MntnGirl

MntnGirl

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MntnGirl specializes in Med/Surg Nurse.


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  1. FNP,anybody working as psych NP?

    We have a PsychNP at our hospital, she is not a FNP, she is licensed as a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She practices alongside the psychiatrists in the clinic and hospital setting; she has prescriptive authority, and from the experiences I've ha...
  2. Facebook almost cost me my job

    It is not uncommon for employers (especially large organizations) to have computer people working for them whose job is to look through the employees web pages such as Facebook, MySpace, etc. No joke, people are paid to 'surf the web' for employee in...
  3. This Just In Time Gig is being done to cut costs but I'm very interested to know how much this hospital paid to get this program implemented. Just like the Studor Propaganda, I love that Studor has all these "studies" to pass around but when you look...
  4. How do I get a new job after being fired?

    Chronic tardiness comes across as "my time is more important than your time", the tardy person needs to start seeing the situation from anothers' perspective (very unlikely though). I've dealt with a chronic tardy person (married into family)for year...
  5. Best way to space out 12-hr night shifts?

    I suggest the 3 in a row, when shifts start getting spaced out like 1 here then 2 a few days later, it feels like you're always at work. Working 12 hours shifts can be exhausting so for me that 1st day off (when you get off at 7am and then sleep and ...
  6. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    3 days of orientation is barely enough time for you to get familiar with the layout of the floor neverless learning how to manage your time so that you can care for 30 elderly patients. All I can say is "WOW" and Good Luck.
  7. low volume days & ed pay

    You should get your facilities Policy regarding this and have a paper copy to present to your Nurse Manager. At my workplace we do have low census times - we are not required to use PTO with low census shifts, and we do acquire PTO for low census on...
  8. 5 mo pregnant and still looking for a job

    My first job at a hospital was 16 week orientation and I had a 1:1 mentor that whole period - I'm sure it cost the facility a pretty penny to pay my wage and not have me taking my own patients for 4 months. I got my first RN hospital job in January 2...
  9. One doesn't have to "be psychic" to figure out whom you're referring to. All it takes is for one of your co-workers to read this post to figure out who your referring to. If I worked for this organization and I saw a post titled like this I would rea...
  10. Best sites to look for jobs after becoming a RN?

    Look at the facility you're interested in website; I've also found that your states 'department of labor' website can be a good site to look for available jobs.
  11. Please help me.

    On my floor, med/surg, all new nurses hired (experienced RN's) are given at least a month of mentoring with an experienced RN on the floor. Then if the mentor and new hire agree that the new hire RN is ready to be on own ,so be it, but there is alway...
  12. Hold injection site with Lovenox?

    I frequently am giving Lovenox several times on each shift, never held the injection site and am not aware of anyone else that does (coworker). As for bruising, it happens, especially if the patient is on additional thinners; I try to administer the ...
  13. Time Management

    If you're really concerned about getting meds administered within that 1/2 hour window maybe you could administer meds to each of your patients and after administration go back and begin your assessments. This way your introducing yourself right away...
  14. I use to be in the same position you are (schedule wise), I recently told my manager that this was not working for me, I only want graveyard shifts and nothing else. Manager was okay with this and I am now 100% graveyard - the flip flopping was hell ...
  15. Does anyone enjoy nursing?

    I do enjoy my job, but as previously posted there are days when my job makes me second guess my career choice. When I have bad shifts it has to do with my patients (some patients are very difficult to be around), my co-workers (some co-workers can le...