itinerantPHNAK

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1. Nursing in a Third World Country

   itinerantPHNAK replied to awojcik's topic in General Nursing

   I traveled to africa for 2 months right after i graduated nursing school. I was worked in a delivery room in Africa. I probably saw 4-5 deliveries a day in my 6-7 hour shift. I would highly recommend traveling to anyone, however, i would say get a l...

2. Getting used to gore?

   itinerantPHNAK replied to mhy12784's topic in Operating Room

   I would go online and see if you can find more information about some of the common surgeries that you will see. If you know more information about whats going on, it seems less like gore. Also, frequently, you can see some clips of the actual proced...

3. NEW GRAD

   itinerantPHNAK replied to PB0107's topic in Public/Community

   Thats awesome that you are really trying to figure out what you want to do in nursing, however, it might be best to just get some experience. The longer out you are from graduation, the harder it is to find a position. You also dont want to lose your...

4. Residents....

   itinerantPHNAK replied to mwlude's topic in Emergency

   My favorite was when i was working on an Ortho Trauma floor in a teaching hospital. We had a pt that needed an IV, probably a difficult stick. We had 3 medical students volunteer to do it. So they go and pull out the ultra sound and go into the room....

5. Please help a student nurse

   itinerantPHNAK replied to keepcalm's topic in Med-Surg

   In my final practicum, the thing that kept me the most organized was my "nurse brain" figure out how to organize your paper that holds all your pt information. there are so many available online, and many floors have them available too. But look arou...

6. Where do you work with your FNP?

   itinerantPHNAK posted a topic in NP

   I currently work as a nurse in public health, but am interested in getting my FNP. I have been looking at job ads online and it looks like there is quite a range of places you can work. I know most people think of working in a family clinic, but what...

7. Leech Therapy

   itinerantPHNAK replied to Caleb_RN225's topic in Critical

   I worked on an Ortho Trauma floor and we used to use leech therapy with flap and reattachment patients. It is actually pretty cool. The leech draws up good blood and helps to revascularize the area. If you are having problems getting the leech to at...

8. Salary check adult day care

   itinerantPHNAK replied to Itsjustapril's topic in Job Hunt

   I would call and ask before you accept the position. if you are an RN you should be making7-10$ more an hour than that. however...if it is the only thing on the table, and you are in need of the money. Take it while you are looking for other things....

9. I'm a new grad interested in Public Health

   itinerantPHNAK replied to mslovebug's topic in Public/Community

   After I graduated, I went straight in to public health nursing. I also really struggled with what to do also, to work in a hospital and do my time or start in something that I wanted to work in. My preceptor in public health always said that, even t...