ascnbe ADN, RN

I am 67. I retired in 2012 because the "boy wonder" Bobby Jindal was our governor in Louisiana and privatized most of the state hospitals. Those of us that had been working for the state hospitals could either go to work for the new owners at reduc...

The job market for nurses is getting ridiculous. Personality tests, credit checks, wasn't getting through nursing school hard enough? Now they are going to check my Visa card use to see if I can take care of my patients. The personality tests make...

You can work as an RN with a felony conviction. It depends on what you were convicted of. I know anything involving violence, and I believe narcotic sales and a few other things. You have to check the nurse practice act of the state you are in. ...

Usually juvenile records are sealed. I think I would check that before I brought up information that wasn't absolutely required

See if you can talk to someone in HR, or your DON and do it as a group. You can get significant discounts. We have one starting in Louisiana where I work and they knocked 2000 off to make it 6500. They came out and made a presentation and needed a...

I am always thankful to my instructor from my first semester in nursing school. She was a Lt. Colonel in the reserves and had many years of civilian and military experience as a nurse. She would always say "first I will teach you how to do this to ...

I am not a smoker. I tried it once when I was 11 and didn't like it. I never smoked again. It is legal to smoke, although banned in many places and the number of places is growing. It is a choice that falls under the heading of things I defended when...

Like all fields of nursing, you don't have to be certified to do the job. You can get the job as a nurse in a hyperbaric unit without the certification. If you want to work hyperbarics, learn wound care. It is a big part of the job and if you have th...

Is there really that much difference between going to class online, being in the back of a classroom that has 200 students? The professor won't remember you either way. At least online you can get your questions answered and probably get more out of ...

I have read these comments and heard these comments so many times. I find it humorous. I have an ADN. I woked for 10 years in a level 1 trauma center. I can tell you that if a person didn't tell you what degree they had you could never figure it out ...

Now, adding to the problem is the state is planning to close Charity and University Hospitals. We took care of the vast majority of the uninsured patients in the area. It is estimated that there are 60-75000 more uninsured since the storm and the los...

I appreciate it. I am one of the lucky ones, really.

I live in Metairie a suburb of New Orleans. I did not do activation team this year for the first time in 10 years and I actually felt very guilty when I saw my friends on TV. I felt like I had let them down. They were stuck in the ER at Charity fo...

I find the 70% thing to be cloudy. Check with ABATE. they track motorcycle injuries. If my son were riding a motorcycle, which I have been succussful so far in preventing, I would want him to wear a helmet and protective clothing. Many of the inj...

I have been an ER nurse in a level 1 trauma center for 10 years. I keep track of motorcycle trauma because I have also been a motorcycle rider for 40 years. I have been in a couple accidents myself, one left me in a wheelchair for 3 months and off wo...

The problem is nationwide. Nurses are unfortunately viewed as an expense since we do not charge for nursing care. It is part of the hospital bill. So we are in the same category as the maid when you get a motel room. It has always aggravated me that ...

"Hi-Iam from the south and a state and city on the east coast-last state on the tip of the US (you guess) -here in home health you would not be able to work unless you have technical command of Spanish.,:coollook:" That sounds like a great law suit t...

There is only one way to change things. Nurses have to become organized. One nurse's opinion is just that, an opinion. Get 100,000 nurses together and you are a political force to be reckoned with. I hear we need to have BSN's to be recognized as...

I notice there seems to be a lot of concern over the "online" thing. Many colleges now offer online courses included in the regular program. You may take several classes in person as well as one or two online during the semester. I did one that invol...

I prefer to have a policy stating what drugs of this nature can be given and the route of administration. I would definitely not give the medication regardless of my "comfort level" if there is a policy that states it is not to be given. If any pro...

Everyone should have to pay something. It should be based on income to make it affordable to all. Just not totally free, because any service that has no cost has no value. But it cannot be restricted by race, or citizenship, or haircut. I would n...

You can contact National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology 1816 Industrial Blvd. Harvey, LA 70058 or Baromedical Nurses Assoc. at www.hyperbaricnurses.org The top one is the group that actually does the testing and cert. I am curr...

I always use lidocaine gel for NG. Put it in a 3cc syringe and push some in the nare. Let them "snuff" it up, wait 2-3 minutes and second dose. Wrap the NG around your hand to let it kind of roll a bit. Then push it in slowly letting the patient ...

I have some friends attending UoP here in LA. Years ago I checked into it and the credits were not recognized at the major universities here. It is my understanding that you are correct in that they have overcome that issue and are now transferrabl...

I wish someone would tell the artist that does my tattoos that I am low rent, because my last one was 300.00. If he knew how trashy I was he might give me a break on the price. I personally think opinions are like anal apertures, everyone has one, ...