babaloo8

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  1. SNF/LTC Nurses: Info needed

    Great! Would you consider this ratio of nurse to beds to be fairly standard? Wound Vacs can be tricky to apply correctly. How is the staff trained? Thank
  2. Hello! I am putting together an exemplar to 'set the stage' for my thesis paper on the professional development needs of nurses delivering wound care in the outpatient setting. I have been reading the...
  3. I am so glad that one of your options wasn't to give up because you had a rough start. You CAN do this! Best wishes future
  4. My Reflections on Nursing

    Beautifully written my soon-to-be fellow nurse. You will carve out your own career path and hopefully land sooner than later in a spot that is both challenging and rewarding. It takes time to...
  5. Nursing Behind the Wall

    It is so true that there are many 'non-traditional' ways to use our nursing skills and presenting them on this forum may just help some that are experiencing bed-side burn-out, consider
  6. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    Hello Lori215! I am sorry for the very delayed response to your great post. You're story is a perfect illustration of what I believe is going on everywhere. I have had some success at getting nurses...
  7. Nursing Behind the Wall

    This is a fantastic article! Thank you for sharing your work life with us and setting the record straight! I can see how this specialty would be challenging and rewarding every day. That vulnerable...
  8. [h=2]Hello allnurses Community! It has been 25 days since I launched my survey. 65 nurses have participated with representation from different countries as well as a wide array of clinical settings! I...
  9. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    Don't apologize! Your experience if very valuable to this study. In my experience, there are very few wound care programs that are 'ideal'. Not enough staff, not enough training, poorly managed,...
  10. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    Great topic. As an RN, I hear this all the time. Nurses have worked hard historically to be respected as a profession, not a trade and along with that, our level of pay should be commensurate with...
  11. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    Thank you! If I get enough participants to draw definitive conclusions, I will absolutely pursue publishing the results. The ultimate hope is that managers/administrators/clinical educators will use...
  12. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    Thank you both for your interest and YES, I too cannot wait to report my
  13. It's a typical day in an adult ambulatory clinic where a small handful of nurses scurry around caring for a myriad of patient needs that range from a simple injection to a code blue in the parking lot...
  14. This is so true! I was so miserable my first two years out of nursing school that I felt often as though I made a BIG mistake. I coped by taking a class or two at the local junior college for...
  15. Which Master's Degree??

    I spent a few years pondering going back to school and like yourself, I was confused about the advantages of each type of specialty. I personally interviewed a few who had their masters specifically...