NurseMikki

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  1. Would you report possible diversion?

    NurseMikki replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You really are a unique little snowflake aren't

  2. Would you report possible diversion?

    NurseMikki replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I would, and have in the past. At the time I was mentioning some odd things to my charge whom I was friendly without about the new nurses taking extensively long breaks and returning acting odd....

  3. Should I leave this racist town?

    NurseMikki replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sadly, these things will occur. I've experienced it nursing in metropolitan cities. Some battles you don't have to show up for. There's no reason you can't start looking for your next position now....

  4. Remembering the First Black U.S. Army Nurse During Black History Month

    NurseMikki replied to TheCommuter's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you for sharing

  5. I Should Be in Jail

    NurseMikki replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I recall my Peds rotation being the one l got my best feedback in way back in nursing school. Stories like this are why l chose to work with the

  6. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    NurseMikki replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I

  7. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    NurseMikki replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    At a previous employer some years ago our nurse managers would make rounds on new admissions within their 1st 24 hours. Apparently my elderly pt was upset that I just so happened to be born Black and...

  8. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

    NurseMikki replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    This is nothing. A GI doc I used to work with saved his wife's hardware from when she shattered her ankle. Once her pins and screws were removed he had them dipped in resin and had them made into a...

  9. Mid-forties Nurse - Thinking about my future

    NurseMikki replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    So sorry Nurse

  10. Mid-forties Nurse - Thinking about my future

    NurseMikki replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    this explains a lot. The hospital system our doctors are associated with are still using Meditech. Us on the outpatient side switched to EPIC from Nextgen a year and a half ago. Boy to say its been a...

  11. Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    NurseMikki replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see anything wrong with asking this question. My friend who does home hospice has been asking this for years. When I still worked bedside it was a routine admission question right along with...

  12. Mid-forties Nurse - Thinking about my future

    NurseMikki replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    The position I was going to take would have been on the system wide team of 'experts' on Cerner. My current position uses EPIC which dare I say it? Is much easier and intuitive to

  13. Mid-forties Nurse - Thinking about my future

    NurseMikki replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    This is interesting Donnakhamm. When I was interviewing for my current Telephone Triage position I was also interviewing for a Clinical Informatics

  14. Just a regular ole nurse

    NurseMikki posted a topic in General Nursing

    Am I alone in my thinking that with my BSN, and 17 years of nursing throughout a couple of different sub-specialties that being a competent RN is enough? I enjoy being a nurse and after close to 20...

  15. Just a regular ole nurse

    NurseMikki replied to NurseMikki's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. Thank you Beentheredonethat. Believe me I see it for what it is, I was was trying to keep my post happy, happy, joy, joy for those not quite as jaded. I'm actually no longer doing bedside care,...

  16. Mid-forties Nurse - Thinking about my future

    NurseMikki replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Another option is telephone triage nursing. This is currently the role I'm in for a large IM group. It's never something I imagined I'd do, but it's afforded me the opportunity to take care of some...

  17. Odd interactions

    NurseMikki replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Years ago on nightshift l had a cute little Bil AKA lady that apparently sundowned. She used her bedside phone to xall the vols saying we were holding her against het will. The police HAD to come to...

  18. A little venting, from a new nurse

    NurseMikki replied to ladedah1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't claim to be a newbie anymore with nearly 20 years under my belt but you hit the nail on the head in the reality vs what you envision pre

  19. If you had a reset button, would you choose nursing again?

    NurseMikki replied to amazingme's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I have to say

  20. An Atheist Nurse in King James Hospital

    NurseMikki replied to EMSnurse411's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I refuse to fake my disbelief anymore. I spent the 1st half of my life being constantly disappointed by what I was being taught in church, Catholic High School and University top that off with my...

  21. Trasitional Skills

    NurseMikki posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for 15 yrs now, and I can honestly say I'm ready to leave the profession. I always chalked up my job disatissfaction to not having found my 'nitche'. But it finally hit me that the...

  22. And this is why I hate floating to stepdown...

    NurseMikki replied to calivianya's topic in Critical Care

    I no longer work in patient, but I worked Cardiac Stepdown for many years. What you described would have been reson for a write up and termination at my previous employers. I hope you addressed this...

  23. Proper undergarments under WHITE PANTS

    NurseMikki replied to Purple Lady's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    So glad you said this! As an African American nurse white underwear would be like a neon flashing light on my behind under white scrubs! I haven't owned white scrubs since nursing school. They are...

  24. Other Jobs That a Nurse Can Do?

    NurseMikki replied to westieluv's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been a nurse for literally over half of my working career, 15+ yrs. I just recently changed fields to telephone triage for a large internal medicine clinic. After the initial shock to my system,...

  25. Nurse in her 40's trying to work in Critical Care

    NurseMikki replied to telenurse2009's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I do believe this might be a regional problem. Where I live and work currently you have to not only have nursing experience, most ICUs want previous ICU experience as