montinurse BSN

montinurse has 18 years experience as a BSN and specializes in lots of different areas.

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1. Pediatric home nurses

   montinurse posted a topic in PICU

   Hello! Can you tell me what private duty pediatric nurses make in your area? I'm a BSN working in ped home health in AZ, also a medical mama. Of course we have a shortage of night nurses. I think it's to do with pay rate. I think for new RNs, they're...

2. Is this normal or concerning for a vent peds patient?

   montinurse replied to mari94's topic in PICU

   Is it blanking out like that right around the time of an alarm? I think ours does this. I know this is an old thread-hopefully you got it figured out. I haven't been on this site for awhile! Good on you for paying such close attention to the numbers.

3. Pediatric home nurses

   montinurse posted a topic in Arizona

   Hello friends! What is your pediatric home health nurse pay for AZ? (Not visiting, private duty) I'm a BSN, but also a medical mama-I now work as a pediatric nurse, but want to compare home health pay for private duty pediatric nurses. Thank you!

4. Per diem rates in Phoenix?

   montinurse replied to guest464345's topic in Arizona

   Check out agency nursing. I'm currently supplementing through Medely.

5. The golden first year?

   montinurse replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

   Been a nurse for close to 16 years. Started as an LPN, ADN, then BSN hoping it would get better. I've worked in many different settings. There's nothing wrong with you-many of us feel this way. Talking to someone will help, then plan your exit. ...

6. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

   montinurse replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

   What's amazing is the salary of these women on The View, for sitting around talking about others, as many talk show hosts do. Not the noblest of professions. I don't get it.

7. ICU burnout?

   montinurse replied to infinitynotzero's topic in Critical

   Some good advice here. ICU isn't easy. I float in a hospital that doesn't use CNA's or transporters in the ER and ICU. The ICU doesn't have a unit secretary so the charge nurse picks up as much as she can, which isn't usually much bc she's dealing wi...

8. Forgetting to prime peripheral IV line...

   montinurse replied to lpnmommy86's topic in Emergency

   Would that much air to gravity (even 10-12cc's) run through the IV catheter filter? I'm sorry, I've never considered it. I'm fairly new to the ER, most of my background is in ICU where EVERYTHING is run on a pump. Recently, I've started floating in E...

9. Anyone heard any reason gel polish is worse than regular polish??

   montinurse replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

   But who has the right to take personal offense to her original post?

10. Anyone heard any reason gel polish is worse than regular polish??

    montinurse replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    Goodness, I think she was just wanting input from other nurses that may have knowledge of the research.

11. Anyone heard any reason gel polish is worse than regular polish??

    montinurse replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I like that someone is asking this. I've often wondered about the EB behind the gel rule. Frankly, I don't feel like getting my nails pretty to go work in ER or ICU, but I wonder about them actually harboring bacteria. My nails feel more strong and h...

12. Regretting becoming a nurse

    montinurse replied to lynlim's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderful replies-welcome to nursing :) I've had different times in my career (especially the first in the hospital) that I've felt that way. The previous posters were so right. My first med/surg job (I lasted 9 months) was awful, it was a small, cli...

13. self extubation

    montinurse replied to lmarti10's topic in MICU

    I was going to comment that I've seen it done with their tongue, but someone already has. Frustrating and irritating when I'm trying to keep them on the least amount of sedation as possible, but it happens to us all!

14. "Taking a verbal" = writing your own orders?!

    montinurse replied to delphine22's topic in MICU

    That sounds normal to me, especially if she's been there for so long and knows the individual doctor's expectations....

15. Floater to ms/tele needs advice after a disastrous shift!

    montinurse replied to heartsgal's topic in Med-Surg

    My advice is to not be so hard on yourself! You sound like you did everything you could to keep your head above water. Being a nurse is so demanding, and we are notorious at feeling responsible for a 91 year old coding. I hope the nurse manager that ...