rita359

rita359

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  1. I need some career help.

    rita359 replied to JadziaSolo's topic in General Nursing

    If your goal is PICU and you get on at a children's hospital I don't think you should accept an OR position. I think administration would make a transfer from a general peds unit to PICU a lot faster...

  2. GPA for nursing job?

    rita359 replied to bjmarthin1986's topic in General Nursing

    GPAs are important in nursing school for passing. A high gpa doesn't necessarily mean passing boards on the first try. Pass boards and you have your RN. I suppose some institutions may look at gpas...

  3. Pt beds in the hallway

    rita359 replied to Nurse1966's topic in General Nursing

    In the first hospital I worked in from 1968-1973 we would occasionally have patients in the hallway. Haven't seen it anywhere since except did find my son, who was 4 days post MI, in the visitors...

  4. The deadly case of Mr. Hyde

    rita359 replied to kenzy's topic in General Nursing

    Many of these people would have been in mental institutions years ago. Those mental institutions were closed because mentally ill people have rights. Now those people are running around on our...

  5. Partial Birth Abortions--NOT an abortion debate

    rita359 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I don't personally see how ANYONE can justify sucking the brains out of an infant and not see it as murder. Calling it what it is would put us in the court system so we don't call it what it

  6. Rastafari nurse and marijuana use

    rita359 replied to ncriverrat's topic in General Nursing

    As for Catholics and the use of wine, wine is used during Mass and Catholics can receive wine at Communion but we are talking about a sip not a guzzle. A sip of wine would not be mind altering and...

  7. Got a needlestick

    rita359 replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    The risk related to a subqu injection is very low. The probability of blood being on that needle is very low so the probability of tests coming back positive is very low especially if the patient was...

  8. Help !!!!

    rita359 replied to longtime nrs's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it is Nuring Spectrum which has a .com where you can find some free CE

  9. Guess what RN's, you didn't need that college degree!!

    rita359 replied to welnet66's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Right. And an assosciate degree is more like a diploma than a 4 year

  10. Real People Denied Healthcare

    rita359 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Suppose the value is priceless. However, as individuals in this society prove by their actions ie..smoking, high fat, high cholesterol diets etc, health to some individuals is only good until it...

  11. Real People Denied Healthcare

    rita359 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Social services should be able to get this kid covered under some state program so it will not devestate the family. My own opinion is that we have to be careful what we ask for with universal health...

  12. Risk of Infectious Disease: Job Hazard for this with Kids?

    rita359 replied to rookieq's topic in General Nursing

    Our environment, whether in hospital or outside the hospital, is full of germs. You can catch anything, anywhere. School will teach you how to protect yourself from hospital germs. Use precautions...

  13. Any suggestions?

    rita359 replied to mb20and151's topic in General Nursing

    ADN will get you in the door and allow you to sit for boards and get RN behind your name and work most anywhere as a nurse. BSN will get you the same thing but you can use it as a springboard for a...

  14. Chest Tube Air Leak

    rita359 replied to middlekane's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Tell the patient you will get the nurse to explain the air leak. fyi the chest tube is in to remove post op fluid and air that escapes from the incision on the lung before the lung heals. When air...

  15. At my wits end......

    rita359 replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    If nursing is what you want to do its time to do it. Whatever you decide to do school is NEVER a bad investment and not getting some kind of degree is ALWAYS a bad decision. I mean no offense, but...

  16. How has nursing changed since you started working as a nurse?

    rita359 replied to insightful's topic in General Nursing

    There have been so many changes it isn't even the same job. Butterfly IV needles of metal so that an IV site lasted only as long as it was in a good spot or was put on an armboard so the patient would...

  17. CEO told me to stay home while state evaluators vist the place I work..:(

    rita359 replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I work prn for my hospital. When joint commission announced beforehand when they were coming to the hospital and I learned of the time I would always mark that time on my calendar and you can bet...

  18. critical thinking paper

    rita359 replied to mcns's topic in General Nursing

    Skin care might be of interest and plenty a nurse can do. This can get into solutions for skin breakdown and generally a good skin care/ostomy nurse knows more about this than the doctors

  19. Is it okay to treat a family member?

    rita359 replied to cwinlv's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a neighbor she is treating. If it were there would be a real problem with advise/help being a professional and not in a professional role. This however is a mother taking care of a...

  20. Ways to lower cholesterol

    rita359 replied to daisygurl's topic in General Nursing

    In my own recent research on this topic I found that basically cutting down on red meat or using the least fat you can find in the red meat you do eat is best. It also stated that vegetarians...

  21. Negligence???

    rita359 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    You make your nurse manager aware of the problem. If it is some emergency where you have to leave and would not be expecting to return any more for your shift you would have to stay until you...

  22. MD's professional handwriting skills

    rita359 replied to hppynurse2's topic in General Nursing

    Touching on a pet peeve of mine. Also can't figure why drs think some shorthand symbol for their name suffices. If another doc asks me who wrote a particular order, unless a secretary who is...

  23. Need advice from experienced RN's

    rita359 replied to bamaRN34's topic in General Nursing

    I would not think your patient load in a surgical ICU would be 8-12. That might be on a med surg floor but if my patient load in an ICU was that high I would run the other way fast. I work med surg...

  24. Please help. I am getting frustrated!!!

    rita359 replied to Ladybug10's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with above. Slow down. You are still on orientation and haven't taken NClex yet. I don't blame the lpn. She doesn't know what you know. It is a lot of responsibility just taking care of...

  25. How is a pharmacist unique in the care of patients?

    rita359 replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    Pharmacist have a much more extensive training in medications, pharmacology etc than any other health professional. They advise on drug interactions, cross sensitivity with known drug allergies,...