mchrisrn

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1. help in leaving nursing

   mchrisrn posted a topic in Career Support

   Hi All I have been a Med-Surg Telemetry RN for 30 years, mostly part-time. I have been trying for almost a year to find a job outside of the hospital. I have been unsuccessful. I am a good nurse who is just too tired of being run ragged and expect...

2. My first few days, as a new RN

   mchrisrn replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

   In our hospital you cant refuse an assignment..they say it would be patient abandonment. If you DO refuse, I'm sure you would be fired and as I have worked there for almost 30 years, I would probably never get another job b/c they would not give me ...

3. Anyone work for Litigation Management in OH?

   mchrisrn replied to jlasrrn's topic in Ohio

   Wow!..I'm glad I talked to you. (NOT that they would ever call me anyway!) I will definitely not get involved in that. Thank you SO much for posting. I have been a RN for THIRTY years and have been looking for a job outside the hospital for almost...

4. Anyone work for Litigation Management in OH?

   mchrisrn replied to jlasrrn's topic in Ohio

   Hi jlasrrn..i had applied for a position there! No one ever even called me. I am not totally computer savvy. Could you share your experience at all? I had applied for a "analyst-work-at home" position involving a couple months on-site training. ...

5. Frequent Nursing Rounds Decrease Call-Light Use

   mchrisrn replied to sirI's topic in General Nursing

   Many of our patients and families could NEVER wait ONE HOUR!!!!..They expect every 15 minutes or they or their "loved one" are being ignored. If I would only check in every hour they would probably say "where have you been...we thought you left!"

6. Cardiac Rehab

   mchrisrn replied to lee1's topic in Rehabilitation

   Hi all, I have an interview for a part time cardiac rehab position next week. It is a job I really want. I have no college degrees, I've been a med-surg nurse who graduated with a RN diploma about 30 yrs ago. I have kept ACLS certification current...

7. are you burnt out too?

   mchrisrn replied to godivalady's topic in General Nursing

   earle58..I had done some online research in home health and many home health workers say they are overloaded with paperwork. The other thing that holds me back is worry about the neighborhoods youre sent into?..and of course driving all over in our ...

8. are you burnt out too?

   mchrisrn replied to godivalady's topic in General Nursing

   I too am totally burnt out...for all the above reasons and more..i have posted this many times on this website. After almost 30 yrs at my hospital, I have my "termination" letter ready, and called my clinical manager three times to ask if she"d have...

9. I dont want to do this anymore!!!

   mchrisrn replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a "bedside nurse" for almost 30 years now. I have to go so fast at work sometimes that I get chest pains also. It takes at least 24 hours to "get over" a 12 (14) hour shift, much less 2 in a row. I work med-surg. The patients arent ev...

10. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    mchrisrn replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Career Support

    I guess you didnt "hear" me...You said, "if you dont get breaks speak up"..I said I dont CARE about breaks. Havent had breaks now for 20 some years. I said I do care about a 30 minute lunch, not for an 8 hour shift, but for a 12-14 hour shift. Als...

11. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    mchrisrn replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Career Support

    Just a few thoughts from an old "bedside nurse"...we're not complaining about cleaning poop and vomit..we're complaining b/c we CANT do it soon enough and patients have to wait too long!!....we're not complaining that its hard to turn and move people...

12. NY State may require nurses to obtain 4-year degrees

    mchrisrn replied to Brian's topic in ADN/BSN

    Its great and amazing that you did that..I mean got your bsn, however, I am 50 yrs old..two kids in college with tuition very high, one is done now. We get 500 dollars a year tuition re-imbursement. I have parents and a mother-in-law who need help ...

13. Hospital's duty to keep elderly man safe from falls

    mchrisrn replied to thlnc's topic in Med-Surg

    There are some patients who have fallen in our institution even WITH a sitter. They would fall even if you had every fifteen minute safety rounds. One pt who was an alcoholic going through d.t.s suddenly threw his legs over the side rail and before...

14. What are the top paid nurses?!

    mchrisrn replied to FutureRN05's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.. I've been a staff nurse for almost 30 years now in a suburban hospital thats part of one of the large cleveland health systems and I only make 27.80 an hour, 28.80, for the last four hours of a 12 hour shift. I could never imagine making 40.00...

15. Chf

    mchrisrn replied to nickola's topic in General Nursing

    on any statins? have to think of rhabdomyolysis...it seems all of these etiologies would have been thought of...lytes are probably being monitored on daily basis...cardiac enzymes wnl??? a heart attack could cause extreme weakness...maybe a neurol...