Merlyn

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  1. Written up.

    Merlyn replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    It is a threat. You are still working there. Just do your best. All of us nurse have been threaten it goes with the territory. Gets worst there are thing that you can do. But for now do your best...

  2. Don't know if I should take this job....

    Merlyn replied to missie1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It sounds like you can do for a while until something better come along. If you want the job your family will have to put on hold for a while. All nurse have to do it once in awhile. Just tell your...

  3. I'm scared

    Merlyn replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    Frist off, don't confuse the TV with real Nursing, not every nurse is not hopping into be with other nurses or doctors. Second you are not even there yet, It may be easier that you think. have you...

  4. Scared of losing my licence...

    Merlyn replied to Maine's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    You need to talk to a lawyer. If what you say is true, just about the false vitals is kind of against the law. If you have proof of the one woman rumor mill. That is another offence if false that can...

  5. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Merlyn replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No, it's not weird. As W. C. Fields said when asked,"Bill do you liked children?" He said," Depends how they're

  6. Angina-first intervention

    Merlyn replied to monica1matos's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was taught in a hospital that was just for heart and lung , if it is the first time that they have chest pain, 30 cc of Mylanta. It Gas pain can feel like angina. I know I'm recovering from triple...

  7. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Merlyn replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank

  8. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    Merlyn replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This rant is going to be a bad one, because I am sick and tired of students in a nursing school calling themselves Nurses. You are students. You are not a nurse until you pass the boards. No matter...

  9. Remember why you became a nurse...

    Merlyn replied to 2bNurseynursenurse1's topic in General Nursing

    My father wanted me to be an actor. He hit the ceiling when I said that I'm going to be a nurse. I come from a long, long (Dating back to the 16th century) line of stone masons. He said,"What! You...

  10. Should I do anything about being yelled at?

    Merlyn replied to kw11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Go to your supervisor or manager. You will get yelled at in you career. Sad fact of the business. One family got me firer from a hospital. They wanted me to do private duty for their father when I had...

  11. Remember why you became a nurse...

    Merlyn replied to 2bNurseynursenurse1's topic in General Nursing

    My mommy said be a nurses. I was studying acting in the late early Seventies. At one local audition the director said if you study hard the next time you come here it will be for a part on Broadway....

  12. New Nurse Blues

    Merlyn replied to Ashlee-SN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to nursing. Love post like this. Nurses becoming

  13. Sorry Nurse Recruiters/Nurse Managers!

    Merlyn replied to Isitpossible's topic in Nurse Management

    But there are other agencies that

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Merlyn replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    i was working the 11-7 shift as a charge nurse in a nursing home. there was a patient named "sam". sam had come to the home after a mugger had attacked him with a tire iron. the doctors had saved...

  15. New Nurse Blues

    Merlyn replied to Ashlee-SN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is normal and it will get better the longer you

  16. Dear Pysch Nurses

    Merlyn replied to Crazed's topic in Psychiatric

    Because the normal people fear us. Like I said in my first post they think there is something wrong with us and they are right there is - it is called compassion. So much compassion that we are...

  17. Which Branch of service to join?

    Merlyn replied to friendlylark's topic in Government, Military

    They description I gave was my experience. I was at a headquarters base in Security. It was totally different then the healthcare field. To us it was harder than boot camp and it was during the...

  18. Nursing as second career...ADN or BSN?

    Merlyn replied to Respol's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You never know who will except you and who wouldn't. I would go for the BSN myself. Although I was told when I was on unemployment in Jersey that they would pay for me to get an ADN. Me, like the...

  19. Hourly Rounding

    Merlyn replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was a patient not too long ago. The thought of someone coming around every hour and say do you need anything would ware my nerves down to nothing. They said at the beginning of the shift after the...

  20. Remember why you became a nurse...

    Merlyn replied to 2bNurseynursenurse1's topic in General Nursing

    We never stop thinking of the patients in that bed or of the other that someday you might take the reads,"...and dedicate myself to those placed within my care." We, that walk the halls as nurses,...

  21. bsn...Excited, but now starting to feel depress...

    Merlyn replied to ertlbsn's topic in General Nursing

    First, get your BSN, then pass the NCLEX, then worry. The market may change by the time that you do all of these

  22. Dear Pysch Nurses

    Merlyn replied to Crazed's topic in Psychiatric

    Because the normal people think that there is something wrong with you or else you would work in a real hospital. Some other nurses think that it is easy, and you really don't work because you don't...

  23. Is this normal?? =/

    Merlyn replied to MaryDeeLVN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    keep running that play till you get it right! And win one, just one for the

  24. Which Branch of service to join?

    Merlyn replied to friendlylark's topic in Government, Military

    I was in the Air force, but not for nursing. I can tell you that there are pros and cons with the service. The big advantage is that you will be on the cutting edge of medicine. You will work with...

  25. Can knowing an RN/LPN on a floor help get you a job?

    Merlyn replied to mell260's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It can't hurt. Providing you have all the other