mudd68

mudd68

LTC, Wounds, Med/Surg, Tele, Triage

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About mudd68

mudd68 specializes in LTC, Wounds, Med/Surg, Tele, Triage.


LPN from 2003 - 2008. RN, BSN since 2008 with experience in med/surg, telemetry, hospice and wound care. I love to share my knowledge as well as learn new things. I would love to go back to school one day for an advanced degree. Often contemplate starting over for a pharmacy degree.

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  1. 100 mile commute. Worth it?

    I voted for longer commute based on what others have said - second gig sounds more like part time and no benies! I am a little biased however, in that I drive 49 miles one way. We bought our dream home in the country and I drive into the larger count...
  2. Turn Q2 and patient refuses

    This! Without giving too many details - when I worked med/surg a quadriplegic pt was refusing turns (and other forms of care too, dressing changes, compression stockings, etc) and later developed complications related to not being turned. Ended up pa...
  3. Was I wrong?

    This was exactly my thinking! This type of reaction raises red flags in my opinion.
  4. Dose BON check school records ?

    I have nothing to add that may assist in helping the OP commit fraud in their attempts to obtain a nursing license. However, I am questioning if this post is violating AN Terms of Service which states 'You agree NOT to post false, defamatory, name-ca...
  5. Misconduct

    Sorry this happened to you Abbycat! I'm a firm believer that the nursing staff is 9/10 times the secondary victim to the situations we are placed to work in and the first to be thrown under the proverbial bus when said processes and situations ultima...
  6. Staff Hysteria

    THIS! I work teletriage in an office setting with a large group of non clinical staff that take non symptom based calls, schedule appointments, print reminder letters and so forth. Now and then - a staff member becomes "too ill to work" and they alwa...
  7. Loan repayment/forgiveness

    I am currently in this program and working toward "possible" forgiveness (there's question if the federal program will remain in place). From what I understand your loans have to be serviced federally and your HR person is the one to complete your ve...
  8. Nursing Student and Working Fulltime

    I attended an LPN to BSN bridge program FT and worked FT. Work schedule Fri, Sat, Sun either 3pm - 3 am or 7pm - 7am (which meant sometimes leaving work and going straight to class/lab or vica versa if I had to work Friday at 3pm). This meant that I ...
  9. Dirty bed sheets/RN/CNA/UAP/CP

    Same policy at our facility! Curtains down after any patient discharged that was in isolation. Then they are using a UV disinfection process as well as hand washing "monitors" - literally staff with clip boards who stand in the halls to watch and mar...
  10. Dirty bed sheets/RN/CNA/UAP/CP

    Error.
  11. I do have experience with this. Was falsely accused of domestic violence/assault 2006 and the judge dismissed the case. However - fingerprinting will flag you in any employment back ground check regardless of the outcome of the case. So - I did write...
  12. May I also recommend Hurst NCLEX review? She really focuses on the WHY's of the nursing process and not just memorizing data for the sake of test taking! Best of luck.
  13. hiring pregnant RN

    Oh boy. I remember going through this myself. Long story short, I was hired into my current position at 5 months pregnant. Short story long... I was so nervous to interview. Actually had applied to this department 3 times (twice before pregnant) and ...
  14. Really bad fever blister. Should I call in?

    For what it's worth...In my med-surg/tele days we had 3 RN's working on the night shift, all of whom were pregnant (myself included). We had to transfer a patient, to another med-surg floor , who was admitted with shingles dx - because of the risk of...
  15. I actually left my bedside RN Med Surg position in 2011 do to the indifference with scheduling. It was a rotating shift when I accepted it 7p - 7am/7a - 7pm. But I had discussed with my UM wanting night shift only when I took the position. She said w...