Blackheartednurse

Blackheartednurse

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  1. Does anyone subscribe to CEUs on the nurse.com and if it is worth it

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I read some of their ceos..they sound intersting what is your opinion (the 12-month subscription fee is

  2. Any ideas how to document teachings given to a pt with early stage of dementia?

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have several patients with an early stages of dementia and I do a lot of teaching (home health nursing) I have been told to be extra careful when documenting teaching given to a patient with an...

  3. Working on a telemetry/med-surg unit as a new grad

    Blackheartednurse replied to thekidisback's topic in General Nursing

    To it is a perfect combination of the floor for new grads.You will be not only learning the med-surg conditions and skills but also different cardiac drips,strips,heart surgeries.Did I say I envy you...

  4. Any ideas how to document teachings given to a pt with early stage of dementia?

    Blackheartednurse replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    thank

  5. Just got a position in PACU

    Blackheartednurse replied to NurseVN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congrats,sound like a wonderful

  6. New RN; take a job that's a bad fit or keep looking?

    Blackheartednurse replied to RNJoInMI's topic in General Nursing

    I would take the job,trust me you dont want a big unemployment gap on your resume,plus think about you will be learning a lot of stuff on the floor in addition to your "reasearching" on your spare...

  7. Moving to Illinois as a new grad

    Blackheartednurse replied to Tree5981's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Dont move to Chicago.I'm a new grad who is trying to land a hospital job here for the past two

  8. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Blackheartednurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    The fact is that a lot of places prefer speaking spanish nurses.I work in a home health setting and lost some patients because I wasnt able to communicate with them in Spanish,also recently I got a...

  9. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Blackheartednurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Ok let me be more specific most indians are related to south americans.I believe that the real americans are south americans not European Americans who came here uwelcomed,killed and enslaved the...

  10. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Blackheartednurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Lets not forget that historically this country belongs to the native indians/spanish people. United states has a short history comparing to other

  11. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    Blackheartednurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I think health care providers should learn Spanish.Why? Because it is the second most common language in the

  12. BP question

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that my question my sound stupid but lately I have been having hard time to establish the reading of the systolic BP, I was wondering how other establish their systolic number-do you wait until...

  13. getting "gifts" from patient every other day

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i have two patients that i see once a week in their home. one gives me candies,chocolate oneach visit and insist that i take it. (a sweet 80 year old lady) the other one often gives me books (she...

  14. stupid question about weight.

    Blackheartednurse replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    yes,thanks!

  15. stupid question about weight.

    Blackheartednurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so I'm a little bit confused about the weight issue. I work in a home health care and I visit people in their homes.I'm required to weight the patient either weekly or monthly, weekly for CHF...

  16. BP question

    Blackheartednurse replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    The clear one is usually the strongest

  17. Would you marry a Doctor?

    Blackheartednurse replied to fleurafor's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow-I have a feeling you are a doctor

  18. What do you get from BSN?

    Blackheartednurse replied to DC Collins's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I feel totally opposite.I'm doing RN to BSN and I feel my class is a breeze (so far getting an A). I remember taking my first nursing class FUNDAMENTALS of NURSING in my associate program,boy I had to...

  19. Just started my first nursing job in LTC and it is killing me!!!

    Blackheartednurse replied to namazonian's topic in General Nursing

    There are other non-hospital options for nurses who are not happy with the bedside nursing appy for an outpatient position,clinic, psych nursing or even home health care,also you have your bsn so...

  20. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Blackheartednurse replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    I would disagree with your statement.I went to a regular college that had a respectable nursing program and right now I'm doing a private online RN-BSN program.It is quite an expensive program and I...

  21. For those a BSN or MSN acquired online, did you face discrimination when job hunting

    Blackheartednurse replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    I'm doing my RN to BSN through Kaplan University,altough expensive so far I have no complains (I'm in my first term though so maybe I shouldnt praise the sunset before the day

  22. I'm thinking about dropping out of nursing school...?

    Blackheartednurse replied to tatempole's topic in General Nursing

    Your mother is completely right, you should stay with Accounting. There is no nursing shortage,I have been actively looking for an employment for the past 1.5 years and the only gig that I was able...

  23. For new grads looking for their first job

    Blackheartednurse replied to tryharder's topic in General Nursing

    Hey New grads I dont know if it helps but I got a call from a recruiter today from one of the best hospital systems (actually it is considered the best by many) in the city about RN position that I...

  24. Private LVN Programs

    Blackheartednurse replied to Kskinner's topic in General Nursing

    Becareful,my best friend just recently had a very awful experience with the LVN private school.She had to switch to another private LVN school because other schools wont accept her credits!.The LVN...

  25. Help. Is my outrage justified?

    Blackheartednurse replied to fairandbalanced's topic in General Students

    I always though that seeds can cause inflammation of the