mykrosphere

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1. falsifying medical records

   mykrosphere replied to deLadyPanther's topic in General Nursing

   HORRIBLE! i dont even know how to reply, except the new job thing.....yeah.....do that! i have been encountered with this a couple of times where i was just told to "chart this" or "chart that" and i could not do it. i didnt lose my job over it, but ...

2. Japan!

   mykrosphere replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

   this situation makes me horribly sad. i dont think that anyone knows the jist of whats really happening..... i dont pray but all of my love and hope goes to japan. there are just no words

3. Calling all Nurse Mamas... Please help me!!

   mykrosphere replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

   i think you should be happy that you have the help and he wants to help! i have been a single mom for 21 years, been a nurse for 11, and i second the crockpot ideas, although a lot of food doesnt take long to cook! freezing and leftovers made into so...

4. Hiring Managers can you explain this to me...

   mykrosphere replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

   bug them! i think it is an hr issue also. it took me 3 months to get the job i got after interviewing and i was so desperate i bugged them constantly. the hr person got fired not long after i started. who knows what they do when theyre supposed to be...

5. New Grad, don't want to work in hospital

   mykrosphere replied to ladybuglouRN's topic in General Nursing

   my first job after graduating was in dialysis. it was 4-10 hour shifts between 10am-around 8pm. of course there is first shift also which starts out super early (i think ours was from 6am-2pm) but its an option. we did work every other holiday though...

6. Nurse-Patient Ratios on East Coast

   mykrosphere replied to shhhh's topic in General Nursing

   this is just wrong and unsafe :sofahider i have the week off and i am tired of even thinking (about it) i work in an ltach east/ midwest. 5 pts at night (although i have had up to 7 we supposedly do not have an icu unit anymore. 80 percent of our pts...

7. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   mykrosphere replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

   lopressor, insulin, tylenol, vanco, ambien

8. Sleeping on lunch break

   mykrosphere replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

   agreeing with some of the other posters, if you are not paid for your lunch/ break, then you should be able to do whatever you want to do !(within reason, obviously drinking or whatever is not right when you have to return to work) some people lead b...

9. Are you going to work tommorow in the big storm?

   mykrosphere replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

   i totally agree at this point in my life... i have driven before in storms (no 4wd ever), and will drive in the snow, but....... in the end, i wont be a lot of good to anyone if im dead, and to be honest, my place of work has deteriorated so much la...

10. Medications Commonly Used on a Cardiac Unit

    mykrosphere replied to VickieStudentNurse's topic in General Nursing

    apresoline amiodarone hydralazine most beta blockers (esp. lopressor, labelotol, coreg) cardizem nitro ASA digoxin hctz coumadin

11. Doctors That Give you "Band-Aids"

    mykrosphere replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    ^ this! especially if they are a pulmonary pt/ have a pulmonary doctor. often times calling a doctor in charge of a respiratory patient will produce more effective results, even if its not completely respiratory related. or, if you have an on-call in...

12. Urine test

    mykrosphere replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

    i smoke, and wish i had never started, but its how it is. my hospital is also a smoke free campus (meaning, we are supposed to be off the property to smoke if we so choose). this poses a problem with some who choose to abuse their breaks, but in gene...

13. Large bore IV

    mykrosphere replied to remf3's topic in Emergency

    this is amazing to me as i had no idea about the sizes of needles used in er and related areas! the largest needles ive seen have been 14s-15s-16s with dialysis patients when i worked in that field. i have a few piercings also, but i could not imagin...

14. Nurses and your significant others

    mykrosphere replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    i do not have a significant other, and havent for quite some time, but this issue has muddied up relationships in the past. it takes time to learn how to deal with this stuff, and lets face it, most people dont want to hear about the messed up stuff ...

15. Dealing with moody people

    mykrosphere replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like she is burnt out, and you should not have to deal with it, no matter if shes your preceptor or not. we are all humans here (well most of us), and there is no reason for that sort of behavior from anyone.