mary78910

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1. Whats your facilities policy on isolation for MRSA, CDIF, VRE, etc?

   mary78910 replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

   we will put mrsa and mrsa together, never seen cdiff with anyone else, and have been lucky enough not to have vre yet. But gowns etc, hello never saw anyone in my hospital put one of those on ever ever ever ever except me. Not for cdiff or mrsa. The...

2. MRSA and Isolation

   mary78910 replied to tgirl84's topic in General Nursing

   So as a new grad i have a few questions on this. A patient comes in with mrsa+ nasal swab, should they be in isolation???? Is it ok to put a mrsa+ nares with a non mrsa patient. What about taking a dinamap from one patient to the next without cleani...

3. is it ok to call a dr even if not your patient

   mary78910 replied to mary78910's topic in General Nursing

   Ok, i went and checked the patient myself. Was shocked when i saw her. I had this patient two days before hand and shipped her to ICU when i had her, well then she came back out on that floor. Ok i just went to see her Just to say hi basically. And f...

4. is it ok to call a dr even if not your patient

   mary78910 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok i have a question. I've only been a nurse for a little over a year. But in a situation where i know something is not right with a patient, and i continually tell the patients nurse and she doesn't listen, and this patient keeps declining is it ok ...

5. dynamaps and the isolation patient

   mary78910 replied to birdgardner's topic in General Nursing

   I have to complain all the time about taking dynamaps from room to room without being cleaned, isolation to reg, and vice-versa. Heck no one even gowns up around here. It's rare to even see a nurse put gloves on when walking into an iso room. I get s...

6. Peeves at work

   mary78910 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

   1) 16 patients on floor and one aide, oh there are 3 nurses, one nurse and the aide go to lunch, leaves me to answer call lights for everyone because the other nurse sitting on her butt will NOT answer lights, she's better than that. Even if it's her...

7. Floating and C Diff, MRSA etc.

   mary78910 replied to magz53's topic in Ob/Gyn

   When i worked ob we weren't allowed to take a patient load on med/surg incase we were called back to our floor. But we were NOT allowed to go in a isolation room. Then i switched hospitals, what is isolation, i had to throw a fit to get gowns and ma...

8. How much is your pay?

   mary78910 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   Been an RN for just over a year. Live in Ohio, make 21.87hr plus my 3.00 shift diff and 4.00 hr weekend shift diff. Cost of living not too bad here. Shoot with all the pays i've seen maybe i should move lol.

9. Smoking And Nurses

   mary78910 replied to ABC054's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a smoker, hate the smell, but i do it anyway, trying to quit but thats another story. anyway it takes me just a few minutes to smoke, i go out twice during my 8 hour shift, once at lunch and smoke one, and once at break and smoke one. i'm back be...

10. New RN to corrections

    mary78910 replied to barbara's topic in Correctional

    I've only been an RN for about a year, not quite a year yet. I worked on Medsurg for 8 months then went to ob for a month. I got called by some staffing agency offering me a job in a prison. When they told me the pay i jumped on it, heck it was 10 bu...

11. questions about things pct can do

    mary78910 replied to mary78910's topic in General Nursing

    LOL ok then hehehe

12. Pay Rates In Ohio For New Grads.

    mary78910 replied to dark10gable's topic in Ohio

    i'm a new grad of six months i am making 19

13. Nurse-Patient load: normal or not? Need advice

    mary78910 replied to redtintedpaperdoll's topic in Safety

    i'm working part time in a nursing home full time in a hospital, i feel like my nursing license is on the line every time i step into the nursing home, scares me to death. i have 25 patients and one aide. i do all the treatments acu checks etc. they ...

14. questions about things pct can do

    mary78910 replied to mary78910's topic in General Nursing

    oh and a few more things . i went into the nursery to get a chart, a pct was doing vitals on a baby, i said hows the baby she said fine doing great from where i was at i saw the baby just wasnt right so i got closer, the color was fine, but baby had ...

15. questions about things pct can do

    mary78910 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ok i'm a new nurse (6months) been on med/surg for six months, just moved to labor and delivery which is post partum and nursery all in one. i have a few questions. ok yesterday i was brought into a c-section and shown how to circulate, today i get to...