Macbs4

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1. Before You Take An Elderly Family Member To The ER

   Macbs4 replied to sharpeimom's topic in General Nursing

   I like the idea. What I did was use technology. If you have a smartphone (or at the very least, email): Type a list of current meds, medical history, list of physician(s); scan in living will, POA,...

2. Life/Career at a Crossroads

   Macbs4 replied to Macbs4's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Thanks everyone for all your honest and helpful feedback. You give me confidence in combining my nursing and IT skills to get an informatics position. Does anyone think the upcoming ICD-10 conversion...

3. Life/Career at a Crossroads

   Macbs4 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   My career had been on hold this past year being a full-time caregiver. Now that I'm in the job market again, I'd like to pursue IT/informatics. Would like your advice regarding "my chances" of...

4. New to SC

   Macbs4 replied to gastrangers's topic in General Nursing

   You didn't mentioned what area of SC... job opportunities are varied depending on where you live. LTC jobs seem more abundant here than hospital-based. Good luck to

5. Got an interview - Help me finish up my preparation!

   Macbs4 replied to Vindex's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Basically, if you passed NCLEX, the hospital already knows you're qualified as an R.N. (albeit a "new" RN that needs lot of coaching and training initially). So, the purpose of the interview is to...

6. Travel Nursing

   Macbs4 replied to fitzpatrickkatie6's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I've never been in the military, but.... perhaps that's an option for

7. Organizing the day shift (transition from nights)

   Macbs4 replied to Macbs4's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all the

8. Giving notice on my shift??

   Macbs4 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

   I guess the answer depends on how much notice you plan to give your current

9. Organizing the day shift (transition from nights)

   Macbs4 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm finally going back to day shift after working nights for over a year. I'm busy on nights with 6-8 patients-definitely not much sitting around. On days, there will likely be 4-6 Med-Surg patients....

10. HELP!!! bad evaluation

    Macbs4 replied to Hannah7R's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with llg about your next steps. Take an objective look at your performance and I know you will discover things about yourself that you can improve. All new nurses (and even experienced ones)...

11. Comfortable Shoes

    Macbs4 replied to LatinainOhio's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think you have to experiment 'til you find the right one for you. I tried Dansko at the advice of a co-worker - tried to break them in for weeks and my feet hurt. Right now, I wear TredSafe clogs -...

12. New MedSurg nurse-seeking advice

    Macbs4 replied to Blinc78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Glad you like it. D=Diet, A=Activity, E=Elimination (Brief, Incont, Foley...), VTE=Venous Thromboembolism (i.e. SCD's,

13. New MedSurg nurse-seeking advice

    Macbs4 replied to Blinc78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If you do a search on this site for "brain sheet", "organizer", "time management" etc... you'll find lots of examples. I work on med-surg floor (nights), and went thru numerous formats before I found...

14. I'm in my first semester of my BSN, not sure if I can do it.

    Macbs4 replied to brielle776's topic in General Nursing

    I was ready to quit after my FIRST day of classes in nursing school! The work load seemed overwhelming. But I made it, and you will too. Just take a deep breath and tell yourself there's lot of...

15. Paramedic to RN, ADN or BSN

    Macbs4 replied to socalmedic's topic in Emergency

    First of all, I have the highest respect for EMT's - especially since I'm still getting the hang of starting IV's and you guys and gals are the best at it! The benefits of a BSN are, you can go...