Perks of being a nurse: free medical advice
The best thing that has ever happened to me as a nurse was meeting my soul mate who just happens to be a nurse as well. I’m not saying that if you go to nursing school and get licensed you to will meet your eternal soulmate. I’m just boasting a little that it happened to [...]
- September 23rd, 2009
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TGIF
This has been one of the worst days of my life! Usually, I’m a pretty happy go lucky girl. I live to love and laugh, and most of the time, I let things roll right off my back. Unfortunately, not today! I really can’t think of one specific thing that lit me up today. It [...]
- September 18th, 2009
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This nurse may quit smoking with high tech e-cigarette. Maybe…
Here’s a question for you to ponder. How many nurses or respiratory therapist do you know that smoke? Personally, I did not start smoking until I was in nursing school. Prior to that time, I absolutely despised smokers. My Mother was a smoker, and I hated being dropped off at school smelling like a [...]
- September 16th, 2009
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Nursing. It’s a dirty job. But I’m glad to do it.
One of the things that is not so glorious about being an operating room nurse is the bodily fluid that can cover you from head to toe. The worst case I have experienced would be doing a de-clot of an arterial-venous fistula. An A-V fistula is what allows a patient with kidney failure to undergo [...]
- September 7th, 2009
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Nurse slimed with vomit. Again.
I was talking to my friend @nursewendy yesterday when she told me she had just recently been slimed by an NG tube. That’s nursey talk for a tube that is placed down someone’s nose into their stomach. (NG is short for naso-gastric, get it?) Of course I laughed at her hysterically as this is both [...]
- August 28th, 2009
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Keep that Nurse License. Nursing CEUs
If you are considering becoming a nurse here is a little insight into what it takes to maintain your licensure. All nurses must attain a minimum number of CEU hours before renewal of their license. CEU stands for continuing education unit. The state in which one attains their license dictates the requirement for renewal. In [...]
- August 25th, 2009
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Health care jobs
It is a difficult decision for most people to narrow down career choices to a few selections that interest them. After all, a career choice is typically a life-long decision. If you are just starting down the path of choosing a career, or if you are looking for a career change, the process can be [...]
- July 27th, 2009
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