mattsmom81

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  1. Frustrated & ready to leave nursing... (long)

    mattsmom81 replied to sun_chica's topic in Nursing Career

    Will your OR take you part time and train you? If so you could supplement and offer to work another day or two on the floors to make up the difference. :) Have you considered critical care...fewer...

  2. Nurses can't just write their own orders...can they?

    mattsmom81 replied to Maynmom's topic in Travel

    Sure...we can write them, but then what if the docs won't sign them??? Risky practice as mentioned. I ran into this a whole lot in rehab facilities as an agency nurse. And I've also been told...

  3. Do you ever get called, 'Doctor'?

    mattsmom81 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Impersonating a professional is a big deal now...for nurses AND docs. I would never let it go with patients; always correct their false assumptions. This also gives us a chance to educate them about...

  4. Drunk on the job?? Need advice bad!!

    mattsmom81 replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse who excessively hung onto the 'old alcohol' smell too. She claimed she had had several glasses of wine with dinner the night before. A few supervisors went on a witch hunt and...

  5. ADHD and son

    mattsmom81 replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely!!!

  6. ADHD and son

    mattsmom81 replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs to you. I'm so sorry you weren't diagnosed sooner and given the proper help you needed. There are wonderful ADHD meds out there that will help you focus...I have mild ADD myself and do OK. My son...

  7. Tele overflow patients in the ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to Zoomer's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is hard because inevitably, when these patients move to tele (usually that shift)those 4 now empty beds will be filled with real ICU patients and the nurses will then be working short. Sometimes...

  8. Why do unit nurses have bad reps?

    mattsmom81 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    As an old ICU nurse (and an ER and medsurg nurse before that) I know the special problems each of these areas have to work with...and I try hard to not get a 'diva' attitude in ICU. If I tell ER I...

  9. I need advice about cocaine addiction

    mattsmom81 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes Yes Yes...couldn't have said it better. And this is being said caringly, but you and your daughter are enabling him. He has learned from you both that he is taken care of if he lies and smiles...

  10. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    mattsmom81 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Why do so many nurses seem to think it their duty to dog another nurse who is new at a particular job...and make her look bad when she doesn't do everything absolutely perfectly the first time???...

  11. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    mattsmom81 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    This is such a strange thread and I wonder why someone who is not a nurse would ask all these questions at all, let alone starting a thread in a nurses forum with this title.

  12. Nurses Union in WA

    mattsmom81 posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    I have been perusing hospital job lines and note there is a union for nurses...can somebody enlighten me

  13. My Job being bought out OH NO! need advice.

    mattsmom81 replied to happthearts's topic in Home Health

    Any job where I calculate working for minimum wage as a nurse would be open and shut outta there. These people don't want professionals apparently. Unless you can justify writing all this stuff off...

  14. Any Tips for Teaching ECGs?

    mattsmom81 replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    Hmm. Well, I'd teach the electrical pathways in the heart, the PQRST and how they relate, the basic normal and abnormal rhythms; and how they can effect the heart's function. You could briefly touch...

  15. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    mattsmom81 replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you continuing this Q and A with me??? She was a RN by the time she took the CCRN exam so she HAD a license number. She was a new grad RN who somehow wangled signatures to convince the AACN...

  16. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    mattsmom81 replied to krob0729's topic in General Nursing

    One question: did you make a few mistakes when you started this job?? Many people do. Could it be that you are overly concerned with this issue? I just can't help but note the title of your thread...

  17. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    mattsmom81 replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

    Well obviously someone signed and verified it...AACN doesn't thoroughly check many do they....they are more interested in getting their $$$ these days IMHO. I am not telling a lie...I SAW the CCRN...

  18. Use of techs (UAPs) in ICU/CCU

    mattsmom81 replied to TamaraRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Some units utilize a tech simply to watch the central monitor and answer phones. In smaller units they do that plus the FBS's, check and draw am labs, assist with turns, etc. In some units, with alert...

  19. What Is A Sup Visit?

    mattsmom81 replied to tracyannshively's topic in Home Health

    Please everybody post the answer here as well, as I would like to know the details too.

  20. Verbal abuse by physicians in ICU

    mattsmom81 replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I know lots of nurses who ignore physicians on a tirade. Their reasons for doing so? They are focused on their patient and self actualized enough not to take the doc's berhavior personally. They know...

  21. RN who wouldn't be CNA

    mattsmom81 replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Career

    I guess I need to clarify..I was not a CNA perse...back in the 70's they weren't certified anyway. I DID work WHILE I was in school as a nurse tech..it was a diploma school and we could work on the...

  22. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    mattsmom81 replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

    My friend worked as a tech in the ER and critical care areas about 20 hrs a week through RN school; so she had qualifying hours with AACN. She took an optional Critical Care course in her senior...

  23. I would like to one day write a book about nurses who lose (or keep) their licenses.

    mattsmom81 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    'Indeed, I believe that this (the bringing of spurious, false, and or politically motivated allegations) is used as a weapon of control against nurses by certain interests.' I certainly have seen...

  24. EKG class/ACLS/PALS

    mattsmom81 replied to Neilsbiggestfan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not disdaining the experience of home health nursing, but the reality is hospital nursing has seen lots of advances, new technologies, new procedures and new drugs. It will likely be overwhelming...

  25. I don't know if nursing is for me anymore...

    mattsmom81 replied to Heymickey's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a student nurse who took it too...in her critical care segment of school. I don't agree with it but ah well. CCRN had been reallly watered down the past 10 years anyway and most of my buddy...