Maggie Mae

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1. **nurses Who Eat Their Young Should Be Kicked To The Curb***

   Maggie Mae replied to suziesunshine's topic in General Nursing

   Middle aged, no significant other, good hands on skills. You say that like there is something wrong with it. Do you view your patients through that same critical lens, or can you turn it off and on?...

2. Please paint a realistic picture of nursing for me!

   Maggie Mae replied to wannabe_sane's topic in New York Nursing

   Nursing is hard, stressful, scary, frustrating, wonderful, funny, smelly, sad, unfair, mismanaged, understaffed, no supplies, too many patients, too many gripes, awesome, I love it! Have good...

3. subQ narcotics?

   Maggie Mae replied to khine2mn80's topic in Patient Medications

   can you give me a better picture of the butterfly tech? Where is the best spot to put it? Is this standard practice at your hospital fora pt who needs prn sq meds ? I think it is a great idea, but...

4. Lapel watches???

   Maggie Mae replied to salliwag's topic in General Nursing

   I would love to get one. Know any good web

5. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

   Maggie Mae replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ialways carry alcohol with me everywhere...Isn't it embarrassing when you drop the bottel and it makes that loud clinking noise. You'd think that scrunched up brown paper bag would be good for...

6. Telemetry Techs vs. Nurses

   Maggie Mae replied to Jubei's topic in Cardiac

   Why do you hate me? come on where is the

7. Staffing a telemetry unit

   Maggie Mae replied to ShayRN's topic in Cardiac

   The nurses aids can only do accu-checks if they are nursing students. The other night 6 out of 10 pts, were accu-checks. They empty foleys and do patient care and work very hard. we have 38 beds...

8. Staffing a telemetry unit

   Maggie Mae replied to ShayRN's topic in Cardiac

   LI, NY. Days routeinly have 9 patients, nights 9-11, in the winter as many as 12. Way too many for this nurse, 8 mos. of

9. Lenght of a stethoscope

   Maggie Mae replied to mye614's topic in Cardiac

   The longer tubing is easier on the back, and less akward doing BP's, bowel sounds, etc. It is true, no matter the scope, it takes practice to hear what you need to

10. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Maggie Mae replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Long Island, NY. Tele floor, 7P-7:30A, 9-12 PT. If less than 9 we usually have new admits. 3-4 districts with 1-2 cna's. Thinking of moving to another state. Oh yea, charge nurse too. Most of...

11. Precepting new nurses...

    Maggie Mae replied to mommatrauma's topic in Emergency

    You may have already posted the answer. Sorry I started to skim. I am a new nurse, 9 months. I work on a busy tele floor 7p-7a, 9-11 patients a night. Every week that I work there is something...

12. Rampant Cheating

    Maggie Mae replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I saw alot of cheating at my school, and yes I did report it. The instructor couldn't beleive that anyone would cheat. To make a long story short, the cheaters had trouble passing the NCLEX, and...

13. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    Maggie Mae replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I applied for a job in september. When I took the drug screen test they told me not to eat anything with poppy seeds prior to the test. When I took the test I asked the nurse supervising the test if...

14. Hello - What state are you from?

    Maggie Mae replied to KimRN41514's topic in Rural

    Long Island NY...But thinking about moving. The cost of lving is getting me

15. night shift tips

    Maggie Mae replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I just started nights about a month ago. I work 12 hour shifts, I don't love nights, but I am a new grad and I do like my hospita. My problem is what to do on my days/ nights off. It is a daytime...