mimilinda77

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1. ANCC Medical Surgical Certification Results

   mimilinda77 replied to dmp135's topic in Med-Surg

   Can the medical surgical experience better prepare you for other areas of patient care? If so, then it is a specialty in it's own right. Should it be assumed that medical surgical nursing is, indeed, the backbone of clinical nursing science? I think ...

2. questioning postpartum nursing?

   mimilinda77 replied to kgregoRN11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have been a med surg-tele nurse on a PCU and am now in the process of transferring to mother baby department. Many of my peers think it's bizarre that I want to transfer to this area...but my 33 years on this earth have taught me to live for mysel...

3. Eisenhower new grad and JFK memorial Versant?

   mimilinda77 replied to NurseVN's topic in New Nurse

   I have worked at JFK in medical-surgical-telemetry for a little over three years. I have also worked at Eisenhower per diem. Both facilities are great, but for different reasons. At JFK you will find a nice variety of cultures, develop rapport more e...

4. checking BP before giving BP meds?

   mimilinda77 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Med-Surg

   I try to check BP's and HR's myself when I have patients on several cardiac meds...however if the patient has been hospitalized for a few days I will most certainly look at the bp and heart rate trends. Also having a strong understanding of the mecha...

5. Labor Nurses Floating to Med Surg.....

   mimilinda77 replied to crissyc03's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know that labor and delivery is considered a specialty unit, however remember that once upon a time nurses floated to all units within a hospital, and many hosputals reuqire nurses to work med-surg prior to labor and delivery. Years ago in smaller ...

6. Frustrated with a case manager!

   mimilinda77 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Hey all...I just need to vent about one of the case managers at my facility. I work in a surgical unit, a cool mixture of ortho, tele, post-op, and "typical" medical patients. I love the variety and the pace...we do a lot of admitting and discharging...

7. Aesthetic nursing!

   mimilinda77 replied to JayKay123's topic in Aesthetics

   Hi there! First off, I congratulate you for thinking outside the "hospital" for nursing job opportunities. I was an aesthetician and massage therapist for many years before getting my RN. The moment I finished nursing school I emailed various MD's in...

8. Nerves Are Shot!

   mimilinda77 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   Here I am at 12 am unable to sleep after coming home from work after my 4th shift in a row (what was I thinking?), unable to sleep because my brain won't stop after all the week's stress! I was glad to read about someone else's emotions mirroring my ...

9. Programs for weekend/night classes?

   mimilinda77 replied to reidesert's topic in General Students

   Have you tried College of the Desert in Palm Desert California? This is in the greater Palm Springs area. They are accepting applications for Fall 2007 until the end of june. I believe they have a program that has lecture a couple of evenings a week,...