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  1. how to assess chest pain

    Ms.RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient who said his chest was hurting, and he also said his shoulder is hurting and is having a hard time breathing. I went into his room, saw him in no distress, skin dry, no respiratory...

  2. I'm an RN who would work for Free

    Ms.RN replied to MatthewMorgan's topic in Texas Nursing

    I called memorial herman hospital and asked about this free internship

  3. Houston area jobs for LVN now an RN..anyone havin trouble?

    Ms.RN replied to lilypad2424's topic in Texas Nursing

    have you applied to the internship programs at the hospital or are you applying for rn jobs at the hospital? i think since you just got your license i think it might be better if you applied for the...

  4. I have an Order from the BON, Now What?

    Ms.RN replied to Littlea47's topic in Texas Nursing

    i'm not uderstanding this. how can you be reported to bon if it doesnt involve patient care? are you a new grad? where are you working? whatever is the reason i'm sorry you have to go through this....

  5. I have an Order from the BON, Now What?

    Ms.RN replied to Littlea47's topic in Texas Nursing

    can you tell me what kind of order you got from bon? is it related to

  6. quick questions about trach care

    Ms.RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Pulmonary

    here is my problem. i have a trach patient and he has been switched from non disposable to disposable inner cannula. now our boss want us to change his cannula to new one once a day on my shift...

  7. Longterm care nightmare job

    Ms.RN replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do you really feel like you are going to lose your license if you keep working in that place? It depends on the unit and the number of patients. Is this a long term or the rehab facility and how...

  8. Longterm care nightmare job

    Ms.RN replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ARe you guys saying that hospital jobs are easier than nursing home

  9. i'm at a loss, 300+ applications without an interview?

    Ms.RN replied to kalop_rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How about HOuston? ARe they also saturated with nurses? Are nursing homes hiring any

  10. rejected from RN to BSN program at Texas Tech University

    Ms.RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi guys I didnt even know I posted this thread until I came to this site today to read few posts. I think one of the reasons I wasnt admitted is because I'm still not done with pre-requisite classes....

  11. Is BSN really necessary?

    Ms.RN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm still debating whether or not I should go back to school and earn BSN. Right now I dont have a plan to become a nurse practioner but what I've heard is that in TX many hospitals prefer BSN nurses...

  12. what are my rights when I feel a procedure is unethical?

    Ms.RN replied to SNB1014's topic in Texas Nursing

    I'm pretty sure you are not going to watch an abortion in Ob/gyn rotation in school. When I was in nursing school, my instructor asked us if we wanted to watch circumcision. Most of my classmates...

  13. Memorial Hermann is planning on unpaid GN intersnship

    Ms.RN replied to RNQueen's topic in Texas Nursing

    If I have a better chance of getting into the internship, yeah I'll do it. Arent interships more competitive to get into nowdays? I'm about to move to tx and i'm worried about not being able to...

  14. what do you think of this pain med schedule?

    Ms.RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    i work in ltc and we dont give pain meds every 2 hours like hospitals do. we usually see pain meds scheduled tid or qid and prn. yesterday i had a patient and this patient and he was scheduled with...

  15. what do you think of this pain med schedule?

    Ms.RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    i didnt post exactly the same dosage patient is taking because i was afraid my boss is going to read this. but patient does have a cancer and he is taking total of 150mg of morphine everyday, in...

  16. what do you think of this pain med schedule?

    Ms.RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    lets say this patient is really sick. but when i called doctor he questioned me why he ran out of ms and i felt little offended by it and felt like i had to defend myself. what would you do if this...

  17. Alert patients who refuse meds.

    Ms.RN replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    i've had few patients who could not tolerate one antibiotic due to side effects and physician changed to different antibiotic and patient completed the whole antibiotic

  18. Communication between nursing/pharmacy Crushing Meds

    Ms.RN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our phamarmacy sent us a list of medications that cannot be crushed and the reasons and we keep this in the front of

  19. trach patient

    Ms.RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi I'm just curious to find out when you admit patient with trach, does your facility make sure all the trach supplies are ready like, trach mask, tubings, inner cannulas, obturator before patient...

  20. trach patient

    Ms.RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    so what is the right answer???? i had a new patient with trach from the hospital and respiratory therapist came and set up his trachs like compressor, humidifier, tach mask, tubing, suctioning...

  21. Just wanted to give a little bit of hope...

    Ms.RN replied to blessedmomma247's topic in General Nursing

    hurrays to

  22. patient choked after taking pills..

    Ms.RN replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At LTC facility, everything is an incident report, from skin tears, little scratches, a bruise(old fading), another patient touching the arm of another patient which are all jokes and your boss is...

  23. New Grad Ethical Difficulties

    Ms.RN replied to theycallmeking's topic in General Nursing

    we were recently cited during our survey because a nurse gave an eye drops to a patient in the hallway. during our inservice, we were told we can give oral medications in the hallway but not the...

  24. New passing standard for the NCLEX-RN Examination to Start on APRIL 1, 2010

    Ms.RN replied to bogchi2000's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    they increased the passing score in 2007 when i took my nclex. and 2007 was the first year they added the new types of questions like multiple answers, diagrams, listen to the lung sounds etc......

  25. Can someone explain this mess to me?? sorry so long

    Ms.RN replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    i have worked at few rehab facilities and at all those facilities the patient to nurse ratios are the same, up to 25 on days and afternoon shift and up to 40 patient on night shift. you might try to...