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Planning to build a home and move to Eagle Rock shortly--was wondering about the hospitals within commuting distance. You know, which ones are good to work for, pay and benefits, etc. My specialty is CVICU and SICU. I thought about working in Rog...

Hey, thanks for the information! That would be a lot closer to me--just across the lake--or should I say around the lake--from me. It's nice to hear from the two of you that it's a nice hospital, too. Maybe they've upgraded their pay scale, or may...

Sounds really pretty. We probably won't start building that soon, but good luck to you.

Hi! Are you building your log home around the Beaver Lake area?

Hi! I've been an RN since 1978--AD from College of the Redwoods, went back in 1993 to get a BSN at UAPB. I've worked all over the place, but have been working in CVICU since 1989 and SICU (since forever). Planning on moving to Eagle Rock (on Table ...

Actually, I was named after my dad's girlfriend from his junior high school days--but he was in his 40's when I was born, so Mom didn't care. :) That's really good news about Skaggs--the real estate agent up there (around Kimberling City) said they ...

Do you know what his cholesterol levels were before he started on the diet? I always have more arrhythmias after eating high carbs...every time...but I know we're all different, too. And, although it's the easiest way to eat for me, it's not "too g...

I started Atkins over 2 1/2 years ago, only stayed on it for two weeks, then switched to Protein Power, then just controlled my carb intake. Lost the 40 lbs. I wanted to in the first two months and they've stayed off. I nearly had to starve...

We had a guy in CVICU once who was a member of the KKK and openly admitted it. The surgeons close the patients' chests and bring them straight to us, so we do all the recovery, etc. His family had told me he would only want white nurses but didn't ...

What did you eat, Agnus? Fried bacon and eggs? I mean, yeah, they're allowed but it might be too much too soon. I know my body wasn't ready for a lot of fat (I'd eaten low fat for years), so I ate baked meat and vegetables for a while, along with ...

Ha! Sharann, I love the little guy under the chair! I agree with you, too. We just all have to decide what's best for us. Most of the time your body will make more cholesterol if you go on a low cholesterol diet, but that's another can of worms, i...

Yeah, well, we DID consider those options.... Don't know if it was GOOD champagne or not...

Whenever we have the occasional order for beer or whatever like that, pharmacy goes out and buys it--and they did! We laughed at the time he wrote the order, but laughed even harder later when we found out what he meant to order.

Inderal 20 mg IV now and q8h--and the pharmacy sent it!--20 1 mg amps!--so I talked with them, too, since I had a bunch of new graduates on the night shift then; most would ask, some not sure about. On a patient in complete heart block with some PVC'...

Agnus, you can use maltitol or a mix of boxed Splenda and maltitol in your cheesecake (same amount, cup for cup), and you'll never know the difference. I use Steel's crystal or syrup maltitol in baking and ice cream, and their powdered maltitol is a...

Oh, I forgot! We eat chocolate, too! We bake with it (just regular unsweetened baking chocolate), buy or make sugarfree bars. Some of the Beligian ones are delicious! Can even buy sugarfree chocolate chips now! Oh, yeah, we're really suffering h...

Many low carbers do stay on the diet as their "way of life" eating plan. And they DO eat sweets baked with various artificial sweeteners using nut flours and such for flour. Some of the recipes for brownies, cookies, muffins, etc. you would not be ...

Everyone should get off the unit when they can take a break, smoker or not. Go to the lounge and put your feet up, go for a walk somewhere, to the gift shop, wherever. Gives you a chance to settle down and regroup. Most smokers don't mind watching...

Just go to a uniform store with lots of choices in shoes and try them on. If you feel pressure anywhere on your feet or feel your weight shifting to your heels or balls of your feet, get another style or try another size. That little bit of pressur...

RN 23 years CVICU Topped out at 22.50/hr plus 30% weekend diff, shift diff. We're losing many of our young nurses--leaving for higher pay; they start about $13/hr here. ------------------ Trella

Well, you know when a TV patient's supposed to be on the ventilator and they show him with nasal O2 and an old MA-1 ventilator standing at the bedside with the bellows going up and down and he's talking! We just can't let it pass, that's all. I lik...

I, too, remember the Emerson bottles and stainless steel bedpans and urinals. I also remember ducking a few thrown by patients in DT's. I went to school in California and moved to Arkansas in the 70's. I was supposed to wear a cap and white nylons...