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Read the charts as you can, find one of the stnas to help you identify any pt you are not sure of identification. you will learn them and their preferences faster than you think. Good luck

we all need to think about the potential benefits and drawbacks of any change of this magnitude and not just go for the idea and hope the details will work themselves out.

:yeah: :yeahthat: Thank you, I have been reading this thread all day and have been very disturbed to see that in all this time no one has metioned before that "healthcare" is not an inanimate object that can be parceled out like apples or chairs. ...

:rotfl: Don't feel bad about this at all. I passed boards 5 years ago and somedays when all is going wrong I still feel like someone is going to come up to me and say, "We made a mistake, you aren't really a nurse." So just keep plugging along. We a...

I have no idea how this will affect you getting into the nursing program at your school, but I failed organic chemistry the first time I took it and graduated 5 years ago from a competitive school. If you are a freshman check to see if your school h...

First I have never worked anywhere or heard of these things before this thread, so please correct me if I have some information wrong. Second, I am kind of a privacy nut. I like mine and respect others and think that HIPPA, though sometimes a PITA is...

One more idea for a button I am a NURSE, that means I am here to save your ***, not kiss it. Hope I don't offend anyone with this.:cheers:

I just wanted to add my to this discussion as a 10 year sufferer of fibromyagia who was recently diagnosed with celiac disease and is now pain free. If you have IBS symtoms in addition to the pain, fatigue and depression get checked for celiac. I...

No question is stupid or insignificant when it applies to YOU. You are the one who will have to live with the recovery, scars, pain, risks. And you deserve to be informed about all of it ahead of time. Obviously no one can tell the furture, but nurse...

I personally went into nursing for several reasons. 1. I like people. 2. I wanted job security. 3. I wanted to make a decent living wage.(ie. above minimum) 4. I have career ADD (I get bored doing the same thing everyday and once I learn a job I am ...

Sea salt also has other trace minerals (I don't remember which ones right now) that table salt does not have. I personaly use Kosher, sea, and table salt depending on what I am cooking.

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You need to know what kind of visits you will be doing to determine what you will need. Post-op: bandages, wound measuring devices, lots and lots of gloves, steri strips (you will want ot know whether you take dispoable suplies, company delivers or i...

I worked tele in my first job out of school as an RN and had no previous experience except for clincals. I think that a CNA position would give you a really great opportunity to learn cardiac care and see if that might be an area you want to speciali...

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Amanda, you can do anything you are willing to work for. I was a high school drop out (want to compare High School grades ). I started college at 26 y/o with a 6 y/o dtr and husband. I graduated 3 years ago and I had NO hospital experience at all. Y...

short, fat and proud of that......just like pooh bear:chuckle :chuckle

true, I guess I concentrated more on the ethics of nursing as in bedside nursing and accountability and not intimate relationships as I was married during school also. I am not trying to be a pain, this is just outside my normal world view. I guess I...

Sorry misunderstood. Have been married my entire nursing career so I have never bothered to look at work policies on dating. :)

I hope not as far as his work environment. He may be scum for cheating, but that is not relevant to work. Unless it was in conjunction with violence.

one place I worked had skin care on Kardex with all other tx. used a body outline with wound areas numbered. then next to this was an area for notation of wound #, tx and times. updated at each shift change by the outgoing nurse. (everything in penci...

I think it depends on the overall situation. Also are they DNR CCA or DNR CCO, this makes a difference. What were the pts wishes regarding pacemakers and meds? I think you are generalizing too much here, or I do not have enough information to see you...

It is very different when it is your own family. I had seen many CVA pts and been present during CVA/TIAs, but when it was my own husband it freaked me out. I kept just calm enough to call 911. (and he is fine now, this was 3 years ago and he is back...