GingerSue

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  1. another discovery

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the URL, now it's easier to

  2. another discovery

    GingerSue replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    can't remember how I found it, but I had to type in NursesNotes.com - then it presents Nursing Helping Nurses, then I click on that and it presents NursesNotes.com. maybe it's just been difficult to...

  3. social anxiety

    GingerSue replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps it's partly because of viewing the whole thing, instead of viewing the program as a step-by-step process. Develop ways to keep the program organized and manageable as you study and prepare....

  4. Clueless Filipino nurse

    GingerSue replied to The One's topic in International Nursing

    to check the agency forum here, check under Nursing Discussions, and select Nursing Specialty Forum - agency is first on the

  5. Help! I am very close to giving up nursing!!

    GingerSue replied to KimberRN's topic in General Nursing

    another idea (from past experience) - work as an nurse in a weight loss

  6. Please explain....

    GingerSue replied to Joan2's topic in General Nursing

    this sounds like it could be a very interesting position, and an opportunity for you to design something very

  7. Med Errors

    GingerSue replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    while pouring meds for a patient from ward stock of digoxin, when I poured several of the pills into the cap of the bottle, there were at least three different sizes and colours of pills to choose...

  8. motorcycle accidents

    GingerSue replied to Oregon Runner's topic in General Nursing

    My brother used to ride a motorcycle and told me that when he was out on the highway, cars would aim for him and try to run him off the road. One of my co-workers used to do her community nursing by...

  9. what is "chandelier sign"?

    GingerSue posted a topic in General Nursing

    In my textbook in the section about use of stethoscope for auscultation the advice is to warm the endpiece to avoid the chandelier sign - but when I search for "chandelier sign" all I find is...

  10. RPN job in Toronto?

    GingerSue replied to rpntoronto's topic in International Nursing

    try SRT MedStaff on Bay St just south of Bloor, last time I checked, they listen and are very pleasant - known for the BEST nurses in Toronto. It's an agency, surely your employer would give you a...

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

    GingerSue replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    the nurse who left the boy in the bathtub in order to go answer the phone at the nursing station, he

  12. Bullous pemphigoid

    GingerSue replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    I'm find myself still thinking about the situation you've described as above. I guess I'm hoping that there's been a way to communicate these observations to someone in charge. These problems need...

  13. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

    GingerSue replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I found that in community nursing, the doctors were respectful, responsive, and open to our suggestions re: treatments (just a couple of phone calls involved inappropriate doctor responses). Whenever...

  14. Bullous pemphigoid

    GingerSue replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    but people are slipping through the cracks left and right. I admit that I do work in a substandart LTC facility. I'm talking roaches, lice outbreaks, bed bugs in mattresses. I am so tempted to call...

  15. Do you guys notice this kind of stuff....??

    GingerSue replied to wje9516's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Bill - Most of the male nurses with whom I've worked have been mature, dedicated, and interested in their patients. Good luck with your

  16. Axillary temps; how accurate/inaccurate are they?

    GingerSue replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Jarvis is saying tha the inguinal route is safer than the rectal site, that its results may be closer to core temperature than the axillary

  17. Axillary temps; how accurate/inaccurate are they?

    GingerSue replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    I'm studying right now from Jarvis, Carolyn, "Physical Examination and Health Assessment" 4th Edition, 2004 in the chapter on vital signs. On page 179 she says that the axillary temperature is safe...

  18. Medication Safety + nursing

    GingerSue replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, this is most useful. I had been thinking about a patient whose son one day demanded that I inject something into his father from an unlabelled container. He insisted it was B12. I refused...

  19. Need help deciding to go into rehab nursing?

    GingerSue replied to payday's topic in Rehabilitation

    Rehab - positive from my

  20. Couldn't tell who was a doctor or nurse!

    GingerSue replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    If they were wearing stethoscopes - who were they? Even if they weren't nurses or doctors did they make any effort to help locate the appropriate staff? I sure hope so! Do other staff at least have...

  21. Nurse shot in Calif at LTC facility

    GingerSue replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Since I've been reading about these assaults on nurses - and they are horrible, I also think about job security and hazards - this expands to thoughts of other kinds of jobs and their occupational...

  22. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    GingerSue replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Yes - it's possible that your appearance(s) might include confident demeanour, approachability, intelligence, friendliness - based on your experience(s) interacting with people. On the other hand -...

  23. Do I LOOK Like A Nurse To You?

    GingerSue replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Look like a nurse - well, yep - got two eyes, two ears, a nose and a

  24. Nurse shot in Calif at LTC facility

    GingerSue replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    poor nurse, this is

  25. Need Advice Failed a Course

    GingerSue replied to BS Nursing Student's topic in Nursing Career

    hey, I like your