Bo,RN

At my college, dental hygienist had the exact same pre reqs as nursing.

You could rent a Post Office box for

We use the purewick external catheter at my hospital. It requires a suction canister so it would not work for people traveling POV, but it is a nice option.

Flagyl, Ancef, Rocephin, Magnesium, Tylenol, Valtrex, kayexalate (30 gm), charcoal (100 gm) are a few I give often.

I eat dinner at 1700 (normal dinner foods cooked for the family), go to work and try to eat before 0200 (usually leftovers from dinner), and then eat breakfast at 0800 when I get home.

Atlanta, GA has many hospitals that will hire ADN nurses. Most listings "Prefer BSN" but there are so many openings that most hospitals within 50 miles have sign on bonuses right now and will gladly hire ADN.

Emergent patients are seen right away. Most patient's are non-emergent. I work in an area where the ER is used as a PCP.

Thanks for the replies. I just needed to vent my frustration.

We have 21 beds with plans to expand to 45 in the next 2 years. We have used a mid level provider as a PIT, but only briefly and only on days. Our problems occur between 0300-0600 when we only have one provider. Some will stop seeing new patients at 0400 and the patients have to wait for the 0600 provider to arrive. We have been told there will not be any changes to provider staffing until after the expansion. Where I live there are 3 hospitals within a small area and we are all working with these long wait times. On days there are 2 doctors and 2 mid levels. The mid levels are 0900-2100 & 1500-0300.

How do you explain to patients that even though they are in a room, they still have to wait for a doctor to see them to order medications. Many times patients can wait >3 hours in a room to be seen by a provider. I do every intervention I can: INT, labs, EKG, x ray, CT. I do notify the doctors of patient needs for example "Hey doc patient in room 7 has a known kidney stone and is in pain." Some providers will give orders for medicine, but many will not. The patient will yell, cry, and scream at me and I can do nothing. Of course these patients are non critical and CAN wait, but telling a patient that doesn't go too well. Our satisfaction scores are awful. Even if I do EVERYTHING within my scope, I am still blamed. How do you deal with it?

At my hospital calling off after being denied PTO is grounds for dismissal. Agree.

At my hospital we obtain trough levels prior to the 4th dose of Vancomycin. Could this have been overlooked? It really bothers me when I am told "We need to talk about..." without details. I become nervous also. Good luck

I LOVE my crockpot. I use the (bag like) liners so clean up is easy.

I would choose the hours that work best for my family.

I like granola bars. They sell bite sized granola, or you can cut a bar into pieces and put in a small zip top bag. There are also many different types of crackers you could get. Dried fruit, beef jerky or slim jim. Anything you like to eat could be cut into bite sized pieces and wrapped by you.