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dont leave for casemanager job its a joke if they are telling you that its 8-5 m-f more like 8-6,7,8 whenever and dont forget the weekend catch up for paperwork. stay where you are

either hospice nurse salaried 10-12 hours 5 days a week then at least 5 on weekends plus on call all for 50,000 a year sweet deal my employer has huh

I know how you feel hospice nurse here, everything keeps getting cut. Work m-f 8-6or7 back in on weekends for 5 hours or more to catch paperwork up and dont forget call sometimes 9 day stretches along with work all for 50,000 a year. Can someone say ...

yes for sure, stressful as it is there is no greater satisfaction than being a nurse!

goodness I am a BSN RN and most of you make more than i do! Been a nurse for a year and a half

wow did you work for five star?

where i work we use sensicare and nystatin by mixing the two together and then applying. Seems to work

I have a post turp patient who's foley wont drain independently into the drainage bag. If you unhook the tubing it will drain freely, hook it to a leg bag it drains. It has been irrigated no clots where present, bag has been changed. Cannot figure th...

:confused:Can anyone help with this problem? Post turp patient catheter wont drain into foley bag but will drain into the leg bag what could be causing this? It has been irrigated, bag changed, will drain without bag or into leg bag. At a loss any he...

I am a new grad and will be starting at North Kansas City hospital soon. I have a pre employment physical coming up and i am not a young women. I know there will be a drug test which i am not concerned with but really dread the physical. can someone ...

I am a brand new RN who took a job in long term care. The working conditions are deplorable. I have 54 geri psych residents and feel like i am unable to keep up. I try so hard but have no supplies, watch resident rights be abused daily and find medic...

I am sorry I don't want to whine. I should never have taken this job, I feel like I am in over my head here. The management is really bad and the policies change daily. I have waited for 4 days to change a leaking catheter bag because we don't have a...

what is the pay for new graduates in joplin missouri thinking of moving there and working at St Johns any advice would be appreciated, thanks.

You can do it! I went back to school at 40 too. Had not been in school for 20 years and didn't even have a high school diploma. I was determined and got every ACT and GED book I could find and wound up with a GED score which provided me with a schola...

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I am so glad that it is normal to feel this way. I am reevaluating myself and going back next week with a different strategy. I will not give up. I will follow this dream to the end. mpccrn: you do put into p...

I am in my last semester and feel like I have never taken a nursing class in my life most of the time. I fight with the computer every day at clinical and feel like I forget as much as I remember sometimes. I am so scared maybe I am not meant to be a...

Two years ago I stood in your position as a 40 Year old woman proud and excited to wear my new equipment (my steth is plum too) and now I will begin the final semester and graduate in December. Keep your enthusiasm and take it one day at a time. Don'...

80 days and counting, not counting weekends. It sounds better that way Yay!

I keep seeing these threads comparing one nurse to another and am continually amazed at how easily we all fall into this same old argument. It is very easy to see why nursing will never unite. I guess I am wasting my time going through the BSN progr...

I am a nursing student who is writing a scenario for HS students which deals with math problems. The only thing i can think of right now from my one visit to the OR is the weighing of the surgical sponges in the OR to determine blood loss. Can anyon...

Thank you so much. I am writing scenarios which involve math problems for ninth and tenth graders to show them how math is used in the medical fields. This is a campaign to interest H.S. students to join the team.

Remember the ABC's and think about assessments Airway- ausculate breathing- use of accessory ms, rate depth circulation- cap refill you get the idea. I am a third semester student and there is hope it does begin to get easier and before long they co...

how would you answer this question? an emergency situation has occurred after calling the doctor what would be the next step A) notify the family B) Document C) notify icu of a possible admit D) notify radiology. I think notify family first but reall...

i cant see how contacting icu or radiology would be an answer without more info on the emergency or orders given by MD. feel like maybe the notifying family and then documentation but not sure if this is right. Thanks for any help

this question is on an nclex review for lpn but has no answers only grades the test so no way to tell if you got it right. just trying to figure out how to answer this one. does not specify type of emergency just that one occurred and asks the next s...