If you want to make the best of this experience you'll do a cardio-respiratory assessment on every kid you can possibility listen to. I'm not sure if you want to be in public health or school...
I agree that men simply choose to avoid many areas of nursing. I know it's true for me. The only time I've been discriminated against for being a guy is when I would get called to restrain a combative...
See, this is what I'm talking about! This is just one recollection of an awesome, patriotic, woman stepping up to her country's needs and selflessly contributing to the collective "good." There are...
Here's the bottom line...if you smoke marijuana, even just 52 times per year, you're putting yourself at risk for exactly what you fear as far as employment is concerned. Even if the company doesn't...
Good luck!! I've posted this before but if adult nursing was my only option I'd quit and apply for one of those crab boat jobs like on deadliest catch or maybe a semen extractor on a turkey
I just ran through this thread. I was in my last semester of nursing school and thought that I had made the dumbest decision in my life to become a nurse. I hated it...hated it...and realized that if...
BRAVO! BRAVO! AND BRAVO! Can't add a thing to this. My dad service in the Pacific for 2 years while my mom and my dad's mom worked in the effort to generate war supplies. Truly, remarkable generation....
The first thing I'd do is get the ADD/ADHD screeners from her pediatrician and do that evaluation. I don't think she needs to be referred to a psychologist for this evaluation. It's straight up and...
If Austin doesn't have enough diversity for you, you're next bet is the west coast, cuz Austin is the most diverse city in Texas...and yes, crazy expensive! Let us know what you
OldDude replied to gypsierose's topic in Emergency
I started as a GN in a busy Pedi ER. I never thought of the term adrenaline junkie until I heard it after I had moved on to other pediatric things. My biggest draw was it provided an environment that...
OldDude replied to elimayrn's topic in Home Health
Congratulations! Just keep an eye on the math...Drive time, documentation time, fuel cost, premature wear and tear plus loss of value for your vehicle, certain "color" of scrub requirements, and other...
PK-5...I decide who "must" go home regarding vomiting or other illness related stuff at school. Our policy has guidelines but leave the school nurses with the final
OldDude replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in General Nursing
The PA could be a supervisor but not a "charge nurse" if he/she isn't actually a nurse. Of course the custodian could be a supervisor also...but not a "charge