michelle95

michelle95 specializes in Geriatrics, DD, Peri-op.

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1. on-call reimbursement

   michelle95 replied to ILDDNurse's topic in Developmental Disabilities

   I work in a 63 bed ICF and receive one day off for every week that I am on call.... which is twice a month (I share with the HSD). The only problem is that I cannot save them. So, if I don't use it...

2. no-smoking policies

   michelle95 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

   These hospitals that are banning smoking on campus....are they banning those artery clogging burgers in the cafeteria? What about those krispy kremes? Double standards. I know that smoking is bad...

3. Eleven pound baby!

   michelle95 replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   My oldest son was 11.4 at birth. I am 5'9" and had him naturally with no real problems. He was a little hypoglycemic and had to be on an O2 mask at first because he came out so fast (I pushed for 15...

4. Anxious pts!

   michelle95 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   I've never heard of it being a risk either. If it were, you would never change the

5. needlestick

   michelle95 replied to emsgirl24's topic in General Nursing

   I just obtained my first needlestick last week (hopefully my last). It was a TB syringe that I had just injected lidocaine into a pt prepping for IV insertion. We both turned up neg for HIV, Hep...

6. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

   michelle95 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

   1.Type of nurse? Periop RN 2. How many hours u work per week? 40 3. How many years of nursing? 6 years LPN, 1 year RN 4. What Shift: Day, Evening, nights, or weekend only? 0500-1330, no weekends or...

7. Pay increase after bridging?

   michelle95 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in LPN to RN

   A couple of nursing homes that I applied at after getting my RN would not give me extra for having 6 years of LPN experience. However, the last hospital I worked at gave me gave me 3 years of RN...

8. Prepping a radical mastectomy

   michelle95 replied to michelle95's topic in Operating Room

   I will make sure not to make that same "mistake" twice. But, the way he acted...you would have thought I made a med error or put the IV in the wrong arm. He's just like that apparently....

9. Prepping a radical mastectomy

   michelle95 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Do you prep the whole arm on the side of the mastectomy? Just curious. I'm a new employee on a periop floor and this morning, I put armbands on the same side as the mastectomy so I could put an IV...

10. Pensacola area hospitals-advice

    michelle95 replied to LAnewgrad's topic in Florida Nursing

    I know that usually if a person leaves Baptist to go elsewhere, they end up coming

11. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    michelle95 replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    9.18 as a new LPN in Auburn, AL in 1999. Up to 14.00 an hour last year in Florida. Now 19.90 as a new RN but with LPN

12. Leaving the Profession!

    michelle95 replied to chrispicritah's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you. As soon as the kids are grown, it's on to something else. I like taking care of patients...but when your blood pressure starts to go up and you start to have stress related...

13. "From doctors to beautiful ladies..."

    michelle95 replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, if nurses have nothing better to do with their time than to become up in arms because a former druggie rock star calls them "beautiful ladies"....they DO, indeed, need to get a life....

14. "From doctors to beautiful ladies..."

    michelle95 replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    No flaming from me...I think some people need to get a life. Maybe it's cause I'm from the South, but, I took no offense to what he said. Sheesh,

15. Employer Tuition Reimbursement?

    michelle95 replied to NrsJena's topic in General Nursing

    Ours pays 2 classes worth of tuition per semeter for full timers going for a Bachelor's. No contract to work with the company after graduation needed. They do not pay for books, however. For...