KMULL002

KMULL002 BSN

Ortho, Neuro, Surgical, Renal, Oncology

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  1. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    I do not have personal experience with Universal Healthcare but I've had patients and friends/family members who have had it and they all say the same thing: long waits, and sometimes people die...
  2. Strange experience yesterday, feedback please...

    If I'm ever in the need of nurse, I hope you are
  3. Dear Debra, My first week of nursing I had a patient who could not pee. 3 nurses(including supervisor) were unable to cath him and only blood was returning. So, I called the doc. He yelled at me...
  4. I Work Nights(7pm To 7am. My Problem Is With The Patient Nurse Ratios In My Hospital Which Varies From 5-7. I've Heard That It May Go Up To 8 Patients Per One Nurse. I Work On A Surgical Floor, We...
  5. In two weeks I will be transferring to MICU from a surgical floor. I was wondering if anyone had any tips/suggestions on what life is like in MICU and how I can prepare. The only differences I am...
  6. I hate my current job because I am overworked and I do not feel supported by the other nurses and patient care technicians. I have my one year experience on the surgical floor(every nurse I...
  7. How did you react to your first code?

    My first code was the worst day in my career as a nurse. I had been thru nursing school and a nurse for almost a year and gone without having anyone code on me. The floor I work people usually do not...
  8. It is me or them!!! I can't stand it anymore!

    If it's total patient care(no cna's/pct's) and 1 to 2 patients you want, try transferring to a unit. The patients are higher acuity but I feel there's better "team" work on a
  9. What you get for nurses week

    Each day of the week I got something new. In our hospital the other nurses from the other shifts all did something for everyone else. My employer gave us a bag. From my coworkers we got a luau with...
  10. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Some CNA's are treated like crap; they are treated like crap from someone who has a super inflated ego and little self respect. If you respect yourself then you will respect others. Yes, nurses have...
  11. So I lost it? Am I out of Line?

    Yes, you were out of line and unprofessional to respond in the manner you did. I am a new nurse and start my job as an RN in 2 days. I have had the pleasure of working for my current employer for the...