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whoa-now

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  1. Rehabilitation Nursing: A Specialty In Its Own Right

    whoa-now replied to TheCommuter's topic in Rehabilitation

    My first position as an RN after passing State Boards was on a Rehab. wing in a LTC facility. I stayed close to three years. I had 24 patients most days (depending on census). We admitted patients 2-3...

  2. New On Call procedure. Need ideas, suggestions

    whoa-now replied to gerRN23's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    oh geeez when i worked LTC our ADON would pretty much bully us into coming in to cover call offs. if we said no, we knew we'd have a crappy assignment for the next week. She assigned nurses each and...

  3. Pain Meds

    whoa-now replied to erin1821's topic in Patient Medications

    Actually on a post op unit. It's great that the MD has given you, the nurse a couple of different pain meds to choose from. This way you don't have to have him paged/called once, twice, or more to...

  4. How in the heck did I end up in CVICU from LTC?

    whoa-now replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Career

    well hmmm.. I am bit confused . Just a couple of days ago I was reading a post in another forum by this same person. Nothing but complaining, using not very nice launguage about EVERYONE you worked...

  5. Coworker nurse trying to ruin my reputation...

    whoa-now replied to HM7380's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been an RN for 5 years as well. Navigating our first five years after nursing school is tough enough. The LAST THING you need is for your emotions to run amuk (sp?). You need to be focused on...

  6. Worried I lied to Board of Nursing

    whoa-now replied to sonovince's topic in Nursing Career

    So cliche but hey HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. Karma

  7. Stupid things doctors do?!

    whoa-now replied to healthstar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well put PMFB-RN! MD's assess and give their input. Us RN's are with these patient's bedside daily and do our own assessments. The Doc and I put our heads together and figure out what is best for our...

  8. Non Direct Patient Care

    whoa-now replied to pnurseuwm's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry to hear about your experiences, but they sound OH SO familiar! Only I had a simple hysterectomy after graduating 6 years ago turn into necrotizing faciitis which was an 18 month long...