MollyJ

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  1. Need help with new baylor/weekend incentive policy

    MollyJ replied to KCLum's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I worked in two different hospitals who had two different approaches to holidays. One hospital: You hired into a position that was designated as an A or B holiday schedule. One year you had one set...

  2. First Job in ER, advice welcome

    MollyJ replied to Y2KRN's topic in Emergency

    Yes, to the arrythmia class. When cardiacs do weird things, you've got to know your basics and the hallmarks of each arrythmia. Abberancy can change rules. Take a TNCC prep class after about 6...

  3. Anyone ever had a kidney stone?? Yowzer!

    MollyJ replied to hoolahan's topic in General Nursing

    I had patients who had had both tell me stones were worse than labor. In the ED's I worked, we prioritized kidney stone patients as very urgent (only superseded by unstable cardiacs and traumas and...

  4. Micro. paper Any ideas?

    MollyJ replied to ForensxRN2b's topic in General Students

    Antibiotic resistance is a huge topic Read Laurie Garrett's _The Coming Plague_ for a multiplicity of ideas. Why do we have MDR-TB, MRSA etc? You can read about emerging infections, also in the...

  5. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    When we have had the pain "first person" in our lives and we see pain in others lives, we are changed and we know the gravity of what we are seeing. I don't necessarily think there is any "getting...

  6. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    When we have had the pain "first person" in our lives and we see pain in others lives, we are changed and we know the gravity of what we are seeing. I don't necessarily think there is any "getting...

  7. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    Bessie, you have gotten to the heart of what makes nursing so hard sometimes. Every time I have started a new clinical endeavour and didn't yet have my "calluses" in place, I was struck with...

  8. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    Bessie, you have gotten to the heart of what makes nursing so hard sometimes. Every time I have started a new clinical endeavour and didn't yet have my "calluses" in place, I was struck with...

  9. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    If I didn't have "fun" at my job, I would never work there. However, in nursing, fun is a by-product rather than the main, sought intent. I have fun with the students I work with, the staff I get to...

  10. Any FUN nursing Jobs?

    MollyJ replied to Bessie's topic in General Nursing

    If I didn't have "fun" at my job, I would never work there. However, in nursing, fun is a by-product rather than the main, sought intent. I have fun with the students I work with, the staff I get to...

  11. vents on peds med/surg unit. HELP

    MollyJ replied to janetrn's topic in Pediatric

    I am a former peds tech dependent case manager. I cannot think of a time when my vent or bi-pap dependent kids DIDN'T go to the ICU or to the regular peds unit on "ICU status" (in hospitals that...

  12. Will I ever catch on

    MollyJ replied to wmf's topic in Case Management

    Be patient with yourself. Case Management takes a while to find the shortest line between two points and at first it truly does take longer to do things because you're still learning. Eventually you...

  13. Use of Nola Pender's model in practice

    MollyJ replied to bmaury's topic in School

    I started with Pender late in grad school but have since gravitated toward Prochaska and Diclemente's model of behavior change (called The Transtheoretical Approach to the Process of Change) because...

  14. AllnursesWAR.com

    MollyJ replied to StudentSarah's topic in General Nursing

    I was working with some students at one of my schools on the topic of anger management and we were talking about the reasons people give angry responses. The resource I was using suggested that...

  15. AllnursesWAR.com

    MollyJ replied to StudentSarah's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a little discouraged with this board, too, because so many questions turn in to opportunities to openly bash others. In my time, I've met lazy older nurses, bright eager new grads, wise "senior"...

  16. Poor Organizational Skills in Clinical??!!!

    MollyJ replied to lauraw's topic in General Students

    Your teacher is talking about times when she sees you perform, so maybe she's talking about dressing changes, med administration, assessments. You can think of other times, too. In nursing, we get...

  17. Need advice and encouragement

    MollyJ replied to DougRN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the weeks before graduation as a time of renewed fears and doubts about my career choice, my skills, just everything. I think it comes because you are in your leadership rotation and you...

  18. scared and alone...need advice...please

    MollyJ replied to sammy26's topic in General Nursing

    1. Get a lawyer. If you have a malpractice carrier, contact them immediately to report the incident and ask them for assistance to find a lawyer with experience in this realm. Or use the contact...

  19. What should I do? (very long)

    MollyJ replied to MetsDallas's topic in General Nursing

    I'd stay with the higher pay and shorter hours, too. Often schools offer some sort of catastrophic care insurance policy that you could buy during school. If you have dependents, you could look at...

  20. Malpractice Insurance

    MollyJ replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I carry malpractice to the max available. It is relatively cheap at $140.00/year in my state. I personally hope to keep throwing this money down the drain til I retire, since I have never used it...

  21. Can Someone Let Me Interview them about the Qualities of Being a Nurse???

    MollyJ replied to JillyJ's topic in General Nursing

    You'll find people willing to participate but what do you want them to do? Contact you via email? Respond to a set of questions you post on the board? Let the board know how we can best help

  22. Is fighting professional

    MollyJ replied to kjmta57's topic in General Nursing

    Great posts from many concerned nurses AND I agree with you Fergus. You can disagree with the ideas without name calling, profanity or rudeness to the person. I tell many of the kids I work with...

  23. MSN for Non-nurses, your opinion...

    MollyJ replied to patty26's topic in General Nursing

    I have a MFT (marriage and family therapist) friend who contemplated in a playful way going to PA school so that she could prescribe anti-depressants. I was stunned. Why would you do a lot of things...

  24. 1 yr. of prerequisites before I can get into nursing program

    MollyJ replied to Gisele's topic in General Nursing

    If you look around you may well be able to find a program that will admit you and let your take your pre-reqs at the same time as core nursing classes. As previous posters have said, it's a long haul...

  25. Scared of hurting someone!!

    MollyJ replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    We do our best, each and every day. Yet we may error because we are human, we are overwhelmed, we are distracted. Then we must do the hardest thing: to forgive ourselves. Forgive us our...