bb007rn

bb007rn

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  1. Why do nurses make the worse patients?

    bb007rn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    hehehe, I guess we just know too much. When I had my hyst and bladder suspension, I kept feeling urge to urinate (I had a foley for nearly 2 days, and a morphine PCA), well, I so lots of po fluids and...

  2. Identification tag

    bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I actually asked my patient's Mum for a letter on company letterhead to that effect, just to keep in my car for this purpose, she told me "just use your paystub" I think I'd much rather have a short...

  3. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    bb007rn replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Prayers for a speedy recovery and Brightest Blessings,

  4. Bread making for stress relief...

    bb007rn replied to bb007rn's topic in Health, Stress Management

  5. Nursing program preqs only high school courses

    bb007rn replied to jocelynpotano's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would call the nursing school, find out what community colleges have credits that will transfer. I doubt that chem classes will be totally online, as most require a lab along w/ the classwork...

  6. Mantra?... Whats yours??...

    bb007rn replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    "just breathe, everything beyond that is an

  7. Want to Learn more

    bb007rn replied to Newstu22's topic in Travel

    Travel Nursing Agencies generally require a minimum of 2 years of recent experience in the specialty for which you want to practice. I have never heard of an agency hiring a new grad as a traveler....

  8. It drives me nuts when....

    bb007rn replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    oh, and it's for 7-10 days, did I tell ya'll that? (yea, like I'm working 7-10 12 hour night shifts in a row, uh-huh, yea, sure.... oh, and then she says, well you can sleep in the morning til about 2...

  9. It drives me nuts when....

    bb007rn replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Mum seems to think we are (we being, the family and one day RN, one night RN, me) all going to go on "vacation" together next fall.... out of state....by car, as patient can't fly..... not realizing...

  10. Bread making for stress relief...

    bb007rn replied to bb007rn's topic in Health, Stress Management

    have you tried baking read on the grill? there are lots of ways to do it, here's a link to a site about it: Baking Bread in an Outdoor

  11. Identification tag

    bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    Not working for an agency does have its drawbacks in PDN, My job is for the patient, no agency involved, unfortuantely, this means no ID , which for me is not really a problem, unless we get level 3...

  12. Is Netflix your BFF? What do you watch?

    bb007rn replied to CloudySue's topic in Private Duty

    oh, goodness, I bounce around on Netflix... favorite is Bones (meaning I restarted it from season 1 about 2 months ago and just got to season 9 last week, despite having seen the entire series at...

  13. shotgun knowledge from emergency geniuses

    bb007rn replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

    some lab work needs to be iced to cool it quickly in order to prevent continued metabolism and therefore false

  14. How much do you make?

    bb007rn replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

    wow, now I am really glad that my PDN patient and family formed a Limited liability Corp of themselves, I started @ $30/hour, (no benefits, as there are currently only 2 fulltime RNs, one on days and...

  15. It drives me nuts when....

    bb007rn replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Mom tries to tell us how a med works, when we nurses know what she is trying to explain )goes against everything we learned in pharmacology/anatomy/physiology by the way, this thread has made me even...

  16. I'm just as good as you...

    bb007rn replied to rnrg's topic in Private Duty

    I've worked in the ER of a small community hospital, I did 4 years in the neuroICU of one of those "big name hospitals", I did travel nursing. NOw I am doing private duty nursing in a private home for...

  17. PD is like the armpit of nursing

    bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I am trying to be more, um, "engaging", but, I am at heart, an introvert, and just recently started coming back to AN, despite being a member here for 4 years....plain and simply, life and career got...

  18. Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

    bb007rn replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am so glad I no longer have to deal with that ummmmm crap, (I have no better word). I am in Private duty and work straight nights now. However, I used to have to deal with it, started out...

  19. PD is like the armpit of nursing

    bb007rn replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I'm gonna share a bit (for the first time on AN, as I tend to be a "lurker") My first job as an RN was in the ER of a smaller community hospital, the only one in that county (why they hired a new...