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  1. Nurse to patient ratios and job stress

    nursekelly217 replied to EmilyCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    1. What department/setting do you work in? In-patient level 3 drug and alcohol detox -charge nurse (LPN) 2. What shift do you work? a. Days 3. What is the typical nurse to patient ratio in your...

  2. Nurse to patient ratios and job stress

    nursekelly217 replied to EmilyCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    1. What department/setting do you work in? In-patient level 3 drug and alcohol detox -charge nurse (LPN) 2. What shift do you work? a. Days 3. What is the typical nurse to patient ratio in your...

  3. Funniest injury you have ever seen.....

    nursekelly217 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    While in Iraq, my husband was injured in an explosion and suffered trauma to his groin. Prior to a painful surgical repair, his urologist was trying to make him feel better by telling him about other...

  4. Dupuytren Contracture

    nursekelly217 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    My 55 year old father (a contractor who uses his hands in 24/7 for work) fell and suffered a severe fracture and dislocation of his wrist and subsequently has been DX with Duputren Contracture ... his...

  5. A newbie RN- Drug and ETOH Nurse

    nursekelly217 replied to putterfly74's topic in General Nursing

    kimhealthrs - I work in an in-pt detox dealing primarily in opiates, etoh and some benzos in Massachusetts. We are just beginning to see Meth make its way East and not many of us know much about...

  6. Needlestick last night and freaked out

    nursekelly217 replied to nursekelly217's topic in General Nursing

    my update... I took the combination therapy meds for 6 weeks and was sick as a dog throughout but am done now and fine. my labs are currently all normal which means I'm in the clear basically,...

  7. Needlestick last night and freaked out

    nursekelly217 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse in a detox facility and last night got stuck by a lancet I had just used on an IV drug user with DX Hep C (and I don't know what else is un DX). We have the old kind that don't retract...

  8. Do Yiou Wear Scrubs in the Milieu?

    nursekelly217 replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in substance abuse treatment center and we can wear basically whatever we want. Some of us wear scrubs, some wear bus. casual and some come in wearing sweats that look like PJs. I wear scrubs...

  9. Anyone travel with their cat??

    nursekelly217 replied to Kristi0043's topic in Travel

    I moved from CA TO MA last year... with my 2 cats. One kitty is very high strung and the vet prescribed valium but gave the warning that it may relax her so much she could "lose her bowels quite...

  10. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

    nursekelly217 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I went in to help another nurse with one of her patients - end stage, DNR - and we found the guy dead - weird part was that his priest had been visting for the past 45 min or so, sitting at his...

  11. Interested in Detox Nursing

    nursekelly217 replied to redred's topic in Psychiatric

    redred, I have been a nurse in an inpatient detox for the past year. I did med-surg for 2 years prior to that. My primary function is to "safely medically detox" my clients. Within that...

  12. Suboxone Detox

    nursekelly217 replied to krisssy's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a charge nurse at a drug and etoh treatment cetner and at my facility, we offer inpatient opiate detox with methadone and have outpatient methadone maintenance and suboxone. We have been doing...

  13. Husband/wife in the Navy? Stationed in CA

    nursekelly217 replied to TRINI_RN's topic in California Nursing

    My husband was a Marine - we were in Norfolk, VA (not so nice) and San Diego (beautiful but very expensive). He deployed to Rota twice and LOVED it there! Beautiful, lots to do and see easily and he...

  14. needle stick

    nursekelly217 replied to pedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I just read your post on your needlestick experience... I work in a drug/etoh detox facility and had a needlestick Tues night. Patient is an active IV drug user with known Hep C and even though...

  15. LPN Job market in MA?

    nursekelly217 replied to Justmeandmycat's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I had to apply for reciprocity from CA and FYI it took over 2 months to process this summer. Hope yours goes faster- it could have been the CA BON that was the hassle? Good

  16. LPN Job market in MA?

    nursekelly217 replied to Justmeandmycat's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm not sure about Western MA, but I just returned to the North Shore after 2 years in CA to find a pretty good LPN market. The bigger hospitals tend not to use LPNs, but I just took a job at a...

  17. On an average...how much does RNs and LVN new grads make in Sothern California?

    nursekelly217 replied to CaliNurs06's topic in California Nursing

    As a new LVN on Med/Surg in San Diego County, I was hired at $18 with a $3 shift differential... hope that

  18. LPN Scope of Practice in Massachusetts?

    nursekelly217 posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi everyone- I'm new here, looking for some help. I'm an LVN in CA, moving to Boston and am having a hard time finding specs on the MA LPN practice act. Have found the actual regs on the MA Board of...

  19. H. 1282 Safe Staffing

    nursekelly217 replied to DANRN2000's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I'm an LVN in California, about to make the move back to Boston and am more than a little shocked to realize that MA does not have staffing ratios?! As of Jan 1st of last year, we cannot have more...