Ellekat

As a med-surg nurse, thank you. Any time other patients are disturbed by a rational patient's behavior, limits need to be set. You were appropriate in waiting until you and the patient had no audience of other patients to tell her what those limits...

Had to laugh when I read your post. When I worked skilled, I was looked down on for not having any "real" skills. When I worked oncology, I was told I wasn't really a nurse because I couldn't read telemetry (which wasn't on my floor). When I was a...

We do not have pumps that allow K and Mg to run concurrently. Our K is delivered 10 mEq/50NS in a primary line that is attached as a secondary line below the pump to a line of running NS to dilute it further and lessen the irritation to the vein. ...

It sounds great for you; please let us know what you think of your job after you start if you are offered/accept the position. Being a DON is a position of great responsibility; it should be reimbursed in relation to the greater responsibility. Com...

I gained 30 lbs in one month after returning to the night shift 7 years ago. I would skip the evening meal because I didn't feel well, not get a break during the night and be too tired to eat in the AM. I did eat on my days off and I guess the c...

What nursing shortage? There is not one in our area. But the hospital has used that as an excuse to the patients for constant short-staffing; they don't tell the patient that they've sent nurses home because they don't want to pay for a full staff....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThWUwxHcuYQ ...This is a link to a youtube video by Lovenox; it's 9:33 long with about 3 minutes of useful information, but worth looking at if you have any questions.

If it makes you feel better...we have a physician, very competent, very professional, who looks like she's fifteen....to bad our physicians don't wear name tags! LOL.

Quite frankly, I DO ask new grads how they were taught to do something; I can learn something new, research it if I disagree, and can correct if the new grad if it does not follow our p/p-or push to upgrade our p/p if the new grad is correct. Somet...

I remember asking why lab had to redraw if a FSBS was >500 when I started nursing. At that time, the machines used for finger stick glucose levels weren't accurate at that range and a re-draw from the lab was needed to verify that the fsbs was co...

I believe you. My husband is working in Iowa; I'm in Kansas. The hospitals in the town he is in aren't hiring-period. I have been a nurse for 17 years, most recently a surgical/ortho/peds floor, but also skilled, oncology and dialysis. The two op...

Both my parents taught school, as do two of my sisters. I agree teaching is difficult and the emotional toll is great, but still feel it is a good option for those who want to be in a helping profession. There are many opportunities, and for thos...

Sorry; go on the wrong post somehow!

Both my parents taught school, as do two of my sisters. I agree teaching is difficult and the emotional toll is great, but still feel it is a good option for those who want to be in a helping profession. There are many opportunities, and for those w...

We also are our own secretaries....try admitting a patient, taking phone orders on a procedure you're not familiiar with, getting the orders in the computer, the patient's tests done, IV & IVFs going and the pt prepped and ready for surgery in le...

Right pocket-3 pens (yes, 3). Alcohol packet,, 2 sterile caps, 2 sterile claves, 1 sterile 2x2. Left pocket-hemostat, scissors, one roll of tape for misc purposes. Left pants pocket-any medication I may be needing to take. Right pants pocket-mone...

I"m sorry you're not finding a teaching job. I am still employed as a nurse. but my husband is in another state. There are no nursing jobs there unless you want to work all three shifts or 12-hour day and night (3 days of day shift, 3 days of night...

You said if a few words what I"ve been thinking for years.

Have you considered the Air Force? I don't know requirements, but a recruiter kept telling me how great it was until I finally told him my age. I'm too old. lol.

If you have other interests-teaching, accounting, etc-I would suggest you look closely at those areas. Teaching is generally M-F with a few weeks off in the summer-a break to recoup from the stresses of the job. You have weekends and holidays off. ...