Nuggets for February 17

I'm luxuriating in my regular day off, and I feel a little better so far. Here are a few things I've encountered recently and some interesting news and sites I've found online.

Stuff from the mailbox and in my neck of the woods

Hospitals fight to keep new nurses from quitting (from www.msnbc.com)
All I have to say to this one is "Duh!". As I learned many moons ago in school, some people only respond to problems if they have a dollar sign (i.e. how much money will it cost you) attached.

And if you stick around...
Nurses Have Many MSN Choices to Advance Their Career (from www.nursezone.com)
I'm pondering this myself, and happily, the number of online choices is quite large.

One of our patients was on methenamine hippurate. I had to look that one up, but alas, my Nursing Central didn't have it listed in my Palm's Davis Drug Guide reference.

We had an interesting case of staph epi on our unit. BTW we don't isolate people for this bug.

From the blogosphere...

From www.aboutanurse.com I found out that Fat Doctor got downsized. Go apply at your nearest VA, doc! We need you!

Head Nurse always has her interesting neuro What to Expect articles (the latest is lumbar drains). In addition, I am very much in agreement with this post on nails. And some people wonder why people don't take nurses seriously!

More later, folks! Have a great day!