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  1. Job interview

    billyboblewis replied to Bailey1979's topic in Emergency

    What is

  2. Review of Louisiana nursing school option

    billyboblewis replied to pullnshoot25's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I believe Lady of the Lake Hospital is in Baton Rouge and the school has a good

  3. considering RN as career move, fears/concerns/questions

    billyboblewis replied to elljayo's topic in General Students

    I dont think you would enjoy being a nurse. I dont think you would feel comfortable with your co workers and many of them would not feel comfortable with you. I think you should set different sights...

  4. Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    billyboblewis replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have always found med students to be insecure bewildered and needy. I offer them the same assistance and courtesy I would anyone else. If you are actually talking about residents, they get...

  5. Board of Nursing Actions

    billyboblewis replied to GoNightingale's topic in General Nursing

    You have to get local allies where you live. You only have 2 and a half years as a nurse and I think that may be the biggest thing hurting you. When I was disciplined I had much more experience and I...

  6. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    billyboblewis replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why should you have to fight for a job in a healing

  7. Doing real CPR as a student.

    billyboblewis replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    When a patient is in trouble the charge nurse calls in a respiratory therapist and they try to perform pro active actions to improve the patients condition. Btw I dont know how many times when I was...

  8. Doing real CPR as a student.

    billyboblewis replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    The proper way to relieve someone doing compressions in a code is to just step in and start doing the compressions. You will never see someone else refusing to stop so you can relieve them. It is not...

  9. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    billyboblewis replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    2014!

  10. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    billyboblewis replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A note to those who speak of hospitals posting many new jobs. They do that to keep the positions open on their books but many of them actually have hiring freezes and are not filling these positions....

  11. HIPPA Training!

    billyboblewis replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    It is unfortunate that many people in the healthcare field use hippa as an excuse to cut off legitamit questions and concerns. Basicly they use is as an excuse for

  12. Do nurses get fired often?

    billyboblewis replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very depressing but very honest thread that should send a strong message out to

  13. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    billyboblewis replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am so sloppy I mean 2014. I apologize for not editing my

  14. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    billyboblewis replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is a glut of nurses in many areas of the country. This is due to changes in how long patients are hospitalized among other things. The Louisiana Board of Nursing has published a study stating...

  15. What happens on a nursing shift? Starting when you first came in.

    billyboblewis replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Checking meds..basic You take your Mar and patients chart. You start from todays orders and find the order for each med listed on the Mar. After you find the order make sure you have the correct...

  16. What happens on a nursing shift? Starting when you first came in.

    billyboblewis replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would get report first. Then I would make rounds of my patients. I would then check meds in chart. I would also check on treatments. I would inform others working with me of tasks that may require...

  17. adderall? how safe to mix with a sleeping pill

    billyboblewis replied to mg08's topic in Patient Medications

    adderall is generally taken in the morning and is a stimulant. Sleeping pills are generally taken at bedtime and are a depressant. It is doubtful they would be prescribed to be taken at the same time....

  18. Does anyone else feel this way?

    billyboblewis replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    Just for informational purposes to new nurses only. Rehab and group therapy rarely provide complete cures for drug addicts and alcoholics who suffer many serious diseases because of their primary...

  19. Does anyone else feel this way?

    billyboblewis replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    By enforce I mean we are not allowing the open use or storage of illegal drugs and reporting such immediately to the authorities and our supervisors. I seen drugs and firearms and had both removed by...

  20. Does anyone else feel this way?

    billyboblewis replied to Seth O Scope's topic in General Nursing

    In my career I have several people die just for the fact that doctors and nurses thought they were drug seeking. They were in their early twenties and had damaged spleens. This is very painful but...

  21. Do nurses get fired often?

    billyboblewis replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In Louisiana anyone may be fired with no notice for no particular reason and the amount of nurses being fired sometimes whole groups of them at a time is definitely on the increase. There is virtually...

  22. Lvn or Rn any suggetions?

    billyboblewis replied to superstar1166's topic in LPN to RN

    Study the classifieds in your area. In South Louisiana Lpns are in great demand. It is suspect that the demand for RN's will become strong in 2014 so you may be just as well off going for LPN. Look...

  23. What would you do if you were Nurse Ratched?

    billyboblewis replied to purple_nomad's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know it would upset the charge nurse in any hospital if she caught a couple of patients having sex and how about the times you catch a nurse having sex with a patient or two nurses having sex and...

  24. Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    billyboblewis replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I really dont think it is fair to exclude smokers but with the glut of nurses who are looking for work this would certainly make life a lot easier for us non

  25. Should smokers be admitted into the nursing program?

    billyboblewis replied to Elly Aker's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If we try to limit smokers to the extreme we will end up with a problem similar to that we have with cocaine, heroin and marijuana....Deadly violence. It is unfortunate that people in this country...