bigmona

bigmona

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About bigmona

bigmona has 4 years experience and specializes in tele, ICU.


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  1. Do you think this is fair?

    You make a whole lot of assumptions here, most of which are wrong, and then you judge me for it? Like I said before, I'm part time. No benefits. Everyone else is self schedule and works when they want. My schedule is filled in for me and I am the o...
  2. Do you think this is fair?

    I don't have a choice right now to not work the weekends given the circumstances I'm in. I appreciate the constructive replies. All I was asking for was some perspective (not attitude) and many of you gave it to me. Thanks.
  3. Do you think this is fair?

    I'm in the weekend program at work, and work every single weekened. I only work Sat & Sun, so I am considered part time. We have 4 weekenders on my unit, and as a result, the rest of the regular staff only end up having to work maybe 1 weekend ...
  4. Sure. When I have a full patient assignment, I'm in charge, we have no unit clerk OR nursing assistant, and no staffing coordinator, but somehow I'm expected to successfully and safely carry out all the duties of the aforementioned positions for...w...
  5. Most RN's first borns?

    I'm a female, first born, with an alcoholic dad.
  6. What does "charge nurse" mean to you?

    It sounds like you're an excellent teamworker and I'd love to have a coworker like you. I believe you're doing everything a charge nurse *should* be doing. If some people aren't as hardworking and feel like you're making them look bad, that's on th...
  7. Pregnant and Perplexed

    the previous poster is right. You'll most likely have to get a bunch of pre-req's out of the way before you even set foot in nursing school. Maybe you can start out by taking online classes while working part-time once you have your baby. See how ...
  8. Which Nursing Jobs are the Least Stressful?

    GI lab/endoscopy unit is definitely not stressful... paperwork, putting in some IVs, checking a few sets of vitals. EASY compared to ICU.
  9. Do You Drink the Karmic Kool-Aid?

    yes, I drink it. My whole life perspective changed 3 years ago when my father died young, suddenly and unexpectedly. I did some soul searching, some reading, and came across Brian Weiss's book Many Lives, Many Masters. I always believed (from a y...
  10. I know the alphabet and basic words in ASL and have only had to use signing once with a patient in my 4 years as a nurse. I think it depends on where you live, though. Some areas have a larger Deaf community. I know that people who are deaf or ha...
  11. One to one assignments

    We have a 2 patient/1 nurse ratio in our MICU (rarely sometimes 3:1). We've been having some debate/issues in my unit lately about when a patient needs to be put in a 1:1 nurse/patient assignment. Just curious what you do in your unit? Do you have...
  12. The literature shows that taking BP via a lower extremity does run higher than when you take it in an upper extremity. I have certainly found this to be the case in my own practice. Came in once to work and had a patient on a nicardipine gtt that w...
  13. Pumping at work and childcare

    I appreciate all your replies! my hospital does not have OB so no lactation consultant or pumps I can use, and my state does not have a law protecting breastfeeding mothers in the workplace. I try to cut my lunches really short since I do take up o...
  14. I'm sorry if this thread isn't appropriate here, feel free to move it to another forum. I just couldn't find another suitable place to put it. I'm curious what other new moms who are nurses do at work who are still breastfeeding. How often do you g...
  15. Most memorable thing patient has said to me...

    one night i had spent a good part of my shift attempting to do everything possible to make a vented post-op patient comfortable. finally, when he was starting to settle a bit, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and mouthed "thank you" around his...