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Looking for advice. I started a new job 5 weeks ago as a care guidance nurse in a clinic. The job was just created as part of medicare's pilot initiative the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative. My clinic is owned by a larger hospital that has 16 ...

I'm 28, and over the last year my hair has gone from mostly straight, with lots of frizz when it rains to pretty curly all the time. When I got it cut last week the hair stylist told me that increased testosterone levels from getting older can cause...

I am completing my school preceptorship on the same floor where I currently work as an aide and will be working as a nurse. We are a telemetry step-down unit. The floor has the same problem as apparantly every other floor in the hospital - there is...

Recently we have had several nurses on our med-surg floor apply for another job within the facility who have been refused an interview due to too many absences. One of those nurses was a 11p-7a charge nurse who was having health problems from her wor...

Yes, I am anticipating having to take time off work IF we have an adoption come through. But being that it will be adoption and not me having a baby, I will have no control over when we know about the availability of a baby or when the birth mother g...

I just got a call for an interview next week for a CNA job! It looks like it will be in the ICCU/MICU which I think would be a great opportunity. Everybody I talk to says things like "it's only an aide job" but I haven't worked in 6 years, and this...

I'm in charge of doing education to all our RN staff on CHF core measures to help improve our core measures ratings. I'm looking for ideas for this education. I'm probably going to use powerpoint handouts. If anybody has suggestions or examples, I...

I was wondering how you all transport your stethoscopes back and forth to school? That sounds silly, but I got a nice Littmann and don't want to ruin the diaphragm. The case that came with my bp cuff isn't big enough to put it in. I do have an out...

Can someone tell me what is generally involved in a pre-employment physical at hospitals for a CNA? I know there will be drug screening and TB testing. I have fibromyalgia but it is under control and am under regular chiropractic treatment. What w...

I am a LPN student (going straight on for RN) and want to get into peds. I know that most nursing positions there are for RNs though. This past weekend I was a CNA for a patient who's daughter is a PICU manager and said she would put me in touch wi...

This should probably be moved to the Oklahoma forum, but I'll answer it here. I'm currently living in Stillwater but just moved from Tulsa where I was a LPN working at St John and then bridged to RN and continued to work at St John. As a LPN I was ...

I've been a nurse for about 2 1/2 years now. In January of this year I started a new job after getting married and moving. At my previous job I felt like I was always giving so much of myself while at work but my manager and co-workers made it a go...

I'm so excited about my interview for the elementary school nurse position next week! However, I'm a little nervous about the interview because I'm sure it will be different than when I've interviewed for other nursing positions. For one, the perso...

Thanks for everyone's replies. I'm super nervous about this, but hopeful. NEOtoKIDS - congrats on the new job! Do you happen to remember anything specifically they asked you about? I'm a good prioritizer, as that's what's required in floor nursin...

I've been at a hospital for 4 months now and am working on a general medical floor. Like every facility, there are problems. However, there have been a lot of staffing issues that scare me. I recently had a day when I was assigned 9 patients at th...

I would recommend it. I feel like I got everything I needed from it. Just remember that he requires 2 trips there for in-person labs. Don't know where you're from, but I drove almost 5 hours for mine I think. If you have someone locally who would...

I'm staring micro with Edukan on Sept 18, session 2 and was just wondering if anybody else is doing that class?

Thanks everyone. I talked to our clinical instructor and manager about this and they say it's being addressed. I would love to leave this position and find something else, but that would mean at least a 45 minute drive since this is the only hospit...

I developed a nasty abcess last Friday and had an I&D on Saturday. The Dr was pretty sure it's MRSA but I haven't been able to find out about the culture yet. Since it was done in a clinic on saturday, their stuff doesn't get sent out until Mon...

Okay, first I want to appologize that this is a totally non-nursing related question! I'm traveling to the UK, Scotland, and Ireland next month and we'll be renting a car. This may be a stupid question, but do the cars there have 12V cigarette ligh...

I'm currently working on a Med-Surg unit that has ages 3 days to 100yrs for patients. Next week I'll be starting Enbrel for Ankylosing Spondylitis. Seeing as how I had to show a negative TB test prior to starting and have blood work showing no acti...

I'm applying for a school nurse position. Are there changes that should be made to my resume for this position when transitioning from hospital setting to school? What should I emphasize? Right now my resume is heavy on the clinical aspect. Advic...

I've been a nurse for a couple of years now and all my experience is in ICU step-down and med-surg. But the 12 hour shifts and sheer physicalness of the job are killing me and I've started looking for other options. A friend of mine is 1 of 2 schoo...

I'm trying to think ahead for the next couple of years when I have kids and want to work from home. Am looking for suggestions on ways to "be a nurse from home." I know there's home health nursing which offers some flexibility in scheduling, but wh...

I'm orienting a new nurse for the first time. She's been with me for 3 weeks - the first week she was only allowed to shadow (was taking her NCLEX that week) and then took 1 patient last week and this week. She's supposed to increase by 1 patient eve...