meluhn

meluhn

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

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    How about coming to work completely wasted and slurring words?

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

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    OMG:eek: :sofahider:smackingf:smackingf:hdvwl: What

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

    meluhn replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Interesting point. This is why it takes all kinds of people to be nurses. I could never work with such a population because they would disgust me. I don't think you have to care deeply for your...

  4. Describe your worst...

    meluhn replied to student200977's topic in General Nursing

    Once when I was emptying a very full leg bag and not sure how to do it, the thing squirted all over me, soaking my pants, shirt and even my socks. Another time I had a patient with a code brown so...

  5. Interview

    meluhn replied to dinai's topic in General Nursing

    when i see a pt come in unable to even sit up, with a trach and a gtube and then by the time we are done with them they are walking, eating, talking etc. even less dramatic improvements make you feel...

  6. My pt accused my coworker of taking her Percocets! (long)

    meluhn replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    It is not so much the dose or the offering to give the oxy that raises a red flag to me, it is the giving the prn before it was due without being asked to give it. I think that is what the OP is...

  7. Scared to move for job..anyone done it?

    meluhn replied to NurseDevonL's topic in General Nursing

    If you dont do it you will always wonder. If you do it and hate it, you can always move back after a year of experience. I have to say I am a little bit jealous, I have always wanted to do travel...

  8. Changing needles for injections...

    meluhn replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    Yes this is true. If you try drawing up sq heparin with a 25gauge, you will be there all day. Draw it up with an 18, bigger lumen = faster flow, and switch to the

  9. My pt accused my coworker of taking her Percocets! (long)

    meluhn replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I will give the nurse the benefit of the doubt but this does sound suspicious. Why would she take it upon herself to give the percocet and give it too early. Our pixis has a screen that pops up if...

  10. Autonomy and Informed Consents

    meluhn replied to rncee's topic in General Nursing

    It is medically indicated to treat pneumonia, that is a comfort issue. She may still die of cancer but at least she won't suffer respiratory distress for weeks or days until she does. We never get...

  11. Awful PCA situation

    meluhn replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    You made some very good points. Lee sounds troubled but not totally incompetent and unable to make decisions. Unless he was actively suicidal, they could not remove him from his own home against his...

  12. Considering Practical Nursing Clinical Instructor Position

    meluhn replied to chaiteaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I taught in a pn program for about three months. I had a very bad experience but I think under the right circumstances it could be a nice job. I worked at one of those for profit technical schools...

  13. How many of you are on prescription drugs for anxiety, depression, mental health?

    meluhn replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of people went on meds during the last couple of semesters. It brings you to the brink and then just before you go over the edge, you graduate. Hang in there. I personally didn't go on meds...

  14. Nursing and Asperger's Syndrome

    meluhn replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would be very difficult but not impossible. Maybe she could work in a more technical area of nursing where people skills are not totally crucial like the or or pacu. People with Aspergers...

  15. Am I a backstabber or just a concerned co-worker?

    meluhn replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No offense but it has been my experience that only insecure nurses try to make themselves look better by pointing out the inferiority of others. I am not saying she is not a loser but I am saying it...

  16. Would you have given the meds??

    meluhn replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

  17. Would you have given the meds??

    meluhn replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

    Correction: After reading more of the thread, I realize that the night nurse did not page the MD, so I would have let him know about the bs of 39, but still, I would not have expected him to hold the...

  18. Would you have given the meds??

    meluhn replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

    The night nurse did page the MD, this nurse gave the meds at 0800. If the MD wanted to hold the meds and insulin, he should have given that order when the nurse called him at 0600. I dont see...

  19. Adult NP waste of time?!?!

    meluhn replied to IMABSNRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I work with an adult NP. She is fabulous and makes great money. We work at an inpatient rehab facility and she is the MDs "right hand man". An adult NP is definitely not useless. Beside the only...

  20. Dealing with difficult people

    meluhn replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly, just relax and nice them to death. This is much easier to do over the phone than it is in person. Just dont allow yourself to become emotionally involved.:argue: It does a couple of things....

  21. Please HELP advise on which is the best RN-MSN program?

    meluhn replied to veeka25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I wish someone would answer this post because I am wondering the same thing. I have a bsn and I applied to rutgers but then heard some horror stories about the NP program that are really making me...

  22. Guilty

    meluhn replied to savasas's topic in General Nursing

    I had a similar situation with a female pt. I was transferring her and her foley tubing got caught on her wheelchair and came out. It was 15 years ago and I still squirm in my seat every time I...

  23. Am I a backstabber or just a concerned co-worker?

    meluhn replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would just leave it alone. How do you know they hired her b/c she had add? Maybe she interviews well and they would have hired her anyway. If she is as bad as you say, she will be found out in...

  24. Anyone going baby friendly?

    meluhn replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It sounds like you got alot of misinformation. Your doctor that prescribed the meds for flu obviously was not thorough enough because he should have known you were breastfeeding, the fact that he did...

  25. Interview questions for Rancho Los Amigos Rehab center

    meluhn replied to stan47's topic in Rehabilitation

    You might want to ask about the neuro assessment tool that is named after their place. http://www.neuroskills.com/rancho.shtml When I saw the title of this thread it rang a bell because this was...