mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. Part time Nurse?

    mustlovepoodles replied to Jeffreyj's topic in General Nursing

    When I first got out of school I worked only full time for several years. It really laid the foundation of my nursing knowledge and I'm glad I did it that way. Then when I had my first child I went to...

  2. Handwashing and Dry Skin

    mustlovepoodles replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I can't use antibacterial soap at all and neither can my kids. If I have no other choice, my hands will be cracked and bleeding within 6 hours, and sometimes leads to a pretty bad eczema breakout. I...

  3. Old Wives Tale or Nursing Intervention?

    mustlovepoodles replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago when I worked post-partum we used to pass our "Prune Juice Cocktails" like it was crack cocaine. In a cup warm 1/2 cup prune juice and 1/2 cup orange juice(with pulp, preferrably.) Give the...

  4. How long have you seen codes last?

    mustlovepoodles replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, that really

  5. FMLA

    mustlovepoodles replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    I think you can get it if you qualify and if you can find a doctor willing to say you can't work. I did. Of course, I had to get so mentally ill that I could hardly take care of myself and spent 8...

  6. How hard is it generally to switch from one shift to another, say from eves to days?

    mustlovepoodles replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    At my last hospital the only way you could get on day shift was if someone keeled over dead. I don't mean to dishearten you, but I worked 25 years of nights. Now i'm a school nurse. The pay sucks, but...

  7. One Doctor's debt, a cautionary tale

    mustlovepoodles replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I feel bad for anyone who has gotten themselves deep into debt, but I don't feel sorry for them. Unless they're in debt due to catastrophic illness or natural disaster, it's an emergency of their own...

  8. Enteric Outbreak!

    mustlovepoodles replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh man, that sounds like a day from H-E-L-L Makes me queasy just reading

  9. How long have you seen codes last?

    mustlovepoodles replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think by "calling a code", she means "Calling the end of the code". The longest code I every participated in was about an hour. It was a child who had come in with flu-like symptoms on Friday,went...

  10. cognitivly impared patients

    mustlovepoodles replied to michelle_d's topic in General Nursing

    I understand. I was just like you when I started. I was so afraid to talk to patients that I would have panic attacks and throw up. I had to lean my head on the cool tile in the bathroom and try to...

  11. Scared

    mustlovepoodles replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps as a volunteer you might want to refrain from scratching their backs. Some children can interpret this the wrong way, even though it feels good. I have a 14yo severely mentally handicapped son...

  12. What do your students call you!

    mustlovepoodles replied to nuwbee25's topic in School

    Since I have a 10-letter Greek last name, I go by an easy shortened version. And because I live in the Deep South they all preface that with Miz. So I'm "Miz D___". Except when I'm Hey,

  13. Scape Goat

    mustlovepoodles replied to busy-bee's topic in General Nursing

    Do not put anything in writing. THey do not have the legal right to force you into making the complaint and they won't hesitate to crucify you if you

  14. New to nursing, advice?

    mustlovepoodles replied to sajaminneapolis's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I think that's a great idea! I would totally hire an all-female work team to work in my house when my hubby's not home. There is a small company near me called Computer Chicks, run by two...

  15. Feeling Frustrated with New RN Job

    mustlovepoodles replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. I worked in a 40-bed NICU that was like this. 50% of the staff had gotten their ASNs at the same little podunk college in town and had never lived anywhere else, so they thought they were the...

  16. Keeping experienced nurses at the bedside

    mustlovepoodles replied to sassyrn333's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know. Before I left to be a school nurse, I was doing telephone triage for a large Children's hospital, something I was particularly good at. We had to complete 7 calls per hour, which is a...

  17. New to nursing, advice?

    mustlovepoodles replied to sajaminneapolis's topic in General Nursing

    That's up to you. The economy is recovering and I believe that hospitals will start hiring again. It's a cycle that has happened before. When I graduated in 1977 the economy was awful. Mortgage rates...

  18. Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    mustlovepoodles replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a hospital once where you couldn't move to another unit until your old job was filled. One of the nurses in oncology had been offered a job in OB/GYN but her manager on Onc held her so...

  19. I feel stupid

    mustlovepoodles replied to bandmja's topic in General Nursing

    Hah! That's what 8 weeks of inpatient treatment will get

  20. School Nurse Opening

    mustlovepoodles replied to mia98's topic in School

    I faxed my resume. Just be sure you have the actual name of the person who needs to see it. In my case, it was the dept secretary and she hand-delivered it to the right person. I got the job, so I...

  21. Ridiculous request

    mustlovepoodles replied to Flare's topic in School

    Mine either. I can hand them a wipe and tell them to do their best. If it's so bad that a wipe won't fix it, then I call parents and they can deal with it. I'm not wiping anybody's butt. If they go...

  22. Career path for working with adolescents - sex ed, drug prevention, depression, etc.

    mustlovepoodles replied to BetterSafe's topic in School

    Either Public Health or Psychiatric nursing would probably fit the

  23. Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    mustlovepoodles replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    You can do that. BUt I'd ask if they plan to talk to the manager directly or just HR. If it's HR, I'd encourage them to

  24. Should I tell my manager I applied at another facility?

    mustlovepoodles replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    Usually when they check references they just talk HR. They are very limited in what they can say, mostly they just confirm dates of employment. Do not tell your boss until you have a firm offer and a...

  25. New to nursing, advice?

    mustlovepoodles replied to sajaminneapolis's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a stretch to say that hospitals are turning people away due to the lack of nurses. If they are lacking nurses it's because they've instituted a hiring freeze not because there are no...