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While I was still doing prereq's like you, I volunteered on a cardiac tele floor at one of the local hospitals. It gave me a lot of good experiences.

It's "nurse hand" season. Palmer's cocoa butter works well, and if you have cracks already, you can paint them with clear nail polish. It seals the wound and allows it to heal faster. It hurts/burns when applied, but it is the only way I've found ...

I wear cargo pants, and mine fits there just fine without bending the tubing, plus it's easy to access, and out of the way.

I have a nephew that was born at 4# 1oz on 4/02/01, he is just over 3 1/2 yrs, and only weighs 26#. You can see every bone in this kid's body. He won't eat "food" unless you make MAJOR efforts to get him to eat. He'll eat sweets, and regularly req...

Well we finally got the little guy to the DR and he has a bone growth study which showed his bones are growing at the rate of a 2 1/2 y.o. They also did bloodwork which my sister-in-law told showed some things wrong, but she didn't know what. He is...

I lost my Mother on 10/27/04. I was taking care of her ( off work FMLA ) and she had brain Ca. She knew she was dying, as we all did. We had Hospice working with us. Several days before she died, at home, I asked her if she was hurting, she told ...

I have found that most, if not all, of the LPNs I have worked with are very professional and good at their job. There have been several that I feel were much better nurses than some of the RNs I've worked with. I wouldn't want to work at the hospit...

me either. And I knew who to call for anything if we had a problem.

I used to work nights (12's) and did 5 in a row. We had 1/3 less staff assigned, before supervision pulled some them to float, so we regularly ended up each having 10-12 pts per RN, and we were very lucky if we got 2 LPNs usually we had 1, and 2 CNA...

Our area has 2 main hospitals, and another about 20 miles north. They do regularly "close" ER to ambulances at both, but then they go to a rotation. They have increased beds and staff, but it still seems to fill up. Not the same as a "unit", but the ...

Ummmm... for the record, I'm a guy :Santa5:

None :) But we don't always work 24/7 here.

I have a fully stocked jump kit, splints, ice packs, sterie-strips, mask, b/p cuff, stethoscope, and various and sundry bandages, and tape. I've actually seen a few MVA's and the first time all I had was gloves. Next one, I ended up digging my way i...

Thanks for all of the encouraging replies. I knew this would be a good source for knowledgeable advice :Santa5:

Thanks for the reply. I failed to mention that he also doesn't sleep either. However this may also be the lack of discipline issue. My sister-in-law watches my 5 m.o. and I really do not believe this is a neglect or abuse situation. My son has...

Trust me, you are constantly surrounded by the mentally ill :) Anyhow, I worked a full time night job until my final clinical semester. I did have a 5 y.o. daughter, and another on the way. The job I had was great, since I could actually do some st...

I worked both neuro ICU, and progressive, and on the ortho floor. P_RN has it pretty much nailed. However, we were a regional Level 1 Trauma center, and most of them came to us in NICU. we had a Burn/Trauma ICU, but it was mostly an overflow ICU, ...

Wow, I guess I've been out of the house a loooong time. I was one of 3 RN's and 1-2 LPNs and 2-3 CNAs and we were a 32 bed cardiac tele/surgical stepdown. We all had 10-11 whether we were "Charge" or not. This was is a large regional med center. ...

The patients that I have had leave AMA were typically those that were brought in, less than competent, and not usually of their choosing. They found out we were going to keep them and once the need to find a source of ETOH became an issue for them, ...

That's too funny...:) I just splash some in and call it good, what's that mean ??? :)

All VERY good ideas. And... don't piss off the unit secretary, she can make life very difficult ( i.e. orders, labs, tests etc processed ), or much easier, if you keep her happy, all you have to worry about are all of those other things :)

If you have migraines, why would would you possibly care if you are thought of as " drug-seeking " ? In my experience, most drug-seekers are people that have consistently been UNDERtreated for their pain. If you have pain, you have every right to ...

Occ Health here ( see name :) I've been here a little over 9 years. Was contract nurse, then Supv of contract nurses, and got hired by the customer. I love my job. I have a great deal of automony, and my opinion is regularly sought, on any variey of ...

Never heard of anyone seeking phenergan, just c/o drowsiness. Anyone out there hear anything about the possibility of them coming out with a version of Toradol that can be taken long term ? I had it after a lengthy surgical procedure, and I have a ba...

I just had a 36 y.o. F present with thoracic back pain with numbness radiating to left arm. Also states she has persistent rectal bleeding. Her PCP is aware of this. I called him and discussed the pt with him. I r/o cardiac issues with 12 lead EC...