newadventure

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1. Lost It at Work!

   newadventure replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I work nightsw and something just are not appropriate to do at night. I want to see what kind of browbeating the nurse who calls an surgeon at 2am to ask him to come get consent signed for a...

2. prostituting our nurses

   newadventure replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to add, if a doc doesn't want a second page don't write stupid orders. "What the patient takes at home" is not an

3. Displaced Katrina evacuees nurses getting new grad jobs???

   newadventure replied to brina's topic in General Nursing

   This may seem too simple. Ask the hospital who offered you the job, how long the offer is good for or when do you need to get back to them by. Then, call the other hospital, ask if you are being...

4. Insominiac here.. Need 11am to 11pm shift...

   newadventure replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

   I saw a posting for Sister of Providence Health systems in Springfield MA, for a 11a -11p shift in the

5. Who gets the job?

   newadventure replied to daisybaby's topic in Nurse Management

   Your only choice is to offer the seasoned nurse the new nurses hours. After all if you go back on the new nurse she is going to leave and there is really nothing showing the the experienced nurse is...

6. Hello everyone i need some help please?

   newadventure replied to o27pink's topic in Connecticut Nursing

   I am really sorry to hear that. I have always had decent instructors, but there are many other clinical instructors that I don't have. As I have a pretty strong interest in the success of the...

7. Spo2/Telemetry Monitor & Pager system

   newadventure replied to Mary MSN RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a monitor tech. I can only imagine that this would be a nightmare of pages. Especially with Spo2. We have 2 different systems, Siemens and Philips. On both systems to O2 monitors are very...

8. Difference betw living will and adv directive

   newadventure replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

   I had the impression that a living will is part of an advance directive. A living will states what medical treatment an individual would want to recieve if unable to speak for themselves. An advance...

9. it doesn't matter what kind of nurse you are.

   newadventure replied to jpatrick188's topic in General Nursing

   I think we are missing the point of the message. I think he means we should keep in mind that just because someone is a LPN does not mean they give substandard care, and RN after a name does not...

10. Family friendly nursing, home care?

    newadventure replied to newadventure's topic in Nursing Career

    Which

11. Family friendly nursing, home care?

    newadventure posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I an going to graduate my ADN in August. I have two small children and I'm looking for family friendly areas to work in. I currently work (CNA) in a hospital and always assumed I would be med/surge...

12. Hello everyone i need some help please?

    newadventure replied to o27pink's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Your telling me. I'm in the first class and I'm willing to make a burnt offering (of the neigbor's cat, sorry not a cat fan!) to get accreditation. If it makes you feel better, everyone in my class...

13. "She's Just A Nurse"

    newadventure replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    My mother is a nurse. When I was in high school I thought there was not way I was going to be "just a nurse". Now I'm 30 years old, going back to school while working, with two kids. I now know the...

14. Telemetry Monitoring Procedures

    newadventure replied to JEMRN's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work as a monitor tech (student RN). Where I work the CNA's get 6 hours training on reading the monitors, then two days sitting at the station with another tech. Monitor watching is...

15. Help with basic Biology 100....

    newadventure replied to ICor9:24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is a trick I used for A&P and it work quite well. Reading the material was not enough for me. I wrote note cards. If the material was really had I tried to divide it different way on...