mekrn

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1. Nightmares about work?

   mekrn replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

   I've had the school dream with the final exam part too! I'll have to Google it!

2. Nightmares about work?

   mekrn replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

   Yes! I have a recurring nightmare that I did not know that a patient was assigned to me for a the whole shift, and NEVER took care of the patient the whole time! :uhoh21:

3. Union Question

   mekrn replied to GreenNurse's topic in General Nursing

   You are absolutely right about this. Many times there is a misconception that seniority automatically wins. Not true.

4. Recruiter needs your help!

   mekrn replied to Kayla54321's topic in General Nursing

   I work with a nurse who is anorexic and has a constant smell like this, more like rotting garbage, from vomiting all the time. It doesn't smell like vomit, it's a horrible, metabolic type of odor. Could this person possibly have an eating disorder?

5. My poor co-worker!

   mekrn replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   :yeahthat: Thank you, that's EXACTLY everything I wanted to say, but was COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS for a minute after reading that post! Whoa! Are they kidding! Perhaps she would like to contact her local newspaper, as well!

6. My poor co-worker!

   mekrn replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   All I can say is OMG! Don't walk, RUN AWAY! FAST! VERY FAST! GO NOW!

7. Med administration prior to 1980

   mekrn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   We still do this and we are a huge university medical center! However, for our OR scrubs, we have a Pyxsis type of machine to make sure we don't steal any scrubs! :smackingf

8. Can someone explain ambulatory care....

   mekrn replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

   Ambulatory Surgery Centers are fine as long as you are in good health. They are not for people with complicated medical histories or are high risk in any way. In the event of emergency, they would call 911 and transport you to the hospital. If you ...

9. weekend nights

   mekrn replied to quinnila's topic in General Nursing

   Every other weekend here is Friday and Saturday. We are also required to work 2 Sundays (as dayshift is required to work 2 Fridays) a month. Most people choose to do those Sundays on their weekend so as not to screw up their weekend off.:beer:

10. Mandatory overtime

    mekrn replied to cargal's topic in Activism

    Oh, how I agree with that!

11. Mandatory overtime

    mekrn replied to cargal's topic in Activism

    I think an emergent situation like that is a little different that the unfortunate way mandatory overtime is usually used, when adequate staffing was never provided, there WASN'T any relief scheduled, and you are just expected to stay. I believe this...

12. Hello..new and wondering???

    mekrn replied to jamer's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, how fancy! While I haven't had to do it for a long while, I used to smash the pill inside the blister package with a Nitro bottle! No fancy pill crushers for us!

13. Consents or Con - sense?

    mekrn replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, I thought only we had this problem. H&P and consent DEFINATELY required to go into the room! We are constantly getting grief for this, as if it is new or something! I'm wondering how many others have problems with patients not going to PA...

14. No Holiday Pay?

    mekrn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    In my union hospital you get time and a half if you work the holiday plus an additional 8 paid hours to take another time. If you are not working the holiday, you get 8 hours of pay.

15. Where's my thank-you card?

    mekrn replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a nurse where I work that used to receive a lot of gifts and things. She was brand new to our unit as well as a fairly new nurse and it just kind of made us go hmmmmm? We have two schools of thought on the subject: 1. She was sending thin...