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Comment on Once a Day Pill for HIV Now Developed by Best In Nurse Blogs: Path to Progress, Happiness, and De-Stressing Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:02:30 +0000

[...] Once a day, HIV pill, is the topic at the Nursing Show Podcast. [...]

Comment on Need Help With PTSD? There’s an App for That! by Best In Nurse Blogs: Back To School, Glazed Doughnut Burger Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:05:12 +0000

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Comment on Cruise by Karen Fuley

Karen Fuley — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:17:42 +0000

I think a nursing cruise to Alaska would be awesome.

Comment on Accidental EpiPen Injection With Lisa Booze and Episode 185 by Best In Nurse Blogs: Dean Needs Tablet Computer Help Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:02:23 +0000

[...] Nursing Show podcast is about accidental epi-pen injections. Don’t even like to think about that, but with more epi-pens out there, accidents are [...]

Comment on Nursing Documentation Types and Episode 182 by Linette-- Westminster--- LPN Home Care/ LTC

Linette-- Westminster--- LPN Home Care/ LTC — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 04:14:45 +0000

First time, listening to your Nursing podcast. Enjoyable and also informative. Sometimes we loose touch of what things we have learned in the past and we need to review/refresh our minds. I will be listening to you more often for those great podcasts. Every nurse should continue with their education and not to be in a rut with the nursing field. I have written a list of the pods I want to refresh myself on. Some of them are not in the field that I am in at this time. Thanks Jamie

Comment on Elderly Driving Issues: Should We Let Them Keep the Keys? by FancyScrubs

FancyScrubs — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:59:28 +0000

This is such a delicate subject matter. Some elderly find joy and freedom in driving and being able to help themselves and may get depressed once they can no longer drive. The other side is are they safe to others on the road? Very touch decision for children of elderly parents to have to make or intervene.

Comment on Another Viewpoint on the Nursing Shortage by Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:51:39 +0000

Thanks for leaving the comment. I agree that there are a lot of LPN’s going unused in the job market. The issue is that hospitals put LPN’s in slot between full Registered Nurse and the scope of practice they have and the unlicensed “certified” personnel like CNA’s. Since LPN’s can’t do everything an RN is allowed to do in most areas, and CNA’s cost less than LPN’s, they are left out of the equation.

Comment on Another Viewpoint on the Nursing Shortage by Cairne

Cairne — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 16:51:37 +0000

Sure there is a nursing shortage in the hospitals if only they want RNs. Since it seems to be a mandatory for hospitals to have RNs as staff yes there is a shortage. There are a lot of LPNs who are just as talented and knowledgable in the nursing field and there are more LPNs popping out there looking just the same job as RNs.
Then the other thing that I have noticed in just these 5 years (and I have been a nurse for 25 years) are that new nursing employee and experienced nurse’s orientation is only one week. That don’t even give them time to even catch up with the mission statement that they are working for. No wonder nurses are expendable. Us nurse’s work hard to get our licenses and it is what we want to do in our hearts.
Sorry for sounding bitter, but I use to remember hospitals use to be a caring place just for people and now hospitals and facilities have become more of a business. It’s only care is how many bodies are there so that we could keep up with our profit margins. Then also to that patients (clients, or residents, which ever we call them now) are more sick then ever and they are sent to facilitites in a not a very stable state. The vicious circle of clients going back to the hospital then going back to the facilities. Who is really a risk, not just our licences and our livelihood, but also there clients lives are in our hands, and their families also.
Healthcare facilities are worried about teh bottomline. They should worry about how these nurses are being oriented and how dedicated are these nurses. And also to how some managers are I have notice are very condicending to the nurses and aides that work with her/him. If it is just talk and don’t really see the real action I myself just back way and just be quiet and bite my tongue.
I’ve worked in all the specialities except for the operating room, L/D, so there is nothing that I have not been exposed to from hospitals (critical care, ICU and ER) to home care, agency nursing, and longterm/subacute. I’ve been wound nurse in the subacute and charge nurse.
In the current subacute facility I work for I had to punch out exactly the time when we should, but how could anyone do that when I and eveyone else still have work to finish, and the oncoming nurse would not pick up the beton because of a pending admission. I could go on and on. The also the night shift was to do the 24 hour chart check for potential missed order, but I’ve seen orders missed and not carried out and then the nurse are asked what happened to the order that was supposed to be taken care of yesterday or so? Endorsing recieving from the previous shift is a joke. I know some of these patients that I get report from and all I get is ” ‘I don’t know’ ‘I don’t give that antibiotic’ “.
There are some nurse fearful of lossing there license because of some instance like above.

Comment on Attending Conferences Discussion with Anne Robinson by Best In Nurse Blogs: Memorial Day Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog

Best In Nurse Blogs: Memorial Day Edition! | The Millionaire Nurse Blog — Sun, 29 May 2011 10:03:28 +0000

[...] The latest podcast of The Nursing Show has host Jamie Davis interviewing in Chicago at a critical nurses conference.. Anne Robinson, the guest discusses the use of hypothermia in resuscitation efforts. [...]

Comment on 5 Ways to Prepare for Student Exams and Finals in Nursing School by Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:14:27 +0000

Thanks, Claudia. I wish you luck in your studies, as a nursing student or whatever path you follow! Keep in touch and let me know what you decide to do!