merilynjc

Poison Center, ED

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merilynjc has 32 years experience and specializes in Poison Center, ED.

DFW area, Is this a fair pay for a RN with 4.5 yrs experience?

merilynjc replied to RNRebecca83's topic in Texas

Hate to burst your bubble, but you might want to take what they are offering you. I am a nurse with 35 years experience. I moved here to work at Parkland and I BARELY make more than that. And I am making WAY MORE than I did in NC. And that is the un...
Nurses who DON'T work in a hospital, what do you do?

merilynjc replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

I am a nurse in a Poison Center. I have been doing this on and off. mostly on, for the last 22 years. My previous and other experience is emergency department. Poison center nursing is all telephone work...triaging....assessing...recommending treatme...
Why you love/hate ER

merilynjc replied to BlueBear's topic in Emergency

ER nurses are a breed of their own. I started as a brand new grad in the ED 27 years ago and within a week I was working alone with another new grad on the night shift! Fortunately (or HOPEFULLY) that would not happen today, but ED nurses learn indep...
What's the weirdest baby name?

merilynjc replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

As a nurse as a poison center a few years ago, we had a call from a mother who said her child's name was (it sounded like) "Shi-theed". She was asked to spell it for the record, and mom spelled "S-h-i-t-h-e-a-d". What a way to go through life...