maryb

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1. Future of Nursing

   maryb replied to schmrock's topic in General Nursing

   I originally had an ADN degree, went back for a BSN. I did this for myself! not for any professional reasons. I received no increase in pay or anything for obtaining the BSN. I knew this when I went back, but it was something that I wanted to do beca...

2. Does Your Unit Director Do This?

   maryb replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

   sirens, Is mdslabod your supervisor by any chance? LOL Seriously, mdslabod's facility must be MUCH better staffed, maybe we should all work there?

3. Does Your Unit Director Do This?

   maryb replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

   Michele, Sorry I mispelled your name. :) When I say chasing dry IVs, have you never followed a shift where all the IVs seem to be beeping "EMPTY" as soon as you come out of report? I'm glad you do your job well and care for your patients as you do. I...

4. Does Your Unit Director Do This?

   maryb replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with wildtime on this one. I was speaking with my (computer work) husband about this. It seems now that on a really good day, you may actually have time to watch someone swallow the medicine you give them, but God help you if they don...

5. " Doctor" stories

   maryb replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Humor

   LMAO - love these. My personal favorite doctor story.... First, a little background. I worked at a hospital that had on staff an older physician (close to 70). Of course, all of his patients were 80+, seemed like. This physician was very caring and t...

6. She doesn't have a clue!

   maryb replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

   My sister is a teacher in a private school, and the pay REALLY stinks. She's is a CPA who left the profession because of long hours, never seeing her kids/husband, etc. (Any of this sounding familiar?) However, I worked with a male nurse once whose w...

7. Does Your Unit Director Do This?

   maryb replied to soundsLikesirens's topic in General Nursing

   I've seen this before. "Management" uses "customer satisfaction" as a tool to browbeat their nurses. Nurses tend to be very caring people, and hearing how unhappy your patients are is a good way (generally) to keep your nurses thinking they have to "...

8. Funny things patients say !

   maryb replied to TAM's topic in Humor

   Personal favorite didn't happen in a hospital... I'm active in Cub Scouts with my stepsons and husband. When camping, I'm the "unofficial" nurse. (Unofficial cause I don't do prehospital care, as I've often told them..:)) Went camping at a lovely sit...

9. Help I am a new grad and I made a medication error!

   maryb replied to Rosey's topic in General Nursing

   And sometimes your patient has a guardian angel. The last time I gave a patient the wrong meds (patients next door to each other with same name, different middle initial), I freaked too. I was sooo upset, called the doc, and he had me run some basic ...

10. Nursing Home Safe Staffing

    maryb replied to -jt's topic in General Nursing

    To get back to improving ratios, if the "counting" occurs as it has in my experience, then the ratios are worthless. It has been my experience that nurses who do ONLY MDS or Medicare (absolutely no direct patient care) get counted when the state come...

11. New Nurse Jitters

    maryb replied to DougRN's topic in General Nursing

    Reading all the posts about med/surg ratios, I guess I had a good reason for leaving nursing. 2 years ago, I had 12 patients on days, sometimes 13. To say that some patients got no care would be a major understatement. Maybe I just live in the wrong ...

12. Depressed over salary

    maryb replied to wanna B an RN's topic in General Nursing

    NursePooh, I just saw your post, sorry for the delay. I'm working as a Medical Editor for a company that produces CME for physicians on CD-ROM. I lucked into the job (by sending a resume when I thought there was NO WAY I'd ever get an interview, much...

13. dutch nurse seeks your help!

    maryb replied to voskamp's topic in Safety

    My only experience is a personal one. I had knee surgery while stationed in Iceland, in an Icelandic hospital. The surgeon personally came in and marked my knee with a big arrow prior to surgery. The surgeons may feel that they don't have time, but t...

14. Nursing in SC?

    maryb replied to delirium's topic in General Nursing

    I don't live in SC, but I worked there for 4 months as a travel nurse doing home health 4 years ago. The pay for the permanent nurses seemed median, and the cost of living was comparable to north MS, where I live, and is relatively low. It also depen...

15. ventilators

    maryb replied to janleb's topic in Pulmonary

    janleb, If you have access and know anyone, I would recommend trying to follow an RT around for a couple of days over the summer. My start in pulmonary was transfer to a new unit pulmonary only, everyone was learning. I had gotten out of nursing scho...