melbot

melbot specializes in Med Surg - OR, nursing homes, hospice,.

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1. Arrest for pointing unloaded firearm

   melbot posted a topic in Criminal

   I am licensed to practice as an RN in Indiana. Last year I was arrested for pointing an unloaded firearm at a drunk woman who was kicking my front door down. While this is technically not illegal in my state due to the Castle Doctrine, I still ende...

2. how to deal with abusive patients?

   melbot posted a topic in Relations

   Hi All, I am a second-degree BSN/RN who graduated in Feb 2013. While I have only been practicing as an RN for a little over a month, I have had several years of experience in the healthcare industry. Up until a few days ago, I was confident that I co...

3. Loewenberg School of nursing- university of memphis

   melbot replied to koster22's topic in Tennessee

   My email addy is [email protected]. Feel free to contact me!

4. Pregnant in Nursing School....

   melbot replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

   I agree 100% about the whole "needing support" thing. I have a preschooler at home and am about to pop out a little baby girl and everybody is like "well at least your parents can help you out!" What they don't realize is that my parents are elderly ...

5. Pregnant in Nursing School....

   melbot replied to proudnurseRN's topic in General Nursing

   I would like to get my story out there so that all of you nursing students can learn from my mistake... I am currently in my third trimester and am finishing up my third semester of nursing school at a local BSN program. My husband and I were not pla...

6. Loewenberg School of nursing- university of memphis

   melbot replied to koster22's topic in Tennessee

   I am now 4th semester at Loewenberg (meaning I have one semester left until I graduate). The first semester was quite chaotic and then everything leveled out quite a bit until this semester, which has been a truly terrible experience. I don't want to...

7. Is St. Francis in Memphis a good place to work?

   melbot replied to jennyava2002's topic in Tennessee

   I just did a clinical at St. Francis Bartlett, though I am assuming you are talking about the St. Francis on Park Avenue. My sister is a social worker at the Park location, so I am pretty familiar with both locations. There is currently a lot of rest...

8. Loewenberg School of nursing- university of memphis

   melbot replied to koster22's topic in Tennessee

   I third semester and Loewenberg and love it! If anyone told you that it is a challenging program, they are correct. However, my father is a doctor in the area and he says that all hospitals tend to hire U of M students first because we are so over-tr...

9. Ughh...almost done with nursing, and surprise pregnancy

   melbot posted a topic in General Students

   Hi All, I am sort of new here and needed some advice. I am finishing semester three out of 5 for nursing, and just found out I am pregnant. My husband and I are thrilled, but this was a total surprise. My second session summer class is OB/Maternity, ...