ArmyWife,RN

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1. Share Your Saying

   ArmyWife,RN replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

   Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver. Don't make me get my flying monkeys. And I want kids that listen. (This is said to my kids when they start the "I

2. Moving to Ft Belvoir area

   ArmyWife,RN posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

   Hello All! I think I will be moving to the Ft Belvoir area when DH gets back from Korea. I am looking for information regarding hospitals, pay, areas to live in, (good schools for the kids). Any...

3. coma patients-out of bed

   ArmyWife,RN replied to katmecan's topic in General Nursing

   I'm bumping this up because I'm still wanting to know if anybody has articles or web-site information regarding this practice. Thanks,

4. I'm charging!?!

   ArmyWife,RN replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! This is how I'm looking at it too. I just need suggestions on how to be a good/great charge nurse. I have some insight from my own experience with charge nurses, but I'm looking for...

5. I'm charging!?!

   ArmyWife,RN replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Everybody is brand new on this unit. It's a new unit for the hospital that I work in. I am comming from ICU to Progressive Care - known to the rest of the world as step-down.

6. I'm charging!?!

   ArmyWife,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   :eek: To make a long story short, I'm moving from ICU to "Progressive Care" because I get to come back to the world of the living, un-hook my feet from the bar in the closet, and work days. So, I go...

7. coma patients-out of bed

   ArmyWife,RN replied to katmecan's topic in General Nursing

   Wow! This is something I've never thought about/been taught/or seen done in my short carreer. Are there articles/web-sites regarding this practice? Thanks,

8. Resume help, please

   ArmyWife,RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi All! I will be moving to San Antonio in June and need some help putting my resume together. I graduate in May '05 and have been working in ICU since June. I think I am moving to a step-down unit...

9. Maybe stationed at Ft Lewis...have questions

   ArmyWife,RN replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in Washington Nursing

   Hi all! Thanks for the replies! As it turns out, DH is going to WOCS and then to Korea...if we can't get command sponsorship, I'll just go back to the San Antonio area to be close to the family.

10. Why would an ICU patient be on Viagra BID (off label use?)

    ArmyWife,RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient just the other night that was admitted for persistant hypotension that had scheduled Viagra. I had to go looking for information on it - the short of it is it works as a nitrate. (I...

11. What I don't know can hurt you!!!! (long)

    ArmyWife,RN replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    howdy all! [color=mediumturquoise]thank you, thank you, thank you for all the kind words and encouragement. rayrae, we will make it (with help from nurses like angie and others)!

12. What I don't know can hurt you!!!! (long)

    ArmyWife,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi All! Ya'll know I don't post here often, but I really need some support right now! The other day I had a patient that was c/o pain in his legs. He had had lortab 5 about 3 hours prior and it would...

13. Why is everyone on Protonix

    ArmyWife,RN replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    Depending on the length of the hospital stay and the agressiveness of the doc (in treating the pt), stress ulcers born from the hospitalization/illness/dz process would be the reason.

14. Do some people just "get it"?

    ArmyWife,RN replied to ArmyWife,RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for your replies! It helps just to be able to come here and talk to others who understand. :kiss

15. Do some people just "get it"?

    ArmyWife,RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello! I don't have a lot of time because I need to leave for work, so I'll make this short. I'm a new grad RN in a small ICU. I was hired along with 2 other new grads. I don't consider myself dumb,...