michelle95

michelle95

Geriatrics, DD, Peri-op

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michelle95 specializes in Geriatrics, DD, Peri-op.


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  1. on-call reimbursement

    I work in a 63 bed ICF and receive one day off for every week that I am on call.... which is twice a month (I share with the HSD). The only problem is that I cannot save them. So, if I don't use it within the month, I lose it.
  2. no-smoking policies

    These hospitals that are banning smoking on campus....are they banning those artery clogging burgers in the cafeteria? What about those krispy kremes? Double standards. I know that smoking is bad for you but if I do it away from others..what's the ...
  3. Eleven pound baby!

    My oldest son was 11.4 at birth. I am 5'9" and had him naturally with no real problems. He was a little hypoglycemic and had to be on an O2 mask at first because he came out so fast (I pushed for 15 minutes). I did have a 3rd degree tear to conten...
  4. Anxious pts!

    I've never heard of it being a risk either. If it were, you would never change the dressing.
  5. needlestick

    I just obtained my first needlestick last week (hopefully my last). It was a TB syringe that I had just injected lidocaine into a pt prepping for IV insertion. We both turned up neg for HIV, Hep B&C but man...it sure was scary. I will get chec...
  6. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    1.Type of nurse? Periop RN 2. How many hours u work per week? 40 3. How many years of nursing? 6 years LPN, 1 year RN 4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? 0500-1330, no weekends or holidays 5. City and State: Pensacola, FL 6. Avera...
  7. Pay increase after bridging?

    A couple of nursing homes that I applied at after getting my RN would not give me extra for having 6 years of LPN experience. However, the last hospital I worked at gave me gave me 3 years of RN experience for the 6 LPN years....and I worked on a te...
  8. Prepping a radical mastectomy

    I will make sure not to make that same "mistake" twice. But, the way he acted...you would have thought I made a med error or put the IV in the wrong arm. He's just like that apparently. Physicians...sheesh.
  9. Prepping a radical mastectomy

    Do you prep the whole arm on the side of the mastectomy? Just curious. I'm a new employee on a periop floor and this morning, I put armbands on the same side as the mastectomy so I could put an IV in the other arm. I asked another nurse if the wh...
  10. Pensacola area hospitals-advice

    I know that usually if a person leaves Baptist to go elsewhere, they end up coming back.
  11. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    9.18 as a new LPN in Auburn, AL in 1999. Up to 14.00 an hour last year in Florida. Now 19.90 as a new RN but with LPN experience.
  12. Leaving the Profession!

    I'm with you. As soon as the kids are grown, it's on to something else. I like taking care of patients...but when your blood pressure starts to go up and you start to have stress related illnesses...it's time to think of something else to do.
  13. "From doctors to beautiful ladies..."

    Seriously, if nurses have nothing better to do with their time than to become up in arms because a former druggie rock star calls them "beautiful ladies"....they DO, indeed, need to get a life. It's not rude, it's the facts.
  14. "From doctors to beautiful ladies..."

    No flaming from me...I think some people need to get a life. Maybe it's cause I'm from the South, but, I took no offense to what he said. Sheesh, people.
  15. Employer Tuition Reimbursement?

    Ours pays 2 classes worth of tuition per semeter for full timers going for a Bachelor's. No contract to work with the company after graduation needed. They do not pay for books, however. For part-timers, it's half of the tuition for 2 classes.......