jmtndl

jmtndl

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  1. Texas Board of Nursing

    jmtndl replied to mrboast's topic in Texas Nursing

    Did you get your license yet? I hope so! Good

  2. So, who is working for the holiday?

    jmtndl replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in General Nursing

    I am! My family is coming down Christmas Day, but I am working Christmas Eve. We on shift are all cooking and experimenting with a "Turducken". None of us has had one before. It should be a Merry...

  3. Any experienced nurses having trouble finding a job?

    jmtndl replied to VegRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think there are several factors affecting the more experienced nurse. I have over 35 years experience with excellent references and a great job history and am finding getting a job challenging, to...

  4. UTMB

    jmtndl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I was just wondering if anyone out there has ever applied at UTMB in Galveston,TX? If so, what has been your experience.I am in the process of applying there and am finding the process...

  5. Men in L&D

    jmtndl replied to forgop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I mant men...was just blinded by the "twat"

  6. Men in L&D

    jmtndl replied to forgop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    why no mrn in L&D?? There you

  7. How To Document Sleeping On Night Shift

    jmtndl replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding!! I used to waffel about the chart "sleeping" or "appears to be" but then after >35 years I figured WTH...if I can't tell if someone is asleep or not, I have no business being

  8. Hi! I am new :) And just a question on what you all think about this-

    jmtndl replied to shoe_girl's topic in General Nursing

    You sound lke you're just fine! Be proud of yourelf and keep on going. "Type A" personalities are also supposed to be fulfilled and engaged in their jobs, and have a higher level of job satisfaction....

  9. All nursing floor - with no nursing assistants???

    jmtndl replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    This is the way it usually is...someone sells the nurses the idea of primary care, and all that really happens is now you have no help. I understand the concept, and can see where it sounds fulfilling...

  10. Nursing staffing

    jmtndl replied to mercy1975's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always wonder why management cannot hear the staff when the staff is saying "you are giving us too much to do and not enough help to accomplish the task". Have you actually worked the floor? How...

  11. Care plan help

    jmtndl replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't sweat it...nursing care plans are and have always been meaningless paperwork compliance.Figure out the easiest and quickedst way to do what ever they want you to do to "update the careplan" and...

  12. State survey

    jmtndl replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am not in LTC now because of state surveyers.They are,to me,terrorists sanctioned by the state. I have never known one thing done by the state to make a facility better or patients safer.They lie,...

  13. HCA HOSPITALS

    jmtndl replied to sunshineyday's topic in General Nursing

    It has been my experience that all HCA hospitals are the same. I am morally opposed to working at one and will only do so when I am working for an outside agency. Many of the older nurses, like me,...

  14. Mother Ate The Placenta

    jmtndl replied to swimincatz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My dad ate his hemorroids after his "operation" and said his bowel movements were never so

  15. What made you want to become an RN?

    jmtndl replied to TheFuture2010's topic in General Nursing

    I read The Nun's Story in grade school and thought being a nurse in the Congo would be the coolest thing!I've been a nurse all over the world...it has been a good profession for

  16. Maybe a stupid question...

    jmtndl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Stupid question...why does the defibrillator have leads on it? At one time I was told you have to have the leads hooked up to cardiovert or pace, but now I am told all you need are the STAT pads for...

  17. What procedures are you curious about?

    jmtndl replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience the central line placement hurt...I didn't know they scraped the bone while deadening the lining of it...or at least that is what the doc said was happening. A foley is nothing. And I...

  18. Help me.. UAE nurse !!!

    jmtndl replied to norgebergen's topic in International Nursing

    It was my experience in Saudi that your pay is dependent on the country you are from. We wanted to hire a Filipo gentleman who was a Master's prepared US Citizen but our hospital would only pay him...

  19. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    jmtndl replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    You are sooooo right.....beware of your

  20. Bluetooth Headsets

    jmtndl replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in as a supervisor, and when I am at work the ear bugs come off. No questions,no requests.you will not be that unfocused or distracted, and you certainly will not make the patient feel as if...

  21. Has anyone worked for the military as a civilian nurse?

    jmtndl replied to clhRN2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...I did work the NICU, but your are about my age so you couldn't have been one of my

  22. Has anyone worked for the military as a civilian nurse?

    jmtndl replied to clhRN2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    I worked to Second General Hospital in Landsthul, Germany and had a wonderful experience. I thought everything would be very uptight, but found the focus was getting the patients taken care...

  23. Jcaho

    jmtndl replied to TraciRN's topic in General Nursing

    I imagine at a non- JCAHO hospital you might find something stored under a sink.They are so worthless that I cannot imagine it would make a whit of

  24. Hospital forcing RNs to participate in unit-base committees

    jmtndl replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    Oh please, I've been an RN for more than 35 years around the world and have NEVER seen any committee anywhere make anything better. When you are off,you need to be off. If this participation is sooooo...

  25. the RN's appearance

    jmtndl replied to Olli's topic in General Nursing

    Following that line of thought we all have to stop doing anything if anyone else has done it it too much or inappropriately. How