sonnie

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1. Is there anything I can do with an ASN degree besides floor nursing?

   sonnie replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

   deespoohbear, I am an assistant director of nursing, infection control nurse and staff development nurse! My duties include supervising a 40 bed rural hospital at night, educating nursing staff,...

2. 10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

   sonnie replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

   The funniest thing I think I ever heard was a young handsome resp. therapist tell an elderly lady... " honey put this in your mouth now suck don't blow!" He was assisting her with her incentive...

3. All Nurses Read This

   sonnie replied to buck227's topic in General Nursing

   1)RN 2)13 3)Pacific North West 4)yes 5)pretty much 6)yes 7)exceptionally 8)yes 9)yep, that would be me 10)yes very much 11)No 12)a 30 minute lunch and 1-2 15 minute breaks 13)nights, but because of my...

4. BSN minimum requirement

   sonnie replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

   Let's not stop with the BSN as the entry let's make the MSN the entry level so we can really call our selves "professionals". As you all know MD's have a BS in something but have post grad training...

5. BSN minimum requirement

   sonnie replied to Lburns's topic in General Nursing

   Let's not stop with the BSN as the entry let's make the MSN the entry level so we can really call our selves "professionals". As you all know MD's have a BS in something but have post grad training...

6. best start in nursing

   sonnie replied to V SPN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it's true that you may only have 1 or 2 patients in the settings you described, and yes you can sit there wide eyed and stare at them. What do you learn? You learn 1 or 2 major systems, and how...

7. best start in nursing

   sonnie replied to V SPN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it's true that you may only have 1 or 2 patients in the settings you described, and yes you can sit there wide eyed and stare at them. What do you learn? You learn 1 or 2 major systems, and how...

8. Let's play I Remember When.....

   sonnie replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

   I remember glass urinals, (I have one!!!)glass syringes(have one of those too) stainless steel bedpans that always seemed to be kept in the freezer. When a hot water bottle was a red rubber vessel...

9. Stain advice please.

   sonnie replied to hollykate's topic in General Nursing

   hollykate Try a product called Zout. I have found that it takes out just about everything I can manage to get myself into!!! It works really well on betadine and so it should work on the benzoin....

10. family present during invasive procedures???, Help! it's a school assignment!!!

    sonnie replied to angelm97m's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with trauma4us. Each patient and family member is/are different and you really can't have a blanket statement. I have worked ER, OB, M/S, OR, CCU and just about everything in between,...