maolin

maolin has 2 years experience and specializes in IMC, ICU, Telemetry.

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1. Crap, I should've paged the MD.

   maolin replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

   Many times I will leave a postit note for the MD in the MD prog notes - usually an FYI or request for comfort orders, etc - that way you know the doc is informed and don't have to rely on the message being passed down 2 shifts later.

2. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

   maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas

   You're going to see a LOT of indigent & homeless @ Seton's ER as well - fresh off the street many times (not always cleaned, buffed & puffed, as they will become once admitted). All Seton campuses are not for profit, charity hospitals. While ...

3. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

   maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas

   I still say do stepdown. Again, the ratios are better and there is more "controlled chaos" on a unit vs. the ER (this said from a recovering EMS adrenaline junkie). There are great reasons to work ER - huge variety of diagnosis & lots of procedur...

4. Telemetry vs. Cardiac Stepdown at Brack in Austin

   maolin replied to abbabask's topic in Texas

   I vote for Stepdown/PCU. While it's a cardiac specialty unit, you're going to have a lot of comorbids with those patients. It will be easier for you to do a tele/IM from there then the other way around. You could always pick up extra shifts on the te...

5. I work in one of the worst region in the US

   maolin replied to Foxfour's topic in Texas

   Taco palenque! Just about the only great thing about The Valley. My pseudospouse is from Brownsville. We drive down there from Austin 3-4 times a year. And I dread it every time. Though I haven't worked down there (as much as my MIL has tried to talk...

6. Tax home ?

   maolin posted a topic in Travel

   Greetings, I have been doing a ton of research & reading lately about travel nursing and am about the take the plunge. So I'll likely be a regular poster in the travel forum now. Travel nursing seems to be the perfect means to our end (end = earl...

7. Leaving a new orientee RN on the floor alone

   maolin replied to georgie3's topic in General Nursing

   I'd like to add that aside from the smoker issue you have, you are upset because you were drowning and hardly able to keep up, while this nurse was caught up, done charting and had the gall to take a few breaks. This other nurse has been a nurse lon...

8. nurses leaving the floor

   maolin replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

   So, let me get this right....you were left to oversee the other nurses' patients while they attended this event, but you weren't even aware they were going to be gone...and for 2 hours?!?! I'm assuming they didn't give you a report on their assignmen...

9. Your Call Light is On Can I help YOU?

   maolin replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

   they're not all bad... on an IMC unit... "May I help you?" "I'm ready to go to sleep and just wanted to tell you I love you. See you in the morning" "We love you too. Sweet dreams." My fav call light ever.

10. You know when your hospital orientation is terminated when...

    maolin replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    ...when your preceptor corners you in the supply room, sticks her finger in your face and procedes to cuss you out and promising you won't make it thru orientation. And you have no idea what you did wrong. And you were warned on day one by no less th...

11. How can I explain to a LOL

    maolin replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps a bipap might help in this case - the pt will feel like she's getting the amt of air she's been begging for and it will help her blow off all that extra co2. Some ativan and or morphine might be of benefit as well.

12. anybody else have this problem

    maolin replied to student-with-no-life's topic in General Nursing

    excellent point. many of our forgein born docs with hard to pronouce names allow us address them by abreviated nick names - it's easier for the patients and staff - who likes their name butchered? the docs rather like it too - gives us all a sense of...

13. Perfectionist - will I ever be able to handle bedside nursing?!

    maolin replied to imanedrn's topic in New Nurse

    I'd caution you about spreading yourself too thin and taking on another job, even though it sounds like HH will be more to your liking. Given the stress and anxiety of your MS job, you need to take full advantage of your time off to recuperate. If i...

14. Failed clinical because...

    maolin replied to Rebel_Kitty's topic in General Students

    It seems as if the OP classmate is getting a 2nd chance, being allowed to retake the course the next year. This major compromise of patient safety would have been an automatic dismissal from the program I went to, with no appeal or readmission. This ...

15. letter to manager appropriate, regarding transfer?

    maolin replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I agree face to face, and align your reason to the effect of you have learned a lot there, but feel it's time to expand your skillset...etc. I find this is most receptive and garners support from your current team, rather than leaving with the sense ...