Tattoos on Nurses

I was thinking about getting a tattoo on my wrist when someone brought it to my attention that if I was to get a tattoo it might limit that places that would want to hire me. So I guess my question is Is that true? Will my jobs be limited? And I also

Backpriming air bubbles and tubing

Say I backprime a 50 mL antibiotic with NS. So the primary tubing is filled with NS and there's fewer air bubbles in the tubing. If I set the machine at 50 mL, is the amount of antibiotic the patient is getting 50 mL minus the volume in the primary

Do you look foward to go to work and if so what position and why?

Is it even normal to be excited to go to work or is that asking to much? I've usually dreaded or been half scared going to work and now I'm in a position where I'm not dreading or scared but I'm sure not excited. To me it's a good job (school nu

Civil War Nursing

This is such a great article. In my microbiology class we had to do a journal from the viewpoint of being a nurse in the Civil War and how we would do aseptic technique. I did a lot of research on Dorthea Dix and she was an incredible woman. All of t

Why I am leaving my last job

8 I have decided I need to get away from the hospital system I currently work for and find a new one. Decision a long time in the making.
What are a few good reasons I can give for looking for a new job
Here's my real ones.
lazy coworkers
mean dire

Learning From the Ancients: The Nurse Becomes a Shaman

Wow! This is so inspiring!

Comment: This is ONE cool article!!! I am a big believer in healing and altering energy pathways to find your peace and wellness. This really resonated with me. You must be an amazing healer, zen.

Comment: This is a hig

Have you travelled to Africa is a invasion of privacy?

I wish I was kidding but I'm not. I was just told that clinics, hospitals, doctor offices and so on asking upon entry if anyone has travelled to Africa recently, been near somebody who had travelled to Africa recently is an "invasive" ques

Taking your benefits away one by one

1 Our non profit was bought by a Chinese investing group a few years ago, to add to the main owner's growing monopoly of hospitals. We'd heard he was cheap, cheap cheap, but didn't understand how much so until the years had passed. There was an un

non hospital nursing

1 Hi. I'm looking for a job that isn't in the hospital setting. I did a year in the hospital on a telemetry unit and absolutely hated it. I'm wondering if I'll ever like nursing . I've been looking at Ltc facilities as well as home health and co

Killing flu germs on scrubs..

What is the appropriate way?? Can't use bleach on colored scrubs. I just used hot water (which will eventually ruin the material :/) and vinegar with Clorox2 & tide. Any suggestions??? This article suggests that the flu virus only lives 8-12 hour