From http://scrubsmag.com/20-health-and-safety-tips-for-frazzled-nurses As a nurse, you face a great deal of situations that can cause you and your patients harm—a daily fact that can fry your nerves! A hectic schedule that includes crazy drivers on your morning commute, a five minute lunch “break” and extra heavy patient loads, hazards to you and those around you …
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How to deal with overbearing doctors | Scrubs – The Leading Lifestyle Nursing Magazine Featuring Inspirational and Informational Nursing Articles
How to deal with overbearing doctors | Scrubs – The Leading Lifestyle Nursing Magazine Featuring Inspirational and Informational Nursing Articles. via How to deal with overbearing doctors | Scrubs – The Leading Lifestyle Nursing Magazine Featuring Inspirational and Informational Nursing Articles.
World Sepsis day
September 13, 2012 is world sepsis day. Sepsis is often misunderstood by the public as blood poisoning, is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Sepsis is when infection causes injury to the body tissues and organs and can cause shock and death of not caught early. Click to access Sepsis_Factsheet.pdf Wear …
It’s all coming together.
I received word yesterday about my transition from RT to RN at my facility. I signed my new job description yesterday and received my marching instructions. I will attend hospital orientation Tuesday through Thursday from 0800 to probably 1630 or 1700. Friday I will report to my nursing floor at 0645 for what I’m guessing …
Top Five Things I WILL miss about RT
The downtime. Our busiest hours for patient care are 0700, 0900, 1300, 1500 and 1700. (unless you are working ICU’s or ER.) Besides that we have some downtime, unless we get calls. (this is not to say that we don’t have to do anything else but we generally get to eat breakfast and a little break …
Top Five Things I WON’T Miss about RT
As my time as an RT comes to a close (one more shift) I wanted to share some things I won’t miss about being an RT. In no particular order. Inaccurate procedure Counts. In the RT world its all about numbers. According tonnage meant we should be able to do a minimum of 35 procedures …
nursing in the great depression.
I think the profession pays better now but the reasons for going into nursing remain the same as it was during the great depression Nursing during the Great depression
Updates 8-21-12
The decisions for the RN to BSN program at my UCF have been pushed back until OCTOBER. It has something to do with the deadline adjustments this year. “We have always worked to notify students of admission decisions within 4-6 weeks of the application deadline. Unfortunately, our new deadlines were a bit early and the …
Florence Nightingale died 102 years ago today
Apparently Floe died 102 years ago today. Her cause of death: Heart failure. read on
10 tips on your first day
As I Sit here on the side of a busy highway waiting for AAA to tow my car I am reading articles I thought this one was nice. It’s about what do do on your first day as a new nurse. http://scrubsmag.com/10-tips-for-your-first-week-on-the-job/