hotflashion

hotflashion BSN, RN

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  1. New Grad RN volunteer opportunities in CA

    Take a look at the NeedyMeds website. Click on Free Clinics, then you can search for clinics by zip code or by clicking on your state on a map. I've been mostly unemployed since graduation though at...
  2. Touching blood without gloves

    Wow. I'd rather
  3. Want to get out of here

    You might want to look here for info on Massachusetts health insurance plans: https://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/ It might not be easy to understand. I think insurance is very...
  4. Yes, do not worry about your English, we native speakers appreciate your effort to speak our language. And are very interested in what you have to
  5. Touching blood without gloves

    I'm thinking of all the dirty hands reaching into the glove box... clean gloves are there to protect the wearer, not the person being treated. Clean is not sterile. And they might not be as clean as...
  6. Oy, thanks. I get that it's a moderation
  7. Oh, even if you're volunteering; that counts
  8. Weekend job wanted

    Um, perhaps the Wisconsin forum? Region > United States > Wisconsin
  9. This is an English only forum? I can see how it might be best to write only in English as most people here (presumably) do not speak Italian (or some other language), but is it
  10. Touching blood without gloves

    I don't disagree with you. We don't know enough about the patient; maybe the older nurse did, though it sounds like she was just nursing the way she'd always
  11. Touching blood without gloves

    Yes, being almost that old, I can understand (in general) where she's coming from. And I do agree it would have been best for her to have worn gloves. I'm not sure I'd categorize it as right vs....
  12. I think I know you. :-) Or someone just like you. Yes, put it on your resume, I've already put it on mine. Anything you do that even points in the direction of nursing, i.e., shows that you have...
  13. I do not think I am better than ALL the nurses currently employed, but I know I would be a better nurse than some who are employed and that annoys me. I don't rant in my interviews. FWiW, the PCTs who...
  14. I have given up thinking I have the remotest chance to work in an acute care setting. I don't really want to work in an acute care setting anyway, I realized this after a year of concentrating my job...
  15. Yeah, that is kind of funny. I could work there and then just move in, in a few
  16. Thank you for your compassion. I do agree with what you say but find the way you said it quite offensive. At least some of the profs at my alma mater now advise their students to go where the jobs...
  17. Look around Minot. There's an AF base there; it could be one source for diversity in the population of the area. But, if a lot of people from other places are moving into ND, then perhaps some of...
  18. Hi, I'm a recent grad with little nursing experience. Graduated in May 2009, worked at a rest home for 4 weeks and a summer camp for 2 weeks. Both places dispensed medications not according to the...
  19. Medication administration, not following the rules

    Yes, then you put the baggies in the cart and deliver them. Or in your pocket while you walk down the hall: wherever. I'm not sure it matters. I'm only asking about pre-packing. In school this was...
  20. Medication administration, not following the rules

    I'll go with pre-poured. You look at the MAR for Joe Schmoe, pull all his meds for 8a and put them in a little baggy and mark it with his name. Then you go to Steve Schmoe, pull all his meds for 8a...
  21. Medication administration, not following the rules

    Agreed. But I'm talking specifically about giving
  22. Medication administration, not following the rules

    Oh, yes, I wonder that too. On the other hand, my experience at the rest home was such that I believe there can be places that would fire you for such "insubordination" (my word, not hers). (I wasn't...
  23. Standing Orders - URGENT!

    I saved a copy of the standing orders used at my camp. I'm willing to get these to the original poster. Let me think of how to do it. I can't think of any reason why I should not just type them in...
  24. Nursing Students at Camp

    Wow, very proactive of you to attempt this. Where are you in this project? What's the status? I'm thinking about your
  25. New Grad RN's in nursing homes

    I thought I wrote about this somewhere, but the end to my particular story is that I worked two weeks and gave my two week notice. The place was dangerous. The DON essentially lived at the facility,...