myk_RN

myk_RN has 4 years experience and specializes in Medical Surgical.

Latest Activity

1. Are 12 hour shifts going extinct?

   myk_RN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital does a mix of 12 and 8, depending on the ward. I work at Med-Surg and our head nurse has tried to go with 12 hr shift but the senior nurses, who always works the 7-3 shift, vote against it. I'm okay working 8 hr. graveyard shifts but I...

2. New name for nurses who are men

   myk_RN replied to midlife101's topic in Men

   When I was in College, almost half of our BSN class (about 12) were males. We called each other "FOCKERS" from the ben Stiller movie "Meet the Parents"

3. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

   myk_RN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   ahhh! you beat me to it! ok, seriously... lowest one I've seen while a patient is still awake and talking is in the 40's

4. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

   myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Hunt

   could you give me links/websites to where i can do that? thanks.

5. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

   myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Hunt

   Thanks for the replies. We will be taking a vacation in September...to visit friends in Hawaii, Cali, Virginia, Maryland and NY. We'll see how that goes. I would say that Guam is a smaller version of Hawaii. Pay is not so good here but RN job...

6. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   myk_RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I was 25.

7. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

   myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Hunt

   I don't think I'm considered a "new grad" or am I? What's 5 years of floor experience?

8. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

   myk_RN posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hi all, I'm a RN with BSN degree and have 5 years of Medical Surgical floor experience. I'm currently working on my Med-Surg certification. My GF is a RN/BSN as well with 6 years of Telemetry/PCU floor experience. She went to nursing school in Virg...

9. Refusing Patients' Requests: Can it be done?

   myk_RN replied to George4life's topic in General Nursing

   Ignoring the call bell is a NO-NO. But like whats been mentioned before, you can tell your patient that you wouldn't do petty things that they can do on their own. (in a good way of course) Now, about the non-medical related requests, it really dep...

10. 'Just a med/surg nurse'

    myk_RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Med-Surg nurse here! going on 4 years and I'm enjoying it. I've done ED and it wasnt for me. I havent tried ICU but I don't see that I'll like it much.

11. Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

    myk_RN replied to mfrench's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit supervisor has been pondering to transfer into the 12 hr. sched. There are already some units in our hospital doing it. (They do 6 12hr shifts and 1 8hr every 2 weeks.) However, when she had the staff voting for it, many of the older...

12. Any recommendations for male nursing shoes with these stipulations?

    myk_RN replied to Mini-Murse's topic in Uniform/Gear

    They have crocs models that are closed toes and with heel backs.

13. Is being a Male nurse weird?

    myk_RN replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men

    There were 25 of us in my BSN graduating class and 12 of us were males. I work on the MS floor now with about 50 RN's, 1/4 of them are males, and 2 are gay. I'm seeing more and more male nursing students now when they do their rotation on our floo...

14. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    myk_RN replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    25 when I got my LPN license...Junior in college 26 when I graduated with BSN. 27 when I got my RN license. I'll be turning the big 3-0 this year.

15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    myk_RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    wow.... was the camera being recorded?