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  1. Mds...

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so I was just killing some time the other day, and I was looking at the want ads in the paper. There were several nursing jobs, and of course, I read all of them. Anyway, several of them...

  2. Mds...

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yuck! That sounds awful! It sounds very important, but I'm glad I'm not the one who has to worry about it! Thanks for your

  3. Mds...

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    So is it an actual physical assessment? A functional assessment? Or do you just go by data and paperwork? Is this assisted living people? ECF/SNF (whichever you call it) people? Is it every...

  4. SrChristine

    miko014 replied to SrChristine's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, never hear of Optivox or whatever, and with the original post gone, not sure what the original topic was. My question is, how is optivox different from just using a tape recorder (that's what...

  5. Grey's Anatomy star designs scrubs

    miko014 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure the scrubs will sell...the link didn't work for me so I didn't see what they are going to look like, but there's really only so much you can do with scrubs. She's capitalizing on her fame....

  6. Cordless Phones/Call Lights

    miko014 replied to jennh1982's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is just whoever gets there, and it can be done from the station (intercom) or going into the room. The techs are supposed to answer lights but they get busy doing other stuff (and don't want to,...

  7. Too much protein?

    miko014 replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sick of fad diets! Why do people think that is a good idea?? It seems to me that you should just eat a healthy balance and avoid excess of any one specific thing! Easier said than done, I...

  8. Easy question on pancreatitis- who's smart?

    miko014 replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    StudentIVlife, just wait till you get out in the real world. Do you think you're going to remember every tiny detail of every bit of information that you ever learned? It's ALWAYS okay to ask...

  9. Low census?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Our "baby" nurses do get called off a lot, but that's a little bit different from the rest of the hospital. It all depends on when people decide to have babies, and if nobody delivers for a week,...

  10. Low census?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    That's what we all said - it was great at first - it was a nice change, and we were all happy. But now it's getting old. Either use vacation time, or don't get paid....and even if I used all the...

  11. Low census?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    If we go till October like this, we're doomed. Like I said, we have our slow spots, but this is ridiculous! I've been with my hospital for 5 years and never seen anything last this long. Nursing...

  12. Anyone sew their own scrubs?

    miko014 replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Nursing

    My mom makes them for me sometimes...of course now that I have my sewing machine, I guess I'll have to do it myself. The patterns aren't that hard to do, but they are kind of time-consuming. Be...

  13. Low census?

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Now I'm sitting here on call AGAIN, and for the whole 8 hours this time! I LOVE not having to go to work, but my choices are, either only take the call pay ($2.25 and hour) or use your vacation (our...

  14. Interhospital transfers

    miko014 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do any of you get frequent interhospital transfers? I have gotten them before, but usually when they come, they are able to talk and tell me what's going on, and the facility that sends them calls me...

  15. Interhospital transfers

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...the guardians of this pt are not family - it is an agency. They were the ones who wanted her transferred because, from what they told me, her care was incredibly substandard at the other...

  16. Interhospital transfers

    miko014 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yes - I forgot to add that our bed management dept didn't get much more info than I did, just that the pt's guardians had asked that the pt be transferred to our facility, and her admitting...

  17. what are the 18 rights of drug administration?

    miko014 replied to norhubez's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, but that's two different kinds of "rights". Right to education and right to refuse are RIGHTS, the others are CORRECTS. This is scary, I'm going to

  18. Calling in sick??

    miko014 replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I'm impressed. Ours is 6 occurences - but an "occurence" can be up to 3 days I think. So if you get sick and are out for 2 days in a row with the same cold or whatever, it's one occurence. 6...

  19. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    miko014 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Doing an admission assessment: "so, what brings you to the hospital today?" "I'm here for another blood

  20. What's harder? Trying to maintain a high GPA or taking TEAS for nursing school?

    miko014 replied to preciousbaby621's topic in General Nursing

    Enlighten me - what is TEAS? What does it stand for, what kind of stuff is on the test, etc? I wish they would have had a test when I was applying for nursing school. I almost didn't get in...

  21. Is This Assault?

    miko014 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Awhile back, I wrote a litle card with all my pts room numbers on it and put little notes by each - code status and any other pertinent info (blood hanging, etc.) and gave it to another RN while I...

  22. legal question

    miko014 replied to wanttobedone's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting...it's a very good question. Way back in school, we were taught that unless we charted "went to lunch, handed pt over to Nursie Jean, RN", we were responsible for whatever happened. But...

  23. Nurse Liason

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a hospice nurse liaison on our unit. Whenever someone consults hospice, she is the one who goes to see the pt/family. She determines if they meet hospice criteria and talks to the pt/family...

  24. Nurses not doing assessments

    miko014 replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    This just got me thinking - not too long ago, I got pulled to another floor. I had been working with my pts since 3pm, and at 6:40 they told me that I had to go to the other floor at 7. Well I had...

  25. Nurses not doing assessments

    miko014 replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, enough with the Filipino thing. I don't care if they were from Canada, USA, Egypt, or Mars. This is a very good thread! It's not a race issue, it's a patient safety issue. Pretend she never said...