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I know nurses that aren't potty trained.

5:1 without techs, nights. Most nights its only 4:1. However I could have an LVN and work in a team, have about 8 patients total (4 primary care, and 4 more with my LVN providing primary care for the other 4).

Second that, I completley agree with PP.

I also work in a small (78 bed) community hospital, in a 6 bed ICU. LOVE IT! Came from a large hospital's 43 bed M/S unit, and this really has been a nice change for me. We have hospitalists, who come and see pretty much all the patients. A few of our docs come and take care of their own, mostly the surgeons. We also ship out some of the patients that need specialized care, and lot's of times we will have med/surg patients to take care of, if there is no bed out there. We also have to float to M/S, ER and OB. Oh, and the pharmacy isn't open after five, but if we need something the house supe can get it for us, or we can get it out of the Documed on M/S. No Pyxis here!!! Hope this helps! :)

Really, if they end up closing this program it will deeply impact our small community. We need all the help we can get! Off: HeartsOpenWide, I believe we sat in a class together today and yesterday...:)

Please stop by tomorrow at the Shaw Pavillion of MRCH to sign petitions, all day event!!!

Guessing Humboldt State?

:loveya: You did everything you could for this person. When it's time we all go, and not a minute before. I had a dying pt for the last 3 days, somebody who hasn't ''been there'' for years, and keep getting pneumonia. Finally the family agreed it was time to let her go. We made her comfort care. I realize that is totally different, but still makes me feel bad, mostly for the family though. She was as comfortable and peaceful as possible when I left.

hi, this is what we use in our facility, we (nurses) don't have access to the scheduling part though. hope it helps. optilink pcss patient classification and staffing system, a workload management tool optilink staffrunner scheduling tool can be used standalone or fully integrated with the pcss module features: patient classification system utilizing a professional judgment model; workload measurement including patient-staff assignments; outcome tracking and staffing effectiveness measurement; prospective insight into labor and cost variances; real-time decision support for precise deployment of staff; cost, productivity and overall performance reporting; and patient-staff ratio compliance monitoring. is your product stand alone or can it be interfaced and integrated with an organization’s installed platform? optilink pcss is fully integrated with a scheduling tool and can be interfaced to the following systems: admission, discharge and transfer; time and attendance; human resources; payroll; billing; and charge master. who owns the data? client. does the product provide specific hours and skill mix for each patient event? yes. are caregivers/data users involved in system design and maintenance? yes.unit leaders are responsible for creating unit-specific patient classification guidelines. in addition, the software is configured to reflect the organization’s care model and staffing guidelines. what is the initial cost of the application and what are the yearly maintenance fees? varies significantly with size, number of units, system components purchased and interface requirements. yearly maintenance fees are at industry standard.

Hi and :welcome: Sorry to hear that. You could try preparing from Saunders and/or Mosby's NCLEX books next time, I've found those to very helpful on my exam. Good luck to you!

Thanks, yeah, I do love the adrenalin rush, too. I felt pretty good about myself, being able to help out a bit, you know... I totally understood the difference between the way all the other lay people reacted and myself at that point. We, nurses are just used to react well in an emergency situation. We keep our heads cold, that is at least until all the scare is over... Peace, Csilla

It only happened yesterday afternoon, and thankfully no one was seriously hurt... I came off the night shift in the morning, went home, slept a couple hours, had lunch and headed for the nearest Target :) Bad idea, it was just jammed full of people in the beautiful Northern California sunny Sunday afternoon. Anyhow, on my way home I was stopped at a red light, when I saw this crash on the other side of the median. I think one of them must have ran a red light, but since I only moved here a few months ago, I couldn't figure out yet how all the traffic signals work... So, this one guy coming north hit another going west I believe. After the crash they both got out of the car. I was already on my way, instructed the younger one was bleeding from various wounds on his head to sit down, opened the back seat to his car, got my towel out of my trunk held it to his head and tried to calm him in general. Told the other guy to sit down as well, because he was walking around. Asked both of them if they had anybody else in the car with them trapped, they said no, thankfully. Tried to call 911 to begin with, but I was so tired and nervous that I couldn't hit the right keys on my phone pad. Asked the other bystanders if they have called 911, and they said yes. Police and were on the scene within 3 minutes. I couldn't believe how fast they were. They moved my car out of the way told me to stay with the bleeding guy. He was keep on asking me, am I going to be OK, Miss? I tried to keep him as calm as possible, told him that he was bleeding, but I tried to keep the bleeding down to a minimum with my towel. When the EMTs finally arrived a little bit later I gave them way. I asked the police if they needed me for anything, they asked if I have seen what happened, I said no, I only saw the "bang", so they let me go home. I was pretty shaken up afterwards, but now it is all settling in. They called me from work around ten to see if I wanted to come in for the night shift, and I said no, I felt like I already had my fun for the way. By the way this all happened a few miles from my work, I pretty sure the victims ended up in our ER.:uhoh21:

You're going to school here, so it shouldn't be a problem for you to get your CA license endorsed in any other state... Check out the website of the Board of Nursing you are interested in. Usually there are guidelines for endorsment process posted there. Good luck!

Mesi, I read your other posts, and saw that you are in NY. Sorry for the misunderstanding. :uhoh21: But thank you for your input, anyway. You know I think that New York and Cali are in a lot of ways similiar in the process of getting your license. Anyhow, take care and minden jót Neked. Szia, Csilla

Hello Emese! ( paksi baby, love your username:jester: ) Thanks for your reply. Right now I have a temp license for CA. I'm done with all the other requirements, except the credits from Hungary. I am also lucky in that manner, I can talk to my school of nursing any time, and they are very helpful. I have translated all the necessary papers for them, and sent it via FedEx in the beginning of February. Since then I talked to them once last week, and got a promising answer. My old home room teacher (osztály főnök) is the one that is actually preparing my credits. She said she would send them real soon. When they get here, theoretically all I will have to do is have them translated by an ATA translator and send them back to CA BRN. I asked her to send me a copy as well, this way I can start working on them right away. Where in CA are you located? What type of nursing do you do? Csilla

Hi newguard, I don't know anything about it. But if you ask me about diets I will tell you, there is not one diet out there that is good for every body, according to blood types or not! Personally think, that one should just follow the general guidelines for healthy eating, like low fat, low sugar, whatch the general caloric intake. Find out what are the helathy foods they really like, and eat them, too!!! Forget BK, McDonalds, Wendy's, Arby's, Taco Bell, etc. Reward themselves once in a while with some treat, like food or shopping. I eat a piece of chocolate (dark) every now and then. Takes care of my sugar cravings and is really healthy, too. Csilla

Either you need a better stethoscope, or all your non wheezing pts are diminished... IN ALL LUNG FIELDS. Seriously try listening to your lungs with your stethoscope, if you don't hear anything get a new one! Good luck!

Thanks again Suzanne, you are very helpful!:icon_hug:

Thanks Suzanne, Do you think it is OK if I send the CA BRN the translation from a translator here (MI), after the school has already submitted my transcripts in Hungarian? Like maybe ask the school to send me a copy as well of what they send to the Board, and use that form to translate. Or just use my copy of transcripts to have that done? Unfortunately I didn't have my entire transcript translated for CGFNS, just sent the forms to Hungary and had them fill it out all in English.... I wish that was enough in this case as well. Another question... CA requires that I took microbiology. I'm sure that this was somehow incorporated into the program, but there was no separate course for this. Do you think it is possible, that CA BRN will have me go back to school for this course??? Thanks again for your input! Csilla

Hello everybody! I'm a Hungarian RN in MI. I have to move to CA in the spring because my husband got a job there last November. My question is to anybody who went to school in Hungary and had to have their credits sent back by the school to the CA Board: How did you go about the translation? Did the school provide your credits in English, even if so, was that enough??? If I read this correctly, I still have to have my credits translated here, because Hungary is not a bilingual country.... Right now I'm planning to have everything translated, before I send it back to Budapest. My main concern is time, they might just close my school soon, decesion will be made on February 28th! So come and tell me about your experiences, all help is appriciated! Thank you all, Csilla

Hi, Never worked in LTC before, but it does not sound safe for you or your patients to work in a place like this. I would give my two weeks notice and go. If mgmt. doesn't like it, too bad, I would go anyway. What kind of a nurse manager tells you to call the Dr. if you can't figure out the infusion pump??? Good luck!

Absolutely right!!! BTW, I know a lot of middle eastern people, mostly from Iraq, but some other arabs as well, whom are CATHOLIC!!! I would never ever judge a person according to their natonality, skin color or relegion! That is just plain wrong!!! And would I ever adnadon a (ANY) patient, I would be fired that night! Unacceptable behavior and very sad for the pt...

Hey! How is it going??? I just got off night shift, and sure had my share of patients who did not have DNR tattooed on their chest... Not that I had to actually resuscitate, but I was thinking all night... What if it came to that? The worst was this poor fellow, who has multiple problems (airway, breathing circ., urine, bowel, feeding.....) and the wife has POA. Sure, she wants all the treatment, full resuscitation. I would not want to end up like him... C.

What a smart woman!!! I might just do that some day, too!

Hi missmarley, As far as I know the profession of a dental nurse in the UK is equal to the dental assistant in the US. Not the same thing as a dental hygienist!!! I was an RN in Hungary, and when I moved to the US I became an RN here as well, trhough a long process. But before I did this I worked for 4 1/2 years as a dental assistant. This meant I worked side by side with the dentist, and got paid about the same as you (depends on the dentist, too). And altough some assistants (you have to be registered) are able to clean teeth here, most of the time this will be the job of a registered dental hygienist (RDH). As for the OP, I think hygiene is a very hard job, to have to sit all day and clean tartar off people's theet. One would also have to be very knowledgeable of the mouth's anatomy, be gentle, be able to diognise certain conditions, take great x-rays, give local anesth. for perio cleanings, etc. And on top of all this have to be very pleasant with the patients, so the practice can grow, as somebody mentioned before me. I don't know so much about the salary difference. The only hygienist who ever told me their salary made about $30/hour with 20 years of experience. I sure hope so that one in nursing would be paid better after 20 years. At least in a hospital setting.