Dixielee

Dixielee BSN, RN

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  1. Use Bsn After Your Name

    Dixielee replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    I have a fairly long name, and it is all I can do to add RN to it, without adding 3 other letters! I have Barbara, RN embroidered on my scrub tops, and for me that is sufficient. I have seen nurses...

  2. ER nurses compared to EMT's

    Dixielee replied to Dinith88's topic in Emergency

    "As far as field emergency calls, my opinion is that the Paramedic education and experience far outways that of most RN's." It would be hard for paramedics NOT have more experience in field calls than...

  3. Need Your Opinion: Am I Finished in Med/Surg or Not?

    Dixielee replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Med surg is grueling work. There are other areas of nursing that are not so physically taxing. Depending on your educational background and interests, you may look into education. Many BSN nurses have...

  4. Evening Shift

    Dixielee replied to malusport's topic in Nursing Career

    I think most evening shifts are 3-11:30 or a close approximation of that. More and more hospitals are going to 12 hour shifts, generally 7a-7p or 7p-7a. Some units, such as ER have variable shifts to...

  5. Shared governance

    Dixielee replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not sure what your agenda is, but your questions are a bit too open ended to be answered in a forum such as this. Maybe you can narrow your focus a bit, and we can answer them. Nurses generally...

  6. No more individual competition?

    Dixielee replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sounds like a philosophical question. I think it is a

  7. "Socialized medicine"

    Dixielee replied to Grushenka's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "No, here in Canada we make our patients sleep on the floor, without blankets....:chuckle :angryfire Don't know what you do in Alabama, have you ever seen a Canadian. We don't live in igloos, mounties...

  8. Questions from Canada

    Dixielee replied to par72's topic in Travel

    I can't help you with the green card issue, but I can with the travel questions. Some of it depends on how old your child is. If it is school age, you may want to choose a place and settle quickly,...

  9. Phenergan

    Dixielee replied to Grushenka's topic in General Nursing

    I also dilute it in at least 10 cc and give it very slowly. If the patient has running fluids, and most do who need phenergan, I give it slowly in the port farthest from the patient and still give it...

  10. Wearing Masks and gloves in Triage

    Dixielee replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    We make the patients wear a mask if they have a cough. We also ask them to wear it while in the waiting room to protect others. In fact we have a sign at the triage window and a box of masks for them....

  11. how young is too youngto graduate nursing school?

    Dixielee replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    I was 19 when I graduated in 1973 from my ADN program. I finished high school a year early because I wanted to go to nursing school, and did. I married at 18, graduated at 19, had a baby and a house...

  12. Have I made a mistake?

    Dixielee replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I will agree with the other posters. You need to get out ASAP and protect your license, your home and everything you have worked for. You are being put in a dangerous situation and it is just a matter...

  13. Weekend Travel Assignments

    Dixielee replied to TennNurse's topic in Travel

    We have not heard back from the original poster on this, but my impression was she had a full time mon-fri job and wanted to pick up extra on the week ends in a city far away. Unless she was a...

  14. need opinions on nursing career with limited narcotic access

    Dixielee replied to nm1979's topic in General Nursing

    What about home health? Not hospice of course, but regular home health. The only meds I had contact with when I worked there were antibiotics. I loved home health, but hated the paper work. Good luck...

  15. Weekend Travel Assignments

    Dixielee replied to TennNurse's topic in Travel

    I have never heard of week end traveling, altho that does not mean it does not exist. Since most hospitals require that you have some sort of orientation, I would not think they would just have folks...

  16. Travel Nursing with Spouses

    Dixielee replied to Aneroo's topic in Travel

    Ditto...I work with married nurses traveling together all the time. I also have worked with room mates, good friends, and lovers who travel together. Some have SO's who work in the same dept., some...

  17. student on the rise

    Dixielee replied to nurse_lilyjaderose's topic in Burn

    You may want to check out the requirements for becoming a paramedic. It, like nursing is a degree program. While some of the pre-reqs and other classes may overlap, you are looking at another degree...

  18. Why reverse sedation?

    Dixielee replied to Jolie's topic in Emergency

    I am just agreeing with the above posters. I have been an ER nurse a long time, and have been involved with "moderate sedation" numerous times, and have only had to give narcan once, and the patient...

  19. eating at the desk

    Dixielee replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    The saddest part is you probably don't have time to get away from the desk to eat, so the only time you can eat or drink is at the desk. In fact, most of my meals at work are consumed either sitting...

  20. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    Dixielee replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of a joke....did you hear about the body they found in the ER parking lot? They knew it was a nurse because they had a full bladder and an empty

  21. EMR in the ED

    Dixielee replied to ERnursie172's topic in Emergency

    Why didn't you say so! I worked with a good one in Oklahoma city but can't remember the name of it. But I encountered the worst one possible in Tucson called Amelior. Run from it if you hear of it. It...

  22. EMR in the ED

    Dixielee replied to ERnursie172's topic in Emergency

    Obviously I can be of no help because I have never heard of EMR or IBEX. I have been a traveling ER nurse for 5 years and have not come into contact with anything with those initials. Maybe you could...

  23. How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    Dixielee replied to Stacy W's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, how do you feel about Catholic nurses? Or diabetic nurses? Or single nurses? Will we EVER get over this problem? As long as a nurse can pass the NCLEX, perform at a safe level and give quality...

  24. extubation after cabg?

    Dixielee replied to rehab nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    My husband had a CABG last year and was extubated 4 hours after he returned from OR. I was fortunate enough to be with him when he woke up and I could talk him thru everything that was happening....

  25. Friend from nursing school died from heart defect

    Dixielee replied to April_LPN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I think too often, the complaints of a seemingly healthy person of your friends age, get ignored or not taken seriously. If she had come to the ER with palpitations, she probably would have gotten an...