Caring for morbidly obese bariatric Pt

Soon our facility will increase their scope of services to include bariatric patients. The surgeon has been very successful in his present practice in another state and has a great reputation.

I am concerned for several reasons and wonder if there an

Concerns asked to resign etc.

1 It seems there are a reasonable number of posts from grads and beginner nurses who are told they aren't the right fit, too slow, and whatever else. I am one of those nurses. I'm 40, I owe $50k for school, and have no confidence left. Depression i

Snow & calling out of work

2 So I've been a nurse for 4 years now. I live in the south where snow is not common. As of today every school system in the area is closed due to the snow. I have no kids, but this tells you how bad it is in the area. I live in the country and it'

New grad interview help (palliative)

I am a recent graduate nurse and I have an interview on a palliative care unit coming soon. I have had my practicum on a palliative unit, which is how and where my passion for this area of nursing sprouted. I have never had any experience with nursin

Teaching Ideas

As part of my yearly evaluation, I need to provide 10 face to face inservices. What are some interesting ideas some of you have. Thanks in advance There can never be enough diabetes education. I am constantly amazed at how many health care providers

HEALING OTHERS BUT KILLING OURSELVES. Y Nurses eat their young

So my name is Jason
thank you for taking the time to read my experience. A little Hx regarding my professional background. I graduated RN school in 2008 and landed a decent gig at a small community H on cape cod. A tele/med surg unit where I acceler

CA RN license renewal

I have submitted my CEU's (more than 30hrs) and a check which was cashed back in January.
Then I forgot. Never had problem with renewal before.

Now my license is delinquent, I am not able to get through to live person on Board (they are experiencing

Any advice for a new grad looking to transfer to ICU?

This May, I will complete my first year as a new graduate RN. Currently, I work on an Oncology/Medical Surgical/Telemetry unit. I have dealt with a large range of patients, and I have been exposed to tons of different experiences because our floor ca

New Grad RN can't find a job

3 I graduated in December 2014. I passed my boards a couple of weeks later in mid January. Since then, I have applied to over 200 jobs. I have sent follow up emails, made phone calls, the whole 9 yards. Yet, still nothing. I am in the metro Atlanta a

Bair Hugger Lawsuit

Seems the hugger can lead to infections during surgery:

Texas patient suing 3M for Bair Hugger injury - TwinCities.com That's a claim, yes, but I do have to wonder at the motives of the inventor chiming in now as he now has a new product he's tryin