Saifudin

Saifudin

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  1. Prayer at work??

    Saifudin replied to ski4life's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Muslim but certainly would not deny or interfere with a patients right to his/her religious belief. You were right to not interfere at that moment, however, if you still worked in that facility...

  2. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    Saifudin replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    While your description of King Fahad Specialist Hospital in Riyadh is quite good, your explanation about Islam and the "radical leaders" is patently false. I am working as a DON in a ministry of...

  3. Are RN refresher courses helpful?

    Saifudin replied to Salgal08's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for this information. Perhaps can you help with this question. I intend to work in nursing or hospital administration at some point. Returning to the states after 14 years I think I need to get...

  4. 13 years out of practice. How to come back

    Saifudin replied to Saifudin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello Gillbert, Let's lower the defensiveness a bit. I didn't mean to insult you. I thought my 'lol' (laugh out loud) was clear enough. Perhaps I didn't explain myself well enough. By out of practice...

  5. 13 years out of practice. How to come back

    Saifudin replied to Saifudin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello Gillbert, You make me feel so old since I haven't practiced for 'so long' (lol). I am still quite active with a strong pulse and good respirations just not in the usual type of American practice...

  6. 13 years out of practice. How to come back

    Saifudin replied to Saifudin's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for your response. My RN and NP licenses are for life. Its registration that must be kept up. I am also ANCC certified as an adult NP since 1984 and I maintain that. In fact, I am very careful...

  7. Repatriating back to the states after 14 years

    Saifudin posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Greetings Colleagues, I'd appreciate some advice for the following; I have been working as a DON in a Saudi mental health and addiction facility for the past 13 years and am planning to repat after...

  8. Are RN refresher courses helpful?

    Saifudin replied to Salgal08's topic in General Nursing

    I have a similar question about re-entering the work force but in a different way. Actually, I plan to repatriate back to the states after 14 years of working Saudi Arabia. I am committed to another...

  9. Nursing In Riyadh

    Saifudin replied to clare123's topic in International Nursing

    Greetings from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, I am an American, Director of Nursing in a substance abuse.psychiatric facility, not my previous work, but here I am for the past 12 years and that's another...

  10. Calling All Nurse Managers/Clinical Directors

    Saifudin replied to RNPATL's topic in Nurse Management

    Greetings colleaques, I am a nurse practitioner (adult) working in Saudi Arabia as DON in 300 bed mental health facility split in 2 divisions, substance abuse and psychiatry. I've been here since 1995...

  11. Help - Pleeeeeeesw

    Saifudin replied to angel's RN's topic in General Nursing

    I did a presentation 2 years ago for the international day of nursing on patient safety and focused on this report. It is dated but a start. You can try the Institute of Medicine (iom.edu) and also...

  12. need info on depression in crit care units

    Saifudin posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello to all, I have to give a lecture in May in an international nursing conference in Saudi Arabia (where I currently work) and have been requested to discuss depression in critical care. No...

  13. need info on depression in crit care units

    Saifudin replied to Saifudin's topic in Psychiatric

    Your absolutely right. The psycho-social aspects are as important as the 'biological' aspects. In response to leslie who asked about depression and relationship to recovery times in the CCU; stress...

  14. need info on depression in crit care units

    Saifudin replied to Saifudin's topic in Psychiatric

    I am trying to find out more of the effects of depression on patients in critical care units. i am more interested in delirium and there is quite a bit of information regarding adverse effects of...

  15. A newbie RN- Drug and ETOH Nurse

    Saifudin replied to putterfly74's topic in General Nursing

    We see alot of psychotic manifestations with the amphetamine use in my facility and it has changed our admission profiles. We have a 36 bed admission unit and another 30 beds that is under the...

  16. A newbie RN- Drug and ETOH Nurse

    Saifudin replied to putterfly74's topic in General Nursing

    We see a lot of hashish abuse, little marijuania here. Of course, the THC content of hash is much greater and accounts for the other manifestations and dependency we see. There are associated...

  17. Accelerated Nursing Degrees - Australia

    Saifudin replied to DamoMelb's topic in International Nursing

    I am an ANP, working in Saudi as DON in an addiction/psych facility. I was considering a masters through an australian university which has an agent in saudi. It is a large university. I am trying to...

  18. A newbie RN- Drug and ETOH Nurse

    Saifudin replied to putterfly74's topic in General Nursing

    Hello putterfly and welcome, I am an NP and working in saudi arabia past 10 years as DON in an addiction and mental health facility. I am interested in drug induced psychosis. We're seeing a great...

  19. Yes I Would Recommend Nursing!

    Saifudin replied to jalvino1's topic in Nursing Career

    28 years (4 years in nursing, 12 years active ANP practice and DON to the present time) ; I can't think of anything else I would have wanted or want to do and that is a really blessing to spend a...

  20. What do you think about...

    Saifudin replied to humiliated's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I worked as an RN for 3 years before going on to NP school. That was back in 1981. Personnally, I believe my RN experience particularly in the psycho-social side of nursing care was a great...