MIA-RN

MIA-RN

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  1. Death and skin color

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

    I have seen a few pts right after passing and they all appeared yellow all over their face, not just their eyes (these were all caucasian people). They were all sick/hospice deaths. After a while,...

  2. HTN urgency with IV Beta Blockers

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

    I think where I work the first dose has to be given under tele monitoring but subsequent doses don't have to be as long as the patient tolerated it

  3. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    MIA-RN replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know that its just healthcare workers. I've seen arrogance in people of many different occupations. I think its everywhere, not specific to just one field. I think people become that way for...

  4. Is it just me...

    MIA-RN replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I think that we all have times where just as one thing seems right, two others seem wrong. I've dealt with lots of stuff myself and have learned that just changing one's perspective helps. Instead of...

  5. using patient titles on charts

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

    on a humorous note in this subject, I had a patient who was in and out of the hospital several times. She expressed her frustrations to me regarding the residents, especially one who had an elevated...

  6. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    MIA-RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I dreamed the other night that I was a nurse caring for a mother and her newborn baby who was about 4" long but full term. The mother went out for a cigarette and I had to carry the baby. I was...

  7. Young Nurse becoming Old

    MIA-RN replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    My first year in nursing I worked: Labor day, halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Easter, Mother's day and was scheduled for Memorial day but switched. Then I left. At my new job I did not...

  8. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

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

    I would love it if the younger members of my family grew up to become nurses. My MIL is a nurse, as is my SIL, and me. Another SIL is considering nursing. My son is working on his assoc. in business,...

  9. your first....

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

    For school my first thought was "oh my god I am a freaking student and I have to spend HOW MUCH on this ugly white scrub set?" When I started working my thought was "Oh my god I just finished two...

  10. starch?

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

    If its stains you are worried about, get the Rit White Wash. Its in a small box (like the size of a deck of cards) and I find it at walmart in the laundry section. Its a powder for whites only that...

  11. starch?

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

    I always iron my scrubs after washing them but instead of starch (which leaves this kind of whitish stuff on them) I use very lightly scented ironing water I get at the dollar store. The spray mist...

  12. AHHHHHHHH REAL Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!

    MIA-RN replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think for me, it depends on what is bothering me. If its an issue with supplies, or pharmacy, or something like that I just go call whoever I need to in order to fix the problem. I just dig right in...

  13. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

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

    Kind of brings back the 'an GIN a" vs "AN gina" debate. I tend to massacre the longer words. One that I absolutely can't say is 'reconciliation' as in the med reconciliation forms. I always sound like...

  14. nursing fiction/nonfiction

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

    "The Nightengale Sisters: The Making of a Nurse in 1880s America" compiled by Rosalind Franklin "When the Nightengale Sang: A nurse's life in the 1950'a and 1960's" As told to Rosalind Franklin....

  15. What would YOU Do?

    MIA-RN replied to mh3136's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you can choose to take the new position, but realize that you are likely burning a bridge at the current hospital. All things considered, you have to follow your heart but be careful of...

  16. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MIA-RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Calling 911 because we won't let you go out and smoke (ours is a no-smoking facility) will not make us change our

  17. Your daily tasks

    MIA-RN replied to wlb06's topic in General Nursing

    generally on my m/s unit, the plan is to assess all patients every 4 hours. Thats about it for formal stuff. There is always so much more to do: 1445: punch in and review Kardexes 1500: get report...

  18. Absolute No-No's

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

    Never forget that just because a patient is combatitive, angry and acting out..that they are still a person, and deserve to be treated as well as your other non-combatitive patients. Always remember...

  19. am I a wimp?

    MIA-RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I"ve been taking care of an inpatient hospice patient off and on for the last week and a half. Last night she declined rapidly, and I was surprised that she lived thru my shift. I doubt she is still...

  20. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    MIA-RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    mandatory???

  21. am I a wimp?

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

    Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread. I am feeling better about things now, although still questioning if I have what it takes in this particular area of nursing. Sometimes I think I...

  22. Does anyone think nursing diagnoses are just plain silly?

    MIA-RN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I think that they are great learning tools for students because they teach the way to think but in practice afterwards....well, they don't do much for me although I will say I have used them in notes...

  23. Stethoscope help

    MIA-RN replied to bookworm52407's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Speaking of scope socks (sorry for the hijack) I got an awesome one at Tafford; its literally like sock material, and fits close to the tubing, not one of those fluffy ones or animal-shaped ones. But...

  24. Just wondering if anyone else has career related tattoo's

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

    Thats the pic I used for my tat! Although mine looks less like stained glass, with a different bit of color,(more pastel) and I have a banner over it that says "RN"

  25. Nursing among top careers of 2007.

    MIA-RN replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    Just because its stressful and difficult, that still doesn't mean that its awful or not fulfilling. I am going thru stress right now, dealing with issues at work, But that doesn't mean that I hate...