marilynmom

marilynmom LPN, NP

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  1. Vented Patient Should A Minimal Experienced Nurse Be Caring For A Vented Patient?

    marilynmom replied to SOMA's topic in MICU, SICU

    We don't have CNAs or anything else either.....RN does all the work in ICU and I almost always have 2 patients that are vented. The ONLY time we have 1:1 assignment is if pt is on CVVH or with an...

  2. unionize now

    marilynmom replied to NeysaGirl1's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I agree. I also do know a couple of nurses who have been trying to get unionization....but so far no luck, or maybe no

  3. Stevens-Johnson syndrome

    marilynmom replied to brissygal's topic in General Nursing

    I saw a case of it last year. The patient (a child) had black blistery looking things all over her body and inside her mouth. After the blisters dried up she was peeling big patches of black skin all...

  4. Questions about Pediatrics...

    marilynmom replied to PLM311's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our PICU holds a lot of kids and it is very very fast paced. We are also the only level 1 trauma hospital and it is a teaching hospital so that might make a difference. A smaller hospital that is...

  5. Questions about Pediatrics...

    marilynmom replied to PLM311's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in the PICU and we also float down to the NICU....both are very different places to work IMO. In school try to shadow or do clinicals on both areas and see which one fits your personality and...

  6. Is ICU too challenging for new grads?

    marilynmom replied to yoginurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May and went right into an ICU at a teaching hospital and I love it! I enjoy going to work! I work with a really awesome and supportive team of RN's though and without their support...

  7. First Year--Gain Weight or Lose Weight?

    marilynmom replied to kellyo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I gained about 20 pounds in nursing school and now as an RN I have lost about 10 pounds in about 4 months :) I was shocked that I had lost weight actually. I think I lost weight because I don't sit...

  8. Not Sure If Nursing Is For Me

    marilynmom replied to D.C.Guy's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN in an ICU and I did work a short stint as a CNA while in nursing school and it was AWFUL!!!! I quite after like a month, there was just no way I could do that type of work anymore. CNAs...

  9. Please Help...You nurses are going to kill me!

    marilynmom replied to yuyu75's topic in General Nursing

    I just know about my BSN program. We took all the same pre-req science classes as all the premed, etc students did, there was no washed down nursing versions of any of it. I love science and do well...

  10. New LPN, new job, and IV push...

    marilynmom replied to HamBiscuit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so shocked that you feel it is your "job" to do whatever the doctor tells you to do! This is not the 1950s. That statement really upsets me for your own sake. Nurses do not just do whatever the...

  11. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    marilynmom replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Im a new nurse, graduated in May. I have no plans at all to quit my job. I work in a PICU at a large teaching hospital and though I have had days where I left crying, I just take it day by day and I...

  12. Where are some areas you worked for your final senior yr semester clincal experience?

    marilynmom replied to rainbowbright11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did ICU for my last semester of nursing school (Leadership class/clinical) and I loved it and learned sooooo much. I went into ICU as a new grad and freakin love it. Yes there is a lot to learn...

  13. stress in er and icu

    marilynmom replied to Maco's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May and have been working ft in an ICU for 4 months now. I have no other experience except I did work as a nurse extern in this ICU for a year. I LOVE the ICU!! IS it stressful?...

  14. Timeline when you graduated

    marilynmom replied to almostthereindc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lets see.... I graduated May 9th but had a job lined up before that, started working in the PICU June 2nd and passed NCLEX July

  15. Do you get paid for your lunch?

    marilynmom replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I get my lunch paid for :) My unit (an ICU) is *excellent* about lunches actually. It is one of the reasons I decided to become an RN there! LOL! The charge nurses, even if you have a horribly busy...

  16. Struggling with orientation and nursing itself

    marilynmom replied to xEdgexRNx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad as well and have been working since June. I work in a pediatric ICU and it is *stressful* to no end. I get sick to my stomach and can't sleep a lot of times before I go to work. But...

  17. Hospital Tuition Assistance Program?

    marilynmom replied to Katy-NursingStudent's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    You will have to wait until your officially admitted into the RN

  18. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    marilynmom replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was scared to be off orientation at first as well. I literally couldn't eat and didn't sleep the night before the first day I was "on my own", I was so scared I was shaking driving in to work. But...

  19. New Grad RN, and I don't like it!

    marilynmom replied to Evalina's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad as well. I graduated in May and have had my license and have been working in an ICU since June. It is HARD and some days I reallllyyyy doubt myself. One day I had a *horrible*...

  20. Hospital Tuition Assistance Program?

    marilynmom replied to Katy-NursingStudent's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I know Mercy has a program like that for nursing students. I know two students who did the Mercy program and when they graduated neither one got into the area of their choice so they were...

  21. Can I share my excitement??

    marilynmom posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm a new RN and I'm off orientation. The first patient they gave me was pretty easy...some ORL kid and a spinal fusion kid. I feel pretty comfortable with patients like that and it went well and...

  22. Platt OKC LPN_RN

    marilynmom replied to Constellation101's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    STAY AWAY FROM PLATT! I had a Platt LPN-RN student with me last week and I was very unimpressed with the program and they way they did clinicals, etc. Those students are at a

  23. Greatest Nursing Item You Ever Bought

    marilynmom replied to Sponkie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here is what I love: Shoes: danskos all the way. My feet and my back don't hurt anymore--at all! Supplies: I picked up a $8 stethoscope holder that clips to my waistband so now I don't have my heavy...

  24. How Flexible Was Your Nursing School???

    marilynmom replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think nursing school was that bad. Some of the classes you didn't want to miss and some you could just show up for tests. Clinicals we could miss one day a semester. I had 2 young girls...

  25. ECMO in the PICU or peds cardiac ICU

    marilynmom replied to CANewRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I work in the PICU and we have ECMO on our unit, both types (cardiac/lungs and cardiac). Our PICU is a cardiac and a "regular"