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meluhn

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  1. Do you ever plan on leaving the bedside?

    meluhn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Soundofmusic, You put that so well, all management needs to read this. This is the problem with nursing everywhere. They have unrealistic expectations that we can never live up to because it is...

  2. help! a confused RN

    meluhn replied to noski's topic in Home Health

    I started in home health almost a year ago. For me it has been a catch22. I love the flexibility,hate the hours and hours of paperwork that I bring home everyday and really hate the low pay. But,...

  3. Jersey Shore Medical Center or Kimball Hospital

    meluhn replied to NJprettynewgrad_Rn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Congrats on landing a job in these tough times. I have worked for (and did my clinical at) both of the health systems that each of these hospitals are a part of. I generally found the health system...

  4. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    meluhn posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Did anyone hear about this nurse from NJ that is being indicted for killing a man by injecting him with a paralytic agent after he was extubated? As the story goes, the family had decided to take him...

  5. Obtaining Urine Sample in the Home

    meluhn replied to LuLu2008's topic in Home Health

    Recently I tried to straight cath an obese woman for ua/c&s and was unable to. I just gave the live-in a sterile cup and a peri wipe especially for clean catches and told her to do her best and...

  6. New Grad Home Health

    meluhn replied to kasendamiles86's topic in Home Health

    If you can tough it out for a year it will look better on your resume and you will def be prepared for home

  7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    meluhn replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    haha. it sounds stupid to me too but somewhere on one of these threads where the subject came up, someone proved that "orientate" was actually a legit word and not just someone pronouncing it

  8. Nurse Indicted in Toms River Man's Death

    meluhn replied to meluhn's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Me too. Im glad she got her license back but will she ever really want to work as a nurse again? I

  9. How does hourly vs per visit work out?

    meluhn replied to newtress's topic in Home Health

    I am full time. I do 6 visits/day & I make a little over $200/day. The per diem RN, doing the same 6 visits would make $50/visit = $300/day. But, I get PTO and I get the same if I do 4 visits...

  10. Wages after being in the field for a while

    meluhn replied to dinah77's topic in Home Health

    That is good for a new grad. Unfortunately, you will never get rich doing HHN (or any other kind of nsg) but it is my favorite kind of nursing so

  11. How well do you get along with your coworkers?

    meluhn replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Up until recently, I thought I had a stellar relationship with my coworkers but it seems that they are all a bunch of backstabbers after all. I am disappointed but I still need the job and so I carry...

  12. How long does it take to learn your job

    meluhn posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I just interviewed for a MDS coordinator position for a LTC facility and I was confident going in but was a little put off by the interview. The administrator, who seemed like a very nice older gent,...

  13. What do patients say that irks you?

    meluhn replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Eeow, Does that happen often? I would have to jump off the table and slap him, or if I was the nurse, a knee to the groin would be in order. That is so

  14. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    meluhn replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just a quick poop story... I was transfering a pt from toilet to wheelchair after they had a bm when my worst nightmare came true. They started to fall and I had no choice but to lower them to the...

  15. Need some feedback

    meluhn posted a topic in Home Health

    I just started in HH a few months ago and I am loving it. I just started case managing a case in which the pt is a 62 yo, lives alone in a 2nd story walk-up apartment and just had the whipple...

  16. Whats the worst that can happen?

    meluhn replied to melonbelly7's topic in Camp

    I did it one summer and the worst was one day a girl went into a severe asthma attack and had to take an ambulance ride to the hospital. The other major injury was a boy who broke his arm playing...

  17. pre-nursing mom of 3 needs advice

    meluhn replied to Lgoodson614's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I did an LPN program full time when my 1st one was an infant. I dont recommend it. I started doing prereqs for RN/ADN program when my little guy was 3 and in preschool. I would run to class for the 3...

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

    meluhn replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. This alone doesn't make someone a bad person or nurse. Sometimes I have a little bout of narcolepsy in the afternoon while charting. I chart on computers and sometimes I doze off for a minute...

  19. Too Smart for Rehab Nursing

    meluhn replied to Lola77's topic in Rehabilitation

    I have worked in both med/surg and acute rehab. You use alot of the same skills. Last week in acute rehab I was monitoring a heparin drip, drawing type&cross and hanging prbc and ffp. You do...

  20. Merit Technical Institute* NJ

    meluhn replied to LilyNurseG0al's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    thanks for the link. this is what i have been trying to tell people. these types of technical schools have thrived during this recession for these reasons. they admit anyone as long as they will...

  21. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    meluhn replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What? Nursing staff responsible for laundry? What kind of low budget operation is

  22. Any advice on how to deal with death and dying?

    meluhn posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hello hospice nurses. I am wondering if you could give me some practical advice. I am new to home care and in my previous work settings I did not have too much experience with death and dying. In...

  23. Any advice on how to deal with death and dying?

    meluhn replied to meluhn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks Tewdles, Examining my feelings about death is easy, I know it makes me extremely sad, keeping it seperate is the hard part. I know how much I miss my own mom, and she was older. I cant...

  24. Anyone do Home Health and work at hospital

    meluhn replied to NoeIssa's topic in Home Health

    I just started as a hh nurse ft and I work at the hospital 1day/week or so. I will stay there because I would miss it if I left but dont want to do it

  25. No She/he Did Not!!!

    meluhn replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    That is not only stupid but could be criminal. Maybe criminally stupid! What nursing school did he go to? That is sexual assault of a