Merlyn

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  1. Can anybody share any first hand experience with being coded, on a vent, sedated, etc

    Merlyn replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    I had a triple by-pass in Feb of this year. I was sedated for 24 hours. I closed my eyes and open them again 24 hours later.It was as though I just nodded off for a minute. I woke up asked what time...

  2. Recommended Stethoscope for STUDENT!

    Merlyn replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Littman Classic. I had mine for 30 years and I worked from Med/Surg to Cardiac. Always go for the

  3. I've probably just lost it all....

    Merlyn replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    But my point is you are not even a nurse yet. Maybe by the time comes you are a RN- Well I'm sorry let me put it to you this way. First semester, you got a C and for a ADN you have three more...

  4. How many agencies do you belong to? How does working for diffident agencies work?

    Merlyn replied to 50kn's topic in Home Health

    You can join as many as you want but they agencies that I worked for didn't want you to work the same job for another agency. For example. If I worked for agency A at the Whoopee LTC. And agency B...

  5. i want to die i failed my cna exam

    Merlyn replied to yajaira21's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hey you don't need anyone to beat you, you're beating yourself up pretty well. So you fail the test, nothing to kill yourself over. Being a CNA is no prerequisite to being an RN or LPN or any other...

  6. ALL of this for nothing....

    Merlyn replied to FaithGurl93's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    First thing is to relax. You probably retained more than you think. The condition you have we all had one time or another. It's called the Jitters. It's cured by taking one thing at a time don't...

  7. I've probably just lost it all....

    Merlyn replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    One semester and you are worried that you wouldn't be able to be a NP, PA, CRNA? Are you interested in becoming a nurse or your grades? I never was asked by a patient what grades did I get in school,...

  8. Not sure if I am making the right decision?

    Merlyn replied to mybabies2000's topic in Nursing Career

    Who's life is it yours or theirs. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. After 11 years they should know that you don't have the passion now that you once did. You found out that there is a whole...

  9. Feeling depressed with new job as a nurse...

    Merlyn replied to Keri29's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have New Nurse blues. The only thing that will cure it is time. It is a slow process but you will notice a difference in about a year or so. But as soon as your obligation to the job is up look...

  10. "I DEMAND an antibiotic. I am the customer and I am paying your salary"

    Merlyn replied to Nascar nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just love the ones that say "I pay your salary" Because I just look at them and say, "I want a raise". But just document everything she said the way that she said it. Then put in your observations,...

  11. Ethical Dilemma

    Merlyn replied to mglick's topic in General Nursing

    She refuses the transfusion nothing anybody can do. It is her belief and her right. The baby is still not a separate human being. It is still attached to the mother. You can not say for sure that a...

  12. RNs being drafted during World War 3

    Merlyn replied to Laboratorian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    That is a bad thing about being in the service. You do not choose your wars, but wait I'm sorry today you can choose your wars. When one is on that you don't like you just don't join. The problem...

  13. My girlfriend is afraid that I might meet another girl in the nursing program...

    Merlyn replied to ThePhilster's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Tonight is the night that I put on big clown shoes and do The Forbidden Dance of the Irish Yak Herders. That's just plane crazy because there are no yaks in Ireland. I want my meds

  14. RNs being drafted during World War 3

    Merlyn replied to Laboratorian's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    WW III no need for nurses. After WWII they ask Albert Einstein if there would be a World War Three. He said "Yes, There will be a World War Three. It will be fought with Atomic Weapons and there will...

  15. Falsely accused of abuse

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

    If you haven't yet, get a lawyer for your own

  16. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    Merlyn replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    In Nursing you get little recognition as it is. Pinning Ceremony is something created to set you apart from accountants. At the Ceremony you swear before everyone that you devote yourself to those...

  17. My girlfriend is afraid that I might meet another girl in the nursing program...

    Merlyn replied to ThePhilster's topic in Male Nursing Students

    You would become insane like I

  18. My school just lost its accreditation!

    Merlyn replied to karma27's topic in LPN to RN

    It's hard to transfer but not impossible. Go for your

  19. My girlfriend is afraid that I might meet another girl in the nursing program...

    Merlyn replied to ThePhilster's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Back in the Dark Ages when I went to school, I didn't have a girlfriend. I was the only male in the school. My classmates were divided over,"Is he gay?" or "Keep away from my daughter!" As for being...

  20. 4th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    Merlyn replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    All I asked her was "How did your anger management class

  21. Things You Need To Know To Be A Nurse...

    Merlyn replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Of course here in the NEW Jersey, our politicians do

  22. Preceptor nightmare(vent but advice sought

    Merlyn replied to dhusc1228's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In the process but does not have her license yet. She is still an LPN. Better you are away from that Job. Here in the NEW Jersey, She wouldn't orient you if she had to leave. They would have had to...

  23. Where are all the young nurses?

    Merlyn replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals have to start investing in nurses right out of school. We old nurses can't run up and down the halls as fast as we did. How fast do you think this 64 year old can go? What's more the...

  24. Gossip in the work place!

    Merlyn replied to IdianaCNA1993's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    They are Uncircumcised Philistines. Don't give them the time of

  25. Silly random nursing thoughts, one sentence, NO JUDGMENTAL FOLKS ALLOWED

    Merlyn replied to wooh's topic in Nursing Humor

    A religious moment: From the Irish Book of The Half Dead "Better for a man to pour the Potcheen(Moonshine) down the throat of a whore then to spill it on the ground!"...