HelloM1M1

HelloM1M1 has 3 years experience.

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1. Adult CCRN/PCCN for a Med Surg nurse?

   HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Critical

   Hi, I'm a Med Surg/ Tele RN. I really want to land a job in the ICU, but I just don't know how to start, or how to stand out with my resume. So far, my experiences have been very mediocre. But I'm dying to learn more. I think ICU is the environment f...

2. Flushing Foley with cold saline????

   HelloM1M1 replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Med-Surg

   I think you guys misunderstood me. We flushed cold saline for the purpose of vasoconstriction, not to flush out clots. This pt was on lovenox before too... So he bled excessively anytime there's a small trauma... Well the result wasn't so well. We co...

3. Flushing Foley with cold saline????

   HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   So I had 2 cases of bleeding noted in the Foley Cath. We also noted bleeding around the penile area. However, after penile care was done, no bleeding was noted around the penile area after. So the problem must be inside the urethra. With the first ca...

4. VA Palo Alto New Graduate Program 2012

   HelloM1M1 replied to septemberRN's topic in California

   Got my rejection letter today. Ouch it hurts! I guess the Guy Upstairs has better plan for me =,[

5. VA Palo Alto New Graduate Program 2012

   HelloM1M1 replied to septemberRN's topic in California

   So just spoke to nurse recruiter. For anyone who got an interview but didn't get a call back yet, be patient and wait until Monday to receive an offer call. If after that and you still don't receive anything, then you're not selected.

6. VA Palo Alto New Graduate Program 2012

   HelloM1M1 replied to septemberRN's topic in California

   If they take u on a tour around the unit after the interview, is that a good sign? Or is it just part of the formal interview process? I was interviewed at iicu

7. How many of you are forced to clock out to stay back and chart?

   HelloM1M1 replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for all the wonderful advice! I put in my 2 weeks noticed after the long talk with management and no probable solution was brought up. They told me all the other nurses could do the tasks in the assigned time (in plain words: you're a lazy lia...

8. How many of you are forced to clock out to stay back and chart?

   HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I don't understand this SNF world... I'm usually forced to clock out on time unless i got a fall or an admission that day. I usually cant finish 2 medpasses & treatments in an 8-hr time frame. I would have to stay 4-5 hrs back everyday to do pap...

9. Fall incident?

   HelloM1M1 replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks! My supervisor was next to me when the PT described the event but she didn't tell me to initiate a fall incident report. I just want to ask for future references... but I guess I will have to check with my DON. The thing is the DON is new, thi...

10. Fall incident?

    HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Geriatric

    I was a desperate RN new grad, so I accepted this job offer after months of searching for a job. Anyways it has been a month and a half at this facility now, and I'm still unfamiliar with all the protocols here. The other day a resident was participa...

11. How to assess for fracture after a fall?

    HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Geriatric

    So my resident is totally confused, A&O x 1. She smiles all the time, so it's hard to detect any s&s of pain or discomfort. It's as if she could not register pain. She was admitted due to dx of T-12 fx. She's at risk for fall, and fell on my ...

12. Help a new grad here!

    HelloM1M1 replied to HelloM1M1's topic in Geriatric

    Thanks yall! Today was my day off & I went in to try to memorize all the meds for each resident (since I can't write it down). Honestly I got confused even more... esp w/ the OTC meds...so I decided to leave and pray to the Lord that as time goes...

13. Help a new grad here!

    HelloM1M1 posted a topic in Geriatric

    Hey guys, So I'm a new grad, recently landed a job at an LTC/short-term rehab. They gave me about 7 days of orientation (one where I walked off midshift crying ... I know it's very unprofessional of me, but I just couldn't breathe & was about to ...

14. LTC Documentation Newbie

    HelloM1M1 replied to *Pepper*'s topic in Geriatric

    LOL... that book now is $99

15. Advice - Patient Ratio and BS Check in ALF

    HelloM1M1 replied to LFalcon's topic in Geriatric

    i'm a new grad & my first RN job right now is at a short-term rehab unit. I only got 2 accuchecks, medpass to 22 residents, treatments to about 10 residents and I already feel overwhelmed. So yes, 9 accuchecks to me is momumental!