melly

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1. What do you think about dating your coworkers?

   melly replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Nursing

   So far we've been together 9 years, married 5. :) As long as you are professional about it, I don't see that there should be a problem.

2. How many of you are married to or date someone in the Medical Field?

   melly replied to echo*echo's topic in General Nursing

   I married a pharmacist that I met at work. It's great. We still work in the same hospital, but different shifts now. Melanie

3. survey: Do you plan on furthering your nursing education?

   melly replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I would go back for further education only if it were in an area totally unrelated to nursing.

4. If I hear this one more time I'm gonna scream!

   melly replied to nell's topic in General Nursing

   Wait. You guys get PIZZA? I'm jealous. All we get is excuses. Melanie

5. Do you love nursing?

   melly replied to a-rose's topic in General Nursing

   I don't always love nursing, but I can't imagine doing anything else. Melanie

6. Rudeness

   melly posted a topic in Relations

   Why are some nurses so rude to each other? Our ER nurses have a horrible reputation for incivility to the floor nurses. Example-last night I pick up the phone. Someone who didn't identify herself asks if room 215 is clean yet. I answer I don't kn...

7. Update on Firefighters death--Coroner rules accident, no criminal charges for RN

   melly replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

   I can see how this would happen with a paralytic drug. For several years I worked on a surgical floor and we would rrecieve patients from SICU. From time to time patients would arrive on the floor with MARs from SICUthat had not been amended . I f...

8. What's your families reaction when you discuss nursing condition's???

   melly replied to askater's topic in General Nursing

   Most of my friends are nurses I met at work, so they understand. My SIL is a nurse so my brother knows all about our problems and thinks that we should unionize. My husband is a pharmacist who works in the same hospital as me and he will come right...

9. "Nursing" a calling, a career, or a combination of both

   melly replied to wildtime88's topic in General Nursing

   I entered nursing school when I was divorcing my ex. and had 3 kids to support. I was browsing the want ads and noticed there were many more ads for nurses than for librarians, which is what I really wanted to do. Turns out that once I started nurs...

10. Ethical dilemma !

    melly replied to vinona's topic in Safety

    The only ethical delimma I see here is with this charge nurse insisting that you assault a dying man. He has the right to refuse any treatments and as nurses we have to respect that when a patient says stop, we stop. This charge nurse should not h...

11. question about shoes

    melly replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    I wear New Balance walking shoes. Very comfortable. I live in Birkenstocks when I'm off duty but I've tried 2 different pairs for work and after about 4 hours they start to hurt my feet. Weird, huh? I've also tried Reebok (pretty good) and Nurse ...

12. Do you mix your own IV's?

    melly replied to deespoohbear's topic in Safety

    My hospital stopped mixing drugs on the floor many years ago. This was prompted by a terrible incident in which a patient had KCL pushed straight into his HL. The nurse mistook the vial for a flush solution. He died of cardiac arrythmmias. Vials ...