Meganan

Meganan specializes in Geriatric.

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1. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

   Meganan replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I usually don't have to announce myself as a nurse. My family will automatically (with pride of course) say it for me. But I do have to say once physician's and nurses know you are a nurse, you are treated differently. I found that when my mother w...

2. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

   Meganan replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Can't think of any department that doesn't deal with the accidental poo; including day surgery. I'd rather clean poo than slimy vomit or stringy phlegm.

3. How much is your pay?

   Meganan replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 15 year RN working as an ADON and MDS coordinator in a long term care facility. My hourly wage here in Maine is 23.30/hr.

4. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

   Meganan replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a long term care facilities and I firmly believe in PAS. I have seen advanced Alzheimers people get put on feeding tubes when they no longer can eat because of family wishes. The torture we force upon our elderly because we are not allowed...

5. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

   Meganan replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

   I have called in for lack of sleep and almost got fired for it. The facility did not care that I thought I would be an unsafe nurse with vent patients. By the way, The ADOn told me the only reason I didn't get fired was that I was the only RN they h...