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This is entirely correct. Pay and differentials are driven by and reflect the local market. They are NOT recognition of persons or their contributions or their jobs.

This is not an either/or situation. While the code progresses, an emergency c/section would be set up (there would be preparations to receive a poorly perfused preemie, as well). This is a very high drama situation, as you can well imagine!

I learned to start IV's in the '70's. And when, in the 80's we began to use Universal Precautions, I complained that I couldn't feel the vein and blah, blah, blah. A surgeon friend pointed out that if a surgeon can appreciate the facial nerve with gl...

CCRN means something. It means your nursing care "reflects an integration of knowledge, skills, experience and attitudes necessary to meet the needs of patients and families." Getting around the rules is not one of the desired qualities. This is the ...

Here are my thoughts: I have been doing independent legal consulting for about fifteen years. The lawyers who hire me (plaintiff's) want my 25 years of experience at the bedside. (I translate the chart, speak to the nursing standards of care in place...

Quote: "A frequent med error made by the patient is to over use Timoptic drops. Timoptic (Isoptin) is the sam drug as verapamil and over use will cause heart block. I can't even begin to say how often I have seen patients needing temporary pacemakers...

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a chronic, autoimmune, subepidermal, blistering skin disease that rarely involves mucous membranes. BP is a chronic inflammatory disease. If untreated, the disease can persist for months or years, with periods of spontaneou...

TV programs like ER promote/support just such a notion. If you wonder what you might do to change this, go to

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First of all, don't give up this soon. It takes every bit of a year to be a free standing citizen in a new unit when first out of school...maybe more. The learning curve is very steep, the bedside is different than the classroom (I'm sure you know th...

i wear calzuro clogs. they are rubber and go in the washing machine (they can be autoclaved). you can google them and see a variety of places to purchase online...i paid $60 delivered. but...you need to be comfortable in clogs.

You need a job in a CCU! Not trying to be glib. It would be more than useful to have spent at least a year working on a med/surg floor. It is worthwhile to have your basic nursing skills and organizational strategies down pat, critical care builds on...

First of all, the origins of this thread are in the recent presidential elections right here in the US. We are not discussing the world, we are discussing this little corner of the world. Don't lose the frame of reference, it is important. As to the...

Actually, in the Judeo-Christian world that we live in, here in the US, there are NOT many cultures and religions that don't believe in organ donation. In the 80's and 90's I attended many national Critical Care conferences that included distinguishe...

It seems to me that the difference lies in that here on allnurses, we are acting as individual persons without moral or ethical standards to uphold, other than our own personal ones. At work, we are paid for our professional services and operate in a...

Your hospital has a list as part of Policy & Procedure. Unless you work ICU, where the patients are monitored, you may assume that NO meds are IV push.

Thanks so much for the complete and concise review of blood and blood products administration. I would only add, that when you have a particularly fragile patient, one with a history of flash pulmonary edema, for example; get an order for the blood b...

I am a hospital prepared diploma RN who trained for a blue collar job, makes good blue collar money (about $100K/yr with OT opportunities and special work agreements), is happy on my feet for 12 hours a night in the ICU, is as proficient at wiping b...

Don't forget to look at CRNA employment at Tripler. The fed gov pays the highest prevailing wage and on Oahu, a 25% cost of living allowance that is fed tax free (for me, that adds about 35% to my usable income). Tripler hires RN's direct. When you a...

Well, I admit, I had to look back at my post LOL. I meant, in my obscure little way, was that in the beginning we might think one route of entry is better than another, but in 20 years we will all have probably seen and done it all and our training b...

Of course, you took the NCLEX-PN, not the NCLEX-RN (taking the same NCLEX as everone else), but I wonder what state has so many nurses they can exclude LPN's? As for "stereotypes" for LPN's, I work for the fed gov at a military hospital and LPN's the...

I have been a nurse since 1974 and I have never signed anything, not a contract, not a work agreement, nothing, and I don't know anyone who signed anything, either. Moreover, I have lived in "at will" states which means they can hire me because they ...

Where is your preceptor? Where is your manager? It sounds like you have been tossed into your assignments alone and without assigned supervision. You might feel better and do better with a more formal, more supervised, internship-like transition fro...

Actually, there are several good studies (one paid for by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) that suggest that working environment issues are driving nurses in droves from the profession. Two years ago, I heard that fully 30% of all RN's under 30Y/O...

I work in ICU where most of my patients are on several high powered antibiotics (gorillacillin) and their natural flora is pretty much gone which makes them susceptible to yeast infection. Powder is starch. Yeast eat starch. I don't use powder.