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  1. Deaf nurses

    nurseklw72 replied to ange26s's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to share with you that I am a hearing impaired nurse. I was born with abnormal cochleas. I had surgery on both ears by a doctor from the House Institute in Los Angeles when I was about...

  2. As/aas

    nurseklw72 replied to Cobweb's topic in General Nursing

    I have an AAS degree and have been an RN for 5 years. I'm now going back to take the classes required for an AS. The difference between the 2 degrees is Algebra, government, speech/communications,...

  3. Just my hospital??

    nurseklw72 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility went to the no range rule about a year ago thanks to JCAHO. Our orders read ex: vicodin 5/500 1 tab for pain rated 1-4 on # scale. 2 tabs for pain rated 5-10 on #

  4. RN Survey :)

    nurseklw72 replied to blueherring's topic in General Nursing

    1. Why did you enter the nursing profession? I was interested in working in the medical field and nursing was appealing because of job availability and security. 2. What do you like about being a...

  5. Arkansas school nurse

    nurseklw72 replied to Justhere's topic in School

    My job was actually a case of being in the right place at the right time. The principal of the school where my son attends needed a part time nurse for a semester and knew I was a nurse. After that,...

  6. Arkansas school nurse

    nurseklw72 replied to Justhere's topic in School

    Sorry I didn't respond in a more timely manner. Bentonville has 13 nurses in their district. School nursing is hard to get into. Being that it's an easy job with great hours, no one wants to give...

  7. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    nurseklw72 replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here's one that makes me crazy. The little old ladies who come into the hospital and say they need to go to "radio-ology for a mammeogram"

  8. How Far is Too Far?

    nurseklw72 replied to guest83140's topic in School

    Mom didn't go to the meeting? Well if she isn't the classic case of passive-aggressive, I don't know what is. I agree with the other nurses who say to document and make phone calls every time this...

  9. Electronic stethoscope?

    nurseklw72 replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a hearing impaired nurse. I've had a few different electronic scopes. The first one I got was a Phillips. It had 18x amplification and I really liked it a lot. Then it shorted out and it would...

  10. TPN and meds

    nurseklw72 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Please tell me you are piggybacking meds onto TPN below the filter! Otherwise, most of your medication is floating around in the filter. As a practice, I do not mix anything in the TPN. Patients...

  11. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    nurseklw72 replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Just in case you don't want to do breaths, here's a little bit of info that I heard about in my latest CPR class: Apparently, in Europe, compressions are done but rescue breathing is not. Studies...

  12. Arkansas school nurse

    nurseklw72 replied to Justhere's topic in School

    I'm a nurse in the Bentonville school district in northwest Arkansas. The nurses in our district are RN's with ADN, BSN & MSN degrees. I hope that answers your question. As far as salary goes....

  13. Vision & Hearing

    nurseklw72 replied to zenman's topic in School

    I am a high school nurse. We screen all kids new to the district as well as special education students. For vision, we use a snellen chart & a titmus machine. We test acuity, binocularity,...

  14. shaving cream to clean dirty butts??

    nurseklw72 replied to old heart's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen shaving cream used for this. We have Aloe Vesta foaming soap that is good for peri care. That & a few warm bath wipes usually do the

  15. How to get experience? Please Advise!

    nurseklw72 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    If it makes you feel any better, I always hold insulin when a blood sugar is 65. I even give the patient juice and recheck their blood sugar 15 minutes later. I think you would do better to start...

  16. How do Doctors treat nurses

    nurseklw72 replied to IWANT2BEEANRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say it depends on the Doctor. I've worked with docs that are really nice people who are professional & friendly. I've also worked with docs that are stressed out & tend to get snappy at...

  17. What squicks you out?

    nurseklw72 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    GI bleed poop has got to be one of the most horrendous smells.

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nurseklw72 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a few stories... A friend of mine who is also a nurse used to work in hospice. She told me about a patient that she cared for that was a very mean individual who was hateful to her family as...

  19. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    nurseklw72 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's a few from me: Do not pour apple juice in your urinal because you don't want another foley placed because you are unable to pee after the first foley was removed. Nobody's pee ever smells as...

  20. Are the curtains between beds ever cleaned?

    nurseklw72 replied to MedicalZebra's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work in only takes the curtains down to wash them if the units ask housekeeping to do a "terminal clean". Usually, this is after a patient placed on isolation is discharged. Other...

  21. Cutting Corners to save money

    nurseklw72 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work for a hospital in a relatively well populated area. Our facility routinely closes down units if the census drops. Usually the few patients left on the unit are moved to other units which...