Akeos

Akeos

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  1. 1 year down, no acute care experience

    Akeos replied to holisticallyminded's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in the same boat..graduated last June, only job that would hire me was peds home health in Oct. I would love to work in a hospital, but even IF I ever get hired at one, I would feel so unprepared....

  2. Can someone please appease my paranoia?

    Akeos replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused, if there's anyway the mom was hiv+ then there's no way that baby should be getting breast milk

  3. A reson why nursing is a bad career choice...

    Akeos replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I'm appalled at how people are treated in our health care system. I was talking to a friend the other day who had been laid off from his job and refused the cobra insurance because it was too...

  4. How do you handle the smells?

    Akeos replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    If it smells bad to you, it probably smells bad to the patient too. I once had a man that while the nurse was changing his colostomy bag he would spray anti-odor spray until the bag was

  5. colace consistency?

    Akeos replied to nursingstudent_2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    "I think the syrupy consistency that tinysam was refering to the consistensy that you get when you put thickening powder into the liquid colace that is sometimes put into it or if it's mixed with an...

  6. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    It' s hard the ask the agency's one Rt when I work night shift... I have not seen her with pneumonia..that was the mom's first thought but she wasn't displaying any of the other symptoms she does when...

  7. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys, i need your help. I work in home health and I have a pt. who has a trach and is on a vent. here's the situation and i've never had trouble with this before..she usually has great pressures...

  8. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    I finally figured it out..the cuff was over inflated..should have checked that when i first got there and thought it looked fuller than usual. live and learn, at least it was an easy fix and i figured...

  9. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for your help! i really appreciate

  10. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    her lungs sound louder when she's on her side vs. her back, but i wouldn't say they were diminished when she's on her back, just extra loud when she on her side..if that makes any

  11. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    I can hear lung sounds in both lungs, her chest is rising as normal for her (i was freaked out that it wasnt when i got here, but it is). i repositioned her to her other side which she seems to be...

  12. vent/trach help!!

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    She doesnt have an HME she has a heater attached to her vent. i've tried readjusting the trach a little, which also usually helps, but not this

  13. Need RN Job Advice!!!

    Akeos replied to RN6157's topic in First Year After Licensure

    applying for 22 positions is nothing, most new grads, at least in my area apply for hundreds... don't get

  14. colace consistency?

    Akeos replied to nursingstudent_2012's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    it's

  15. Venting G-button/Mic-key Question

    Akeos replied to Ms_Bee's topic in General Nursing

    I vent my patients all the time. there's vent tubing/syringe that come in the kit, if you don't have access to it it's just tubing with a 60ml syringe with no plunger. I just hook it up, unclamp it...

  16. New graduate moving to colorado please help!

    Akeos replied to NY2CO's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I agree with Lizzie21, unless you have a job lined up i would stay where you can get some experience and keep applying here. my friend moved out here with her boyfriend last year. the only place she...

  17. If I can't sleep NOBODY CAN!

    Akeos replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift for home health and what really get me mad is when work calls me at noon to ask if i can cover a shift for someone...hello i'm working for another family already, look at the...

  18. university hospital

    Akeos posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Did you guys hear that university hospital put out a job add for nurses not from colorado... I also heard that they take preference to people from out of state for their new grad residency too... does...

  19. How to get a job with these online nursing applications screened by HR?!

    Akeos replied to NICU<3RN's topic in Nursing Career

    how do you even find out who the nurse manager is, and how to contact

  20. RN to CNA (Need a job and want experience)

    Akeos replied to fireline's topic in Nursing Career

    I know a lot of people who worked as CNA's during nursing school kept their jobs until they found an RN position. When I talked to a couple nursing recruiters about it they said that the hospitals...

  21. How do I get a job? 'RN who lacks experience'

    Akeos replied to jitterbugg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Telling people to move is the least helpful advise anyone can give. Do people really think that the unemployed haven't already considered this option, and probably applied to a ton of places out of...

  22. Dr.'s orders for feedings/water

    Akeos posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I work nights in pediatric home health and one of my patient's charts was audited this week by her case manager. A few months ago my patient wasn't tolerating her feeding at all, she was...

  23. Dr.'s orders for feedings/water

    Akeos replied to Akeos's topic in General Nursing

    I would feel like a complete moron if I called the doctor in the middle of the night for this. I would feel dumb even if it was the during the day. It was something that only required common sense to...

  24. NG: Got a job after 3 months (experience & tips)

    Akeos replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  25. how did you make it through RN school!

    Akeos replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

    I would get all your papers and research for them done asap, even if they're not due for weeks. the sooner you finish the big projects the better it will make you feel. then you can spend all the time...