www.nursesreconnected.com/resource Find that nursing friend that you lost contact with! Excellent reunion site connecting Nurses & Health care workers ...
Thanks for the resource! I've been hoping to connect with other nurses who did urban or regional AIDS care in the 1980's. How has life been since then? Any ...
For any of you in orthopedics, I have a question which is actually regarding my own health. In 1995 I tore one of the menisucs in my right knee, resulting...
JayPross@...
Jun 3, 2004 5:25 pm
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Jay, Have you tried asking the docs that did the original job? or new ones. sounds to me that since your asking, you already have some idea something isn't...
George Gallen
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Jun 3, 2004 5:34 pm
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Hi Jay, If the problem is persistent and sufficiently troublesome for ADLs, then a "clean out" should be worth the risk, especially given that you had ...
my theory was that if i only got 75 questions i had to have done ok because i couldnt have missed so many that it shut off at 75- you would have to miss a ...
JWelsh143@...
Jun 5, 2004 2:01 am
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Bless your heart. I sure have studied my butt off. I pray you are right. The waiting is killing me. It has been three days now and nothing posted yet. I...
To All I am looking for some sample care plans that relate to IV Chemo, pain management, nutrition & hydration, etc. Please email to DHoward154@..., or fax...
DHoward154@...
Jun 5, 2004 2:59 am
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Walk don't run to your ortho doc. A friend waited far too long and ended up with a total knee at 50 yrs of age. Good luck. ... From: <JayPross@...> To:...
Nancy C. McCollom
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Jun 5, 2004 2:59 am
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I passed mine in 1998 and it shut off at the minimum. I',m sure you are ok. ... From: sandy martin To: nursebob@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004...
I took my state boards in Florida in 2003. The computer shut off at 75 questions, I couldn't believe all the years of school & homework & studying....was over...
rnbowpools@...
Jun 5, 2004 3:36 am
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Thank you. Pa has to be a darn state that you can not call to find out anything. The waiting is terrible. But i did not get a letter stating i failed yet. Got...
What is a "positive McMurray test"? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
rnbowpools@...
Jun 6, 2004 5:52 pm
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The new NCLEX is a killer!!! No matter how prepared you are, you come away confused and feeling like you missed every question. Mine cut off at 75, too, and I...
rjfandal@...
Jun 6, 2004 6:07 pm
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McMurray test is used as a diagnostic test for a torn meniscus. You flex and rotate the client's knee. You then press on the medial aspect while you slowly...
JayPross@...
Jun 6, 2004 6:38 pm
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Thanks! It is the waiting that is terrible. Sure hope your right and the test now is awful. Sandy rjfandal@... wrote:The new NCLEX is a killer!!! No matter...
Start applying with hospitals in your area and ask specifically for a critical care position. If there is a teaching hospital in your area, that would ...
rjfandal@...
Jun 6, 2004 9:08 pm
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I have been a critical care nurse for 16 years. I would recommend at least one year of med/surg nursing, you need to be highly organized in order to be in a...
jnaum61616@...
Jun 6, 2004 11:35 pm
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I have been a LPN for six years. I had 34 pts does that count with organization for critical care? I am just going on to be a RN.Before this i ran four...
If you are a student, you might be wise to invest in a good care plan text. Good luck! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
rjfandal@...
Jun 7, 2004 2:39 am
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I went into critical care right out of nursing school and I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't regret not having done a year of med/surg. Go for it. ...
I don't regret it either.....It was difficult in the beginning. Doing a year on another unit is not going to hurt and Sandy should of given the entire ...
jnaum61616@...
Jun 7, 2004 9:51 am
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Thanks did not mean to stir a pot. Just asking for your thoughts in the group. I always wanted to do critical care, being a heart pt, i have been in the ccu...
No harm meant here. I just was wondering. I guess your right, but i did not fill in the picture...sorry...Sandy jnaum61616@... wrote:I don't regret it...
I went straight into critical care right out of nursing school also. But it probably didn't hurt that I've been a paramedic for 11 years. Roxan ... From:...
Trina, who was one of the top students in our nursing class when we graduated a year ago February (a nontraditional student---40 ish---who already had one ...
rjfandal@...
Jun 8, 2004 3:41 am
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There is a nursing shortage, and she only been out a year, so what is the problem? Why can't she take jobs?? Can she work now? Why not go right back where...
Thank you so much for trying to help. I guess I wasn't clear enough. She is able to go to work in nursing now, but the only true nursing experience she has...