momo72

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1. Feeling burnt out

   momo72 replied to wintersetmom's topic in Geriatric

   Is it possible to take a mini stay-cation? Working excessive extra shifts will burn anyone out quickly! I used to work 4-5, 12 hour shifts a week in the ER. Then I got a huge reality check handed to me by my body. Take care of yourself first. You can...

2. Military Wife - Class Planning Nightmare

   momo72 replied to justkeepswimmingtj's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Bless your heart, Air Force wife here. We moved a lot but wow, not that much.It's going to be hard for you to even apply to a university type of nursing program. I personally went to a private nursing school. With having my needed "degree" pre-reqs o...

3. Failed 3rd semester

   momo72 replied to kst51kst's topic in General Students

   I'm sorry that you had a bad last semester, but it's in the past. As far as test taking tips, I would stick with the same ones that have been around for a long time. Don't stay up late cramming the night before, just makes you tired and stressed! Do ...

4. New grad nightmare...

   momo72 replied to baglemae22's topic in New Nurse

   Wow, your story sounds exactly the same as mine a few years ago. I was made charge after 3 days ( worked 11p-7a ). I found out very quickly to worry about myself, and my license, the facility doesn't care! I had to use my basic nursing assessment ski...

5. Cant believe the nurse did.....

   momo72 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

   In response to smartnurse1982- you are ASSUMING, that I was referring to accuchecks and meds that need to be given Michele RN

6. Cant believe the nurse did.....

   momo72 replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked LTC before, I understand how crazy medpass's can get and how far behind one can get. But I'm sorry Brandonlpn, your reasoning for having a resident soil them self, I don't understand. If your in the room already and your behind already,...

7. Future Shortage in Bedside Nurses

   momo72 replied to westieluv's topic in Safety

   My hope is that the higher up's of hospitals, that force bedside nurses to focus on customer satisfaction scores,will realize that a bedside nurse with outrageous and unsafe nurse to patient ratios will have better satisfaction scores, better patient...

8. First day as an LPN

   momo72 replied to KimPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   Best advice I can give you is, while orientation ask specific questions regarding residents you will be passing meds too. Some need crushed or like to have a specific drink with am meds, or even to be woken up last. 11-7 shift, can make you feel like...

9. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

   momo72 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

   My biggest pet peeve is with management and the new rule of having our ER pt's with admit orders, be placed in their rooms upstairs within 30 minutes of getting the bed assignment. We don't have transporters or extra staff to cover our other pt's. Ho...

10. Medication tidbits an ER nurse should always know

    momo72 replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Emergency

    If IV Rocepine is pushed too fast (should be super slow ,10 minutes) the patient WILL vomit! Thankfully I learned this after another nurse gave it too fast ! Michele RN

11. Discrimination of Men as nurses?

    momo72 replied to bonestAx's topic in Men

    I work in the ER, and I must say the staff consists of both male and female nurses. I have never seen any of my male co-workers discriminated against or had any of them say anything about it. I do notice that the male nurses get along with the male d...

12. NCLEX QUESTION

    momo72 replied to sharon ledford's topic in Tennessee

    Make sure your friend reads the tips on how to break down the NCLEX questions. So helpful, these tips can be found in most NCLEX prep books. Best part is it teaches you how to weed out extra information in the question that is not pertinent to the ac...

13. Loss of Confidence

    momo72 replied to felineRN's topic in Emergency

    What trauma level are you at right now? I know it doesn't matter to much, even level 4's. Get the severe train wreck pts. But it seems like your documentation is over the top!! Is it computer charting? I felt the same way about being overwhelmed with...