malenurse69 MSN, NP

malenurse69 has 8 years experience as a MSN, NP and specializes in ICU / Urgent Care.

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1. Dr. Pimple Popper Thinks Nurses Have No Place Educating Patients

   malenurse69 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly I won't mind sending all of my patients to the attending for education on the meds im prescribing. He can educate them all day. Just say the word doc, I'll linem up! ;D

2. Did you take a risk?

   malenurse69 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   I went from ICU to urgent care. Best decision of my life. So much less stress and bs to deal with it's amazing. Funny part is, I'm getting paid way more to do it! Been here since beginning of April and haven't had a moment of stress yet. Coming to wo...

3. Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

   malenurse69 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   I'd take a nice fat dump on the boss's desk. Is this a joke?

4. New critical care nurse

   malenurse69 replied to gigirose's topic in General Nursing

   Anxiety doesn't go away, it gets easier to handle after about a year

5. Dealing with an oppressive doctor at work.

   malenurse69 replied to tserofw's topic in General Nursing

   My experience with these types of personalities is that they thrive on passive behavior. This physician needs to be called out every time he starts acting out. Patient care can only be achieved with cohesive teamwork.

6. Dealing with an oppressive doctor at work.

   malenurse69 replied to tserofw's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like you need to get management involved. Let your ANM know, especially now since his hard-headed behavior (Assuming your end of the story is true,) lead to a patient "event". The bare MINIMUM a physician can offer is yes or no WITH rationale....

7. Trouble for taking Doctors candy

   malenurse69 replied to zynnnie's topic in General Nursing

   This thread has to be a elaborate troll. I would love to see a doctor complain to me about his or her candy, I'd make sure to set them straight. I've been blessed, however, almost all physicians I've worked with were kind, humble and a pleasure to wo...

8. I want to become a great nurse but I feel terrified.

   malenurse69 replied to aspirational_'s topic in General Nursing

   You'll get trained on the job. Have fun getting kicked out of the nest, it's a helluva ride!

9. Nursing school essay #2

   malenurse69 replied to ashelly's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Oh boy.

10. LTC Patient Ratio Unsafe

    malenurse69 replied to Parri11's topic in General Nursing

    Doesn't sound safe. You can always get another job but you only have one license. Also, life is just too short to put up with unnecessarily stressful jobs. If you're in a pinch then look for another job and quit as soon as you have secured another po...

11. New Nurse--Need Advice

    malenurse69 replied to aship's topic in General Nursing

    What you are going through is the reality of bedside nursing, it sucks. I cannot tell you what to do, however I decided to go back for my FNP and am already in my second semester.

12. Feelings after first loss

    malenurse69 replied to dharmalove's topic in General Nursing

    Ive seen more people die than I'd care to admit being in the ICU. Simple fact of reality is that some people will die regardless of what you do or how well you do it. I've seen 90+ year olds recover fully from a massive stroke while 40 somethings die...

13. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    malenurse69 replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Order of difficulty from my experience thus far (easiest to hardest): Graduate school Graduate work is a lot more convenient than undergraduate work because of the online flexibility most schools offer. Im just finished with my first semester but it...

14. I'm Sorry

    malenurse69 replied to vintagemother's topic in General Nursing

    Patient safety comes before comfort. If I had critical values / hemoptysis / hypoglycemia / code blue occur on my shift, those would get addressed before patient comfort needs. I would kindly ask an aid to follow up on the coffee or whatever task the...

15. Hearing Problem

    malenurse69 replied to Neuro_Rockstar's topic in General Students

    You'll be fine, just look up amplified stethoscopes, where you can connect it to a headphone and/or im sure they have hearing aid compatible ones now. Heck, it might even give you an edge over us regular hearing nurses with all the advanced tech that...