melanie1126

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1. How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

   melanie1126 replied to melanie1126's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies. I've gotten several good ideas that I'm going to bring up to the nurse manager. I didn't want to make it seem like I was the only one on the floor working b/c that certainly wasn't the case. All of the other nurses were busy, ...

2. How does your unit handle this assignment situation ?

   melanie1126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just curious as to how others are handling this scenario.... I work on a very busy tele unit in a large teaching hospital. My guess is it's a typical tele unit, high turnover rates b/c of higher levels of acuity with higher patient ratios than ICU. M...

3. Pink Eye

   melanie1126 replied to bandaider's topic in School

   In my school district run K4 school we follow DHEC childcare rules which states to exclude from school when the student has white or yellow discharge. If the eyes are red, with clear drainage we don't exclude as long as there is no fever.

4. Feeling guilty b/c I thought she was okay

   melanie1126 replied to kidsnurse1969's topic in School

   You didn't have an xray available to you and based on your assessment I would have come to the same conclusion with no other signs of a fracture. I agree that sometimes you have to adjust your attitude on a case by case basis to cut down on the manip...

5. Kids Say the Darndest Things

   melanie1126 replied to EricJRN's topic in School

   I work as a school nurse in a school district K4 program so I have only 4-5 year olds. A little girl came into the health room after falling on the playground and skinning her knee. When she walked in I said "what happened". She replied," I hurt my l...

6. help with psyche med

   melanie1126 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I tried to post this question earlier but my computer froze up midpost so I aplogize if you've already seen half of a question from me earlier. Anyway, I was given an order today for Prolixin Dec 150 mg IM. I have only administered this drug onc...

7. Trying to decide on correctional nursing.

   melanie1126 replied to simbaRN's topic in Correctional

   I'm sure it's different from facility to facility and I've only been doing this for a month so I'm sure I'm not the best person to be giving you advice but here's what I like so far about my change to correctional nursing. My favorite part of this jo...

8. PLEASE don't do it!

   melanie1126 replied to jamangel's topic in Correctional

   Some nurses might find themselves in situations where they've given into inmate manipulation for something small and then basically been blackmailed into continuing the behavior. I once heard of a nurse who was bringing cigarettes in for money. Once ...

9. Need interview help

   melanie1126 replied to melanie1126's topic in Pediatric

   Thanks for the suggestions. I brushed up on all of these points over the weekend so I feel much better. I'm just worried about the interview being successful. It's hard to feel confident when you're in foreign territory (for me anyway) and I'm not go...

10. Need interview help

    melanie1126 posted a topic in Pediatric

    I've been working nights on telemetry med/surg floor since graduating from nurisng school in 4/05. I have an interivew on Monday with a Pediatric Physician's office and I do not feel prepared at all. I suspect that I may have to interview with the do...

11. Ivory Tower Nursing vs. Real World

    melanie1126 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This month marks my 1 year anniv. as an RN and when I graduated, I came to my tele/med/surg floor along with several other new grads. Most of us went through the same program and were taught the same way. I've seen several people change their practic...

12. Would your hospitals hire a middle-aged rookie?

    melanie1126 replied to jgs284's topic in Colorado

    I graduated a year ago and in my nursing class of 31, with the exception of 4, all were going into nursing as a second career. Most were in their 30's and we had several in their 40's. We've all gotten jobs, no problem. Good Luck!

13. How Did We Survive?

    melanie1126 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I remember lying on the ledge between the back seat and the rear glass. My brother & I would also play "bridge" - we'd have our heads on the back seat and our feet on the headrest of the front seats, suspending ourselves over the backseat. I can ...

14. Archived SC Nurses Posts from 2004

    melanie1126 replied to Tomskatt's topic in South Carolina

    I know this thread is a couple of months old, but I noticed no one had responded for Greenville so I will in case you're still interested. Greenville currently does not offer sign on bonuses. They used to but decided to put the money into wage increa...

15. Gyn Surgery vs. OB for new RN?

    melanie1126 replied to melanie1126's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the advice. I called the NM and let her know that I was interested so the ball's rolling. Our hospital does not have LDRP. We have LDR, then pt is transferred to Mom/Baby. We have a high risk OB floor and then we have gyn surgery in anothe...