madwife2002 BSN, RN

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    What was your first nursing job?

    madwife2002 replied to Idaho Murse's topic in General Nursing

    In the early 90's in the UK there were no jobs so I worked for the hospital float pool (in that time students had a very strong clinical background when they qualified and all they had never done on...
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    What do you do for daycare?

    madwife2002 replied to jmokeefe's topic in General Nursing

    Try the local churches they have childcare programs and they are much more reasonable around $30 a day per child with food
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    2011 Q1 Article Contest Results

    madwife2002 replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Well done and congratulations
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    Will severe spinal stenosis prevent me from nursing?

    madwife2002 replied to Butterfly0328's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Careful with Aleve I took it for back issues last year they found I was anemic and did a scope and found 6 ulcers which they said would have been caused by Aleve! A lovely medication with horrible...
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    I notified the wrong family of a death

    madwife2002 replied to kcmRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry for what happened I have a similar story from 20 yrs ago and I beat myself up about it for a long
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    2 colors in hair as a new graduated during interviews

    madwife2002 replied to Michelle Nicole's topic in General Students

    I dont think it will be a problem, what has hair color got to do with job interviews? I have always played with my hair color and i have been a nurse for over 22 yrs and never had an issue. I am a...
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    How to advance to middle management in nursing

    madwife2002 replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    lol as a manager yes sometimes i leave early on fridays sometimes i dont work-but be reasurred i will have done 80 hours that week and still have work to do at the weekend at
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    Should Nurse Managers...

    madwife2002 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I became a nurse manager in august last year I was promoted from within-what a shock never did I imagine how much work you have to do behind the scenes with finance and variances! The list is endless...
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    Should Nurse Managers...

    madwife2002 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Nurse Manager with no business degree. It has been hard to manage the financial side of the job, for example productivity numbers, budget analysis, variance reports and some OT analysis. I had...
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    Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

    madwife2002 replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    No dont worry it wasn't directed at any one poster
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    Do you think removing an NG tube is "killing someone"?

    madwife2002 replied to krenee's topic in General Nursing

    Please stay on topic and discuss your opinions in a professional and dignified manner Remember personal attacks are not
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    We have to COUNT drugs like lisinopril and Claritin

    madwife2002 replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    I know somebody who was medicating herself for high BP! ended up in a real mess with heart problems I know I have never medicated myself from the pyxis The hospital I worked at would send you tylenol,...
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    Texting staff to cover call off's

    madwife2002 posted a topic in General Nursing

    We text each other to cover shifts, for call off's, for requests and it works really well and is less invasive way of asking somebody to cover call offs. We have been doing this for a few months and...
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    Clarity

    madwife2002 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We use Clarity in our dialysis company and I have to say I think it is the worst computer program ever!. Do any other units use this system and if so what is your experience? We used diaproton before...
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    My lie to patient's mom

    madwife2002 replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    OMG that is too funny:lol2: what a great
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    Another Five Star Management Decision!

    madwife2002 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a young stroke unit in the UK a few years back and we use the lift on every pt at least 6 times a day. Every pt was hoya lifted out of bed for every meal, every pt was taken to the...
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    Texting staff to cover call off's

    madwife2002 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Good point Most of the staff have unlimited messaging but they wouldnt use much the most we would text is a few times a
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    Strategies for the change in shifts in a dialysis unit.

    madwife2002 replied to moley89's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my facility we have 20 chairs we plan for the following 15 mins between on's 20 mins between off's 45 mins between pts on the same chair We staff 2 techs to come in at 4am-1300 2 techs come in at...
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    Call light response time policy and procedure

    madwife2002 replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

    1/ As soon as possible 2/
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    Is being a Male nurse weird?

    madwife2002 replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have moved this thread to the male nursing forum as you will get a lot of support from your male collegues in here. I will add that I have seen an increase in male nurses over the past 22 yrs, they...
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    I don't like dead people

    madwife2002 replied to dawn.b-RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I started nursing I had never seen or been near a dying person it was a huge fear. So as a student nurse a more experienced student nurse (we did 3 yrs hospital training in those days) asked me...
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    My be kicked out for plagerism of outlining an article...help

    madwife2002 replied to Nurse Allison's topic in General Students

    Closing thread do not think it serves a purpose anymore too
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    Why do you like to look after the dialysis patient?

    madwife2002 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I was discussing this in the staff forum and I thought it would be fun to see if I am right I love the renal pt but have you noticed they all have the same problems 1/ they believe their kidneys will...
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    Nursing Organizations?

    madwife2002 replied to RNJacky's topic in General Nursing

    I joined ANNA again for similar reasons to the above except it specialises on Nephrology
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    Bundling came in and the lay-offs have started

    madwife2002 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The renal units are so scared of what bundling means to their bottom line that they have slashed the budgets. In my unit we have to lay off the receptionist, cut the Social worker and dietitions hours...