littlekaneRN

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  1. LPN for Dermatology

    congrats rvnburton! I am an RN in derm and I love it and I hope the same for you! Message me if you need
  2. Not a real nurse huh?

    I work in an office and though I haven't heard it lately, when I first started people basically would say that they wish they could help me get a job as a "real nurse". It used to really irritate me...
  3. oxygen sTaturations

    We had a nurse document that a pt was on
  4. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    $200 from one MD and earrings/socks/candy and card from our other doc at the office
  5. Patient test results

    Whenever I need to call a pt and I don't know how to go about it or I can somewhat see what they might ask, I ask the MD how he wants me to explain it and go from there. I they ask me and I don't know...
  6. Major Office Issues Help!!!!

    Our office has 2 docs. 5 RNs and 1 currently training. One doc gets 3 nurses the other gets 2. The doc with 3 nurses can see up to 60 pts a day. It's absolutely crazy. Our front desk takes messages,...
  7. Taking Notes HELP!!!! Please? :)

    I wasn't much of a note taker. I tape recorded all lectures and listened to them while I highlighted in my textbook. I also watched videos when
  8. Nurses who never worked in the hospital?

    Yes. In fact, before I was hired another lady I graduated with began working there (probably 2 months before) and about a year before that they had hired another new
  9. Nurses who never worked in the hospital?

    Hey! After I graduated last year, all I wanted was a hospital gig. When that didn't work out and I started looking elsewhere, I took a job at a derm office and I love it. I really feel like I lucked...
  10. I don't work for a hospital but in an office. We recently lost a doc and have been working OT to cover his pts as well as the head docs. A few weeks ago we gathered everyone in the office for a...
  11. Body fluid exposure..from a cyst?

    Hi all, I am a new RN in dermatology (5 months) today we had a surgery to remove a possible recurrent cyst from a pts back. We weren't sure for sure it it was a cyst, it was flat looking when I saw it...
  12. Dermatology

    I work at a private practice in
  13. Dermatology

    Haha I hate accutane! No not really but as of the late I do. We just had a doc leave the practice and he took us off as designees so it's a huge mess right now. We brin them back and take histories,...
  14. Dermatology

    mohs rn, do you process the slides or do you have a tech? We have 2 nurses that process the
  15. Dermatology

    I also work at a practice that does general derm/mohs/regular surgeries. We have 2 docs that both do mohs but one is leaving the practice
  16. -------- A Short Rant -------- Hello everyone, First off, I am a new RN (been working for about 2 1/2 months) in a dermatology practice. I'm one of seven other nurses that work under two MD's....
  17. Dermatology office pays $13/hour

    50kn, I am a new RN at a derm office - I love it - but I would not feel the same if I was making 13/hr. I will say that an RN with experience is better than an RN with no experience.. but if the money...
  18. Dermatology

    hello! how do you like your position? what kind of work do you
  19. Anyone else the QUIET nurse?

    I am the 'quiet' nurse. I always have been shy and quiet and I was that way through nursing school and at my current job. I have always found it to be a plus with the patients (especially in school on...
  20. "I would help you out with a job if I could.."

    Wow, thank you all so much for responding, I wasn't expecting to get this much feedback but I appreciate everyone reading and taking the time to share your thoughts and support. Hats off to all...
  21. "I would help you out with a job if I could.."

    Thank you for the reply, tokmom. You hit the nail right on the
  22. Dermatology

    Hi! I'm a new RN and I started my first nursing job in dermatology about 5 or 6 weeks ago! I wish there were more posts about derm nursing out there, but they seem to be few and far
  23. Are doctor offices likely to hire new grad RNs?

    I'm working at a dermatology practice in PA, outside of
  24. Are doctor offices likely to hire new grad RNs?

    Hey gkvegan, I make 23.50/hr as a new grad in an
  25. for those in LTC..what songs do your residents like?

    I remember as a nursing student in LTC, one of the nurses singing "On The Way To Cape May" with one of the