mlvnurse03

mlvnurse03 has 5 years experience and specializes in Medical Office and Long term care.

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1. Office vs hospital??

   mlvnurse03 replied to NellieP73's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Don't forget about holidays. Working in an office has the perks of being closed for certain holidays. That's a plus for me. I want to be home with my kids on Christmas and other holidays. Being at...

2. Parents that make you go MMMMrgh!

   mlvnurse03 replied to danissa's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I'm a nurse who has been on both sides of the show. Although I have never worked in the NICU. I have had a baby in there for a few weeks. And I was amazed to just how many babies Never had a visitor....

3. new nursing student working in ped's office

   mlvnurse03 replied to twahls65's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   I work in a family practice office and we do school physicals and sports physicals all the time. We have never had a child undress unless it was due to a medical problem that needed to be looked at....

4. Any Anticoagulation Nurses out there????

   mlvnurse03 replied to OPCC's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Hey, I don't work in a Anticoag dept. but I do a lot of them in our family practice office. It must be kind of diff at times to figure out what to do with some patients. In the past our docs had a...

5. Please Help I Need Some Advice

   mlvnurse03 replied to newlvngrad's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Yes, the hosp I work for does ask you when you are available and call if someone calls in or asks you if you can take a shift. They require us to take at least one shift per month. It's a pretty...

6. Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

   mlvnurse03 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

   You did the right thing. This is a diff situation. But it is suppose to be for the Patient to decide if they need the med or not. Not at the nurse's choice. If a patient is in severe pain. He/she...

7. family thinks I'm MD

   mlvnurse03 replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

   This happens to me all the time. Either someone at church or a family member. But if I give advise it's like the question what I say. So I just tell them to call their doc or use something

8. Stopping smoking? What helps you

   mlvnurse03 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in Nurses Recovery

   I myself do not smoke. But many of our patients have quit using that new drug-Chantix. Maybe you should give this a

9. Office Nursing

   mlvnurse03 replied to DreamyEyes's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   I don't know if you are still interested but I love working in a Family Practice Office. We see all ages of patients. Young and old. We have awesome hours(8-5) and off weekends and holidays. Also...

10. will i be happy????

    mlvnurse03 replied to evecel's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work in a family practice office and I love it!! The nights I can be at home with my kids(8 and 1yr olds). Plus get nice perks like holdidays off and less stress. Also free lunches(drug reps),...

11. Please Help I Need Some Advice

    mlvnurse03 replied to newlvngrad's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    One of the cool things about being per diem nurse-is -you can tell them no if it going to be when you are out of the country. Now-some places require that you take at least a certain number of hours...

12. New Grad - Big Decision!

    mlvnurse03 replied to KrisssyKrisRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I would probably start out in the Telemetry unit. That is going to get you some great experience! Which maybe you will be able to get on days if an opening comes