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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 towards the end of her life she was in the hospita...

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 like to learn more about reading the strips. I did a...

Great website. I ordered the book. Thanks so much for your help!

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 strips, identify what rhythm it was and why. There ar...

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 able to get me into another local hospital. I we...

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 can do for me either. I know for a fact that some o...

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. Shortly thereafter we began experiencing some mari...

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 hardly any feedback whatsoever. One hospital at leas...

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 as to how to go about applying for such a program b...

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 discouraged at this point. Mounds of paperwork, less fre...

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 we were discussing my start date. My salary will be...

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 helped somewhat, but I still have extra work that ...

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 work, among a few, so I'm not quite ready to throw ...

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. During his most recent check-up, he was found to have a...

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 for some guidance and direction as to the best ro...

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. Also learn how to perform appropriate neurovascul...

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 dealing with this type of situation. Many family memb...

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 admitted for a GI bleed. The patient had requested...

I always thought that that was what the sun did every morning....

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 manager of that unit did not do her job and should be he...

Yep, some of those air mattresses come with satiny mattress covers and the patient can just slide right off. Seen it happen.

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 of her patients was crumping and while I was atte...

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 BSN.

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 online with them starting the 17th. I am all for ...

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 a woman who claims to have a seizure disorder (one...