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  1. Nursing Education, Not Training!!

    dura_mater replied to scoochy's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this. When I heard the question you were being asked, I assumed that the person asking was refering to where you did your clinical rotations, not where you went to school. I don't find...

  2. new nurse, cna with attitude

    dura_mater replied to mandakaye03's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just curious, would you document this all in the pt chart? Things such as the cna sitting on the couch and watching tv while she was on the clock, would this be appropriate to put in the chart, or...

  3. Oh dear.

    dura_mater replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    To those of you whose hospitals do this, do you find the quoted wait times to be fairly

  4. volunteering in a hospital that you want to work at?

    dura_mater replied to Peds4LifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I started volunteering at the hospital where I wanted to work. During the volunteer orientation, they were very clear that no volunteers had ever landed a job this way, but I decided to do it anyways....

  5. Oh dear.

    dura_mater replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Or the cards that you punch.... fill it up with 10 visits & the 11th one is free

  6. Oh dear.

    dura_mater replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Ya, and gratuity is generally 15-20% of the bill

  7. Oh dear.

    dura_mater replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Aren't there some EDs that give pt pagers when they check in with triage so they may go home and wait? Kind of like when you go out to eat at a busy restaurant on a Friday

  8. Oh dear.

    dura_mater replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    That's bizzare, like you, I'm not sure what else to call it. Is this what "customer satisfaction" is coming to? Those wait times didn't look to bad, I know I can wait longer in line at the grocery...

  9. Cant make myself study

    dura_mater replied to Laura V's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had a hard time "forcing" myself to study for NCLEX as well. School was long and hard, and once I graduated, I didn't feel like studying for boards. What helped me was that I signed up to take the...

  10. online BSN programs

    dura_mater replied to aflac381's topic in Online Distance Learning

    UOP= University of

  11. what would you recommend working in a long term care facility or hospital???

    dura_mater replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    In California our hospital ratios are: med/surg 1:5 tele 1:4 PCU 1:3 ICU 1:2 not quite sure about ratios in other hospital areas or LTC Personally, I would prefer to work in a hospital r/t the higher...

  12. Need opinion on pursuing Scholarship or not

    dura_mater replied to Sammygrll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would go for it!! In my school half of our class was scholarship students(from the local hospital), and the other half were paying for school out of pocket. The students that were being funded by...

  13. Thank you note

    dura_mater replied to lion09's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would only do one of the two. I think it would be redundant to do both, jmho. I would go with the email, myself, because it gets to the NR/NM faster. And it seems like email is a...

  14. IV insertion tips, tricks, hints, sites, etc.

    dura_mater replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    As a student nurse, I was taught a trick by one of my staff buddies. She said while you are "shopping to find the vein you want to stick", take an alcohol swab and rub the area. The veins become much...

  15. Help with nursing diagnoses

    dura_mater replied to ruthanne87's topic in General Students

    Most definitely, do it how your instructors want you

  16. Help with nursing diagnoses

    dura_mater replied to ruthanne87's topic in General Students

    To my knowledge, you can't use a medical dx in a nursing dx. So you will need to remove the charcots foot & peripherial neuropathy. We were always taught to put things like: "Risk for falls R/T...

  17. Can anyone help me out?

    dura_mater replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    You can also look at the versant programs that are offered in many hospitals around the country. They float new grads to other units that their "home unit" patient may have come from or be down...

  18. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome causes?

    dura_mater replied to HenryHyde's topic in General Nursing

    Huh???

  19. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome causes?

    dura_mater replied to HenryHyde's topic in General Nursing

    I agree This one should be a

  20. Do nurses make more money than a biological sciences degree such as biology?

    dura_mater replied to trustabdy's topic in General Nursing

    New graduate nurses are having a terrible time finding their first jobs right now. Even those NG who are "single and can work around the clock". Just do a little searching on AN & read the...

  21. Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome causes?

    dura_mater replied to HenryHyde's topic in General Nursing

    Think dehydration, or possibly infection..... this should get you

  22. What happens when a hospital loses its Medicare/Medicaid funding??

    dura_mater posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that this means they will no longer be reimbursed for care to these pts, but what happens to the hospital itself? Do they usually go out of business? Will they be bought out by another...

  23. chickenpox immunity

    dura_mater replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    I had chicken pox when I was 2, so when I started NS (when I was 35), I assumed I would be immune. I had to have titers drawn anyways, to prove immunity, and when the results came in, my titers were...

  24. What nursing drug book do you like?

    dura_mater replied to sparklie.lady's topic in General Nursing

    I love my Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Nursing Drug Handbook, its from 2008 & I still use it all the time. It is written in easy to use language, with nursing considerations as well as pt...

  25. Should nurses with long hair be required to wear it up?

    dura_mater posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you think this should be a requirement for doing bedside care? Just wondering what your thoughts were on this..... Personally, I always wear my long hair up whenever I am doing pt care. Not because...