MIA-RN

MIA-RN

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  1. Horror in my head!

    MIA-RN replied to Team Player's topic in General Nursing

    You are so normal! :) Your mind is practicing working out the anxieties while you sleep. Granted its not a pleasant experience to have nightmares but its your mind's way of adjusting to your new...

  2. Retaining LPN as an RN

    MIA-RN replied to Woodenpug's topic in General Nursing

    this whole issue is why I was always scared to work as a tech when I was a floor nurse. When we were short techs, nurses would be assigned to work the shift as a tech. Which is great to help out, but...

  3. What does it mean to be a professional nurse?

    MIA-RN replied to meme75's topic in General Nursing

    To appear professional: I wear clean unwrinkled scrubs that do not have cartoon characters on them. I keep my hair back and off my shoulders. I keep my nails short and unpainted, wear only one pair of...

  4. "The Turn"

    MIA-RN replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this too, and wondered. I have always kind of thought it was just that the nervous system can't compensate...raise/lower the bp, raise/lower the pulse...and the person who is dying is just...

  5. Which would you rather do?

    MIA-RN replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Three 12's is the way to go for me too. The days I am gone I am really gone, and stuff like laundry, housework etc don't get done. That is about the only down side. I see my kids/husband more when I...

  6. Pregnant-Vaginal Swelling?

    MIA-RN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    its likened to dependent edema. It might get a little worse after she delivers when she has the postpartum fluid shift but if she is worried she should see her

  7. IM going to FLipOUt on my coworkers!!!

    MIA-RN replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I got a LOT of that attitude when I first graduated. Report would make me so anxious, and I never felt prepared. After a while it got better, because I basically analyzed all the next-shift nurses and...

  8. Ok, I need to hear your NCLEX stories out there!

    MIA-RN replied to allthingsbright's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took a review class, and did practice questions daily for the month or so leading up to the exam. On the morning of the exam, I ate breakfast (lite d/t nerves but still had a little something) went...

  9. Medical shows vs the real thing?

    MIA-RN replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fan of the technology on soaps that allows them to not only find out the paternity of unborn children, but then gives them the ability to switch the results so that someone else can show up in...

  10. Done with ED Orientation...

    MIA-RN replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    have you had a post-orientation meeting/review with your clinical supervisor or manager yet? Often that interview comes around the time you finish orientation and its a good time to evaluate how...

  11. How infectious is MRSA really??

    MIA-RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    the truth is that MRSA is everywhere. Staph is everywhere including on us. Its when it gets inside that it causes trouble. As someone pointed out, we are probably at more risk at Walmart or the...

  12. Catch 22 making me take a year off between ADN and BSN!

    MIA-RN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you can look at it positively----by next time you are eligible to enter the BSN program, you might have an employer with tuition

  13. What nursing journals to you subscribe to?

    MIA-RN replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Thats a good one, I really like it....(of course its Nursing 2008 now lol) :) I also get AJN (good for political stuff.), RN,(I find it the easiest to read of them all), MCN (which is so-so but not my...

  14. Did I just waste a TON of time?!

    MIA-RN replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    Do you need to bring up the issue of past substance abuse at all? I mean, you have been clean for a while now. I don't remember ever being asked directly about substance abuse in any interview I've...

  15. volunteer work

    MIA-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I have a question.... I have worked for a particular hospital for almost 2 years and recently joined their volunteer program. The program has about 25 of us who are divided into four...

  16. What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    MIA-RN replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    an automatic bedpan dispenser that cleans up the patient and flushes itself when

  17. Student Help - Infant/Toddler Observation

    MIA-RN replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Sal I don't imagine you will get many videos. Try other places. Try the YMCA, try other day cares in your area. Call your church, call your neighbors to see if they have any kids...that sort of thing....

  18. Took care of pt who tested positve for c-diff

    MIA-RN replied to anfe's topic in General Nursing

    one thing to do different, unless you did it and didn't mention... Any time a pt is getting r/o c-diff, put the precautions in effect immediately. Anytime I get an order to test for c-diff....private...

  19. I am a nurse!!! But this....?!

    MIA-RN replied to CactusFlower's topic in General Nursing

    I am in a little different situation, being a rather newbie nurse. But when I oriented to Med Surg,, near the end of my orientation the issue of floating came up. I felt I wasn't ready and so I...

  20. "I'll let you talk to Dr Bigego's 'nurse'" (is she really a nurse?)

    MIA-RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    well what about a letter writing campaign....what about letters to the AMA, what about letters to the editor in journals like AJN, or letters to the credentialling association of medical...

  21. Have You Had the "Sortavirus" Yet??

    MIA-RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    We had it in my house too. Husband first, for about one day acute w/ fever, aches, fatigue and nausea. Then about a week of just being mostly tired and run down. I got it two days later, same...

  22. Last Shift Outstays their Welcome!

    MIA-RN replied to StNeotser's topic in General Nursing

    The poor new nurse in the situation is learning some terrible time management stuff. I would somehow find a way to tell her about 'this nurse you know' who always held off her charting til the end of...

  23. IV Antibiotics

    MIA-RN replied to TelyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was always taught that being hospitalized raises the risk for stress ulcers, hence all the prophylaxis. I am not sure how IV abx affect the stomach vs. po abx. I don't think you see as much nausea...

  24. Badly needed advice..........

    MIA-RN replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would try doing prn on a med surg floor. You will definitely get good skills. PP is a great area but from what I understand, you have mostly healthy patients, so not sure how many skills you will...

  25. Nursing Time Capsule

    MIA-RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Wash your hands. Sterilize your instruments in boiling water or failing that, use alcohol. Fresh air is important. Doctors aren't gods. (maybe that will give us some more equal footing later on down...