kmarie724

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  1. Pregnancy, Graduation, New Job

    kmarie724 replied to Future.Nurse.2020's topic in General Students

    I was pregnant during my last year of nursing school. Our last day of class was a Thursday, my daughter was born the following Tuesday, and I went to my pinning ceremony that Friday, the day after I...

  2. How do you get your first nursing job?

    kmarie724 replied to stnurse2016's topic in General Nursing

    My first nursing job was at the LTC facility I worke at as a CNA while in nursing school. Ten years later I am still there, now as a nurse

  3. Holiday rotation

    kmarie724 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every other holiday. If the holiday falls on a day that would normally be your day off, you still work the holiday (e.g. if the holiday fall on your weekend off, you still have to work even though...

  4. Maternity discrimination

    kmarie724 replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a job now that you can stay at until you have the baby and pass NCLEX? I was 9 months pregnant when I graduated nursing school. I had my baby a few days after finishing school, took 6...

  5. What nursing task do you loathe???

    kmarie724 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Orthostatic BPs. I don't know why, but I hate doing those! Feeding pts. Again, I don't really have a reason for this, I just don't. I also hated feeding my own children baby food. Packing wounds....

  6. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

    kmarie724 replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

    I'm not a school nurse, but my (fully potty trained) kindergartener took a trip to the nurses office yesterday because she wet her pants. Why didn't she go to the bathroom? "Beause I was trying to set...

  7. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    kmarie724 replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    1. When somone scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday PM shift calls in on Friday, stating "I'm so terribly sick, I won't be able to work today or Saturday but I know I'll be better and able to...

  8. whats for lunch

    kmarie724 replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    If I don't have any leftovers to bring, I usually grab some crackers and string cheese along with some fruit or

  9. Changes in language

    kmarie724 replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    My 6 year old was playing with one of those old fashioned Fisher Price toy phone (the rotery type one) and kept calling it a clock and asking why it didn't have the right numbers on it. I told her it...

  10. Holidays ????

    kmarie724 replied to GGirll22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am always happy the years I have Christmas off because it is my favorite holiday. But if I do have to work it, we just celebrate on a different day. I never felt like I have "missed out" on...

  11. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    kmarie724 replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always let calls from work go to VM. If I want/need extra hours, I call back and offer to work. If not, I don't call back. If it asked in person if I can work another shift and I don't want to work,...

  12. weekend work Harder?

    kmarie724 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in LTC. If there are no call-ins, new admissions (we get short-term rehab admits on weekends sometimes), emergencies, or hospital readmissions, weekends are pretty low-key. But usually it's...

  13. Bedside nurses and pregnancy

    kmarie724 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Both my babies were born around 39 weeks. So before my EDD, but not technically early. My first pregnancy I was working nocs as a CNA. She was born at 39 weeks. I worked until the end, I called in for...

  14. Help me feel better about this - Full time 8 hour nights

    kmarie724 replied to amyshell's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time 8 hr nocs for a few years and I actually kind of liked it. On my nights off, I would stay on my awake at noc, sleep during the day schedule and stay up until 4 or 5 and sleep until...

  15. While You are In Here..I May As Well Try To Go To The Bathroom....

    kmarie724 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I usually do is put the call light one and start the process of getting them to the BR and then let the CNA take over when they get to the

  16. Pay for parking?

    kmarie724 replied to Paws2people's topic in General Nursing

    I don't pay for parking, but I work in a nursing home in a surburban area. My husband works in a large hospital in a major city and has to pay for parking. They deduct it from his paycheck, I think...

  17. When being a patient...

    kmarie724 replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't tell anyone outright, but it usually comes up somehow. When I had my second baby, it had come up while doing my admission assessment and must have got passed along in report. Every nurse that...

  18. Admissions Nurse

    kmarie724 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    We have an admissions nurse. She works 12-2030. On days there are no admissions, she works on quarterly/annual assessments, weekly wound assessments, helps out on the floor if needed, processes new...

  19. overheard at the bedside

    kmarie724 replied to ceccia's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Overheard at a nursing home: Confused female resident upset about not being able to find her (deceased for many years) husband: "I think my husband has left me. He hasn't been home for weeks. I'm...

  20. RN Supervisor (weekends ONLY) in LTC/SNF?

    kmarie724 replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work the floor as a staff nurse during the week and work as the weekend supervisor on my weekend to work. My hours are 10-6:30, but it can be flexible if I need it to be. My duties are taking care...

  21. Carb counting and insulin in LTC

    kmarie724 replied to cactusj's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've only had a resident who did carb counting once. She was A&O and there for a short term stay after surgery. She did carb counting at home and continued with her same regimen at my facility....

  22. Patient Death Notice BOMBSHELL! HELP!

    kmarie724 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a Checklist for Death of a Resident that we follow which includes things like DCing all their orders in the computer and removing medications from the cart to prevent things like that from...

  23. Read any good books lately??

    kmarie724 replied to peppermintpattyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently reading Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth. It's a memoir of a woman who worked as a midwife in London during the 1950s. (The same book to PBS...

  24. Do potential employers owe you an explaination?

    kmarie724 replied to Marshall1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    The only time I've ever gotten more than a letter or e-mail saying "Thank you for your interest but we have decided to hire another candidate" was when I have applied for an internal positions. I...

  25. Allergy to soap?

    kmarie724 replied to theantichick's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I have the same problem if I don't use hand cream throughout the day during the