rehab nurse

rehab nurse

rehab; med/surg; l&d; peds/home care

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  1. I'm Done! So done!

    rehab nurse replied to Laurie888's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Congrats to everyone on passing their CPNE! I hope to be in your shoes around August! Sending off my application tomorrow

  2. EC....Where to start?

    rehab nurse replied to manzy21's topic in Online Distance Learning

    do you have any general ed's taken? for the asn thru ec, you need a 3 credit written english (like eng comp, or eng 101), 6 credits humanities (ethics, religion, etc), A&P, microbiology, 6...

  3. How much to renew your license?

    rehab nurse replied to nay537's topic in General Nursing

    48$ for license in michigan, renewable every two years everything is available to be done online too....very nice! we need 25 CEU's as well. what does everyone else need? they just started mandating...

  4. LPN Salary

    rehab nurse replied to Sirena922's topic in Michigan Nursing

    are you the one with a brother in wayne county? i am not sure if you want to be far away from him or close? detroit is nothing but a 30 to 40 minute car ride away even from the northernest suburbs,...

  5. LPN Salary

    rehab nurse replied to Sirena922's topic in Michigan Nursing

    my facility does not offer differential for 11-7 shift. i am not sure about starting rate, i believe it's on the low end, around 18-19 dollars an hour. i work in clinton township

  6. So, I had a bad day......

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

    Im not a special nurse by any means. I just want the patient to be treated the way I would have wanted my family treated. Yes, you're a special nurse! All nurses are special! :heartbeat

  7. So, I had a bad day......

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

    oh, my cardio....i've been a nurse 10 years, and i've had bad days too, but never like yours. how horrible that your whole shift was codes, and dealing with the death of someone you knew. like mljrn...

  8. Question re: lupus and fibromyalgia

    rehab nurse replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    hello to everyone~a lively discussion we have here i have lupus, and for me, it does affect my life on a daily basis. i have been through some scary situations with my kidneys,which seem to be the...

  9. Diabetic Pet Peeves

    rehab nurse replied to bjs54321's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    anything and everything ....lol, i've been researching it online because i've never heard of it before. i've been a lpn for 10 years. what my doc told me was it was a precursor to type 2, and that it...

  10. Diabetic Pet Peeves

    rehab nurse replied to bjs54321's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    i was just diagnosed with metabolic syndrome by my doc. (along with a laundry list of my other problems). i have central obesity, (40"), no high blood pressure, triglycerides of 575 and chol 0f 210....

  11. LPN WAGES in MI

    rehab nurse replied to lpn79's topic in Michigan Nursing

    hi jenRN! i live in suburbs of detroit, near sterling heights. the hospitals around here start new grad RN's out at 24 an hour. my coworker with a BSN and ten years experience was only offered 25 for...

  12. LPN WAGES in MI

    rehab nurse replied to lpn79's topic in Michigan Nursing

    depends what type of facility you want to work in. lower in the hospitals (if you can even get hired), more for ltc and agency i make 26.50 and i work subacute rehab. i'll take a pay cut when i get...

  13. english 101 @ excelsior....vent

    rehab nurse posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    i posted this in the lpn to rn forum by mistake, and i don't know how to move it. anyways, my problem/vent is this! i have two classes left in excelsior's program....ethics and english. i used to be...

  14. A patient pulled a knife on me today.

    rehab nurse replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    wow....from another ltc nurse who has a wing like yours. yikes! i'm glad you got the knife away from him. i shudder to think of what if. we don't routinely check their belongings on admit. maybe...

  15. english 101 @ excelsior....vent

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    really? what state is this college in? i paid well over 700 dollars for this course, which is ridiculous. but excelsior is so darn picky with their requirements and such, i just went with them....

  16. peds nurses...what a blow by for o2 delivey?

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    i looked in wong's textbook, and the closest thing i found was a plasti hood that blows o2 through it. i am working on care plans for school, and my 2 year old pt was one for asthma, RSV, r/o...

  17. peds nurses...what a blow by for o2 delivey?

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    well if its just a short time, transient thing, why are they using it in my pt's case. first of all, let me explain what i'm doing. i'm doing an online care-planning conference in preparation for my...

  18. peds nurses...what a blow by for o2 delivey?

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    well, as far as i know, this is a fictious patient. it's made up of information, and we have to be kind of creative in making up a care plan. but SPO2 was monitored and was always around 93 to 94 on...

  19. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    here's the situation. at change of shift a few days ago, four nurses were sitting at the nurses desk, reporting off. seven aids were mingling with each other waiting for assignments, report, etc, down...

  20. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    oh how i wish us nurses would stick together and be one strong voice to those who try to push us down. you're right, we'd be one strong bunch. we could change so much. what makes nurses not want to...

  21. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    well, the results are in. the girl got off with a written discipline, with the next write-up being termination. she said she was very sorry, that she "didn't mean to say those things". rigggghhhhht....

  22. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thanks to all of you for your wonderful posts. yes, i document everything. i learned early on that this saves me in more ways than can be imagined. i document a lot of things at work that i think will...

  23. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    well, i have talked to administrator, the DON, and the director of the unit this aide works on. all they say is "it's being investigated". meanwhile, she continues to work any shift she pleases, and...

  24. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    thanks, noryn, i will do as you suggested.it takes a lot to intimidate me, but this girl freaks me out. thanks for your reply. thanks for everyone's input on this, actually. it made me feel a lot...

  25. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    rehab nurse replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    well, today i had some more negative experiences. she worked a double (stayed over onto my afternoon shift), and worked in the lockdown alzheimers unit. i heard her in the breakroom (inadvertently, as...