melmonlove

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1. Currently Work @ St Joseph Med Center Houston?

   melmonlove replied to Tracy1275's topic in Texas

   i currently work there and have for a year. As with any changes with company owners, there is always a big turnover. alot of people have left and gone elsewhere on my floor but most likely for better pay. the hospital is just now going through a tran...

2. Please for the love of God.............

   melmonlove replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

   unfortunately, in my facility many of the patients get away with saying they are allergic to every narcotic except Dilaudid. Then I have a patient just the other day that gets pis**** because I am not in his room exactly at 4 hours when his Dilaudid ...

3. A co-worker peeve- VENT!

   melmonlove replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in Relations

   Going exactly through the same thing! Let's not forget about our sundowners that just make our night that much longer! And no not every patient sleeps throughout the night!

4. day shift vs. night shift *vent*

   melmonlove replied to melmonlove's topic in Relations

   BacktoBasics: If i have a patient that has been there lets say 2 weeks, has previously had an echo, stress test...etc and the results were normal, its irrelevant for the other nurse to want the "exact" date it was done. Horseshoe: i probably should ...

5. New to night shift

   melmonlove replied to aikz's topic in New Nurse

   definitely black curtains! The first few weeks are a little tough when you are trying to get used to the change. i keep almost the same schedule on my days off, i tried switching at first but that didnt work well with me. I work my 3 days straight so...

6. day shift vs. night shift *vent*

   melmonlove replied to melmonlove's topic in Relations

   like i said....i am only speaking from my experience. @PepperTheCat: i see you are going through exactly what i am going through, except vice versa...didn't mean to insult you @JDBinCA: i would love to mention problem #1 to my manager, but she is the...

7. day shift vs. night shift *vent*

   melmonlove posted a topic in Relations

   i work night shift and there are just things i dont understand..... 1. report is started exactly at 6:30am, why is it necessary for the day shift to run in late, then decide to still put on makeup, get their coffee, start talking....i'm ready to go h...

8. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

   melmonlove replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   Its always best to confirm with the family if the patient is DNR as well. I had a situation where the attending physician had noted the patient as a DNR, when i admitted her on our floor, I asked once again "to confirm" that this is what the family w...

9. RN salary a Texas Children's Hospital

   melmonlove replied to skyegirl's topic in Texas

   what is the first?

10. Houston GN Residencies

    melmonlove replied to HelpMeFindAJob's topic in Texas

    FYI...Ben taub "says" they will only hire BSN's but if you have the grades and are bilingual you have a chance. How do I know this? Because a classmate of mine got a position for the January internship and he was ADN. Good luck to all of you, I'm tha...

11. Hiring managers

    melmonlove replied to RNmilwife's topic in General Nursing

    Thats how i got my job last week. But in my case, I had done three of my clinical rotations at that hospital and spent the majority of my time on that floor, so when I called and asked for her I was able to explain that. She still said the usual "if ...

12. Newly license nurse what job should I take?

    melmonlove replied to topacio's topic in General Nursing

    Where in Texas are you?

13. Great metro areas to work in the U.S. Today?

    melmonlove replied to PraiseMariahCarey's topic in General Nursing

    Which suburban & community hospitals are you referring to? Im a new grad and have applied at every hospital and have not had luck. I am also bilingual, and that hasnt seemed to help me yet here in Houston..:)

14. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    melmonlove replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Hunt

    Im also a new grad looking for a job but I would never work for a hospital for minimum wage. To me that would mean that I feel i'm not worth enough and be paid more to do the job. Besides, why would I want more responsibility and possibly working nig...

15. Have you ever heard of this many SATA?

    melmonlove replied to ashnem's topic in NCLEX

    Thats scary and Im afraid that this is gonna be my luck next week. If I get that many SATA, i know im gonna have trouble. Were the SATA questions hard?