meluhn

meluhn

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

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

    You fat, lazy, pathetic man. Why do your symptoms suddenly flare up when you have visitors? Why do you tell them that nobody is doing anything for you when most of my time has been spent running...

  2. Do you ever plan on leaving the bedside?

    meluhn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I second

  3. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering...How did the nurse break the patients

  4. Do you ever plan on leaving the bedside?

    meluhn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to but those positions seem to be few and far between. The thing is, nothing really appeals to me. I dont really think I want to teach, management does not appeal to me and clinic/office...

  5. Are JCAHO's pain reassessments doing your patients any good?

    meluhn replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the time frame is 60 minutes after a po med and 30 minutes after an IM, I dont know about iv. I dont get too crazy with it, I just give the pt what they want and if they dont complain again...

  6. Interview with a Nurse.

    meluhn replied to Randall Brodie's topic in General Nursing

    It helps alot because you learn what stage your pt is going through based on their age. For istance, you know that a young adult is in the intamacy vs isolation stage where they are primarily...

  7. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    meluhn replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, really helpful and you managed to get a dig in on renal nurses too:up:. It is nurses like you who run people out of the

  8. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    meluhn replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i just cant believe some of the unhelpful comments made on this thread. the man comes here for support, you dont even know him, and you are adding to his already injured self confidence. how can he...

  9. I stink so bad Mcallen, TX doesn't even want me.

    meluhn replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true and so annoying. Everyone has to start somewhere and lately, nobody will give anyone a chance! I think it is so egotistical for them to think that nobody could possibly do this job...

  10. Ever have a major crush on a doctor

    meluhn replied to ninaldunn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I hate to say this but he must be

  11. Advice for a New Grad RN After Quitting job/ Orientation after 5 & 1/2 months

    meluhn replied to DonovanRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Donovan, I am going to disagree with all the other posters and say leave the ICU off your resume. No matter what you say, the interviewer is going to read into it. Nine months is not long to be...

  12. Is it better to refuse job due to another job offer, or drama in work place?

    meluhn replied to cynthy's topic in General Nursing

    You lucked out! I wouldn't even give that place a second thought. Lots of people try something out and find out its not for them. Like another poster said, you dont have to put it on your resume....

  13. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - does it really help ??

    meluhn replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

    The controls could be a little more straight forward/simple. Have an on/off switch and a pressure button clearly

  14. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    meluhn replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    LOL This made me laugh. Martha Rogers was the unitary being thory, right? Boy some of them were so far out there that I started to wonder weather they wrote their theories during the sixties while...

  15. Is it ok to draw lab from a PIVC?

    meluhn replied to vpierre's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, if we have someone we know will be there a while and need long term iv therapy and they are a very difficult stick, we usually ask the doc to order a pic line. We draw most labs through...

  16. Having a hard time w/ the elderly lately

    meluhn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I personally find older folks easier to work with than pediatric patients. Sometime the family dynamics are really messed up and I tend to be a little too judgemental about that. Also, some...

  17. We are a small rural hospital looking at different EMR systems to initiate.

    meluhn replied to MelGW's topic in General Nursing

    I just have to tell you I love your avatar. LOL. I repeat Stuart Smallies mantra to myself quite

  18. Having a hard time w/ the elderly lately

    meluhn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    ISpeaking of underwear hanging out....I have on very good authority that for some reason that ignorant trend began in prisons and it is an indication that the person wearing the low hanging pants is...

  19. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy - does it really help ??

    meluhn replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

    It works amazingly well. The silver sponge kills pathogens while the suction wicks away all the exudate. You only change it every 3 days, its great. I used one on a big dehised abd wound and it was...

  20. Just hate those navy blue scrubs

    meluhn replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

    I am LOL because I have to wear the dreaded white scrubs at my facility. We all hate it alot. They get so dirty and grungy looking so fast. Not to mention that white adds 20 lbs. I actually...

  21. Having a hard time w/ the elderly lately

    meluhn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I think it may be many different things for different people and any combonation of things. As far as the lack of hygiene, that could be depression, inability to get in the shower or both. Maybe in...

  22. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah:That is so funny. On the rare occassion that I dont wear makeup, even if Im not sick, everyone asks me if I am feeling

  23. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Is there some new research that says we are not to disimpact people anymore? Please let me know as this comes up quite a bit where I

  24. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    May I ask where this hospital was

  25. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    What kind of person would do something like this? Clearly she was mentally unstable or