madwife2002 BSN, RN

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    Do your RN's work as techs?

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In her defense there is a lot of paperwork and increasing daily! I feel sorry for the RN's I cannot imagine how hard they must work, how many patients do they have to
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    Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

    madwife2002 replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Please continue to discuss this topic with respect and dignity, Thank
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    Nurse on vacation

    madwife2002 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I was once called when I was moving from Arizona to Ohio to see if I could
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    Request for Nursing License

    madwife2002 replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I moved to Oh I received a Large Licence and no small one-size of a certificate but we confirm licences by the BON
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    Anyone have their CDN?

    madwife2002 replied to mxems's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am planning on doing it, just need to get round to it
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    What do you say when calling out sick as a nurse?

    madwife2002 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are sick you are sick I really dont want you round me but If you are calling off because you dont want to work I dont want to know, just say you are sick, why dont I want to know because if we...
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    LPN license eligible?

    madwife2002 replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Ohio still lets you do it and I know Arizona did a few yrs
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    LPN license eligible?

    madwife2002 replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you obtain an LPN
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    Nurses at Disney

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i would love to be a nurse at disney http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzbvw67rvyo&feature=youtu.be...
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    3 types of shifts

    madwife2002 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I have had a 3 shift all week to and I am hitting the bar at 11am
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    salary increase

    madwife2002 replied to knoxvillern's topic in General Nursing

    I got 48 cent raise last year and this year a 60 cent raise, better than nothing I guess Oh yeah and I am a manager so we dont get huge pay
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    Tips/Advice for New Nurse Manager for a Dialysis Clinic

    madwife2002 replied to Lovelysista7's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    One of the main focus's of you life will be on the Quality Improvement performance of your unit. You will learn quickly about HR policies and procedures because there is so much behind the scenes that...
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    Burned out nurse

    madwife2002 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Love this one-the
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    why is so difficulty to find LPN job in Toronto?

    madwife2002 replied to lilychen's topic in International Nursing

    Toronto as in
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    Being a young Nurse.

    madwife2002 replied to jlg47rn's topic in Men in Nursing

    I am going to move this to the Male Nursing Forum Can I just say when I went into nursing I was young as were nearly all of our group average age was 21yrs and we all got treated for years like we...
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    Another non-profit, hospital-owned dialysis dinosaur, eaten by the Corporate Big Dogs

    madwife2002 replied to Guttercat's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I couldn't agree more, it is just a matter of
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    Fluid Restriction on Dialysis Pt

    madwife2002 replied to FutureRN_NP's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The reason the patients have a fluid restriction is firstly a lot of dialysis patients do not urinate or if they do it is a small amount. There is a build up of fluid within the body. If patients...
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    some new ideas would be great...

    madwife2002 replied to mommy24boys's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry to read about your problems but I strongly suggest you see a medical adviser as we are unable to provide medical advice on
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    Acute or Chronic Dialysis Nursing?

    madwife2002 replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I agree it is hard work in a Chronic Unit, I dont think all RN's are prepared for the amount of work
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    Acute or Chronic Dialysis Nursing?

    madwife2002 replied to FransBevy's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I found that Acutes was the most boring job I ever did in my life! Sitting in a room dialysing a patient who is unconscious for hours on end. Pushing machines around hospitals and Dr's who decide they...
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    Hello my name is.......and I am OBESE

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I googled the word obesity I was astonished to find that I had 156,002,803 results. What is Obesity?Wikipedia describes it as a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the...
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    Do you think about...

    madwife2002 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Recently I am getting more and more concerned about shaking people's hands in general life, not just in the hospital! I carry hand sanitizer and use it
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    How long were you at your first RN job?

    madwife2002 replied to hmellish's topic in General Nursing

    1/ Renal nurse on a renal floor, working with acute and chronic renal patients. No jobs so took 3 months to find one 2/ and 3/1 year moved with hubby who was in
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    Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    madwife2002 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have read through lot of threads recently regarding new nurses who feel they are struggling and not coping with being an new RN. So I thought it would be good to start a support thread where all new...
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    Nurse Manager said she can't give professional reference???

    madwife2002 replied to kat,rn's topic in General Nursing

    I think as NRSKaren said it is to protect both the employee and the manager. I kind of like the generic ones from HR it means everybody gets the same reference. Rather than a manager favoring one...