AndiMac

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1. New Job and Scared to Death

   AndiMac replied to AndiMac's topic in New Nurse

   deadend, i think you just summed up most of my orientation, the tour was horrible, they gave me a scavenger hunt, the nurses station alone looked like a daily scavenger hunt. 2 nurses were sitting there when i went in and were sitting there in the sa...

2. New Job and Scared to Death

   AndiMac posted a topic in New Nurse

   I just applied to a LTC facility PRN. They called me the next day, had me come in the next day, had my physical appointment set up before they had even interviewed me. Today (the following day) I've had my fingerprinting done, drug testing done on si...

3. 75 questions.....please help!!!!!!

   AndiMac replied to Charmed's topic in General Nursing

   Mine shut off at 75 in about 45 minutes ... I passed the first time ... I took my test on a Tuesday and had my license in my hand that Friday. :chuckle

4. Male nurse kills 40 patients...what do you think?

   AndiMac replied to jdm33351's topic in General Nursing

   CCU NRS, I didn't mean anything bad about hospice, i think it's not used enough, i wasn't critisizing your post or anything. I agree with ... well it was someone ... that said communication is a lost art, and md's seem to give those false hopes. Peo...

5. Male nurse kills 40 patients...what do you think?

   AndiMac replied to jdm33351's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think enough patients/families are aware or made aware of the fact that Hospice is around. A lot of these people when getting so close to death, are "snowed" and don't know they are dying or anything else that is going on. Which maybe/may not...

6. Nurse Fired for not....

   AndiMac replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   They wouldn't let me without checking out our bands even though out of 5 babies mine was the only girl there. And the nurse was my cousin at that, but still, it made me feel better knowing that she still did her job and checked the bands.

7. :pBODILY FLUIDS

   AndiMac replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

   Semen? Vaginal secretions? Exactly how do I go about getting these "splashed" on me? Unless you work in a sperm bank of course...

8. Advice needed for patient saftey/concerns

   AndiMac posted a topic in Safety

   I don't know where to start, but here it is ... I recently graduated, new nurse, and feel I'm being taken advatage of. Or tried anyways. The Assistant Director left a note in one pts MAR to continue her ABX, do not sign it off. I opened the package,...

9. Things to do in WalMart while you shop...

   AndiMac replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Humor

   make a fort out of shoe boxes in the shoe department get on the PA and announce everything in the store is now 50% off for the next 20 minutes announce the first customer to get to the automotive department gets a free car of their choice from the "t...

10. Dear Nurse Manager

    AndiMac replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Now I understand why I was told it helped to know someone to be able to get your foor in the door ... They always manage to run off the best by doing favors for their "friends" ... Just remember what's going to happen when they realize they can't r...

11. "Shift goes to the lowest bidder..."

    AndiMac replied to fab4fan's topic in Activism

    well, as long as you're working for what you feel you're worth, and they aren't highering drug thieving scumballs and the like, i don't think it's to bad.

12. Fentanyl thief

    AndiMac replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism

    Could you sleep at night knowing what you had done?

13. They are laughing at the patients

    AndiMac replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds disgusting. I run in to the same thing all the time. Only problem is I have no one to back me up.

14. med passing

    AndiMac replied to need answers's topic in Geriatric

    Hi, I'm an LPN at an assisted living home here in the Buckeye State (Go Bucks!). We have 2 units, one for regular residents, and where I work, the Alzeimer's Unit. The regular residents, most generally care for themselves. Most of them have their pil...

15. pay scale- why so hush hush??

    AndiMac replied to lanilpn's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had any job where it was OK to discuss salaries. Although everyone always did, and still do. $11.25 sounds extremely low, especially for my area. I'm a new grad, no experience, working in a low paying area any way, (assisted living) and I...