KAW1962

KAW1962

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  1. Need to share my feelings

    Today while at work I went into one of the patient's rooms to help him with something. He had a roommate who I easily recognized. I will call him GR. GR's wife passed away within the past year and...
  2. Reading Telemetry

    I work in a small hospital on a med/surg tele unit. The unit can accommodate only 10 tele patients at a time unless we borrow tele boxes from ICU. Tele has never been my strong point but I would...
  3. Reading Telemetry

    Great website. I ordered the book. Thanks so much for your
  4. Reading Telemetry

    The instructor focused mostly on anatomy and physiology of the heart, which was a great refresher, and what each individual wave of the complex signified. What I was hoping for was to go through...
  5. Since moving to California I have had a difficult time finding full-time employment, so I signed on with an agency. I have been fortunate to work a few shifts over the past month, so my recruiter was...
  6. Need some advice

    Thank you for the advice. I updated my resume and produced a cover letter briefly explaining the gaps in my employment history. I've contacted other nurse travel agencies and there's nothing they...
  7. Need some advice

    I will try to keep this as brief as possible. I moved from PA to CA in March of 2008 after my husband secured a job here in CA. In June of 2008 I obtained a position in one of the local hospitals....
  8. Hard time finding a job

    A few months ago I moved to the South San Francisco Bay area. I have been diligently searching for a job for the past month and have applied for about 10 positions at this point, but I am getting...
  9. Hard time finding a job

    Thank you for your response. I had emailed a local recruiter who works at a hospital that has an excellent critical care orientation program, as well as several ICU positions available. I inquired...
  10. Discouraged

    I started home health nursing last November. Prior to that I had 10 years hospital-based med / surg experience. There are many things that I truly enjoy about home care, but I am getting really...
  11. Discouraged

    I went for my interview and walked out in an hour with a job. The greatest part was that I really didn't have an interview. The unit manager and I chatted for a few minutes and the next thing I knew...
  12. Discouraged

    It has been a while since I visited my original post, but I wanted to update everyone on my situation. I have hung in there for 10 months now and I would quit tomorrow if I could. Having a laptop has...
  13. Discouraged

    Thank you all for your comments and suggestions. There are many things I truly enjoy about home health: flexible schedule, spending one-on-one time with patients, actually being appreciated for your...
  14. My father-in-law underwent what we thought was a liver biopsy last week. The path report came back metastatic renal cell carcinoma. He had a partial nephrectomy in 2003 for renal cell carcinoma....
  15. On-line courses UR/CM

    Hello all and thanks in advance for any information you can offer. I am very interested in pursuing UR/CM and was wondering if there are any on-line courses available for these positions. I am looking...
  16. Hi everyone! A question about orthopaedics

    You will want to familiarize yourself with total hip / total knee precautions (proper ambulation techniques, transfers, etc), your physical therapist will be able to provide you with this information....
  17. Help with a patient who wants to end her life

    It is far easier for "us" to be able to say that, because we are on the inside and we know what the score is. Unfortunately, those outside of this profession have probably had little experience in...
  18. This occurred last week at work and I would like some opinions. I work on a specialty unit (ortho). The business office called and asked me if we would be willing to take an observation patient being...
  19. You have a what on your where?

    I always thought that that was what the sun did every
  20. Near miss, should I be blamed?

    Tony: I pray to God that I never find myself in the same situation you were in. You obviously handled yourself in a very professional manner and did what needed to be done for the patients. The...
  21. Problems with specialty mattress?

    Yep, some of those air mattresses come with satiny mattress covers and the patient can just slide right off. Seen it
  22. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    Sometimes in the real world, things don't always work out perfectly. I had an experience a couple of years ago where I was working with an LPN, an excellent nurse with over 20 years of experience. One...
  23. Harder to get hired with a BSN?

    In the facility where I work, pay is based on how long you've had your license, so it really doesn't matter whether you are a diploma grad, ADN or
  24. Does your facility use Medication Reconciliation forms ?

    At the facility where I work there are 2 units that are using the medication reconciliation forms on a trial basis and from what I've heard it is going well. The rest of the patient care units will go...
  25. Unless I missed it, I didn't see a forum for neuro nursing, so I'll ask my question and see if any of you have any feedback. I am an ortho nurse, so I don't have much experience in this area. I know...