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DONs & CEOs don't give a flying flip about the need to assign pt's by acuity so floor nurses duties are evenly dispersed. They have their own, bottom line criteria & hospital/corporate policies to follow. Even when it is CLEAR assignment by a...

i would be interested in taking the beginning micro course if i can still get in. i have gone to their website to research the offering. can you tell me the total cost for an out-of-state student? and do i have to apply, send transcripts, do any pre-...

anyone attending the wild on wounds conference orlando fl sept 19-20th sponsored by wcei & the nawccb? as a florida resident who has been to orlando many times, i do not want to pay the price of the rosen center international drive hotel (approx ...

i live in ellenton, 15-20 min. north of sarasota. yes, it's the slow season, & nurses are being floated or cancelled on a regular basis. at some hospitals (blake medical ctr. hca), unit clerks are working as aides in order to keep a job & hou...

I work Med/Surg nights in an acute care HCA Florida hospital. I hang blood with an RN, as we're required to have a witness/second party to do the checks & balances of hanging blood. I can't give Vasotec or Demerol IV & a few other meds are pr...

Wound care: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cpgonline.htm (http://www.hhs.gov site) Clinical practice guidelines on Pressure Ulcers http://www.npuap.org National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel guidelines & practices http://www.medicaledu.com Wound C...

sent the letter to my representative vern buchanan of the 13 th district in florida. i also met face to face in a meeting in which i lobbied rep. bill galvano of the florida state assembly in his office to pass the "patient right to know" act. this a...

Search Dept of Defense for government/civilian/military nursing positions available anywhere there is a US military installation such as: Aviano Italy; Ramstein, Landstuhl Germany; etc. Yes, there are LPN/LVN positions at these locations, whether an...

Laurenburg & Lumberton are a whole different part of the state. Lumberton straddles I-95, Laurenburg west of it, but smaller. I've lived in Asheville, Raleigh, & Fayetteville- I could never see myself living in Laurenburg or Lumberton (sorry-...

just mailed in my enrollment fee to excelsior. am ready & waiting to get started. once you've made up your mind to pursue something, it seems like you can't get the wheels turning quickly enough. i really like that it can be done on my timetable ...

I attended a Wound Care Education Institute seminar for a week in Raleigh NC. Classes are held throughout nation to prepare nurses, PTs, etc. for National Alliance of Wound Care certification exam.

While near the end of our LPN classes, a classmate & I attended a Blake Medical Center "Open House for Nurses". We came after class & were wearing our student uniforms. Two DONs escorted us around their units, & gave us their company be...

Would those of you who are employed as wound care nurses give those interested an idea of the types of positions, conditions of the job, you are currently experiencing? What is a typical day for you? Thanks for sharing!

i lived in raleigh for 14 years & loved it there. with all the colleges in the city limits (nc state, meredith, peace, shaw) (+ wake tech is sort of east & south), there are plenty of young people, activities & nightlife to go around. it...

Hello, I work for an HCA hospital (Blake Medical Ctr) in Bradenton FL. GSR in Myrtle Beach is in the same corporation. We have Computer-On-Wheels with electronic EMAR med scanning/pt. ID bracelets. Meditech DOS based software to do our documentation....

Sickle Cell Crisis pt... absolutely one of the nicest people I've ever had for a pt gave several of us Thank You cards. Another pt was really having a difficult time, widowed, only child deceased, in pain & up for surgery-I grabbed his hand, told...

Sarasota - Bradenton is a lovely area for the beaches & weather... Average pt age is 68 to 96 Lots of obese, diabetic, & many, many, many dementia pts (did I emphasize dementia enough?) Bedridden or unable to walk without assistance- oh, my a...

http://www.sciway.net South Carolina Information Highway (internet) site Lots of links & ways to view & research SC cities & counties. Greenville, Spartanburg, Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach most popular for either their lifestyle, jo...

I can be a "spelling police person" too. I make typos frequently: I can say what I'm thinking faster than my ability to type it; my distal fingers don't strike the keys as hard or well as thumbs & forefingers can. Usually, I am the person my cowo...

sc native sandlapper currently in southwest gulf coast fl, moving to myrtle beach sc in spring. house prices, property taxes, & property insurance here unreasonable- the news reporters call $285k houses affordable, taxes can be $2k-6k a year, &am...

I can't tell you if that's true or not about the 5:1 patient ratio. Makes me wonder if it's truly the standard, or gets stretched when patient census if up. Come December, it's High Season here, & the snowbird population influx really drives pt. ...

FYI: Sarasota FL has LOTS of Brits, Scots, Irish, French Canadians, Germans, Ukranians, & other former communist bloc members. Sarasota Memorial would probably love to have you with your experience- Sarasota Memorial Health Care System Good Luck,...

I did clinicals at SMH, work at Blake Medical, 2South MED/SURG nights. Patient ratios are generally eith 6 or 7 to 1 in MED/SURG units. The bad part with it being so high in this area- lots of dementia / Alzheimers' pts. who try to climb out of bed d...

SARASOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Sarasota FL http://www.sarasotatech.org/ MANATEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, Bradenton FL Manatee Technical Institute I graduated from SCTI in 2006, facility is older & so are labs & equipment. Clinicals at Sa...

When I come home in the morning: shower, brush teeth, put on pjs, a soft, cushioned eye mask, ear plugs, & a fan (pointed away from me) running in the room to block outside noise. If I think I'm going to have problems going to or staying asleep, ...