CHATSDALE

CHATSDALE

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  1. amount of overtime available

    CHATSDALE replied to meaton1421's topic in General Nursing

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  2. DONT know where to start

    CHATSDALE replied to lilly1234's topic in General Nursing

    welcome to AN one of the tihings that you can do is practice the part of the tests that you had difficulty with and do a lot of reading and studying in english check with the michigan state forum and...

  3. Mandated

    CHATSDALE replied to nsaids_nurse420's topic in General Nursing

    this is the only time i have seen mandated overtime linked to unions usually it is the other way around however, the time to make a decision on this is not when some nurse doesn't come in at shift...

  4. Anyone Want To Be An Instructor

    CHATSDALE replied to CHATSDALE's topic in Retired Nurses

    i know that, that is why i posted this in the retired forum i hope that we can provide some of our schools with competent instructors so that we have nurses that are trained for the next

  5. OMG...how do you folks in LTC do it day and and day out?

    CHATSDALE replied to AZO49008's topic in General Nursing

    there are good things on all sides of nursing in acute setting you will see the admission, the care and the end it is satisfying to see someone recover from something serious, and it is gradifying to...

  6. DECREASE in pay when need is gone?

    CHATSDALE replied to paris6's topic in General Nursing

    my neice was working at a cardiac icu unit when the hospital decided to close it and combine it with the regular icu nurses were offered a job in another part of the hospital but there was no...

  7. Student Nurses

    CHATSDALE replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    i liked the comment that if you work in a teaching hospital then you will have to deal with student nurses and perhaps interns for students let the nurse take the lead about what will be done..let...

  8. Deal or No Deal - Naughty Nurse

    CHATSDALE replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    why do people think something like this is

  9. Thank you to the nurses of allnurses.com

    CHATSDALE replied to student200977's topic in General Nursing

    thank you so much for your

  10. need encouragement

    CHATSDALE replied to steelmagnoliap9422's topic in General Nursing

    this is normal, there is so much to learn and the outcome if we miss something can be so horrid confidence is not something that you get with your license it only comes with a lot experience and

  11. Never felt so helpless in my life!!!! LONG

    CHATSDALE replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    i once worked with a cna who would show sx of hypoglycemia if her bs diped to the 150 range because she was usually 200+ i don't know what you could have done other than what you did. i hope that it...

  12. HELP! job application question for you nurses!!

    CHATSDALE replied to yellowdot11's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like good advise...get some letters from instructors of classes you have completed...if you have an area that you want to specilize in put that in the application also, even if they don't have...

  13. Staying Positive....how to?

    CHATSDALE replied to cornflakegirl3301's topic in General Nursing

    remember that even if you do this every day it is probably the most traumatic thing that has happen to the patient and the family other nurses may be feeding off of the stress that each is feeling,...

  14. Do Dr's get to play God

    CHATSDALE replied to nebrgirl's topic in General Nursing

    ****THIS IS PART OF HIS JOB**** sometimes when we are involved in health care we are in positions that we would never want to be in..it is not easy to call someone in the middle of the night and...

  15. CNA Training!

    CHATSDALE replied to unimesh's topic in General Nursing

    if the nursing home does not call check out with state run schools for a possible cna training cnas do not have typically a very good salary but you will have an idea if medical field is what you want...

  16. Mutual Respect

    CHATSDALE replied to mid2348's topic in General Nursing

    i believe that this attitude is more for the individual than in the type of facility they work in... but mutual respect is an absolute necessity for a good working

  17. do you know of?

    CHATSDALE replied to eve104's topic in General Nursing

    previous thread was closed because it was worded in such a way that you were asking legal advise which is against the TOS be CAREFULl about friendships developed in a professional capacity because you...

  18. shift work

    CHATSDALE replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    agree with commuter, definitely need a different pattern, your body doesn't have time to adapt to sleep look around for anything that will help

  19. MMR VACCINE and its SIDE EFFECTS

    CHATSDALE replied to JazzyJean_RN's topic in General Nursing

    closing due to unable to offer medical advise please see

  20. Sleep apnea

    CHATSDALE replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    not everyone has sleep apnea but if family member says you snore, or if you wake up unrested it may be a good idea to have a sleep study done to rule that

  21. New RN not safe

    CHATSDALE replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in General Nursing

    i worked with this nurse would give all meds, even sleep meds at 5p the DON thought so much of her that she had her train the new nurses an d they did the same

  22. Need advice about precepting!!!

    CHATSDALE replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    this is a dangerous nurse in the making..you need to nip this in the bud sid down with her and explain that she is endangering your license as well as hers she is not in a ltc this is not acceptable...

  23. Accelerated Masters?

    CHATSDALE replied to Team Player's topic in General Nursing

    check with the direct entry masters degree program i was of the opinion that you had to have a degree in science or chemistry but that may not be the case what kind of program do they for clinicals??...

  24. Need serious help dealing w/manipulative patients

    CHATSDALE replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    what kind of a setting are you in are you a private duty nurse?? if you are in a ltc or acute care you need to get md to meet with patient and poa and let them decide what is going on and then you...

  25. No time for gloves??

    CHATSDALE replied to Ocelot's topic in General Nursing

    emergency situation require emergency