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miko014

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  1. Working out these IV Pumps...

    miko014 replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a pump that allowed you to set it without a VTBI. If not, then why on earth would you even use a pump?? If you don't set that, the pump has no idea how much fluid is there, and won't...

  2. Help with resignation letter

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all - I did a search on this and didn't really find an example that worked for me. I am resigning from a job that I have had for many years. I know that the manager isn't going to take it well....

  3. Help with resignation letter

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks - I was able to throw something together - hopefully I have all the required pieces in there! Wish me luck, tomorrow is not going to be

  4. Family Initiated Rapid Response Team

    miko014 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    Is that the little girl who died of dehydration after they stopped her fluids and kept her NPO? If it's the case I'm thinking of, we had to watch a video about it. I don't remember the details other...

  5. Family Initiated Rapid Response Team

    miko014 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing

    We have a similar system. It's been in place for 6 mos - 1 year now. Each pt gets a pamphlet on admission and that same pamphlet is supposed to be on the bulletin board in each room. I usually tell...

  6. Telephone Triage RNs - help!

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys - any of you with experience in telephone triage - what did/do you llike about it and what did/do you not like? I have an interview that I never expected to get - but I'm very excited! I...

  7. Telephone Triage RNs - help!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Lol Magsulfate, that is too funny. I get that "in real life" all the time. People who come to the hospital for something serious get all worried about a hangnail. God bless 'em, you get the crazies...

  8. Telephone Triage RNs - help!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I wouldn't HAVE to go, but we already have tickets and stuff, and they are non-refundable. So I would be out quite a bit of money, not to mention disappointing several people (including...

  9. Telephone Triage RNs - help!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That's good to hear! Telephone triage was always something I had sort of considered, but I don't know anyone who has done it, nor do I have any kind of experience with it. I had been looking for a...

  10. Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    miko014 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  11. Newborn Kitten Emergency- Anyone???

    miko014 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Aww, I had no good advice so I didn't say anything, but I had to come back in here and make sure the little guy was doing okay! So glad that mama #3 finally gave in - hopefully she'll kkep it up! It...

  12. Quick! Help!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That's great! The rest of my res is formatted with bullet points, but I can definitely make something like that fit.

  13. Quick! Help!!!

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay all, I need help. I wasn't planning on leaving my job for a while, but I came across an ad that interested me, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm updating my resume, and I need to describe my...

  14. Nasty Doctor

    miko014 replied to scrubberRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would say that #1 if he thinks the nurses here are doing a bad job, then he shouldn't trust his pt's to them - perhaps he needs to move. #2, if the managers can't do anything, call security. They...

  15. How to differentiate between epilepsy and pseudo-seizures

    miko014 replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Fake seizures and psuedo-seizures are not the same thing. If she was faking, she was faking. People get those terms mixed up a lot. A pseudo-seizure is a real seizure that the person cannot control,...

  16. Grammar errors at the workplace, just for fun :)

    miko014 replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Great thread! I'm the queen of the grammar police (impressive title, eh??) where I work! On boards like this one and in informal stuff, I'm pretty relaxed about it. But the basic easy stuff like...

  17. RN's are getting burnt out why?

    miko014 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I understand the question. I get 12 days off TOTAL now. It comes out to about 3.7 hours per pay. That's sick leave, vacation, etc. We get 6 paid holidays. That's it. It's terrible!!!! I...

  18. RN's are getting burnt out why?

    miko014 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    wow, can i work with you??? i only get half that for four 8's and a 4 (36 hours/week). i thought it was a little low, but now that i'm reading this thread, i'm getting jealous!!!!! that is...

  19. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    miko014 replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes!! And the sad part is that we all jumped on the OP telling her that she shouldn't have called for that instead of giving her positive ways to deal with being yelled at, which was her question in...

  20. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, vent here, and please don't flame me for saying this..... I'm getting really annoyed reading threads in which the exact same thing is said over and over again! Please please please please...

  21. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, the yelling docs one is the reason I started this one in the first place. Thank you for proving that I am not the only one this bothers. I would think nurses would have at least the basic...

  22. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Each of my replies were to specific individual posts. If you don't have time to read the whole thread before posting, or at least to skim over the posts to make sure your point hasn't already been...

  23. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...methinks you didn't read my second post in this thread....

  24. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Some repetetition is fine - I just get really irritated when it's several pages worth of the same thing over and

  25. Read the thread before you post!!!!!

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    No dear, what I'm saying is - there is a post that is say, 25 pages long. People read the first page and then post away, saying almost exactly the same thing that 30 others have already said. Again,...