moliuchick RN

moliuchick is a RN and specializes in OR.

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1. My niece has a neck tumor, need to find a good doctor in MN

   moliuchick posted a topic in General Nursing

   My 21-year-old niece just found a big mass on her neck since early July due to extreme pain to her neck. A neuro doctor found out this mass from her MRI and he claimed that mass is invasive and it has spreaded to one side of her shoulder already. She...

2. For an experienced nurse who doesn't know anything

   moliuchick replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

   I know what you mean, I am a hands on person. I learn more if I actually work in the hospital settings. If I decide to work on the "floor" or "er" I will have to start as an "trainee". I will probably get paid $19 per hour and go through tons of du...

3. For an experienced nurse who doesn't know anything

   moliuchick replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

   You started working for a clinic as soon as you graduated? And you also work for agencies? What kind of work do you do for the agencies? The reason why I asked is that I want to work for the agencies too but I only have endo experience. One of the a...

4. For an experienced nurse who doesn't know anything

   moliuchick posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a very weird questions for all the nurses who work for ambulatory services out there. I know my specialty and I know what am doing day in and day out. I have been in my specialty for 6 years, I am the most experienced and the best nurse in m...

5. What Patients do to make you mad!

   moliuchick replied to MichaelFloridaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Did you really die? this story is sooo funny. you are making me LOL!

6. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

   moliuchick replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

   What if you die at 23? or you got pregnant at 24? Things will change over 10 years of time. I was single when I was 30 and I am a mom for two little kids at 39. You can never never really plan out things that way. My suggestion is enjoy your life. N...

7. Do Endo RN's give anesthesia ??

   moliuchick replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Gastroenterology

   In my endo center, besides performing consciou sedation in the procedure room. We also give IV, do consent, possible anema when pts are not clean in the preop. If we work in the post-op, we will have to monitor pts vital sign and discharge pts. Most ...

8. What do you do?

   moliuchick replied to emotional_she's topic in Gastroenterology

   I work in a GI center where we take about 20 patients a day. I only work Mon to Fri. 8 hours per day. No weekends or holidays. This is a great job because I can provide one-on-one patient care. I don't have to handle 6-8 patients all at once like a ...

9. Losing confidence in new job b/c of IV insertion?

   moliuchick posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have just got a new job that I have to put in 20 + IV a day. I love doing it but I just cannot get the techique down. My chances of getting that IV in are about 10-15%. I suck, I know. I had asked my supervisor to stand behind me to watch my techn...

10. burnout in the OR

    moliuchick replied to cindybeth's topic in Operating Room

    JaneRNBSN, I only worked in the OR for a few months and I already hate it so much that I want to quit my job. Why do you think that our OR experience is a "gem"? Do you mind giving me some suggestions as in what specialties I can go into after losing...

11. looking for honest advice

    moliuchick replied to kyd007rn's topic in Operating Room

    Hey, hang in there. I am in the same shoes as you. I cannot decide on what to do because Nursing is such a hard job. I hate floor nursing and OR is hard for me too because I am dealing with really strong personalities everyday. Anyhow, I don't have ...

12. Help! I need advice!

    moliuchick replied to Nancy428's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear that Med/surg is stressing you out. I was a CNA before gettting my RN license. I used to work on the Cardiac floor. There was a lot of work on my floor too. I agree with you that it is stressful. I bet you hate going to work, just lik...

13. Anyone works at the VA Hospitals?

    moliuchick replied to moliuchick's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, there are a lot of good informations right there. Thanks for replying to my posting. I will definitely call the nurse recruiter and find out more about the VA system. The place that I am currently working for, I have to pay about $200 per pay c...

14. Med/Surg, Perioperative, OR Nurse... please explain!

    moliuchick replied to lgrasle's topic in Med-Surg

    Medical/Surgery nurse, we mostly call it the "floor" nurse, that means the nurse works on the floor with patients who has all different kinds of problems. Perioperative nurse is the same as OR nurse. In the old days, we only call nurses who at at th...

15. Anyone works at the VA Hospitals?

    moliuchick posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I have a quick question about the VA hospitals. I have heard from a lot of nurses tellling me how good the benefit of the VA hospital is and I would like to know more about it. I am wondering if the VA hospitals provide insurance coverage if you...