MelissaPhoographerRN

MelissaPhoographerRN specializes in critical care, telemetry, ER.

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1. Atlanta area nurses...I need to vent!!

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to TeeTee,RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

   Congrats!! And residency is NOT the only way to get a job as a new grad. I wasn't in Atlanta straight out of school, but I did not go through a residency program to get my first job on a telemetry...

2. Talk to me about HH Nursing

   MelissaPhoographerRN posted a topic in Home Health

   I am currently looking for a new nursing job. I have experience on a telemetry floor (also had a lot of post surgery/med surge type patients). And ER experience. I had never thought about HH, but...

3. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Nurse Management

   Yeah, I was put in charge on a very busy tele floor less than 6 months after graduating and even less time since out of orientation. Usually it was only in the evenings after the charge...

4. Atlanta DeKalb Women's Center L&D Residency???

   MelissaPhoographerRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hey Ladies!! I'm just wondering if any of you are familiar with DeKalb Medical Center's new women's center here in Atlanta?? I was just on their site and saw that they have a nurse residency program...

5. what do you do about phone calls if you could come to work extra on your day off

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to olli975's topic in General Nursing

   Yep, I don't answer and then listen to the message to see what they want. For day shift it wasn't as big of a deal. But no, I'm not coming in to work night shift when you call me last minute and...

6. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, if they do a great job, I thank them profusely. Unfortunatly for some reason we had a lot of techs who would disappear for oh hours at a time and nobody could find them. But yes, the ones who...

7. Please Help.............I Got My First Job!

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to 2008pn's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, the questions will come as you are oriented. one thing that pops in my head is to ask what kind of things come up that you don't see day to day and how do you deal with them? I haven't worked in...

8. Were there any nursing skills that you didn't get to do in nursing school?

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, sounds typical. I've been out of school for a little over a year and a half and I'm yet to have to do trach care on anyone. While you're in orientation you'll get to practice the procedures...

9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   You're 8 weeks pregnant and puked once today?? Ever heard of morning sickness? I actually said this to a patient after she asked me for phenergan and chips at the same time. Me: Um, I thought you...

10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You must work at my old hospital!!! Visitors brought in patients' dogs ALL OF THE TIME!!!! Nobody ever said anything to them. Now, I'm a dog lover and just dealt with it, I figured if management...

11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A few weeks ago I was really sick, on my second really bad cold in less than 3 weeks and on top of it pregnant, so not feeling so hot. I had been unable to get out of bed for about 4 days straight...

12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This was said by my mom who is the calmest, nicest nurse ever and i almost died. "Here is your call light. This red button is to call if you need something. Don't push it and we'll get along just...

13. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you actually think the Dr is going to write you a work excuse for the past three weeks when this is the first time you've been seen by a Dr and it's only to get the work excuse?? Really?...

14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When you get caught smoking in the public bathroom by the elevators by security and then an hour later get caught giving yourself pain meds out of your luggage and the house supervisor and security...

15. Fess Up! How much HSP stuff is in your drawer???

    MelissaPhoographerRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    our er didn't have prefilled seringes, so I would get home with bottles of saline, and alcohol wipes. I eventually got a little cute bag that I would put it all into before I left work and leave in...