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miko014

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  1. Regis's view of nurses - after open heart surgery

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU TAZZI!!!!! I am a natural blonde, and I do get a little tired of the jokes...usually they don't bother me, but you know how there's always that one person who has to tell you a blonde joke...

  2. Regis's view of nurses - after open heart surgery

    miko014 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I sent a letter...this topic has been coming up a lot lately, so why don't we try to use it to our advantage? Maybe this is the start we've been looking for. Let them shine a little light on this...

  3. IV air bubble compensation

    miko014 replied to JL123's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I always am cautious of any bubbles, but as long as it's not more and about an inch, I just break it up in the tubing and let 'er rip. Anything more than that, and I use a syringe to pull it...

  4. Should I Have Stepped In??

    miko014 replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    Several things... I agree with what a lot of you have said about safety and lack of experience here. I don't think I would have offered assistance due to the fact that you don't know if the scene is...

  5. Pts swiping in to the ER?

    miko014 replied to herecomestrouble's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I've heard rumors about this kind of thing...we're one step closer to being microchipped,

  6. Ways to use my BSN other than bedside nursing???

    miko014 replied to bigd1023's topic in General Nursing

    No, fakebee...I was kinda thinking the same thing. I guess they can flame both of us! True, there are million things to do with a BSN, but I don't know how attractive a new grad with no experience is...

  7. Do you love your managers?

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

    I may not love everything she does, but I know my manager will stand up for me. She is reliable and willing to help. I like that about her. She is one of the only managers in teh hospital you...

  8. Morale Boosting Ideas????

    miko014 replied to Colorado1's topic in General Nursing

    If we manage to go 6 months without calling in, we get a bonus that is equa to, after taxes, $80. Whoopie! Personally, if I'm sick, a bonus that comes uot to be less than $13.50 per month is not...

  9. Want to be a nurse, but have to eat.

    miko014 replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget about peeing, and don't hold it too long! If you gotta go, you gotta go! Go! It only takes a couple of minutes. Yes, you're right, everyone talks about it. But I can count on one hand...

  10. Want to be a nurse, but have to eat.

    miko014 replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    Wait...are you saying that the only time you ate was at work? 'Cause isn't that the opposite of what we're talking about? If you didn't eat at work, I would have called the charge nurse to watch my...

  11. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    miko014 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Colorado, I'm confused. Do you agree that things ened to change, or not? You say keep looking around - but there are only so many "good" hospitals...so what, when they are full and don't need any...

  12. Morale Boosting Ideas????

    miko014 replied to Colorado1's topic in General Nursing

    We have a thank you board...nobody ever uses it. We have a yearly staff retreat where we have to do teambuilding stuff...it all works out well for about a week or 2, then we get back to the way things...

  13. Want to be a nurse, but have to eat.

    miko014 replied to mslinzyann's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are not supposed to skip all their breaks! You ahve to take care of yourself too! I go to lunch every day! Sometimes later than other, lik,e Tweety said, but yes, I always go! I am no good...

  14. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    miko014 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    A rallly would get attention, but would you really want to focus it on Oprah? What about like, Good Morning America where they got out and show the people standing outside...that would be more...

  15. Is it okay to treat a family member?

    miko014 replied to cwinlv's topic in General Nursing

    You're alll worried about this - how do you feel about a doc treating his own mother? He'd come in every day and go thru her chart, look up her labs, write orders, change her meds around...he ordered...

  16. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    miko014 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I've been saying that there needs to be some public education on a nurse's job for a long time, and I think Oprah would be a great way to get attention - if the show was done correctly. They should...

  17. Don't just get to work on time....

    miko014 replied to clee1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man that p****s me off so bad!!!!!!! It is so disrespectful, and most of our night shifters are HORRIBLE about it! We tape report, and then update after the oncoming shift is done listening....

  18. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    miko014 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I admit it...to me "fluff a pillow" means flip it over or smooth out the pillowcase so it's not all wrinkled up. Other than that, yeah, if you get up to go to the bathroom, I'll straighten the...

  19. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    miko014 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I have had many pts who wanted me to do things for them when they were perfectly capable. Like bathe them when there was no reaon they couldn't get up and do it themselves. And one time back...

  20. Banning Crocs?

    miko014 replied to styRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I LOVE my crocs!!!!! I wear the kind with no holes - and you're right, they are harder to find. In fact, I emailed Dick's Sporting Goods (one of the places near me that sells them) and also told a...

  21. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    miko014 replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get Easter at all, and we are a Methodist hospital. We only get our 6 holidays - New Years Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Whoopee! I think you are...

  22. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    miko014 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the whole "business" part of healthcare. Yes, I understand that they have to make money in order to stay afloat, but it should not be like this. Okay, you are here, you are sick, we helped...

  23. What do you think of JCAHO?

    miko014 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO needs to quit nitpicking. We had a mock survey not long ago, and they didn't like the way we drew up our meds. Now we have switched back to carpujects (which you can't use on a SW'd central...

  24. Ethical dilemma

    miko014 replied to GooeyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't that illegal? We can't give a med order without a frequency - it has to be say, q2h prn or something. Speaking as someone who has worked with hospice/palliative/cancer pts for 5 years, I would...

  25. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    miko014 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    You mean like those little personal DVD players? If so, how do you clean that? I really want to use the one that the guy with TB