GingerSue

GingerSue

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  1. MA's Calling themselves Nurses

    GingerSue replied to usmc94201's topic in General Nursing

  2. Help regarding nursing priorities in regards to patient care

    GingerSue replied to tterri22's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with your decision. The patient who needed to be cleaned could have

  3. Help regarding nursing priorities in regards to patient care

    GingerSue replied to tterri22's topic in General Nursing

    next post (wrong

  4. statement of motivation

    GingerSue replied to blessed02's topic in General Nursing

    I see you already included some of what I was going to suggest - ongoing learning, your goals, and being able to then give back to the

  5. English ER Nurse moving to Ontario

    GingerSue replied to debs_england's topic in Emergency

    Have you looked through some of the newspapers such as the Toronto Star or Globe and Mail? In both of these you can read the classifieds, the careers, and workopolis.com. There you'll find listings...

  6. Looking for a mentor

    GingerSue replied to nurscee's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Of course I don't know if you had a response - but just to share a place where you might seek a mentor - try The Nurse's Suite - Home or you can get there by http://steprn.proboards37.com/ And...

  7. Movie business

    GingerSue replied to preciousshelby's topic in General Nursing

    I will ask my friend who is an actor - he seems to know everything, maybe he has some

  8. How can I be a good preceptor??

    GingerSue replied to allele's topic in General Nursing

    I was a preceptor. Let the person know when you can both spend time together for the purpose of answering their questions. In my experience, I was preceptor for people who often sincerely knew as...

  9. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    GingerSue replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    i took his arm, intending, i guess, to drag him into the room. but at that moment, he had a grand mal seizure and fell to the ground. in my infinite wisdom, i was trying to hold him up rather than...

  10. missing narc page

    GingerSue replied to Anniekins's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have the opportunity to read what you were

  11. Sick nurse goes to ER

    GingerSue replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    it depends on the staff. when I went to the emerg, the doctor was 98% all right, he introduced himself and he was courteous and

  12. start of care data collection

    GingerSue replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in General Nursing

    Good morning - the author is Jarvis, Carolyn and the title is "Physical Examination & Health Assessment" 4th Edition 2004 ISBN 0-7216-9773-9 There is the Elsevier Science homepage -...

  13. start of care data collection

    GingerSue replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in General Nursing

    lesson plan for basic assessment Is it a complete health history guide that you seek? I have a chapter on this if this is what you

  14. Is This Illegal?

    GingerSue replied to HannahRN24's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    all of the "managers" at my facility are mad because I won't just fill in the gaps in the MARs with my initials and that I won't do what this administrator is suggesting. The problem is all these...

  15. Late entries and legality

    GingerSue replied to michelle95's topic in General Nursing

    - this needs to be answered, so where to find the authority? - is there anything in your policy

  16. just got tinnitus

    GingerSue replied to brigaily2000's topic in General Nursing

    my Health Assessment has only this to say about tinnitus: - the sound originates within the person, tinnitus accompanies some hearing loss or ear disorder, it seems louder at night, and that many...

  17. Badly needing to vent right now.

    GingerSue replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    ahhh... schedules...I can remember working casual one summer (all shifts, a real haphazard, irregular arrangement), and then part-time during the semester (WITH a fixed arrangement on weekends, my...

  18. visual acuity testing

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    thanks - I'll search around, that's what I was

  19. visual acuity testing

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    hi again - is anyone doing visual acuity

  20. apical pulse

    GingerSue replied to vmt's topic in General Nursing

    and the location of the apical pulse should be at or medial to the midclavicular

  21. Can someone give me tips on my 1st interview

    GingerSue replied to Guest26407's topic in General Nursing

    They might ask why you want to work in LTC, your training and related experience. They might ask about your marks and areas of interest. They might ask you goals. Interviewers sometimes ask you to...

  22. Blood infusion

    GingerSue replied to lisag1's topic in General Nursing

    - I agree, the tubing would be changed because it's contaminated. I don't think the blood would be

  23. How do YOU give a great injection?

    GingerSue replied to fromTeacher2Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I remember as a student learning injection technique - we practiced giving sc injections of sterile saline to each other - discovered that the injections did not

  24. Summer 1 &Summer 2 classes

    GingerSue replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    when you take summer classes - they become your life. taking 1 class can be enough, 2 can be manageable if that is all you do, but you have to be very dedicated and

  25. Nurses wearing white

    GingerSue replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    actually in one of my jobs the colour requirement was navy, and that included our winter coat (which had to be approved by the agency). I didn't like the fabric of the navy uniforms, so I did what I...