Blackheartednurse

Blackheartednurse

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  1. What do you read to keep current?

    Nurse.com there are over 400 ceu on it and you can access it for free.
  2. RN to BSN Online...Need advice

    I'm doing a second term of RN to BSN program through Kaplan University,I'm required to take 18 classes in addition to my ADN program,right now I'm into my both second and third class.I'm looking at 2-3 years approximately,it all depends on how many c...
  3. Which Job would YOU rather have??

    I would do 3'12 and then for the rest of the days (except sat,sun) I would home health care:)
  4. I'm interested to see if nurses from the midwest are planning to go to work tommorow-big snow storm is in effect.I'm a home health nurse and I have a couple of patients tommorow and will do a lot of driving,I'm seriously thinking about cancelling my ...
  5. Magazines and Continuing Education for the New Grad Nurse

    nurse.com
  6. nyc rate for new rn(homecare)?

    I'm a home health RN and make 50 per visit (which usually last 45 minutes)
  7. I heard in the news that the cyclone hit parts of Australia,just wondering how Aussie nurses are pulling through?
  8. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

    My boyfriend slept in the hospital today.
  9. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

    I'm a home health nurse and I drive from one house to another. If my agency closes down "early" because of the storm,then why I should do any different ? I'm not a martyr by any means. Some people cannot afford to stay overnight in the hospital,ltc e...
  10. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

    I'm sorry I wont risk my life for my job.
  11. Favorite bumper stickers

    I have quiet a few of them-I have been told by random drivers/people they love my bumper stickers and asked where I got them.My two favorite are NO FUR (as dont dont wear real fur products),and REAL MEN ARE KIND TO ANIMALS.
  12. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

    i'm cancelling mine/
  13. What do you have to wear???

    I'm a home health nurse and I get to wear what I want.
  14. Want to continue Education.. whats best?

    What about the diabetic educator-diabetes is a major concern in the US.
  15. Being forced to rethink my views on fibromyalgia

    Also people suffering from hypothyroidism often develop fibromyalgia.
  16. Starting Nursing salaries by State?

    Chicago 26 to 33 per hour,very tough market
  17. RN to BSN big problem or....?

    I'm doing my RN to BSN through Kaplan University...it is totally online but quiet expensive,the school just opened a new nurse practitioner program and after completing my BSN I'm planning to continue with my MSN and hopefully specialize in ANP or FN...
  18. question for young nurses

    30 years old, I'm doing home health care and BSN program,plenty of time.
  19. <NEW GRAD for a year now, NO JOB!

    I work in a home health care and do flu shots when the season hits.I also enrolled in a BSN program last November,I'm still looking for a second hospital job,Recently I almost got a job in the best hospital systems in Chicago because of my home healt...
  20. wearing makeup to work?

    Make up won't make one beautiful if one isn't-seriously,it may make you look more dolled up,but your features still won't be classic,beautiful,an truly attractive person doesnt need a make up.
  21. wearing makeup to work?

    I have a friend who wears a very perfect make up,every day she looks dolled up,glamorous,you name it,one time she was sleeping over in my house and I saw her without make up,she looked terrible,oh my god,she was well aware of that, she even tried to ...
  22. I understand that an acute illness/trauma tend to raise the blood glucose level,but what about those patients who vomit,have diarrhea,no apetite.Wouldnt their blood glucose initially raise and than become low? I know that dehydration tend to raise BP...
  23. do you always monitor BP b/f giving HTN medications

    Well the hospital protocols usually require nurses to check the patient's BP before the administration of the BP meds,I work in a home health care setting and this type of nursing is a completely different world.I only see my patient once a week and ...
  24. wearing makeup to work?

    I dont need to wear foundation because I have a nice,flawless skin and also because I dont want to "destroy" my face.I have seen what foundation make up has done to people faces (their face is so used to make up that they look terrible without it:(((...
  25. Ok so I'm a home health nurse and my job requires me to do a lots of teachings,I'm also sorta new to nursing profession (I graduated on May 2009 and never worked the acute floor) and I do a lot of pain management teaching,today my supervisor informed...