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  1. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    sasha1224 replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    On the flip side, by providing a list of medications before the results, meaning before an offer, the employer could potentially be privy to someones medical problems, especially if they do the...

  2. Are most LTC understaffed? Are most nurses in LTC overworked, understaffed?

    sasha1224 replied to Bala Shark's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a different take on this. What would you say if I had to take care of a minimum of 25 infants as a nurse with the help of several CNAs? Would this bother you? Am I saying that the elderly are...

  3. What exactly goes on in a CCU?

    sasha1224 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I treid posting under qnother thread but got no responses. i have done nothing nut peds and have accepted a jop in CCin a medium bed hospital. I would like to know what goes on in a typical day. Are...

  4. Gastric Bypass.... yes or no???

    sasha1224 replied to alichael's topic in Gastroenterology

    I had the RNY gastric bypass done in 2000 and did well with no real complications. However, do not think that this will cure obesity permanently. I am one of those unlucky ones that started gaining...

  5. Transition from NICU to CCU

    sasha1224 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all. Wanted to get your thoughts on this.... Been a nurse for 14 years with the first 1 1/2 years MICU and the rest peds. Did general peds, PICU and NICU stepdown now. For the last several months I...

  6. Nurse-pt ratios

    sasha1224 replied to Sailingshoes's topic in General Nursing

    I work(currently, changing jobs!) in neonatal stepdown and our ratios are 3 to an RN, 4 to RN/PCA team and 5 or 6 with RN/LPN team. Our LPNs cannot do anything with IVs. Just recently they have been...

  7. performance appraisals by peers

    sasha1224 replied to bford's topic in General Nursing

    We have been doing peer performances since I started my unit almost five years ago. I personally hate them. You never know who wrote what since they are anonymous, but if anything negative comes up,...

  8. New job in CCU

    sasha1224 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just received a new job in CCU and I an nervous. I have spent most of y career in peds and neontal. I am not sure what to expect. I am not used to having a pt talk to me! Are any my peds experience...

  9. New job in CCU

    sasha1224 replied to sasha1224's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for replies!! Ironically, I just was released from this new hospital I will be working at, was admitted to a tele floor for a severe asthma attack(first one) and was quite impressed with their...

  10. Adult ashma bad treatment?

    sasha1224 posted a topic in Pulmonary

    Well three week ago I developed my twice yearly bronchitis. Well for the first time my doc heard me wheeze(I have wheezed off an on for years) So he immidiately put me on 60 mg prednisone and after a...

  11. New job in CCU

    sasha1224 replied to sasha1224's topic in General Nursing

    What are the different drugs to learn? Currently I am stuck with amp gent clinda zantac and reglan(the favorite neonatal drugs!) Is there any good text out there that would be helpful to "brush up" on...

  12. No smoking policy

    sasha1224 replied to asher315's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital went smoke free about two years ago. no employees could smoke on the grounds, so of course we all moved off hospital property. There was no voting staff, it was decided by TBTB. OF course...

  13. Lung cancer, how to help my daughter

    sasha1224 posted a topic in Oncology

    First, this had to do with my daughter's grandmother, my ex MIL. I am divorced and my ex MIL was diagnosed with stage 3b lung cancer, adenocarcinoma. My ex husband, is optimistic, as well as the...

  14. Any suggestions for interesting research topics for the neonatal population?

    sasha1224 replied to carolina_girl's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I read your post and had several thoughts.... 1 is the incidence of child abuse higher in the premature populations vs normal term infants 2what are the effects of shortstaffing on the LOS(i am...

  15. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    sasha1224 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    I would work in a bookstore stocking books. Nothing else. Matter of fact, I'd do it now if it paid the bills! BTW, this if my first post. This is a great site.