MEINstudent

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1. New Job, asking for a higher pay

   MEINstudent replied to SC3104's topic in General Nursing

   At my very large level 1 trauma center, clinic nurses start at $5 less per hour than bedside/OR/ED nurses.

2. What Specialty should I try?

   MEINstudent replied to DH1234's topic in General Nursing

   I moved to the OR and while it's very different from bedside nursing, it feels more exciting than stressful. Pre-op is a decent environment, especially in the same day surgery environment, where nurses take turns staying later in the evening when su...

3. What do you eat during your shifts?

   MEINstudent replied to socal212's topic in General Nursing

   I always bring a grapefruit to eat when I work at night. It takes a while to eat, is super hydrating, low calorie. I buy a big container of roasted, unsalted cashews, and keep a few small containers (those little Ziploc square plastic ones) in my ...

4. Dweller on a med error

   MEINstudent replied to Guest1135302's topic in General Nursing

   You are extremely lucky you did not harm her. It's good that this is staying with you. It will make you a safer nurse. You could let it get the better of you, but the adult thing to do is to remember it and move forward so that you are extra care...

5. Is this a Med Error?

   MEINstudent replied to AllyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I could see giving a muscle relaxant med ordered for TID PRN, closer together than 8 hours. Say, the patient takes one when he wakes up, but then likes an additional dose prior to physical therapy. But if a patient asked for a second dose less than...

6. Performance improvement plan woes

   MEINstudent replied to lorias's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with above comments that it takes years to be comfortable and confident. I would say actually, about 10 years, personally. But... you should not be making med errors or any serious errors. That is carelessness and not paying close attent...

7. CALLING ALL RN'S WITH A PREVIOUS (IRRELEVANT) DEGREE

   MEINstudent replied to cking14's topic in Pre-Nursing

   University of Connecticut. But there are other places that have a better program in my opinion. The way the UConn program was set up, you pass the NClex but you don’t actually learn a whole lot. It’s too much too fast. And I graduated with a very ...

8. CALLING ALL RN'S WITH A PREVIOUS (IRRELEVANT) DEGREE

   MEINstudent replied to cking14's topic in Pre-Nursing

   No. I have a first degree in Liberal Arts - Literature. I went back and did a one year BSN program that was designed for people with degrees in prior fields, and intended for second career (i.e. older) people. There were about ten of us at the inf...

9. Income as part time RN

   MEINstudent replied to Wuulie's topic in General Nursing

   Are you on babycenter? They have an excellent "Family Finances" group that will help you figure this out. There is a budget template where you can figure out how much you need to make. A weekend Baylor shift, where you work 24 but get paid for 36, ...

10. BSN, little experience, took time off for baby, job prospects?

    MEINstudent replied to BSN_RN88649's topic in General Nursing

    It's only been 18 months since you left, right? Do you live in an area with a nursing shortage, or where there are plenty of applicants for every job? I don't think you are at a disadvantage; you haven't been out for years and years. You will likely...

11. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    MEINstudent replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    In response to the highlighted portion above, your logic is flawed. If a healthcare worker is refusing to participate in an objectionable procedure of an LGBT person, it is not discrimination. They are objecting to the procedure, not the person. ...

12. Trump's 'religious conscience'

    MEINstudent replied to PediatricMA's topic in General Nursing

    So I did not read the entire 440 pages of this new rule, but I read a few synopses of it, and it seems like a lot of the hysteria is based on hypotheticals. A lot of "it could mean" or "it could allow". Clinton signed into law the original conscie...

13. Women's Right to Choose

    MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    You want to argue that abortion is something not easily chosen. And I have no doubt that it is a painful experience. But statistically, 45% of women who have had abortions, are having more than one. That statistic comes from the Guttmacher Institu...

14. Women's Right to Choose

    MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    My primary point was that almost all of the responses to OP were outrage over the very restricted access some states are seeking to make law, but in other states, laws are being presented that allow unrestricted access to abortion. So that hypotheti...

15. Women's Right to Choose

    MEINstudent replied to River&MountainRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am an OR nurse, and we regularly do abortions after 20 weeks, sometimes for no other reason than the woman changed her mind. Perfectly healthy baby. I exercise my right to refrain from participation, and in a huge OR, the truth is that there are ...