kc2004

Hello everyone, I work in an LDRP unit. Since October we have been losing revenue due to lack of new patients. The Docs won't send them to us because we are the only hospital in the area with no NICU. So, because of this, administration said we we...

Hello Everyone, Just an update for you. We had a mandatory unit meeting with the "executive staff" today and they have decided to close our unit effective July 1st. No attempt to recruit Dr's, no NICU as promised, just closing. I think if they had tr...

I agree with you. It seems like people with emotional problems who themselves have been helped through tough times in a psych unit, want to work there to help someone like themselves. I think it's the same for alot of different nursing specialties. F...

try exfoliating your legs every 3 days or so and use a moisturizer for sensitive skin. You can exfoliate with a loofa sponge and shower gel. Be sure to work the loofa in a circular motion. Rinse loofa well with hot water and let it dry completely bef...

You can always order them over the internet from your favorite maker i.e. Cherokee, Landau etc... It's easy and they get delivered to your door.

It's the same at our hospital but we are losing patients due to the fact that the Docs would rather deliver thier patients at a hospital with an NICU than split up a mom and baby if the baby needs to be transported.

I know what you mean, most of our Docs are nice most of the time, but there is this one Doc who is a COMPLETE JACK@SS each and everytime he comes to the unit. Maybe he just doesn't like our hospital or something but that's no reason to be rude and co...

I'm confused are you complaining in this post or stroking your ego Just kidding!!

Are there several hospitals near yours or is it in a rural area? I ask this because our hospital is one of about 5 or 6 medium sized hospitals within a 50 mile radius. The Docs have privileges at usually 3 or more of these hospitals and so choose to...

When my sister's daughter was a newborn, my sister was clipping the baby's nails. She got a little to close to the skin and it started bleeding. She called me (long distance) to ask if I thought she should take her to the ER. :chuckle I said " JANE...

See what happens with IYV Tech first, but there are a lot of good schools in NWIndiana for nursing. Have you looked into Valpo U? They have a great program but can be more expensive than IVY Tech.

What? Maybe you are posting on the wrong thread. :chuckle

i think giving inservices at elemantary schools would be great too. So many children get sick from other kids at school. Really all they need is to be educated on handwashing and not sharing personal items. We would see fewer sick kids and use fewer...

we just got a memo from administration about MRSA VS Spider bites. apparently ER was misdiagnosing MRSA abcesses as spider bites. Now every abcess is cultured for MRSA.

I wish I had time for make-up and hair. I OLAY my face. Then put long hair into pony tail and Voila! Done.

I have recently joined Curves for women. I like the workouts but haven't lost any weight yet. I'm new to exercise and need to lose over 100 lbs. My couch potato lifestyle (since the beginning of time), 4 kids, a full time job, and an under active thy...

i thought the reason units used AGENCY nurses was BECAUSE they are short staffed and need the extra help. The nurses should be welcoming Agency nurses with open arms instead of leering eyes.

bagging a baby and doing ppv is the same thing. Do you mean chest compressions?

Tweety, I work with all women, and it's very true!

You are right about the lay person's lack of education about thier own health. Especially during pregnancy. Can't tell you how many times a Doc has ordered a C-section on a perfectly normal labor patient just becuase he/she didn't feel like waiting ...

OH MY GOD!! What was he thinking? Nobody questioned him? I hope that there is a law suit filed against this idiot. I can't imagine what was going through his mind. BAD BAD BAD DOCTOR!! p.s. I am very sorry for your family's loss.

CONGRATS on your exam results. as for your "friends", I wouldn't worry too much about them. You have worked too hard and too long to get bummed out by people who didn't take their education seriously. I have a feeling that they are more angry at the...

oops.

We used to have a nurse who would use that one (disturbed energy field ) to get out of working night shift.

about 10 years ago when I was doing my clinicals in OR, we had a man come in from a rural area with an inguinal hernia. I had to assist so I walk into the OR and here is this man with a scrotal sac the size of a basketball. All of his intestines were...