steelcityrn

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  1. How do you focus when you have personal issues??

    steelcityrn replied to wannabenursetx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My best advice is to take it one day at a time, one hurdle at a time. Do your best to correct any problems that come up so you can move on and not have to revisit them later. Try to get a good night...

  2. Cataract - Calling All Eye Nurses (or anyone who has cared for post-op cataract pt)

    steelcityrn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    As far as vision post op, shield usually on until the next day, which is usually your follow up appt. Vision should be clearer, but your focus ability will now be impaied. So if you wore prescription...

  3. is this legal?

    steelcityrn replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds wrong to me. She has no license to be writing orders for a physician. Someone needs to stop that a.s.a.p. You as a nurse should not follow a order that you know was not obtained by a physician....

  4. Discharge Planning and CHF

    steelcityrn replied to madwife2002's topic in Cardiac

    Yes, I have for HH. Priority is s/s of exacerbation and when to call m.d. and or 911. Then you would have a list of preventative measures such as...avoiding salt, daily am wgt with orders when to...

  5. Need to know if this happens at your facitlity?

    steelcityrn replied to hdhnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Asking someone if they would float to a unit (specialty) that they have never worked in before is one thing, but using threats of being fired is ludicrous! The patients deserve better

  6. "Don't waste your time getting your BSN..."

    steelcityrn replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Anyone who discourages educational growth is a poor

  7. kiss that job goodbye?

    steelcityrn replied to mer_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thats great! Best of

  8. Does anyone have anything positve to say about med-surg?

    steelcityrn replied to newlvngrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will get the BEST hands on experience in general nursing that is possible. You will see just about every procedure done at the bedside, wound care, dressing change, iv medications, blood...

  9. kiss that job goodbye?

    steelcityrn replied to mer_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you are that interested in the job, I would call her back again to say your car is repaired and you could come at her

  10. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    steelcityrn replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I give great thanks to Michael Moore for his ideas,opinions and movies. He is not putting America down, he is putting down those in office who continue to IGNORE the basic needs of the people in this...

  11. Question about FFP transfusion

    steelcityrn replied to astnm's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, blood tubing over 30

  12. Help! New nurse needs advice: Incident at a LTC facility

    steelcityrn replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    My advice would be to find another job! The way you were treated in both situations was

  13. telemetry floors and staffing

    steelcityrn replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Chloe....You may want to pick up a book called EKG for dummies. No, I am not calling you that..lol..Its a real book, I picked one up a few years ago to

  14. I was just thinking about the child who was disemboweled

    steelcityrn replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a horrible story. If this has happened before, what could be done to prevent it in the

  15. Describe Different Levels Er

    steelcityrn replied to angelique777's topic in Emergency

    I am not impressed with the magnet status hospital in my back yard. I hated how they tried to buy the nurses help during the process, only to dissapoint in the end. Nothing changed for the average...

  16. Past coming back to bite me in the fanny?

    steelcityrn replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Operating Room

    If they check into this and see termiated, chances are they will not call you back. If for some reason they do not see this, and call you for a interview, then bring this up about you working in the...

  17. 2 questions re: fractures

    steelcityrn replied to queenjean's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    good info

  18. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    steelcityrn replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Education is not overrated, its important for your career. If your trying to say you do not need to have a bsn to be a good nurse, thats probably true. But no matter what your profession, education is...

  19. Acls

    steelcityrn replied to maximaxi's topic in Pulmonary

    You will need to know all cardiac dyrhythmias and treatments, in ist order. Its not easy, but most people pass. Its trying to retain it all thats more

  20. Stabbed in the Back for the First Time..

    steelcityrn replied to TopazLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Seems like the one mistake you made was you did not document what you seen and your action. Other than that, you work with a real jerk. One trait that all nurses need is honesty, or they will not make...

  21. ER nurse accessing Dialysis Cath in Emergency

    steelcityrn replied to Huachuca's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Having just had a dialysis patient in homecare who almost lost her only arm that can have a dialysis catherter, I agree that protocol has to be maintained, this is their lifeline. This poor woman went...

  22. 2 jobs possibility

    steelcityrn replied to doggybour's topic in New York Nursing

    Sure its possible if that what you want to do. Just make sure you have some time for

  23. stroke in LTC

    steelcityrn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Know the DNR status, then call 911. You can obtain vitals and assessment while ambulance is on the

  24. Smelling Cancer?

    steelcityrn replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I guess anything is possible. I have read where peoples animals were thought to have picked up the scent of

  25. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    steelcityrn replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    no sleep = unable to concentrate..... better to miss that