Meri333

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1. Strangest thing you've heard a co-worker or patient say?

   Meri333 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Humor

   I was in a patients room once changing an IV bag... my patient was a SUPER confused little old lady about 85trs old. I was standing next to her bedside table and knocked over the chart I had with me. She says, "What was that?!?" I said, "Ma'am, yo...

2. Rn doesn't know what to do!

   Meri333 replied to Meri333's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for the advice. I understand what you guys are saying, it's just really hard for me to settle with one thing without thinking about the next step. I've been like that my entire life and it's driving me crazy not knowing. You made a really...

3. IN LOVE LOVE LOVE with my job!!

   Meri333 replied to labrador4122's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats! I've been on my own for about a month now and it's great. I love my unit! The only downfall I have is the techs that work on the midnight shift with me. But I'm going back to days the last week of March! Back with my day crew that I lo...

4. Rn doesn't know what to do!

   Meri333 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hey everyone, I'm super stressed out! Here's the deal... I live in Michigan and I have finished school in October 2007 and have an associates degree of nursing. I sat for my NCLEX in January and passed (Woohoo!) So now I've been working for a little ...

5. IV piggyback question

   Meri333 replied to pmy7741's topic in Medications

   1st question: If you're using a pump it doesn't matter where the bags are.. they can be at the same height because the pump is doing all of the work. 2nd question: If an MD wrote an order for 100ml to infuse at a rate of 100ml/hr then you set the p...

6. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

   Meri333 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   Code Brown's for poop... really... haha. I think it's weird that every facility is slightly different. I think it should be a universal thing within the US that all hospital "codes" are the same.

7. RN doesn't know what to do?

   Meri333 posted a topic in International

   Hey everyone, I'm super stressed out! Here's the deal... I live in Michigan and I have finished school in October 2007 and have an associates degree of nursing. I sat for my NCLEX in January and passed (Woohoo!) So now I've been working for a little ...

8. Calling yourself a "nurse"

   Meri333 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

   Totally agree with everyone.... I'm a nursing student 8 weeks away from graduating and still refuse to call myself a nurse. Patients mistake me as a nurse ALL THE TIME and I explain that the nurses wear a different color and have different responsib...

9. Nursing student struggling, needs tips on how to pass classes and succeed....

   Meri333 replied to Wheaties's topic in General Students

   Hey there... I'm also in nursing school.. I have 8 weeks left and I'll be done. All I have to say is I know exactly how you feel... but just hang in there. All you have to do is do one thing at a time to the best of your ability... and for the time...

10. I need advice and some guidance!

    Meri333 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, my name is Meri. I'm currently enrolled in a community college nursing prgram. I'll be finished in October with an Associate Degree in Nursing... here's my dilemma.... I've been thinking about moving out of Michigan for 2 years or so....