MelEpiRN

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1. Radiation Exposure

   MelEpiRN replied to Helen_'s topic in General Nursing

   OK...but does it emit more radiation while warming up than a patient gets during a CT scan? We scan people all day every day. They don't all get

2. Working off the clock

   MelEpiRN replied to Rn2bmomta's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah....not HR, but I think the difference is if you are exempt or not. If you're hourly, you have to be paid for time worked. I wouldn't know about termination, but you could very well get...

3. Neurosurgery Floor?

   MelEpiRN replied to 1234cc00's topic in General Nursing

   As you said, every hospital is different. I worked neurosurg/ ortho at one place and the only neurosurgery we ever got was elective spine surgery. Some people needed more help ambulating, bathing,...

4. Freaking out over possible needlestick

   MelEpiRN replied to Nancy Kay's topic in General Nursing

   What are your facility needlestick policies? Is there employee health you can report to? It's OK to go see them. But it sounds like you're

5. Holidays

   MelEpiRN replied to upstatejj's topic in General Nursing

   yes, it has always come out of my

6. Staff development and infection control

   MelEpiRN replied to nurse_2024's topic in General Nursing

   Join your local APIC group to network with other infection preventionists. They'll help you learn the rules, provide education resources,

7. Looking for Housing Near Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC

   MelEpiRN replied to tin-tin's topic in General Nursing

   There's multiple condo/ apts close by on Main st/ Hillsborough Rd within walking distance/ shuttle route. Can't speak to price/ availability

8. Is this legal?

   MelEpiRN replied to PeachyQueen's topic in General Nursing

   if you're hourly, make sure they're paying you for

9. Signs of hospital closing?

   MelEpiRN replied to slauren's topic in General Nursing

   warntracker.com I don't know if hospitals are exempt from this, but businesses with a certain amount of employees are supposed to file a notice if they're doing a mass layoff 60 days before it...

10. Patho Paper

    MelEpiRN replied to TaMecca Jones's topic in General Students

    Maybe narrow it down a bit? There are different types of strokes, you can focus on ischemic (the most common) or hemorrhagic or specifically subarachnoid. You can easily get 5 pages out of stroke, but...

11. Is social media clamping down on alternative healthcare ideas?

    MelEpiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    mmc51264- I think the poster is referring to certain medications used to treat autoimmune diseases (eg methotrexate) can be used as abortives and therefore it's getting hard to get methotrexate due to...

12. I feel stuck in my nursing career!

    MelEpiRN replied to Civatreb's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really have any advice other than the CM I usually have worked with are often understaffed and seem to be "pulled in 10 different directions". It's just 10 different directions than bedside...

13. Do grades really matter in nursing school?

    MelEpiRN replied to Jessica1077's topic in General Nursing

    When it came time for senior placements for whatever they called it...like a 2 week internship in various clinical settings...your GPA determined what place in line you got to choose your clinical. So...

14. "Discrepancies" In Epic Documentation

    MelEpiRN replied to Faithx14's topic in General Nursing

    are you saying they were pulled and not given under your

15. ETOHer...(and other slang)

    MelEpiRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the term 'expired'. Food expires. I prefer to use 'celestial discharge'.