Maggie Mae

Maggie Mae

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

    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!

    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?

    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???

    I would love to get one. Know any good web
  5. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    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

    Why do you hate me? come on where is the
  7. Staffing a telemetry unit

    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

    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

    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?

    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...

    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

    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

    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?

    Long Island NY...But thinking about moving. The cost of lving is getting me
  15. night shift tips

    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...
  16. About MRSA

    I'll be your nurse
  17. About MRSA

  18. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

    B.S. Education, M.S. studio arts, Taught art for 13 years. B.S.N. May 2004! Currently applying for jobs and scared to
  19. unprofessional behavior in RN community

    Swearing is a great stress reliever. Nurses are regular people not angles. That said, on the job, cursing is not
  20. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    Why become a nurse??? It's nothing profound, it's something I always wanted to do. I do still like teaching, but I didn't want teaching to be the only thing that I ever did. Many people don't...
  21. Nursing Salary Facts - You need to know!

    I have worked as a public school teacher for the past 15 years. Where I live, Long Island, NY, Teachers work on a salary schedule. we all start at the same salary and each year our salary goes up,...
  22. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

    BabyRN there are specific health care issues that gays,lesbians,bi, and trans gender people deal with. Check out this link for some more info
  23. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

    I am glad the original poster joined right
  24. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

    Rocknurse., rock on! Very nice post. You made some great points. Especially the ones about benifits for partners. Thank you for speaking up. I glad the original poster joined right, why not. people...
  25. Is there/should there be a gay/lesbian nurses association?

    Rocknurse., rock on! Very nice post. You made some great points. Especially the ones about benifits for partners. Thank you for speaking up. I glad the original poster joined right, why not. people...