mimilinda77

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1. ANCC Medical Surgical Certification Results

   mimilinda77 replied to dmp135's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Can the medical surgical experience better prepare you for other areas of patient care? If so, then it is a specialty in it's own right. Should it be assumed that medical surgical nursing is, indeed,...

2. questioning postpartum nursing?

   mimilinda77 replied to kgregoRN11's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I have been a med surg-tele nurse on a PCU and am now in the process of transferring to mother baby department. Many of my peers think it's bizarre that I want to transfer to this area...but my 33...

3. Eisenhower new grad and JFK memorial Versant?

   mimilinda77 replied to NurseVN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have worked at JFK in medical-surgical-telemetry for a little over three years. I have also worked at Eisenhower per diem. Both facilities are great, but for different reasons. At JFK you will find...

4. checking BP before giving BP meds?

   mimilinda77 replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I try to check BP's and HR's myself when I have patients on several cardiac meds...however if the patient has been hospitalized for a few days I will most certainly look at the bp and heart rate...

5. Labor Nurses Floating to Med Surg.....

   mimilinda77 replied to crissyc03's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I know that labor and delivery is considered a specialty unit, however remember that once upon a time nurses floated to all units within a hospital, and many hosputals reuqire nurses to work med-surg...

6. Frustrated with a case manager!

   mimilinda77 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   Hey all...I just need to vent about one of the case managers at my facility. I work in a surgical unit, a cool mixture of ortho, tele, post-op, and "typical" medical patients. I love the variety and...

7. Aesthetic nursing!

   mimilinda77 replied to JayKay123's topic in Aesthetics

   Hi there! First off, I congratulate you for thinking outside the "hospital" for nursing job opportunities. I was an aesthetician and massage therapist for many years before getting my RN. The moment I...

8. Nerves Are Shot!

   mimilinda77 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   Here I am at 12 am unable to sleep after coming home from work after my 4th shift in a row (what was I thinking?), unable to sleep because my brain won't stop after all the week's stress! I was glad...