Wise Woman RN

Wise Woman RN

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  1. Did Anyone Go To Nursing School While Raising Kids?

    Wise Woman RN replied to selulion's topic in General Nursing

    My kids were 4 and 8 when I started school. They went to two different schools, I drove and picked them up. I taped a lot of their favorite books for them to listen to because I worked afternoons. I...

  2. Arg, the Stripe is Separating from My Nurse's Cap

    Wise Woman RN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    the stripe can be tacked back on with fabric

  3. A few questions for the "older" new nurses...

    Wise Woman RN replied to adiliegro's topic in General Nursing

    I started at 38, graduated at 41... you can do it... good

  4. I guess I'm a florist now too....

    Wise Woman RN replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    The other day, a patient waved, snapped her fingers at me, and shouted,"Oh, Miss?? Get my friend here a cup of coffee!!" Another woman, who had cut the patient's hair in his room, was signaling to...

  5. Change with scrub design...

    Wise Woman RN replied to design_student's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to see more scrub tops with button fronts for those of us who, for many reasons, have a hard time pulling the scrub tops over our heads... reinforced pockets would be nice, and a loop...

  6. Transfer techniques refresher for RN return to patient care

    Wise Woman RN replied to peppercat's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in a hospital based neuro rehab unit, and transfer patients all day long. Lots of them are dense hemiplegics, or have severe parkinson's... the thing that helps me the most is use of a gait...

  7. your very own personal crusade

    Wise Woman RN replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    It bugs me, too... I call them disposable

  8. Nursing as maid of all trades

    Wise Woman RN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The nurses here have to make sure the patients all have their meals called in... then, they have to call when the trays come up, if there are errors... the kitchen staff were supposed to help with the...

  9. Nursing as maid of all trades

    Wise Woman RN replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have that now at our hospital, and it's a nightmare... the patients order what they want, then are told by the dietary staff they can't have it, it's not on the patients' diet... We explain ad...

  10. drunks

    Wise Woman RN replied to Dave11's topic in Emergency

    Thank you... My father was an alcoholic. He also gave 25 years of his life to the Army, in WWII and Korea. He was a very smart man, well respected, but developed alcohol dependence late in life......

  11. Lansing Community College

    Wise Woman RN replied to JenW's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I graduated from LCC in 1992. It was a great experience, and a great

  12. Total Hip restrictions

    Wise Woman RN replied to nursemomruns's topic in Orthopedic

    Where I work, the surgeon decides... lots of times the patients are in a 45 degree wheelchair, but some of the surgeons are saying that their patients' hips are stable enough for 90 degrees... they...

  13. Anyone heard of serotonin syndrome? Anyone experienced it??

    Wise Woman RN replied to passing thru's topic in Psychiatric

    5HTP, which you can get in the health food stores, is also a drug that can cause or contribute to serotonin

  14. Best Hospitals in Chicoland Area to Work At

    Wise Woman RN replied to Soozen's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Centegra has a couple of hospitals in Woodstock and McHenry, I think about 45 minute

  15. Cpap?

    Wise Woman RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I sleep with a CPAP... I was severely sleep deprived, it turns out...I also snored like a freight train... Now, my husband can sleep with me, (he says I look like a cute little fighter-jet pilot,) and...

  16. New bill for safe nursing standards

    Wise Woman RN replied to Bjo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    the staffing levels sound fine... but will they then get rid of CNA's and unit secretaries, and have the nurses do, in addition to assessments, meds, admissions, discharges, teaching, all the patient...

  17. Organizational skills

    Wise Woman RN posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I wonder if there are any resources that I can obtain to improve my organizational skills? My manager has said that I need to improve in this area. I had thought that my organizational skills were...

  18. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    Wise Woman RN replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    McHenry County here, right in McHenry... Love

  19. rehab nursing courses/ training

    Wise Woman RN replied to tlhaloganyombalambi's topic in Rehabilitation

    try

  20. Hours in rehab nursing

    Wise Woman RN replied to danu3's topic in Rehabilitation

    We have similar unit, nocs gets 1 nurse, 1 tech. Days gets 3 nurses, 1 tech. Does your unit have a

  21. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

    Wise Woman RN replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

    I work in a 13 bed inpatient rehab unit. When we are full, we have 3 nurses, one tech or aide. No secretary. Patients have to be up and dressed, fed and pills in them by 9am.. admissions are a...