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  1. GN starting rate?

    fusster replied to RNismycalling's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's $22.21 as a GN, then shoots up a dollar once you're an RN where I'm working in the Detroit area, pluse night and weedend

  2. Thank you gift for preceptor

    fusster replied to fusster's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I'll look at the past

  3. Thank you gift for preceptor

    fusster posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am a new nurse as of April. I'm trying to think of some gift to give my preceptor for when I'm finished with orientation, probably something big for her and something kind of small for...

  4. Food insecurity in America.......

    fusster replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Financial info is posted on the web page. Of course donating money is not the only way to help, you can also donate food or

  5. Food insecurity in America.......

    fusster replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    If anyone is interested in aiding those in need of food, here is a good charity that helps feed anyone in need, not just the children:

  6. TB mantoux test question

    fusster posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a mantoux test done a week ago. Since then, there has been a red area around where the solution was injected. I had it checked 48 hrs after it was done and it was negative because there is no...

  7. Fibromyalgia

    fusster replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I'd be careful about disregarding it as a diagnosis. My mom was labeled with this for a while. She has an HMO and her primary care doc wouldn't refer her to any specialists. After c/o severe muscle...

  8. gloves to spike a bag

    fusster replied to vickynurse's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I've never heard of wearing gloves while spiking bags/hanging IV's. So long as you don't touch the IV spike or the port into the IV fluid bag, it shouldn't matter whether you wear gloves or

  9. Fetal ectopic heartbeat

    fusster posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    My sister is pregnant with her fourth child. Her baby has been diagnosed with "ectopic beats". The doctor says that it's usually not a major problem and usually disappears either before birth or...

  10. Best Advice for Successful IV Sticks

    fusster replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    1) Stabilize the vein by putting a finger from your non-dominant hand on the vein just above where you are going to stick. This helps to keep the vein from rolling. 2) Look for veins that you can...

  11. Any Pediatricians willing to answer some questions?

    fusster replied to BJstudent's topic in Pediatric

    I don't quite understand what you're trying to get out of us nurses. Pediatricians are a special kind of doctor that work with kids. The role of a pediatrician (again, a DOCTOR that works with...

  12. How do schools handle OB/GYN for male Nursing Students?

    fusster replied to Mr. Beef's topic in Male Nursing Students

    They handle it the exact same way as they do for female nursing students. Some students are uncomfortable in mental health rotations because they have a mental illness, someone they know has/had a...

  13. What's your most interesting/scary case?

    fusster replied to LizzyL&DRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My sister has three children. All her pregnancies went fine until it was time to deliver. First one she was in labor for over 30 hours and pushed for 5 hours, and then her baby's heart rate started...

  14. Catheter care

    fusster replied to urrRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Just curious as to whether this place gave any reasoning as to why they do not provide alcohol-based hand rubs. The CDC recommends the use of alcohol-based hand rubs as long as the hands are not...

  15. Business casual

    fusster replied to LadySugarBug's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest no lab coat. Many psychiatric patients have been in psychiatric hospitals or institutes for much of their lives or had bad experiences with doctors wearing lab coats and it could...

  16. Nursing student tips for ER

    fusster replied to fusster's topic in Emergency

    Thank you so much to everyone who replied! I'm sure these suggestions will help me out a

  17. Has anyone in L&D seen this or heard of this?

    fusster replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Though they try to make this issue sound simple, it really isn't. What if the baby is born prematurely (say 24 weeks or so) and is left to die. Could the doctor then be prosecuted? Or if the baby...

  18. shaving cream for peri care???

    fusster replied to mel1977's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to try a search on this. I recall a similar thread on this. The thread is "shaving cream to clean dirty butts??". There were many replies, so it should be

  19. What do I need to do in order to work in the ER?

    fusster replied to Princess74's topic in Emergency

    The ER at the hospital I do my clinicals at only has EMT's as techs. It's a level I, so that may have something to do with not letting those who do not have significant training work in the ER. They...

  20. moving to Texas, which city is better? Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio?

    fusster replied to nervefreak's topic in Texas Nursing

    Try this thread: https://allnurses.com/forums/f175/trying-pick-city-houston-dallas-austin-53207.html?highlight=texas+dallas It's about houston, dallas, and austin, but it still hits some of the same...

  21. Question about Clinical pt.

    fusster replied to Nurse2bNicole's topic in General Nursing

    You should ask your instructor about it. You're there to learn and your instructor is there to help you learn. Your instructor knows that you don't know everything. To become great nurses, nurses...

  22. Breast Implants

    fusster replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    I can't really comment on whether I would get them because I have always had really big breasts so I can't really relate to having small breasts. I'm not even going to pretend I understand what it's...

  23. homeless pt's?

    fusster replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    I volunteer at a homeless shelter and I can say from experience that it is important not to judge homeless people or to stereotype. Not every homeless person is the same. They do not all choose to...

  24. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    fusster replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That patients will hide cigarettes in places you'd never guess to look (and may never find), then act completely innocent when you ask them about the smoke coming out of their room That people have...

  25. help! Are surgical techs and RNs the same??

    fusster replied to BernadetteRNBSN's topic in Operating Room

    At my hospital, circulating nurses can do the job of surgical techs (basically just hand tools to the surgeon and count for the circulating RN), but surgical techs cannot do the job of the circulating...