lorita

lorita

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  1. Any one work for armor correctional health services in florida? I just applied for a job with them at a county jail. I have never worked in correctons but thought I would try PRN and see if I like it. Does anyone have an idea of what the pay is and w...
  2. Why no ETOH before cholest. draw?

    I've never been told to obstain fro ETOH 72 hours prior. Last time I had mine checked I had 2 glasses of wine the night before but it was 12 hours before my test as instruted. I don't think it raised my triglycerides sine my level was only 44.
  3. Low census policy at your hospital?

    The first hospital i worked at would occasionally call people off due to low census but they would call everyone and ask for you to volunteer for that and ussually they would find someone who wanted the day off but they never expected you to be on ca...
  4. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    I worked agency for a while and a couple times I accepted an asignment only to find out that I was being put somewhere else I didn't feel comfortble at. Once they even asked me to go to one floor I said no, they called back and said the hospital was ...
  5. Help please - Need advice on dealing with Michigan HPRP

    Yes, get an attorney ASAP but you must go to any appointments with heathcare recovery. I would also file a complaint against the doctor who reported you clearly he has issues. What a horrible thing this doctor has done to you. He should not be a medi...
  6. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    Well was it one of those rabit vibraters? Just kidding!
  7. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    :nono:Whats really scarry is they were given foster children, ya gota wonder!
  8. Triage TX Anyone Have Any Good Ideas?

    Where I sed to work we hd protacols for this labs were jst BS, UA, HCG really only labs we ran ourselves any other had to be ordered by the doc. We could order x-rays on extremities only and of course give tylenol and motrin.
  9. "It jsut water weight........"

    Ok this is really a very simple math question a gallon=128 oz. a pound is 16 oz. 128/16=8
  10. All i can say is I can't wait untill the US has a wonderful system like that in place. My vote in the next elelction wll certainly go to the canidate who will fight for universal health care. And I'm so thankful to everyone including MM who are willi...
  11. Immigration Status Questions To Expand To Healthcare?

    I don't agree most are overcrowed and while anyone without health insurance who doesn't pay their bill affects the bottom line their are more consequences for people with social security cards since their credit will be affected. Wouldn't it be nice ...
  12. What Would You Love to Find in the Break Room?

    I would prefer fruit or veggies
  13. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    I gave my child the medicine 4x a day for 10 days but there is still some left in the bottle what do I do? Migraine via ambulance. I need a sonogram to find out how far along I am I have a cold that started a couple hours ago I fell and want to get c...
  14. When to use hot packs?

    first 24-48 hours ice a strain after that heat helps, and of course if you're stuck in a snow storm they're great too! lol
  15. illegal immigrant nurse

    You need legal advise not nursing advise but as far as claiming to be a victim don't even go there. Is every one who does something illegal a victim? I'm sure every one in jail could make that argument. I'll tell you when I was 19 seven months pregna...
  16. Any info on IL vs FL pay scale?

    We moved here from western Michigan 12/05 and my wages are the same as there but west mich also has low wages. I'm sure Chicago wages are better. I love where we live here in Florida and am glad we came here. I don't like winter and don't miss those ...
  17. How often do you play hooky?

    Never! The job I'm in now for the last 15 months I've called in once and that was to take care of my 77yo father. My last job of 11 yrs I called in twice once when I was vomiting and once when I had an abscessed tooth (I went to work with the dental ...
  18. Who are the Uninsured?

    Sorry I don't beleive the all or nothing argument, we have gov't sponsored schools police fire libraries roads ect none of these has made our country socialist they are for the good of the entire society as is healthcare. However I'm with ya when it ...
  19. Who are the Uninsured?

    There are many narrow minded people who want to catoragize every one libral or conservative. The problem with that is people have many veiws they maybe libral when it comes to universal health and may be consevative when it comes to abortion as just ...
  20. Who are the Uninsured?

    I worked for a company in michigan in occ health and we also had a factory in canada. In MI we had about 600 employee's Canada had twice as many. Our workers comp was over 1 mil that doesn't even consider regular medical plan. In canada the company g...
  21. I work at one of those hospitals in the ER and there are 2 things you need to keep in mind 1. These are not emergencies! 2. They ARE NOT being charged $100 extra. They are charged $100 total no mater what the actual cost is. the differene is it must...
  22. Never Again

    I had that happen to me only it was the whole shift with 65 pt. it was horrible there was no way. I manged to get my meds passed but only some of the treatments and I never took a break. It was crazy. I had been there twice before on the other hall ...
  23. Healthiest US States

    HM2Viking, Just wanted to say thnaks I really appreciate your posts they are very informative and educational.
  24. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    While i've never met or worked with a cannadian nurse. I've met many canadian pt 's when I was working in michigan near a college that had many canadian students. they would often metion their health care and how they never had to worry and on and on...
  25. Still think we have the best Health care in the world?

    I have had to make plenty of referal appointments and I can tell you that many take longer then 8 days. Hernia surg like tmothy had is usually very fast, most surgeries that require a general surg go fairly quickly but any kind of specialty and we're...