marilynmom

marilynmom LPN, NP

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  1. Anyone been a new grad on a unit they've worked before?

    marilynmom replied to kityzkatz03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been experiencing the same thing and I don't even graduate until May. I work as a nurse tech in an ICU. I was talking to the charge nurse the other day and she told me my orientation would be...

  2. Is this decent experience??

    marilynmom posted a topic in Emergency

    Right now I am work in a high acuity PICU at a teaching hospital and by the time I graduate from nursing school in May I will have worked there for 1 year. I get to do a lot of skills such as...

  3. Norman Regional

    marilynmom replied to marilynmom's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Thanks for your response! I ran into an RN tonight at church and her and her RN hubby also said Norman Regional was a great place to work. What unit does your SIL work in? Could you ask her if she...

  4. Nurse partner ot OU Medical Center

    marilynmom replied to LV2BME's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I'm a Nurse Partner at OUMed and I love it! I work in an ICU and the experience is invaluable. I work with one RN usually...sometimes I will help all the RNs, just depends on what they need that...

  5. Flu after Immunization????

    marilynmom replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    NO vaccine is 100% effective and the flu vaccine, in many studies, has been shown in certain populations to be very INeffective. There is a lot of controversy about how effective it really is. I have...

  6. Croc's

    marilynmom replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I hate Croc's!! I have tripped in them at work and don't even find them very comfortable. I have PF as

  7. New grad on orientation, but want to switch already -- how does it work?

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

    Thanks for your post. I will be graduating in May (go me!) and I work as a nurse tech in a large PICU. I love my job but wonder sometimes as a new grad if I'm going to just be wayyy over my head? I...

  8. Paramedic on Medical Surgical Units outside of just the ER

    marilynmom replied to ParamedicGuy's topic in General Nursing

    It must depend on the state because the RNs where I work do EJ and lower extremity sticks all the time in my ICU and ER. We are a level one trauma center so that may make a difference as to what our...

  9. Sobering first day on the job.....

    marilynmom replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    It is hard. I work in a large PICU and we have children who die/code/etc almost every day. I will always remember the first baby I saw who died and holding her limp body in my hands washing her. I...

  10. Does GPA Matter?

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

    It can matter. It just depends on the hospital. Not every hospital or unit has a nursing shortage---especially some of the more popular areas to work (ICU, L&D, etc). If they need people though...

  11. PCA or Nurse Extern....my search begins.

    marilynmom replied to DAMomma's topic in General Students

    I would go with the Extern

  12. VICP 5/26/06 ruling: Hep B can cause MS and compensation awarded (decision inside)

    marilynmom posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    http://www.ccandh.com/decisions/werderitsh_5-26-06.pdf Though some of you would be interested in this. It concerns an RN and the HepB vaccine and

  13. Retire by 30, thanks nursing!

    marilynmom replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP: I say go for it! I think it is wonderful you are thinking about and investing in your future. Gosh, even if you can't retire by 30 just think of all the money you will have saved! I...

  14. What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    marilynmom replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Emergency crews were not able to get to a lot of people or houses because of how bad this particular storm was just FYI--we had live downed power lines EVERYWHERE and that is one of the major...

  15. What ice storm? Get yourself to work!!

    marilynmom replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Oklahoma City where I was without power or heat or much food for close to 5 days because of this ice storm--I still have friends who are going without heat or power for 6 days now--it's...

  16. Oscillator Vent

    marilynmom replied to JazzyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks so much VentJock! I'm printing that off to keep it with me to refer

  17. If I hate being an CNA, will I hate nursing?

    marilynmom replied to emily84's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked as a CNA and I hated every SECOND of it! I even worked in a really nice place and hated it (med surg type floors). I just don't like that type of job--it is just very physical work....

  18. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    marilynmom replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Man, nursing is hard ass work. If it didn't pay decent there is no way I would do it. Nursing is a JOB, it is not some special mystical calling--that makes me so sick when I hear that actually. I...

  19. Oscillator Vent

    marilynmom replied to JazzyRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Good thread! I have a question--is the oscillator pediatric/neonate specific? I've never seen or hear about it on the adult floors. If it is ped

  20. do you really need to start out as a cna?

    marilynmom replied to ACorvette76's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    It *really* depends on where you work as a CNA. I work for a large hospital as a CNA and hated every second of it and didn't learn much nursing because what a CNA does and what a RN does is so vastly...

  21. Platt RN's?

    marilynmom replied to rwick78's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Sorry, but I would stay away from Platt. I have known way to many people who have graduated from their RN and LPN program and wouldn't recommend it to anyways. I'm not trying to busy anyone bubble but...

  22. Four years for an associates?

    marilynmom replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority of my classmates in my BSN program get their degree within 4 years, or 4.5 at the most. My school puts out it's stats every year or so and the majority of students actually do get...

  23. Four years for an associates?

    marilynmom replied to Annieee's topic in General Nursing

    I think you should get your BSN. When I went to the CC I paid about $1500 a semester. I'm now about to graduate from my state university with a BSN and my tuition has been $1800 a semester. Books at...

  24. Organizational Skills-Nursing Clinical

    marilynmom replied to NICUSurvivor's topic in Nursing Career

    How long have you been doing clinicals there? For me it takes a couple days to totally feel oriented to the unit and really get a hand of where things are on the flowsheets and how they chart,...

  25. What's your favorite area of nursing and why?

    marilynmom replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    PICU I love that I have to use my brain! I also love the kids and the families. I like really understanding the pathophysiology of a disease,