Lacourty

Lacourty specializes in Home Health, Outpatient Med, Radiology.

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1. How many of your hospitals/clinics offer alternative medicine?

   Lacourty replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

   The hospital I work for has an MD who is also a doctor of Asian medicine. She provides acupuncture as well as other services to "balance the body and soul". The hospital also employs massage...

2. phlebotomy job for entrance in nursing job

   Lacourty replied to rapidash425's topic in General Nursing

   I think it's an excellent idea. Not only will that organization already be familiar with you, you can apply for an RN job as in internal candidate. Most facilities will post openings internally first,...

3. scholarship$$ in exchange for services after graduation?

   Lacourty replied to laceface24's topic in General Nursing

   I had a forgivable loan that required that I work in an area of nursing in critical shortage specifying what type of facility. If you could not find employment in a facility of your choice you would...

4. CT Scan help!

   Lacourty replied to shrgawia's topic in Radiology

   Her diagnoses definitely could be causing the symptoms. I've seen cases where tumors were a direct cause of the headaches but the location of the tumor and osteoma may have something to do with it as...

5. Should I "dumb" down my résumé

   Lacourty replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

   My personal opinion is not to dumb down anything. I would however stress that fact that you would like to stay employed with the same facility after graduation. Unfortunately, the world is not full of...

6. increased confusion with pain med

   Lacourty replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   It is expected that the patient have some pain- they had a recent fracture. It definitely sounds like the patient may benefit from a different medication. Is the increased dose appropriate for the...

7. New Nurse. Need help, Please. What are my options???

   Lacourty replied to jkRN223's topic in General Nursing

   Have you looked in to nursing case management/discharge planning? You plan for the needs of the patient so when they are discharged, they have what they need in order to appropriately care for...

8. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

   Lacourty replied to JM3RN's topic in Private Duty

   3M3RN, you don't have to be advanced practice. Minimum requirements for state of Wisconsin is an LPN or RN license. You may want to check out www.prefessionalhomecareproviders.com. They have info on...

9. hospital help with tuition

   Lacourty replied to timothymichaeljett's topic in General Nursing

   Currently all the tuition assistance in return for service has been discontinued in my area. Did you look into any scholarships? Write as many well written essays as you need to. Also, community...

10. Weird incident in the MRI room..

    Lacourty replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in Radiology

    I can see why the facility is concerned. There have been innocent mistakes with metal in MRI rooms which have killed patients. MRI techs, for the most part, are very diligent at making sure no "metal"...

11. New Grad starting in Radiology??

    Lacourty replied to clearblueskies126's topic in Radiology

    I did start in radiology as a new RN grad but I also had several years experience at the same facility as a radiology technologist and already was an LPN. I did negotiate to have solid training in ER,...

12. ?? about Monitoring and removing IR-placed drains

    Lacourty replied to tinnnk's topic in Radiology

    I would have to agree that the attending physician should be making the decision when to remove the drains. At the facility I work at, I am only responsible for the patient during the procedure and...

13. help!!!

    Lacourty replied to clamaity21's topic in Radiology

    The best way to learn film critique is to be sure you know what you should be seeing in a good film and decide if that is what is being shown in the critiqued film. You then need to decide what needs...

14. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

    Lacourty replied to JM3RN's topic in Private Duty

    I recently got my NPI (national provider ID) in order to apply for state certification and Medicaid certification for private duty nursing. I got the directions for how to apply at the state health...

15. Bellin College

    Lacourty replied to NinjaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bellin College has long had a good reputation for graduating good nurses. It is a private college which also equals high tuition. Both NWTC (tech college in Green Bay) and Bellin College are good...