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Hi, Could someone tell me when we write resignation letter in nursing then who would youwrite to? i mean do you write to DON, Nurse manager....." DEAR DON or DEAR nurse manager" ? TIA

hi all, i would like to ask a question regarding health insurance. one of my cousin has no health insurance right now. how much they charge you if someone wants to see a doc....like if a person wants to have a total physical exam? and what do they charge if for a particular problem...like GI or cardiac? i mean to say....appointment...physician visit....labs done....? how much does it cost? TIA

Hi All, First of all Happy Holidays and may this coming year brings happiness and joy, success for everyone. Ok my concern is i am working in a SNF and i am really concerned about the survey process. its going to be any day in the next couple of weeks so thats why i am getting so nervous. my question is when we give medicine thru G-tube, how do you measure the amount of water to give via G-tube? like a physician order says " flush with 30ml water before and after giving med and 125 ml every 8 hrs". so if i have to give 4 or 6 meds in the morning. i know i have to crush all meds in separate med cup (30ml) individually. how much water should i mix with each med cup? How long should i wait before pouring second medicine? how much water shud i pour after each med to flush that medicine in between?

Hi, i agree with both of you. the circumstances i have seen are really bad in nursing...i hate tooo. specially the staff, management.....politics....oh god. Patients are okay....may be i havent worked that much since i got my lic this year in march. even i am thinking to go for a better field as am i also working in computers....i think thats better for me. i totally agree with NEWrad07 ..."I hate that I cannot sleep the night before I have to work because I dread going to work the next day. I hate smelling like !@#$ when I go home. "

Thanks to both of you. i really appreciated ur quick response.

Hi, could anyone tell me where do you find "Code status" for a patient in his chart...i mean under which TAB? TIA

Hello, I am an international graduate RN and looking for RN refresher course in bay area,california. if anyone could plz tell me where can i take this course and which college would like to accept me? how long is the course and how much fees they take? Plz tell me. Thanks in advance.

Thankssssss alott!! i appreciate your responses.

Hello friends, i am really worried what i did. Actually i am new in here in usa as a nurse...i recently got my nclex-rn exam and now i am working in SNF. my concern is ..ok when i last day worked there, one of my resident's son wants her mother to get discharge and take her home tomorrow. i said ok i have to take orders from the MD. then i call MD and he said its not ok its against medical advice and doc said we can send her after two days. then i talked to the son on the phone and he said ok i can wait till two days, i dont want to go against medical advice...earlier he was so mad and yelling at me because his mother doesnt like the environment and food etc etc. what my concern is i did not document discharge orders on doc's orders sheet and what i did was just noted on the calendar and documented on nurses notes and endorsed to the next shift. was i supposed to document in the doc's orders sheet and have made the T.O order and also is the management gonna take action against me for this thing????????? i am really worried. i totally forgot. plz advice me if i can do something? Thanks in advance.

Thanks a lott suzanne4. i w'll concentrate on nclex first.

hi suzanne4 can you suggest me something about this issue...i have done my nsg prgrm in 1999 in india and have a year of exp. after my program finished. after that i joined IT field. now i again want to pursue my bsg career, but i dont know i feel like i dont have any nsg exp. rite now...even i m preparing for nclex-rn but if i feel like i dont have the practical exp. and for that if i want to gain that knowledge, could any hospital would let me do without RN license in ca. i mean if on volunteer basis? i am really confused. could you suggest me something Thanks in advance.

could anybody please tell me the concept of "OPT"?What is it?

hi can i ask you one more thing that can i apply for vsc too now, i mean i have not got the eligibility letter from ca-bon yet for nclex-rn? i dont have ielts taken and nclex. but i m preparing for both the exams. so i was wandering to apply for vsc now to save time. m i right?

Thank so muchhh.

hello suzanne i just want to ask isn't nclex-rn is enough for vsc?? i havent took the cgfns becoz i have applied to ca-bon. if this is the case what should i do? thanks