tanjaccurn

tanjaccurn has 7 years experience and specializes in critical care.

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1. Where are all you SC nurses?

   tanjaccurn replied to RedVaz's topic in General Nursing

   Hello; I'm a Rn here in the upstate of S.C. I graduated in 2003 with my nursing degree at the ripe 'ol age of 42, just a few months shy of my 43rd birthday! Outside of miltary bootcamp when I was...

2. 24 hour open visiting in the ICU

   tanjaccurn replied to rnmama3's topic in Critical Care

   Why does it always take a major law-suit for hospital administration to 're-think' how they're running the

3. Bringing Massage Therapy Back into Nursing

   tanjaccurn replied to massageRN's topic in General Nursing

   With such high nurse/patient ratios this is difficult at best to do with all of the added duties that hospitals have placed on RNs....but I know first-hand that it is of benefit to the patient. I had...

4. Emotional Rollercoaster

   tanjaccurn replied to 7out_to_nursing's topic in General Nursing

   Never be ashamed of crying when a patient dies....it only shows that you have a heart and have empathy for the sorrow and loss that the family is enduring. I can't count the times since I've been a RN...

5. Conditions in hospitals getting worse

   tanjaccurn replied to JDougRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   This problem of nurse/patient ratios isn't exclusive to one or a few hospitals....it is rampant in the United States. When there has to be a choice between patient safety and making an extra dollar...

6. 24 hour open visiting in the ICU

   tanjaccurn replied to rnmama3's topic in Critical Care

   I work in the critical care unit of a small community hospital that has 24 hour open visitation.....keep in mind that the hospital now refers to patients as "customers"......the nurses are expected to...