marybethm

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1. What types of questions to ask during an Interview?

   marybethm replied to michi_ca's topic in Camp

   You'll want to know how they work the staffing, how many nurses there are. What happens when a camper has to be taken to the ER or for a doctor appt. Who takes them and in what vehicle. When is your time off? Who orders the supplies? Do you have...

2. RN might be working as a summer camp RN....

   marybethm replied to MassED's topic in Camp

   I am a former ER nurse who has worked for several years at a summer camp. I've worked with many different nurses and frankly feel that the ER prepares you the best for camp nursing. If you get a camp job, you have nothing to worry about. You will ...

3. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

   marybethm replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   In my 24 years as a nurse I have worked overseas, I've worked in the hospital setting (ER, med surg and CCU) it was great when my kids were little and I could work nights or pm's, as a school nurse, been a camp nurse (where I got to take my kids for ...

4. ER-101...Route/Meds/Terms

   marybethm replied to shill's topic in Emergency

   You don't have to know everything before you get to an ER...you just have to be willing to learn. I worked in an ER for ten years and it changed my life. You become much more confident, develop great decision-making skills and don't mind being voca...

5. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

   marybethm replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

   Loved the earlier poster who remembered the date and the bp...1982! Now we should have a thread with the highest blood alcohol levels of ER patients. We used to take bets when one would come in, especially if it was one of our regulars who we knew...

6. What is the major reason nurses leave?

   marybethm replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

   Very thoughtful post. I think that's a great place to start---what are units who are keeping their nurses doing? I will bet dollars to doughnuts that it has to do with two things. Their coworkers and management. Do they all get along? Are they s...

7. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

   marybethm replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Hospital nursing, like many labor-intensive jobs, is a young nurse's job in my opinion. And nursing is one career that offers so many opportunities for the different stages in a nurse's life that a person would be a fool not to take advantage of the...

8. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   marybethm replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   This is a perfect example of nursing eating it's young. The eggheads in the ivory tower have been torturing themselves for YEARS with the thoughts of all the incompetent ADN's running around, endangering lives. Too bad. I think they should just ge...

9. What is the major reason nurses leave?

   marybethm replied to saguaro13's topic in General Nursing

   There are probably a million reasons why nurses leave hospital nursing. The reasons I left were: increasing acuity of patients and decreasing number of nurses. I never worked so hard, with such complicated patients, in my life. The stress is never...

10. What do I do? (long)

    marybethm replied to ChrgRN's topic in General Nursing

    You have to decide what kind of person you are. Then you know what is right for you to do.

11. ER-101...Route/Meds/Terms

    marybethm replied to shill's topic in Emergency

    How about the term "train wreck". Does any other ER nurse use this term? Very technical.

12. "Just" a 2-year degree

    marybethm replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I think rude is rude is rude and some people would be rude no matter. If it wasn't your degree, it would be your choice of car or where you live or the color of your hair. By the way, I got my two year degree 28 years ago and have worked overseas, ...

13. Views on New Grads Entering the ER.

    marybethm replied to ICUNurse11's topic in Emergency

    In the ER, you will learn about all different adult injuries and illnesses, especially if your employer wants you to take advantage of workshops and seminars out there. Your veteran nurses will be able to mentor you as well. In my experience the ar...

14. Do we HAVE to address docs by "Dr.--"

    marybethm replied to kmokay's topic in General Nursing

    If I have to call a doctor "Dr. so-and-so", then he must call me Nurse so-and-so. Nursing has very long and deeply-entrenched tradition of being the doctor's handmaiden and all that. It's a female-dominated field, and females still often think the...

15. Nursing job that doesn't have to deal with docs?

    marybethm replied to Luvbuble's topic in General Nursing

    What a great question. I also hated working with "I say jump--you say how high" docs. I found a great job, but the pay isn't so hot. It's school nursing. I worked at different schools and am my own boss. It was my favorite job after ER nursing, ...