BayMae10

BayMae10

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  1. just to add a little bit of what i have seen, its not been uncommon for me to "pray" with a family. i feel that as giving the best care i can if the patient or the family expresses a need to pray...
  2. what other degrees do you have outside of RN

    I have a masters in theater arts and toured for a few years as a dancer....but i fell in love and got married so had to get a real.....fell into nursing and love
  3. tattoos in the workplace

    i have tats and piercings and i think it makes me no less of a good nurse and you know what it has never been an issue and sometimes pt's even comment on them and how nice there are, kinda a cool ice...
  4. TV in the ED

    Just my in-put...love the tv's in the ed..makes a world of difference to the Pt's. As a Pt I love it
  5. Accident Scenes: Do You Always Offer Assistance?

    I just wanted to add that i heard the same thing...NO MORE MOUTH TO MOUTH!!! they say that just doing the compressions will circulate enough blood to help! kinda cool if you ask me it does end up...
  6. Resignation

    by labor law, you only have to give a notice as long as your pay period...so if you get payed bi weekly then 2 weeks if you get payed weekly then you can give a one week.....after you give your...
  7. Question about nursing shoes

    I am going to second that have a few pairs Professional Berki's a a pair and Dansko's, and love them very much!!!!!!!
  8. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    OK maybe i am way off here, but what about MA's they work in the same capacity as a nurse....in an office! before becoming a nurse thats what i did as well as working for a lab.....my role in the...
  9. Religion's Place in Nursing

    Ok two things my mommy told me never to talk about, religion and poliltics, and guess what i am doing..... Some of the statements by people on here have bothered me, i am and stronge believe....
  10. Bathing a 7 y/o

    Something got my attention during this one......remarried wife doesnt bath her he still does..... as a step mother my step girls dont let me bath them or help the get their close together cause i am...
  11. Neglect...LPN was fired, RN was not

    the hospital i used to work at did team nursing and it worked for the day shift, but at night it was hard cause if you had a about 7 pts then if you both tied up with one the others would be left...
  12. Post-Mortem Care

    I have always sent the body in the hospital gown. i think, what would i want done for my family members, throw that hospital policy crap out the window, these where and are real people that deserve...
  13. Medics in the ER

    we used them in one of the er's i worked in a job ago and the did just want they could do in the field, push some meds and lines and all that other stuff...they used them to help the nursing...
  14. Im So Sick Of Hearing...

    i have come and go to tell ya the truth.....i was teachin pre school at one point. i have worked as a medical tech in the lab, that was my first callin while going back to nursing school....and right...
  15. Ghostly experiences??

    Ok mines not thats scary, but we had the death room too as we like to called it....small room, very nice,on the end of a unit i worked on....well we had his guy he was about 50 and had throat cancer....
  16. Night Shift Eating Habits

    I have no excuse i ate bad and ate all the time.....the night shift was the snake shift....the only thing i had going for me was that i work out all the time.........big health nut! good luck there...
  17. bad pap

    Hey just a little fyi i have been down the same road as you....need someone to talk to.... a LEEP is not that bad. have had many of them, just feels like really bad craps. you will have some...
  18. Why Is There A Shortage?

    just to add another point to this conversation. my mother has also been a nurse for many years...she said she feels, when ask once for and interview, yes all those things are true, over worked...
  19. what are you doing with violence in ed?

    Where in Maine.....???? I have worked and lived in the area for all my life...i guess i am just
  20. LPN in the ER/ED

    yeah to hear such good stuff coming out....from techs to cna's t lpn's to rad tech and the housekeeping staff...etc etc etc...you NEED EVERYONE to make a good ED
  21. What did SANTA bring YOU this year????

    well this was the last year in the house i grew up in, moms putting it on the market....it was just so nice to have all the friends and family around for the holidays..... now next year on to new...
  22. Help!! Anxiety!!

    I just wanted to say that i feel ya, i was in much of a same situation, a boss that was out to get me because of fear from her job. she was making many mistakes....she went right to human resourse...
  23. patients smoking

    this has always been a big deal at any of the hospitals i have worked at, so places let ya...the bigger inner city ones, and then so don't.....i feel like saying ok we all know the risks and what is...