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  1. What other shcools are represented?

    mom23RN replied to L&Dwant2b's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I graduated from MCC some time ago. I thought it was a GREAT program. Really prepared me for my job at the time (I worked in a Trauma Center there in Flint). I have heard that the SCCC program is...

  2. MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

    mom23RN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!!!!! That's horrible!!!! :angryfire As for the OP. I certainly would NOT have responded to the "go get it" request. I would have demanded she say "please". :rollIsn't that some sort of "love...

  3. Snow emergency excuse?

    mom23RN replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this actually happened to me. We're in rural Michigan and we had a snowstorm about 5 years ago that dropped I think it was almost 30 inches. We lived about 5 miles from the nearest "kept open"...

  4. pinning ceremony participation

    mom23RN replied to NurseNiecy's topic in General Nursing

    I did not attend my pinning for my LPN either. It just wasn't that important to me and it wasn't my "goal". I wanted my pinning for my RN to be a big deal so I waited for that

  5. new grad starting in critical care

    mom23RN replied to watsondr's topic in General Nursing

    I went right into the ED as a new nurse and never regretted my decision. Loved it

  6. Nursing Jobs that allow you to work from home

    mom23RN replied to junebug96's topic in General Nursing

    I am working from home as a medical transcriptionist. I "fell" into the job buy I have found it VERY easy and actually the pay is better than when I was a nurse. I know that most of the time you...

  7. Tiny Rant...

    mom23RN replied to Alexsys's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds to me like your handled it fairly well. Good

  8. I am a tad bit nervous

    mom23RN replied to GAA30's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't do it with kids, but my gf was in with me and she worked FULL TIME, went to school FULL TIME, and had 2 teenage boys!! I don't know how she did it but she did a very good job. I will say...

  9. RN Scrubs

    mom23RN replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    Ya know what I was just thinking was if they made scrubs with the various terms all over them!!! That way no one would get confused as to whom is whom!!! Ya know RN RN RN RN RN...

  10. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    mom23RN replied to XtineRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Ooooh!!! That's what I was going to recommend as well! It was a nice feeling to know that you could really get them

  11. Internet Porn at work-need advice

    mom23RN replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to reassure you that no matter what you do (unless you lie) you are doing nothing to get her fired. SHE is the one who is doing something at work that could cost her her job. She knows...

  12. Doctor oriented hospital

    mom23RN replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe the nurses should take a walk and let the doctors "do it all". :chuckle Lets see how long that would

  13. If you have to go to the ER...

    mom23RN replied to mom23RN's topic in Emergency

    You're right. I probably did overstep my bounds a bit last night but it was 2:00 in the morning and I was a bit grumpy. We just got back from a long vacation and long plane flight on Monday and I...

  14. non religious memorials for neonates

    mom23RN replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't work in the hospital anymore, but I did lose a child and the hospital has a wonderful service every year. October is infant loss and awareness month so that's a nice time to do it. They have...

  15. what are your thoughts...

    mom23RN replied to kk2000's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't cleaning him up afte the BM in the diaper be more hassle than just letting him up to the commode?? Plus, I cannot myself imagine having to have a BM in a diaper. I would be humiliated and...

  16. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

    mom23RN replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    1. How long have you been a nurse? 10 years 2. In what field of nursing are you working (i.e. long term care, acute care, rehab, etc.)? ER 3. Where geographically are you located? MI 4. What...

  17. ingest handsoap

    mom23RN replied to mandrews's topic in General Nursing

    I was just thinking.... Good lord.. make sure that it's NOT antibacterial.... we wouldn't want him developing one of those "super bugs". :chuckle

  18. Associates RN-BSN or straight BSN?? Which route to take???

    mom23RN replied to RedHeadRN2b's topic in General Nursing

    In our area the hospitals/recruiters actually prefer the ADN nurses because they know that they have had more clinical experience. This is only in regards to the 2 nursing programs in our areas. I...

  19. Physically attacked on the job?

    mom23RN replied to KungFuFtr's topic in General Nursing

    I read the first part of this and was thinking "resident" doctors!!!!!:rotfl: I was like.... :imbar:chair: then I figured it out. sorry you're veen so abused at

  20. help me choose an area of nursing to enter

    mom23RN replied to happystar's topic in General Nursing

    I always liked the pace of ER/trauma because for the most part if you have someone like that you (hopefully) don't have them for long! I always said that I didn't like all that type of care either...

  21. Need advice/new grad....

    mom23RN replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Ooooh!!! Ooooh!!! go for ER!!!!:) Other than that I would pick

  22. Medical Assistants are called "nurses"

    mom23RN replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

    Oh heck.... I call my own doctor's MA a nurse most of the time. although I know she's not. I did make sure that another MA whom called herself a nurse I asked "oh, did you go back to school???"....

  23. Not cut out to be a nurse?

    mom23RN replied to Pookybean's topic in General Nursing

    You'll be fine. BEfore I was a nurse I would retch at the sound of someone vomiting. As a nurse they could puke right on me and I was fine. But... even as a seasoned trauma nurse, send me into a...

  24. This cannot be ethical!

    mom23RN replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    NOPE! If I want my baby to be a martyr I will make that decision, NO ONE

  25. This cannot be ethical!

    mom23RN replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my child did need intubation, several times. I also knew we were in a teaching hospital and knew that residents may be doing it for the first time. I also knew that they would be supervised...