awheat

awheat

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About awheat

awheat has 2 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.


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  1. Abdominal Binder or Back Brace?

    I go on Monday, the 6th, for a 0730 surgery. They said I would be going home Tuesday afternoon. No one said anything about a brace or measured me yet, it is all happening so fast. From my time working...
  2. how to locate reputable agencies as a new LPN?

    I was told by a nursing instructor in school that "No reputable Home Health Agency would hire a nurse who did not have at least one year's nursing experience". The reason is, you do not know what...
  3. Abdominal Binder or Back Brace?

    Which is more appropriate for at home post-surgical recovery from an L-5 S-1 Laminectomy: an abdominal binder or a back brace? I am supposed to do no "bending, twisting, or lifting" for 2 weeks post...
  4. I have a question for you experienced HD nurses. I have been working in an HD clinic for 3 months (newbie!) and need some advice. Here Goes: New HD patient, did not know he was ESRD until visit to...
  5. Am I crazy?

    An adult can put off immediate gratification. If you can buckle down for a couple of years and instead of "doing other things" get a great education that will allow you to be a role model for your...
  6. Job hopper? advice?

    Start looking for something else & keep your job until you find something else. People in the industry know why nurses are leaving the Med-surg environment in droves, you just need to say, if...
  7. physical demands?

    Keep in mind the chairs are positioned for patient safety, so any sticking/adjustment/hands on the access is done by YOU bending over - my back is killing me today due to 3 catheter patients all...
  8. going rate of pay for dialysis nurses

    How is this: RN, no HD experience, chronic clinic setting, rural TX
  9. Landed My Dream Job "SICU"

    Oh man, you are living my dream! Best of luck in SICU - people (especially family) always remeber how they/loved ones were treated while in ICU - keep up the great tradition of excellent
  10. Developing Steady Hands

    I am entering my 3rd month at an outpatient clinic. I still tense up at the thought of the stick, but now when I get it, I think "yep, got it!" instead of "oh, thank goodness I got it". This is not...
  11. New Grad, New Job, New Role - Advice?

    An issue I found with change from PCA-to-RN status is that the nurse is too hard on herself. You say "so I have hospital experience", and you do, and it is valuable. But, it is completely different...
  12. Drawing up meds

    If I did not draw it up, I do not give it. If the client wants it drawn up for the next day, and is going to self-administer, then I will draw it up, and label it, then chart exactly what was
  13. Call the hospital or not? Patient came in with a subclavian catheter to use while a new graft was healing in her arm. On the end of the 2 ports were claves, not caps. I used to work at the hospital...
  14. can anyone explain how this works?

    Legitimate staffing agencies get their money from the employer side, not the applicant. They get paid by finding a good fit, not by looking in the first place. Find somewhere else. Good
  15. Should I even pursue the bachelors degree now?

    I planned on going for my BSN right away, but the lights of the big hospital caught my attention. After working for 2 years I have NO desire to go back to school and I am a great student who loves...