madwife2002 BSN, RN

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    Weird question about interview (re:overweight/ not needing insurance)

    madwife2002 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Weight has nothing to do with nursing or if you can do your job well! Honestly as a nurse manager weight has never been an employee's reason for not being a good employee! In fact the worst employee I...
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    Davita pay period

    madwife2002 replied to Lucky724's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You will go three weeks before pay if I am not mistaken, you will always be a week in
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    Being bought by DaVita,,,,help!!!!

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

    I was brought across country for a dialysis position and they fed me a lot of lies and untruths. 2 years later I am still with the same company, I am glad I stayed the 12 weeks training and the 150...
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    Nurses pictures on patients whiteboards???

    madwife2002 replied to jibbs's topic in General Nursing

    I dont have a problem with having my photo and name on a board at the beginning of the floor. In fact we have one and the patients and relatives especially the new ones like
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    How To Draw Blood From A PICC Line

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When drawing blood from a double lumen PICC line, which has TPN running do you 1/ Flush with 10mls of normal saline, pull back 10mls of blood discard and throw that away before taking your...
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    Torrance Hospital

    madwife2002 replied to tanyaRN09's topic in California Nursing

    Please say which state then we can help you
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    What kinds of jobs involving organ donations are available to ADN educated RNs?

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

    Merged your two threads as they are
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    positive Quad

    madwife2002 replied to Nurse Amy Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    I know you are worried and scared at the moment, but I feel you need to wait to see your specialist who will offer you a series of tests which will accurately give you the diagnoses. It is important...
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    Do your Managers and Charge nurses work on the unit?

    madwife2002 replied to pilotnurse's topic in Emergency

    I am a manager and I work the floor on occasions when needed. My job is so busy though that I rarely catch up if I have to work the
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    nurses doing tech duties

    madwife2002 replied to 3cdn1usa's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We havent given her any nursing duties yet! She has been training as a tech since
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    Advantages of Bedside Nursing

    madwife2002 replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    I loved working the floor 1/ It was exciting and never boring 2/ The day went very very quickly 3/ I knew I was doing a worthwhile job, and felt job satisfaction 4/ I worked with great co-workers, who...
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    RN dialysis positions...I must be missing something...

    madwife2002 replied to Marshall1's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my company the RN's work 4 10 hour shifts and overtime is
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    nurses doing tech duties

    madwife2002 replied to 3cdn1usa's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    All our nurses are trained as techs first then they learn the RN role. It is expected that the RN should be able to slip into the tech role should the need arise-for example in an emergency. We...
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    Is it legal for Davita to do these things??

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

    At my dialysis company we dont use spill kits because when there is a blood spill it tends to be large-we use bleach cloths to mop up the spill. When we take pt's off dialysis to go to the bathroom...
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    What do you do on the drive to work?

    madwife2002 replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    I listen to books, I now enjoy long drives alone so I can listen to
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    What was the first thread you posted on allnurses?

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So the thread about "Has all nurses got boring thread" got me thinking about why I joined all nurses and what was my very first thread I started back in January 2005?? Without looking I am sure my...
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    College of Nursing and Allied Health or Mount Saint Mary (Doheny) ADN Program?

    madwife2002 replied to vanne_07's topic in California Nursing

    Hello I need to move your thread to the state you are discussing can you tell me where it
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    UCI, HOAG & other OC hospitals' 2011 new grad programs

    madwife2002 replied to passionlove's topic in California Nursing

    Thank
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    Uniform color by discipline

    madwife2002 replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I miss the free uniforms and the professional look of the hospital staff who wear them! I loved the freedom of choice when I came to the US but it works out expensive and some of the staff wear...
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    UCI, HOAG & other OC hospitals' 2011 new grad programs

    madwife2002 replied to passionlove's topic in California Nursing

    Which state are we
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    Uniform color by discipline

    madwife2002 replied to annetter's topic in General Nursing

    I think it looks much smarter and more professional that a mix match of
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    2011 3rd Quarter Contest Winners

    madwife2002 replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Well done to all
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    How long to train an RN to be a tech?

    madwife2002 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my company the RN's first train to be a technician then at week 5 they start work on the RN skills. We have an RN who on week 7 still cannot dialyize one patients in a timely manner and I cannot...
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    Thought I had the dialysis job...but no word in over a week..

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

    I would be patient a little longer, dialysis companies can be busy they are hiring and training lots of techs and RN's. If it is one of the bigger companies why not contact the recruitment person,...
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    Cna's view of nursing

    madwife2002 replied to evolvingrn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is not a new phenomenon, It has always been thought that RN's do nothing! I once got told I can do your job anyday of the week-you just pass a few