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  1. charge pay

    mrscoozy replied to suhlir's topic in General Nursing

    No extra pay...no assignment...25 beds...MedSurg but also must help in OB, ER, and wherever else there is a crisis. Lots of responsibility for no extra

  2. gifts

    mrscoozy replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    We would get fired for accepting a gift over $3.00. We had a patient bring in about 30-40 books one time for a few specific departments, and the hospital had their lawyer "look in to it" and see if...

  3. Need Tips or Tricks on Remembering IV Stop Times

    mrscoozy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone can help me and my fellow nurses on how we can remember to chart our stop times for fluids and ATB. We have a new computer system and there are so many stop times getting...

  4. Changing shifts

    mrscoozy replied to ksc0723's topic in General Nursing

    Rotating shifts is tough. I did it for over 2 years. I work 12's so it was 7a-7p and 7p-7a and it was all over the place. Even having to switch during the same week. I now work straight NOC because...

  5. Abdominal Pain

    mrscoozy replied to rnez67's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How about Fear...R/T hospitalization....most kids are scared to be in the

  6. Don't know what to do......

    mrscoozy replied to Leddle's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well I am an RN of 2.5 yrs with no previous medical experience, and where I work the EMT's basically do the same thing as the ER nurses....besides going out in the ambulance....triage pts, take...

  7. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    mrscoozy replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    metoprolol, lasix, omeprazole, synthroid,

  8. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    mrscoozy replied to happyinillinois's topic in General Nursing

    I get called a lot too...have overtime almost every week. But when they called the other morning at 10:30 after I had worked 3 12hr nite shifts...one nite off...then 3 more....I was sooo mad they...

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

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

    No I am not going to massage your inner thighs.....You ******* Pervert! And would you please, for the hundredth time, keep your gown down. Trust me...your little sausage does nothing for me or the...

  10. What do you have to wear???

    mrscoozy replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    We USED to be able to wear whatever we wanted, but as of Jan 1st now we are color-coded. RN's navy and white...CNA's burgandy...Lab hunter green...Respiratory tan...and so on. We are a small rural...

  11. Any Prison Nurses???

    mrscoozy posted a topic in General Nursing

    i would love some feedback from any rn's who work in a prison....likes and

  12. Got a call for interview, but had applied 8 months back

    mrscoozy replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

    i just interviewed today for a job i applied for 2 yrs ago...called me out of the blue on monday. i am currently employed and wasn't really looking to change jobs. now i'm confused of what to do if...

  13. What's your favorite computer charting program?

    mrscoozy replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    well i am hoping the computer charting will be user friendly and less time consuming than the paper charting. i have worked with computer charting at other facilities that were a nightmare...so i...

  14. What's your favorite computer charting program?

    mrscoozy replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    my facility is still living in the stone age....paper charting! can you believe it? although we are moving to a new facility in the near future with actual computers. 21st century here we

  15. Huuuge tax refund...bye NS debt!

    mrscoozy replied to RN2B123's topic in General Nursing

    well between the 2 i have to pay in about $1200....and i have 3 kids. sometimes that makes me want to quit my job so i can get $thousands$ of dollars of everyone else's money. but i'm not bitter or...

  16. switching to 3rd shift

    mrscoozy replied to 1stTimeNurse's topic in General Nursing

    i switch back and forth from days to nights. now that's tough! it doesn't even switch from week to week...i am usually scheduled days and nights in the same week.:sstrs: i have survived this for...

  17. Is This Possible??

    mrscoozy posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i worked the night shift last night and one of my pts was a forty something female...hx of htn, new onset iddm, obestiy, and all sorts of other problems. anyway when i weighed her in the morning...

  18. Is This Possible??

    mrscoozy replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    Lol...I understand the confusion. We weigh out pts in their bed...so yes it was the same scale and the 4 previous days she had been there her wt was documented at around 27 lbs lighter. I even...

  19. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    mrscoozy replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    i remember one pg comment from a patient who actually complained about "people coming in all the time asking me if i needed anything". you just can't

  20. preowned books

    mrscoozy replied to bml941's topic in General Nursing

    Amazon.com

  21. Dear Nurse, What would you like to see from us Student Nurses????

    mrscoozy replied to MCNS2B's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't turn off the IV pump because it is beeping and annoying you, and then not tell me. That's very bad. Oh and please don't be snotty and act like you know everything...that's not the way to...

  22. Question about raises

    mrscoozy posted a topic in General Nursing

    i started my first job as an rn about 8 months ago, so of course i started at the entry level wage. well july 1st they increased that entry level wage by $1.11/hr. so now the new batch of new grads...

  23. Question about raises

    mrscoozy replied to mrscoozy's topic in General Nursing

    There are other hospitals in the area that are not matching retirement also, and their employees had to take a pay CUT! Plus with almost all the hospitals being on a hiring freeze I guess they can...

  24. Survey oriented

    mrscoozy replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes my hospital is totally all about the surveys, and usually all we hear about is the bad ones and never what a great job we are doing. It's very annoying...I can't help that some other nurse had a...

  25. I'm a newbie...nurses input, please!!!!

    mrscoozy replied to Miss91's topic in General Nursing

    i am 37 and i've been working as an rn for 5 months now. i worked in the food service industry for many years when i decided to go back to school, i didn't want to work there forever either. i also...