MSUOUgirl

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1. Positive pre-employment drug screen! What will happen?

   MSUOUgirl replied to Pmb's topic in General Nursing

   All the drug tests I have taken with agencies usually say will send out for chromatography with positive on the paper they send you. Once those results come in which will differentiate between Sudafed or Adderall. Anything requiring a prescription, t...

2. HOW ACCURATE IS THE PEARSON Vue TRICK?

   MSUOUgirl replied to Tamana02's topic in NCLEX

   I found out the next day by looking up my name on the LARA (BON) website and my name was there for RN license and the date of my test! I live in Michigan.

3. Do Mental Health Technicians do the same work as CNA's?

   MSUOUgirl replied to Lady In Pink's topic in General Students

   Mental Health techs are akin to PCAs but our employer requires them to have experience with psych patients (we are high acuity) and usually have a bachelors degree in something relevant. They are not licensed and have not completed education that CNA...

4. Floating policies- Tenet

   MSUOUgirl replied to RNasj's topic in General Nursing

   We have enough staff on our psych unit but we are forced to float to cover a similar unit; at least a couple nurses a day to another unit to be charge nurses since they are staffed primarily by agency and contigent nurses. Our schedule is made up to ...

5. How is everyone's first year going?

   MSUOUgirl replied to Purple_roses's topic in New Nurse

   I am not sure how it happened but I am about 7 months in at the same crazy job I posted about when I first started. I definitely got experience, I was charge nurse within 2 months of starting and have been precepting and am floated to psych ER. I thi...

6. When patients keep calling 911

   MSUOUgirl replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Relations

   Our psych patients always threaten to call 911. We just say "this is 911". Our hospital system in Detroit has its own police jurisdiction separate from the surrounding city.

7. Schedule

   MSUOUgirl replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

   Just started working and our schedule is two weeks in advance. The manager does not fill the schedule in completely; there is no coverage for some shifts. Seems like the manager makes it up as the days go. For instance, I was called on Friday to work...

8. The Lamentations of a Distressed RN (New Grad)

   MSUOUgirl replied to deebee20's topic in General Nursing

   Michigan maybe if you can stand the winters. But they are not a compact state so you have to get your license transferred.

9. Does this job seem extreme?

   MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I decided to ask for more orientation time so we will see what my manager says. Since I am a new grad I do not want to "throw in the towel" just yet. I talked to my aunt who is a nurse and she said that Tenet hospitals have the worst reputation so I ...

10. Does this job seem extreme?

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in General Nursing

    We have two nurses for 19 patients and 2 mental health technicians. One of the nurses is the charge nurse. No real physical care. We call up security constantly. We had them up 7 times today. That is when the 2 mental health techs are not men. We had...

11. Does this job seem extreme?

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, So I started at this inpatient psych unit about a month ago. I had less than 2 weeks orientation and was put out on the floor with 9-10 patient load. This population is probably the highest acuity level--all have schizophrenia, untreated, man...

12. Pearson vue trick

    MSUOUgirl replied to Sbroooks's topic in NCLEX

    I found out the day after my test in the evening that I had passed. I looked up my name on the LARA website where you go to check healthcare provider's licenses and my name was there! I live in Michigan.

13. Should I quit nursing school?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Guest1005095's topic in General Students

    Okay I did not read all the posts...well maybe someone who is on the fence about quitting will get something from my post.

14. Should I quit nursing school?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Guest1005095's topic in General Students

    Clinicals, I felt were the worst because it had to teach you how to interact with patients, real-life situations and I did not have an aptitude for that in the beginning. I watch nursing students now and see that they are just getting started with be...

15. Anyone catch HIV from patients as a Nurse or Nursing student? My biggest fear!

    MSUOUgirl replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Safety

    My grandfather died from this disease back in early 90s. They do not know if was contracted or a spontaneously occurred. You can get the gene mutation and therefore I cannot give blood.