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  1. Nightmares about work?

    mekrn replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    I've had the school dream with the final exam part too! I'll have to Google

  2. Nightmares about work?

    mekrn replied to Rabid Response's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I have a recurring nightmare that I did not know that a patient was assigned to me for a the whole shift, and NEVER took care of the patient the whole time!

  3. Union Question

    mekrn replied to GreenNurse's topic in General Nursing

    You are absolutely right about this. Many times there is a misconception that seniority automatically wins. Not

  4. Recruiter needs your help!

    mekrn replied to Kayla54321's topic in General Nursing

    I work with a nurse who is anorexic and has a constant smell like this, more like rotting garbage, from vomiting all the time. It doesn't smell like vomit, it's a horrible, metabolic type of odor....

  5. My poor co-worker!

    mekrn replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :yeahthat: Thank you, that's EXACTLY everything I wanted to say, but was COMPLETELY SPEECHLESS for a minute after reading that post! Whoa! Are they kidding! Perhaps she would like to contact her...

  6. My poor co-worker!

    mekrn replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    All I can say is OMG! Don't walk, RUN AWAY! FAST! VERY FAST! GO

  7. Med administration prior to 1980

    mekrn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    We still do this and we are a huge university medical center! However, for our OR scrubs, we have a Pyxsis type of machine to make sure we don't steal any scrubs!

  8. Can someone explain ambulatory care....

    mekrn replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Ambulatory Surgery Centers are fine as long as you are in good health. They are not for people with complicated medical histories or are high risk in any way. In the event of emergency, they would...

  9. weekend nights

    mekrn replied to quinnila's topic in General Nursing

    Every other weekend here is Friday and Saturday. We are also required to work 2 Sundays (as dayshift is required to work 2 Fridays) a month. Most people choose to do those Sundays on their weekend...

  10. Mandatory overtime

    mekrn replied to cargal's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh, how I agree with

  11. Mandatory overtime

    mekrn replied to cargal's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think an emergent situation like that is a little different that the unfortunate way mandatory overtime is usually used, when adequate staffing was never provided, there WASN'T any relief scheduled,...

  12. Hello..new and wondering???

    mekrn replied to jamer's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, how fancy! While I haven't had to do it for a long while, I used to smash the pill inside the blister package with a Nitro bottle! No fancy pill crushers for

  13. Consents or Con - sense?

    mekrn replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    Wow, I thought only we had this problem. H&P and consent DEFINATELY required to go into the room! We are constantly getting grief for this, as if it is new or something! I'm wondering how many...

  14. No Holiday Pay?

    mekrn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    In my union hospital you get time and a half if you work the holiday plus an additional 8 paid hours to take another time. If you are not working the holiday, you get 8 hours of

  15. Where's my thank-you card?

    mekrn replied to SierraN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have a nurse where I work that used to receive a lot of gifts and things. She was brand new to our unit as well as a fairly new nurse and it just kind of made us go hmmmmm? We have two schools...

  16. Umm what to do???????

    mekrn replied to Rocky_LPN's topic in Cardiac

    Welcome to the world of nursing! In my experience, unfortunately, I have seen more codes run like a cluster you-know-what than not. As for the nurse who was just standing there, sometimes when its...

  17. How many of you work PRN only?

    mekrn replied to RN007's topic in General Nursing

    I did PRN only for several years, giving it up 2 years ago when I was offered a part-time position that I really wanted for the long haul. The flexibility was great, rarely was I cancelled, but I...

  18. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    mekrn replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

  19. I just can't decide....

    mekrn replied to AuntieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with everything in the above post. As a new grad I worked nights on a telemetry floor, and there was more time to learn the rationale for a lot of things, and even read the charts....

  20. Heart Attack Grill (20/20 ABC show)

    mekrn replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    No, but ewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!! Give ME a

  21. Help I'm mobbed

    mekrn replied to Sonn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry this is happening to you. This actually happens where I work too. Luckily, I am not involved on either side. We do have one nurse that this is done to. I feel that the nurses who do it...

  22. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    mekrn replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi, Tweety and CVICURN2003 - wow you guys, thanks for the :redbeathe !!! By the way, on the topic of "well you don't have kids", my best friend who is a nurse without kids, actually had another...

  23. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    mekrn replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    OK, as a mother of an 8,6 and 4 year old, I would just like to say I can't stand the "but I have little kids" tantrum. I would never be so obnoxious as to think someone without children does not...

  24. Working five 12hr shifts a week

    mekrn replied to aggieamy5's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sorry that you feel attacked on this thread. However, you did ask, and you are getting the opinion of people who have been there, done that. Clearly you know what you want to do, so why...

  25. Incident reports: Who uses, completes and where do they go???

    mekrn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with Tweety on this, most incident reports in my facility (or threat of them) are more for the satisfaction of "writing someone up". This is usually physicians. Sometimes the mere...