metal_m0nk BSN, RN

metal_m0nk is a BSN, RN and specializes in ICU.

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   Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

   metal_m0nk replied to francoml's topic in MICU

   I actually get paid more in the ICU than I did on Med/Surg in the form of a "specialty bonus."
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   Racism in the workplace

   metal_m0nk replied to einnil's topic in Relations

   I tell them that holding on to all of that hate is terrible for their health. What's worse is when you have co-workers who actually defend their behavior..."Oh, they come from a different time. It was okay back then." It should not have been okay th...
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   Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

   metal_m0nk replied to metal_m0nk's topic in Relations

   I have often wondered if that was the motivation...
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   Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

   metal_m0nk replied to metal_m0nk's topic in Relations

   What gets me is that she IS the experienced nurse in our small ICU. I am relatively new to critical care and to nursing in general by comparison. She's got 15 years on me at least. I am usually more than happy to help. And for the most part, our team...
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   Colleagues who always need help, but never reciprocate...

   metal_m0nk posted a topic in Relations

   You know the one. They have fewer patients, fewer tasks, lower acuity patients, and still every small hiccup is a disaster. They routinely stay hours after their shift to wrap things up even though they have exhausted every other nurse on shift by ho...
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   Able to finish all tasks in ICU?

   metal_m0nk replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in MICU

   Another voice here recommending staying on top of your tasks and charting throughout your shift. I am relatively new to critical care and I notice that many of my seasoned colleagues are the types who are always scrambling at the end of the shift. An...
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   PICC line blood draw

   metal_m0nk replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

   You use 3 mL syringes to draw on PICC lines? How many PICC lines have had to be replaced after you've had your hands on 'em? OP - Did the patient have saline running when you drew your labs and did you remember to postpone the infusion beforehand?
8. 

   Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   metal_m0nk replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   If you'd stop making excuses for why you can't do your job and just do your effing job, it'd be done by now, you'd have developed a sense of organic confidence because you surpassed your own grossly underwhelming expectations of yourself, and you mig...
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   Note from a new nurse to all the preceptors out there

   metal_m0nk replied to nikkole318's topic in Relations

   I'm not certain where you work or why the situation is so dire there. But where I work, preceptors are paid a $2.00/hr differential for precepting and are not responsible for any more patients than their preceptees are assigned - which is no larger a...
10. 

    What draws non-nurses to AN.com?

    metal_m0nk replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Ewww...The cesspool of the internet.
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    Why are some nurses so miserable?

    metal_m0nk replied to tangel's topic in Relations

    I believe that happiness is not in what someone else can give a person. If I waited around for someone else to MAKE me happy, I'd probably be miserable too.
12. 

    Why are some nurses so miserable?

    metal_m0nk replied to tangel's topic in Relations

    I think it was pretty clear that the OP didn't mean that ONLY nurses are miserable....She was just identifying the context of this forum....This NURSING forum. Miserable nurses are easy to spot....they're the ones creating things to get offended abou...
13. 

    Awful Doctors

    metal_m0nk replied to JKimRN's topic in Relations

    I think at least part of the reason why what is widely considered as abuse is changing is because with the passage of time we are beginning to more fully understand the real physiological and psychological impact of our interactions with others.
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    Awful Doctors

    metal_m0nk replied to JKimRN's topic in Relations

    Nursing is not an easy job. There are a lot of knocks to take when you're first starting out. The trick is to learn to take your knocks, reflect, and move on. This too shall pass.
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    You are not my only patient

    metal_m0nk replied to anotherone's topic in Relations

    It's as simple as the laws of physics which dictate that a person cannot be in two places at once. Unless each nurse cares for one patient and one patient only, SOMEONE is going to have to wait and it's going to be the patient that the nurse is not c...