jmtndl

jmtndl has 38 years experience and specializes in NICU,ICU,ER,MS,CHG.SUP,PSYCH,GERI.

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1. Hardest Thing to Learn

   jmtndl replied to Okey Foley's topic in General Nursing

   The patients are the best,easiest part. I love them,figure out what they need, get more brains involved if I can't figure them out, and document with excellence. The hardest part has been discovering...

2. Toxic,bully manager

   jmtndl posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have a new very toxic bullying manager and I am at a total loss what to do. She changes routines that work and feels it is appropriate to make people "move out of their comfort zone", which I have...

3. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   jmtndl replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   She should be charged with involuntary manslaughter and lose her license. Her careless action resulted in a nightmarish death for a patient. I feel for her, but I feel more for a lady who laid in a...

4. Is it like this everywhere now?

   jmtndl replied to Forest2's topic in General Nursing

   Um, I'm in the day now with my ADN at a job I've worked at for 5 years. They are still hiring

5. GA Teen Contracted HIV from a hair weave? Really?!?!

   jmtndl replied to JustBeachyNurse's topic in General Nursing

   you know a virgin in Texas got pregnant from a flu

6. Can I get hep C without a needle stick?

   jmtndl replied to futurerntho's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   TB mask and negative air flow for Hep C? When did Hep C become

7. Night Shift Group Hug =)

   jmtndl replied to CamillusRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm about to shoot myself in the foot here but....does the hospital close down if you don't work 10 12-hour shifts in a row? Is that even safe? Does your manager not arrange for enough staff because...

8. new device...a little rant

   jmtndl replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

   I just attended an inservice on a new device. It is an LVAD pump on a catheter that must be placed exacxtly between the left ventrical and tha aortic root and sucks blood from the ventrical and...

9. new device...a little rant

   jmtndl posted a topic in General Nursing

   inservice on new device is anxiety

10. Medication test Kindred

    jmtndl replied to moni777's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    It's a basic med test, not difficult, but has some trick questions on it. Read all questions completely and think a minut before

11. Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

    jmtndl replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    I put the bedpan in the trash then remove the trash from the room so I'm not leaving a stinky bedpan in the patient's room. Housekeeping doesn't even

12. Quality of life VS. quantity of life.

    jmtndl replied to ElaineSmith's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Dying with Dignity is for those with a condition that prevents them from an expectation of life,not for those who are so depressed they don't want to live,even tho they may not be overtly...

13. Has being a nurse changed your outlook on...

    jmtndl replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing has totally changed how I view physicians. You can't bill a dead person.I have seen orders "Place feeding tube Monday then discharge to nursing home Tuesday on Hospice." I have seen Stage 4...

14. pre-employment drug screen...too dilute?

    jmtndl replied to laurascasey's topic in General Nursing

    Happened to me and freaked me out! Got a call-back...questioned veeery suspiciously about why I drank so much water before the test (...??because I had to pee for them??) Went back after walking...

15. what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

    jmtndl replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    lipstick and reading