johwiklundRN

focus more on what you SAY to the person hiring and less about how you will look.... Spend some time doing research, read an article or two about the specialty to have an interesting anecdote ready should the opportunity present itself . Do a little ...

hillarious and great work if its a joke, But its just not true... or that is to say that is no different than any other field of educations.... I know so many people with BAs in this or that that are still waiting tables My point is 2 fold... I- I...

Provided the mother does not have an epidural, and the OB or Midwife does't object to women changing position while giving birth, I have personally seen great results with the Gaskin Maneuver. Mothers deliver their babies on the hands and knees arc...

The McRoberts maneuver is employed in case of shoulder dystocia during childbirth and involves hyperflexing the mother's legs tightly to her abdomen. This widens the pelvis, and flattens the spine in the lower back (lumbar spine). If this maneuver do...

All posts so far by newbies...Interesting. Exactly. The newbies haven't 'been there' or haven't been nurses long enough to have worked in a large city where you are the only native English speaking person around. Also if someone posts a cartoon of d...

I see threads of this naure all the time on these boards... Weather they complain about other cultures, complain about speaking other languages.. Or not being able to understand others accents, and feeling entitled and that other people should chang...

http://www.ehow.com/how_8565509_give-heimlich-maneuver-someone-bed.html thats how...

retire?

I do actually have a family to raise. and I suppose that it is very difficult for you to imagine that anybody would ever want to live their life differently than you... and yes if you wont take the bus at night because you're afraid of "random viole...

I guess your age at about 48... and you better get back to Tibourn or Walnut Creek, because its starting to get dark out.... enjoy living in fear!

LOL... you were obviously able to read my post if your able to criticize it, meanie:cool: ... and yes I lived in the Richmond, and worked days in SOMA and nights in the Mission. I took the 38 express bus down Geary, and took BART every day... I also ...

And no the wages are not half 75 miles inland.... Most northern california hospitals, are unionized by cna the largest nursing union in the country ( headquartered in oakland)... And in addition to making california the only state with mandated nurse...

LOL THIS DUDE EITHER JUST DOESNT READ OR HE HAD SOME MAJOR ANTICALIFORNIA AGENDA... SO LETS SLOW THIS DOWN.... Y E S S O M E C O S T O F L I V I N G I S V A R I A B L E...

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=1500&bedrooms= SF is really not as expensive as this website always makes it out to be....LOL... its just like any other modern city. Plus factor in that you ...

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=&maxAsk=1500&bedrooms= SF is really not as expensive as this website always makes it out to be....LOL... its just like any other modern city. Plus factor in that you ...

What is possibly being overlooked here is just how huge and different our country is... Growing up in the san francisco bay area, one has the opportunity to meet and interact with people from all over the world, and i must admit that i find it equall...

I agree to an extent about the noise issue... and my manager is also a tool who constantly covers pt satisfaction surveys and GALLOP employee surveys But I think it depends on the kind of noise... fir instance I work night shift... and at LEAST 50%...

ACLS is like any other class.... sign up and pay... read the book, sit in class, ask questions, get the concepts, then get evaluated... Ive heard of very few people actually failing. As far as necessity, I dont think it would do that much good in obt...

with ESRD , a BNP that elevated, and the +4 edema who's to say the patient wasn't heading towards respiratory failure secondary to the CHF anyway. The interventions easily could of had nothing to do with it, and I doubt the volume of 2 units set her...

sounds like this will happen when you get a position in management. have you ever considered it...

:)https://www.cnvc.org/ I believe this is the connotation within which OP refers to violence. PS NVC is an invaluable communication model which I practice everyday at work and at home. kind like ghandi

There is never an excuse for rudeness. If nothing else, its unprofessional. I have seen this (and honestly probably been a part of) this same dynamic before - That being said : On our floor... we complete "RANDS" some people call them KARDEXes ... a...

It is not that CA is the only state that "cares". Its that CA nurses have fought and organized for conditions that are best for patient care, including a manageable nurse to pt ratio ( in addition to excellent wages and benefits for nurses GO CNA!) T...

Perform suction on 1 trach.... if you dont cringe, then go ahead and think about being an RT. seriously though, I love being a nurse. one of the things I like most is the potential for versatility, my job could look 100 different ways. Any nurse th...

Im in a unionized position... this never happens to me.