babaloo8

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  1. SNF/LTC Nurses: Info needed

    babaloo8 posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    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...

  2. SNF/LTC Nurses: Info needed

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    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

  3. Wound Care-how did you develop your skills?

    babaloo8 posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Hello Fellow Ambulatory Care Nurses! I am wondering how many of you are expected to care for chronic wound patients as part of your work and how you developed the skills to assess and manage these...

  4. Follow Your Gut Being Productive and Choosing to Withdraw

    babaloo8 replied to NeoNatMom's topic in General Students

    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

  5. My Reflections on Nursing

    babaloo8 replied to sjalv's topic in General 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...

  6. Nursing Behind the Wall

    babaloo8 replied to mikethemurse's topic in Correctional

    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

  7. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  8. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    babaloo8 posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  9. Nursing Behind the Wall

    babaloo8 replied to mikethemurse's topic in Correctional

    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...

  10. Wound Care Research Preliminary Report

    babaloo8 posted a topic in General Nursing

    [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...

  11. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

    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,...

  12. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    babaloo8 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  13. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  14. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both for your interest and YES, I too cannot wait to report my

  15. New Grad/Hate My Job/Life is Miserable!

    babaloo8 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  16. Which Master's Degree??

    babaloo8 replied to God'sLittleNurse2b's topic in Post Graduate Students

    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...

  17. The promises....they do happen...if we work....

    babaloo8 replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Congratulations! This is a fantastic post and extremely relevant to our nursing population who struggle with

  18. I am broken

    babaloo8 replied to Dana1969's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    oh this saddens me to hear of your difficult situation and like many who have already posted, you need to take charge of your career and begin actively looking for other nursing opportunities. I'm...

  19. Any suggestions for a newbie in Ambulatory Surgery Center?

    babaloo8 replied to tobycoop's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Congrats on the new job! It sounds like you have received some solid advice already. I have moved around in outpatient care for many years and loved ambulatory surgery for the short time I did it....

  20. Freelance writing makes a great second career

    babaloo8 replied to Elizabeth Hanes's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    This is a great idea. What is the name of your

  21. Wound Care-how did you develop your skills?

    babaloo8 replied to babaloo8's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Thanks for your response! I have found many nurses in the adult ambulatory care setting who were formerly in acute care, struggle with the assessment, documentation and best dressing type to recommend...

  22. An Unapologetic Reasoning On Why You Don't Want To Be A Nurse.

    babaloo8 replied to Mr Midwife's topic in General Students

    So much truth in this post! In the U.S. with the struggling economy, more folks are considering medical(nursing in particular) and I tell those that just assume nursing is like any other job: you...

  23. New Grad Job

    babaloo8 replied to DeepBreath's topic in Telephone Triage

    I have done phone advice in a variety of settings over the years and having experience does help, but if there are phone triage protocols that are fairly specific and will guide your assessment and...

  24. Job shadowing?

    babaloo8 replied to eifan115's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    hmm....I would think you should dress as you would if you were working in that role. If not scrubs, then certainly a lab coat over business casual attire would be appropriate I would

  25. How many different nursing positions have you had?

    babaloo8 replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN x20 years. I started at a rural 17 bed/ single story hospital where I spent a significant portion of my week setting up a new clinic with an NP. Moved around about every 2 years from...