mamiekay

mamiekay

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  1. 8 vs. 12 hour shifts

    mamiekay replied to jstradley's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with IndigoCarmine, but it depends on YOUR body. 12's definitely take some getting used to, but I wouldn't trade my blocks of days off! I originally worked 8-hour nights because then we didn't...

  2. New Night Nurse

    mamiekay replied to emilysmom,RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've been doing nights for about 10 months. I still find the first night the hardest, but usually get up in the morning & then try for a 3-4 hour nap that afternoon. I work 12's now so I have very...

  3. OB nurse working Med/Surg

    mamiekay replied to lmjm4's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've been a nurse for a year on a med/surg floor. I figured out pretty quickly which charge nurses not to ask, and which other RN's not to ask for help. Unfortunately, it sounds like you're being...

  4. Meaning of "crush"?

    mamiekay replied to tigernurse01's topic in Medical-Surgical

    See? In nursing, you learn at least one thing new every day! I have a new acronym (but I'm not sure we do the Holmium laser thing at our hospital). How does C.R.U.S. sound? Not as

  5. Meaning of "crush"?

    mamiekay replied to tigernurse01's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Please ask someone & do share the answer. I'm

  6. Meaning of "crush"?

    mamiekay replied to tigernurse01's topic in Medical-Surgical

    What you're seeing in this article is not an acryonym. A "crush injury" is an injury where something has actually been crushed in a traumatic event--MVA, fall,

  7. Meaning of "crush"?

    mamiekay replied to tigernurse01's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a urology floor and I've never heard the term. A little background or context may be helpful. Where did you see/hear the

  8. Dilaudid question - Personal Opinion

    mamiekay replied to MayLady's topic in Patient Medications

    I work a med/surg unit and we use a lot of IV dilaudid, along with IV benadryl. We actually have quite a few dilaudid PCA's, and many of those patients need the benadryl to relieve the intense...

  9. graduation speech

    mamiekay replied to jesa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just curious, how did the speech

  10. Holistic RN or chiropractic?

    mamiekay replied to abell's topic in Holistic

    I'm an RN and my nursing program incorporated holistic healing and complementary modalities into every aspect of our training. Maybe we are an anomaly? In every single care plan, in addition to all...

  11. Learning Thread: Med/Surg

    mamiekay replied to RN28MD's topic in Medical-Surgical

    :innerconf I used to think this way too, and still occasionally go into a contact iso room w/o PPE, but it's become the exception--like the night my guy was choking while I was still getting report...

  12. graduation speech

    mamiekay replied to jesa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    An inside joke is always good. I tend to be pretty irreverent and sarcastic, if not always snarky (I LOVE that word!). It's gotten me through marriage, divorce, remarriage, parenting, nursing school...

  13. graduation speech

    mamiekay replied to jesa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow! Aside from a couple minor grammatical & punctuation changes, this is amazing!!! Wish you could have spoken at my graduation a year ago--it brings back all those memories, and it was exactly...

  14. When is my shift over?

    mamiekay replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in General Nursing

    You described, to a tee, one of the nurses on our unit. Whenever I had to report off to her, I'd feel dumb, inept, and near tears. I finally talked to someone about her and found out she's always been...

  15. I'm so nervous about going on my own

    mamiekay replied to Faeriewand's topic in Medical-Surgical

    This being the middle of December, I can only assume you've gone off of precepting/orientation and are now working "on your own," but hopefully this will help others who read this thread. When I was...

  16. Med-Surg Roll Call

    mamiekay replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm an RN since Jan 2008, started on my GI/GU/GYN M/S unit in March 2008. My dream job is L&D & I started in M/S with the idea of staying 1-2 years for experience & then moving "onward and...