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1. Housing in Anchorage, Alaska ?

   mcpkin posted a topic in Travel

   I want to get opinions about housing that is provided in Anchorage, Alaska. Does your company provide apartment for housing, or older home? I am traveling alone and prefer to have a gated apartment community however, I have been told it is hard to f...

2. Alaska Travel Nursing

   mcpkin replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

   Thank you for the information. very helpful

3. Alaska Travel Nursing

   mcpkin replied to ERRNinMI's topic in Travel

   For those that have traveled to Anchorage, what apartment's were you put up in? Just trying to get an idea, of how nice they are, and areas located in. Thanks:)

4. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

   mcpkin replied to SoulShine75's topic in Career Support

   Where I work new grads start at $20.00/hr, not sure what the xray techs make. Your post reminded me of the SNL skit with Taylor Swift. You have got to see it, it will make you laugh, http://vimeo.com/8270310

5. Vacutainers and PICC lines

   mcpkin replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   WE have vacutainers that screw on to the ten cc syringe. Then I just fill the tubes that way. We have blue color ones for infusaports and red ones for the luer lock 10 cc syringe for picc lines. Works well for me.

6. Is it appropriate for a Supervisor to throw staffing paper in your face?

   mcpkin replied to mcpkin's topic in General Nursing

   I requested a meeting with my Director and the CNO today. I explained my reasons for not wanting those untrue negative statements on my eval. I requested that my eval be done by the other night supervisors. Both of the other supervisors are going...

7. Is it appropriate for a Supervisor to throw staffing paper in your face?

   mcpkin replied to mcpkin's topic in General Nursing

   The story never ends.....now the supervisor that I went to that night, to report the other supervisor(that threw the staffing at my face) has given me a bad eval. Using words such as lacks ambition, staff thinks assignments are unfair, it not respe...

8. Nightly chart checks - last 24 hours only or go through ALL orders?

   mcpkin replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

   I do 24 hours only, unless the nurse from the previous night did not do one. Then I would go back to the last red signature. We have mostly 8-9 pts at night, no way to go through all the orders.

9. ACLS

   mcpkin replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a remote Tele med/surg floor. We are standard med/surg with no drips, except renal dosing drips. We are allowed to push Cardizem, Lopressor, or vasotec. We all must have ACLS. The floor I work on is also a Peds floor, and we also have t...

10. Pt Bites Nurse

    mcpkin replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I think blood work should have been drawn also. I am not sure why injuries seem to be downplayed. I work on a med/surg floor and we have a room with 4 beds, for confused/combative pt's. and one night I heard yelling coming from the room, and a nurs...

11. white scrubs

    mcpkin replied to mombuxx's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I live where there is alot of iron in the water. So I would like to thank the one who decided that we should wear white pants. However Iron out is my new best friend. keeps them sparkling white, well they really dont sparkle, but you know what I mean...

12. Nurses/patient care/cell phones

    mcpkin replied to snuggles49's topic in General Nursing

    We also carry phones and now have to put our ext. on pt's board for them to call us, as well as use the call light. However since I am also charge you can double or even triple the amount of calls I get. If I am in the middle of something with glov...

13. Midnight Shift And The Rest Of The World

    mcpkin replied to nessa_5555's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel, I usually get to work at 1750 until 0725. Sleep from 0830 to 1400, if I have something to do that day. Otherwise I try to sleep until 1500. I also try to schedule appt, when off the night before, however not always possible....

14. Is it appropriate for a Supervisor to throw staffing paper in your face?

    mcpkin replied to mcpkin's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry about the long paragraph, it was late and I was in a hurry. Thanks for all the advice.

15. Is it appropriate for a Supervisor to throw staffing paper in your face?

    mcpkin posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a Charge nurse on a 34 bed med/surg unit with remote tele. We also take pediatrics on our floor, and usually do not have that many. Sometimes one, on a shift then you wont have a ped for a couple months. The most we usually have is 3-4 peds at a...