lmichelle25 BSN, RN

lmichelle25 has 5 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Trauma RN.

Latest Activity

1. Closed Unfounded CPS case flagged during Nursing School application process

   lmichelle25 replied to Alba's topic in Pre-Nursing

   (Sorry, this ended up being way longer than I meant, but I just wanted to reassure you!) Girl, I get it. My son is about to be 18 and we’ve definitely had our share of struggles. When his dad got this new girlfriend she tried to keep him from seein...

2. Closed Unfounded CPS case flagged during Nursing School application process

   lmichelle25 replied to Alba's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I think you should apply and explain that your son was a teenager and skipping school. If there were never charges filed, then I can’t see how that could be held against you. Anyone can call cps at anytime for anything, they have to investigate even ...

3. Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

   lmichelle25 replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

   @sideshowstarlet girl, you crack me up. It’s seriously their loss you’re leaving! Feel free to come to Texas any time. The pay, staffing, and benefits are horrendous, but we stick around for the gems like you! I seriously would’ve been gone a long ti...

4. Bad Clinical Instructor

   lmichelle25 replied to delrionurse's topic in General Students

   I can already tell by your replies that you’re hostile, egotistical, and not open to constructive feedback. It also seems that when critiqued, you immediately try to intimidate the other party. I would also give you poor reviews if this is how you be...

5. Quitting My Job: Returning My ID Badge- Should I be Petty?

   lmichelle25 replied to sideshowstarlet's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, so I read the entire post and it made me LOL. From the sigh, to the tech daughter, and the outpatient inpatient liaison 😂But I’m sure if you don’t turn in your badge, they’ll find a way to charge you for it and then you’ll get mad every time yo...

6. New grad Nurse quits nursing

   lmichelle25 replied to lilly-may's topic in General Nursing

   I’m sorry you’re feeling this way. I think it’s definitely possible you’re having another episode of depression. And I say that as someone who is very familiar with depressive episodes. I’m sure it wasn’t easy treating sick kids or now seeing very si...

7. My patient is going to get a pressure ulcer and there's little we can do to stop it. How do you handle situations like this?

   lmichelle25 replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad to hear she's not still wanting to sit on the bed pan. Before I read your last comment, I was going to agree with the other posters who suggested telling her you can't keep using the bed pan because it's more of a risk at this point. I make ...

8. IV Push Med Question

   lmichelle25 replied to Sunflower117's topic in General Students

   I really appreciate the articles every one has posted. I rarely dilute meds in practice but there are other nurses who do and, of course, students come in and want to dilute everything. But now I can be 100% certain that it's basically useless to dil...

9. IV Push Med Question

   lmichelle25 replied to Sunflower117's topic in General Students

   My school taught us to draw up the med and then squirt out a mL or whatever from the flush and then stick the needle with the med in the flush to dilute. I see people do this at my hospital also, but I would ask the instructor so you 100% know what t...

10. Babysitting a former patient

    lmichelle25 replied to moongoddess9301's topic in NICU

    I can see your side and your manager's. However, my first thought is why would you want to be so involved in a former patient's life? At some point, you have to create healthy boundaries and in my opinion, this doesn't seem very healthy or profession...

11. Have you ever requested a patient be removed from your workload?

    lmichelle25 replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    What type of facility do you work at? Is the other unit you're talking about for higher acuity patients? And I totally get the frustration of seeing a patient completely ignore medical advice and seem to only want narcotics. It's only natural that we...

12. I think I’ll be fired and I really do need to vent my fears

    lmichelle25 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard a way worse argument (including the yelling and f bombs) and no one got fired. I like people's advice to go to HR and maybe request a transfer to another department because of the bullying and harassment this nurse is doing. I'm guessing t...

13. It’s been 3 years since I graduated and don’t have bedside experience.

    lmichelle25 replied to Streetnurse42's topic in General Nursing

    Before the interview, come up with some of the qualities and skills that will help you in the hospital. For example, we constantly have to deal with family members, so, you can say "home health really strengthened my communication skills with clients...

14. The quietest workplace

    lmichelle25 replied to scrabblern's topic in General Specialties

    Nights are usually really quiet where I work. I'm on an ortho trauma floor, so most people get their pain meds and sleep through the night. Days, on the other hand, are super loud.

15. Being treated like I have the plague

    lmichelle25 replied to raindrop's topic in General Specialties

    My sister who works in HR in Texas said they don't have to release the entire file (including write ups and other negative stuff). The rules are different depending on your state, but I would just stop contacting this facility and consider it a lesso...