times they cause more problems than they solve. New cells into a compromised body don't allways help

8. In it for the long run nurses:)

   RN30years posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to start a topic for nurses who have been RN's for 25-30 years! Let me know what your doing? I am 55 and still working , I know a lot of you are too ! What are you doing?

9. Board Of Nursing Actions

   RN30years posted a topic in General Nursing

   I Am Curious To Know If Anyone Has Been Involved In Any Type Of Action By Their State Bon? Just Doing A Little Survey?

10. 12-Step Coercion

    RN30years replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing

    I have been to AA and NA meetings, Just because I know I may be sent there one day by the clueless BON . They required that we pray and more than once they ask us to SING Christian songs? ???? for the Bible tells me soooooooo!!!!!!!! not...

11. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    RN30years replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    THE THING IS RHON I NEVER STOLE A THING. I AM WORKING IN NURSING AND I DON'T NEED TREATMENT. MY HUSBAND DOESN'T EVEN TAKE ASPRIN. HE WORKS EVERY DAY AND IS DRUG TESTED REGULARLY. NIETHER OF US HAVE EVER ABUSED DRUGS. I HAVE AN EXCELLANT LAWY...

12. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    RN30years replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    I was questioned 18 months ago for a narcotic discrepency, found during chart audits that the nurses did themselves. I charted I had given 4 mg and a waste of 5mg, they found 5-6 times where what I had given and what I'd wasted didn't add up...

13. Stealing drugs!! what's your opinion?????

    RN30years replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    So what do you think fellow nurses??... lets open this up again .... should nurses who have used a narcotic ... or smoked THC... or who are NAA members! be ban from nursing for life. how many nurses do you know who might rather have...

14. my medical problem, please advise me

    RN30years replied to wrkoutgirl's topic in General Nursing

    oh wkout grl Find another specialist as fast as you can something is very wrong for you eyes to be failing so fast. get on the web and do some research if you cant see well enough to do this ask a friend or family member. good lu...

15. RN's and CPT coding

    RN30years replied to Geeg's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a utilization review/case management company. we certified procedures and hospital stays we used cpt codes and icd-9 codes while doing this. But that was a small part of our job. we took clinical info pertaining to pts' ill...