mlvnurse03

mlvnurse03 has 5 years experience and specializes in Medical Office and Long term care.

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1. Office vs hospital??

   mlvnurse03 replied to NellieP73's topic in Ambulatory

   Don't forget about holidays. Working in an office has the perks of being closed for certain holidays. That's a plus for me. I want to be home with my kids on Christmas and other holidays. Being at home with my kids is very important to me. So keep...

2. Crumbs from the Crusty County Nurse

   mlvnurse03 replied to it'sallbueno's topic in General Nursing

   I loved this article. Especially the part about Peeing and missing lunches. It drives me nuts to hear the other nurses c/o not getting time to do this. LOL

3. Parents that make you go MMMMrgh!

   mlvnurse03 replied to danissa's topic in NICU

   I'm a nurse who has been on both sides of the show. Although I have never worked in the NICU. I have had a baby in there for a few weeks. And I was amazed to just how many babies Never had a visitor. Is this pretty common?

4. new nursing student working in ped's office

   mlvnurse03 replied to twahls65's topic in Ambulatory

   I work in a family practice office and we do school physicals and sports physicals all the time. We have never had a child undress unless it was due to a medical problem that needed to be looked at. Never for a physical. I did speak to my doc and s...

5. Any Anticoagulation Nurses out there????

   mlvnurse03 replied to OPCC's topic in Ambulatory

   Hey, I don't work in a Anticoag dept. but I do a lot of them in our family practice office. It must be kind of diff at times to figure out what to do with some patients. In the past our docs had a kind of standing order of what to do. But we had pat...

6. Please Help I Need Some Advice

   mlvnurse03 replied to newlvngrad's topic in Ambulatory

   Yes, the hosp I work for does ask you when you are available and call if someone calls in or asks you if you can take a shift. They require us to take at least one shift per month. It's a pretty good deal if you don't mind being kind of "on call".

7. Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

   mlvnurse03 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

   You did the right thing. This is a diff situation. But it is suppose to be for the Patient to decide if they need the med or not. Not at the nurse's choice. If a patient is in severe pain. He/she Will push the button. We were stressed in nursing...

8. family thinks I'm MD

   mlvnurse03 replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

   This happens to me all the time. Either someone at church or a family member. But if I give advise it's like the question what I say. So I just tell them to call their doc or use something otc.

9. Stopping smoking? What helps you

   mlvnurse03 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in Recovery

   I myself do not smoke. But many of our patients have quit using that new drug-Chantix. Maybe you should give this a try.

10. Office Nursing

    mlvnurse03 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Ambulatory

    I don't know if you are still interested but I love working in a Family Practice Office. We see all ages of patients. Young and old. We have awesome hours(8-5) and off weekends and holidays. Also there are many other perks- such as free lunches,sam...

11. will i be happy????

    mlvnurse03 replied to evecel's topic in Ambulatory

    I work in a family practice office and I love it!! The nights I can be at home with my kids(8 and 1yr olds). Plus get nice perks like holdidays off and less stress. Also free lunches(drug reps), samples of meds if needed, and mostly free office vis...

12. Please Help I Need Some Advice

    mlvnurse03 replied to newlvngrad's topic in Ambulatory

    One of the cool things about being per diem nurse-is -you can tell them no if it going to be when you are out of the country. Now-some places require that you take at least a certain number of hours or shifts in a certain length of time. So keep t...

13. MA's being used as "nurses"

    mlvnurse03 replied to Jeanbean's topic in Ambulatory

    I am a LPN and have worked with some MA's in the past in a clinic. I think it just depends on the state. Because in Illinois, they allowed the MA's to take phone messages and such but did not allow them to give injections and such...

14. New Grad - Big Decision!

    mlvnurse03 replied to KrisssyKrisRN's topic in New Nurse

    Well, I would probably start out in the Telemetry unit. That is going to get you some great experience! Which maybe you will be able to get on days if an opening comes up.