FNimuaeMae

FNimuaeMae

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  1. starting salary for new icu nurses?

    FNimuaeMae replied to bk2va03's topic in MICU, SICU

    Where I work they start new grads at

  2. How about this for an order?

    FNimuaeMae replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Ativan for pain...not good thing! Ativan for nausea... can be good thing when nothing else is working. Ativan for someone in DT's... VERY GOOD THING! Had a guy recently on an ativan drip... 24 mg/...

  3. How about this for an order?

    FNimuaeMae replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Ativan for pain...not good thing! Ativan for nausea... can be good thing when nothing else is working. Ativan for someone in DT's... VERY GOOD THING! Had a guy recently on an ativan drip... 24 mg/...

  4. Snow emergency excuse?

    FNimuaeMae replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in General Nursing

    Never had any problems getting to work, when I lived one mile away, or 8 miles away or the 30 minutes plus that I have now. When I lived in Massachusetts, if you couldn't get to work with your own...

  5. Dating Patients

    FNimuaeMae replied to bobnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My last semester of nursing school I was dating a coworker who was also a CNA at the nursing home we worked at. All well and good til I passed boards and start working there as an RN and was...

  6. 38 too old for school?

    FNimuaeMae replied to akanarn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    One of my coworkers has finally gone back to school at my urging and she is working on her 3rd semester of prereqs part time and she is 48. One of the guys in my ADN class was 54 when we all...

  7. When do you call off work?

    FNimuaeMae replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Vomitting, diarrhea.... oh yeah, the potential for disaster will make me call out. Also usually if I have anything going on with my head where I can't think and function, no problem calling out......

  8. Shift v. Shift

    FNimuaeMae replied to JaneyW's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ya know, as a former nite shifter now doing 12 hour days... I hate it, but I guess I tolerate it. Its tough having to get up at the *** crack of dawn to get to work for 7am. Being on a more...

  9. night shift tips

    FNimuaeMae replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Tips to survive- 1. Don't drink coffee after 2 or 3 am, as the caffeine stays with you for like 6 or 7 hours afterwards. 2. Dark, heavy blackout shades for the windows. 3. A nice satin sleep mask....

  10. Rotating Shifts

    FNimuaeMae replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

    In my new job that I started in July, I asked for nite shift 7p-7a, but they told me they were actually well staffed on nites and needed people for the 7a-7p shifts. I got hired into a Day/nite...

  11. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Most everyone has been wonderful as far as working with, and they are good with questions. An excellent learning environment... :)

  12. OT - Lasik eye surgery

    FNimuaeMae replied to nurse2btracy's topic in New York Nursing

    I got my lasik done a little over 2 yrs ago in Montreal at a place called Clinique Laservue. Not cheap... about 3k, but my vision beforehand was SO BAD, I was like -10 or -11 in each eye (talk about...

  13. Practical jokes at work

    FNimuaeMae replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, while I was still a CNA at the nursing home, we had a patient who had a necrotic 2nd toe. You could see the bone at the base and everything, and it wiggled around in the joint, and was just...

  14. What stethoscope should i get???

    FNimuaeMae replied to James12345's topic in General Nursing

    Forgot about the engraving... I have my initials engraved on mine, which was something the company did that I got it from. It's barely a scratch and doesn't hurt the scope...

  15. What stethoscope should i get???

    FNimuaeMae replied to James12345's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have a Littmann classic SE....which is like the $60 or so value, and after the sprague style one I had in nursing school, its GREAT! I eventually want to upgrade to a nicer model as well...

  16. Getting thru the first year of ICU training

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Maybe its not nice to say, but working as a nurse, you will find it is always a little crisis or a bigger crisis right around the corner...seems the nature of the beast. But when you get more...

  17. Getting thru the first year of ICU training

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Hey GF! I know entirely what you are going through right now... I'm going through the same. And I feel out of my league even having been an RN for 5 years! I keep asking the people at work at what...

  18. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey, guys! How are the new jobs going?

  19. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I know I will be nervous as heck too on the 11th. Badge photos always look horrible. So did you dress up professionally when you went in for your physical? I have mine on Wednesday too... But I...

  20. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey ladies, I'm getting nervous about starting... Wednesday is my physical, then its a week from this MONDAY til we all start orientation...whoo hoo!!! Pokey, have you taken boards yet? You will do...

  21. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey ladies, I'm getting nervous about starting... Wednesday is my physical, then its a week from this MONDAY til we all start orientation...whoo hoo!!! Pokey, have you taken boards yet? You will do...

  22. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey, it's nice to know I can look for 2 people from online in orientation...makes me feel better. Where are you going to work there, Tara?

  23. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hey, lady, you will be fine.... honest. I just wanted to get mine done as fast as possible...I ended up cramming for my NCLEX-RN, never took a review course and when I was doing it I just kept...

  24. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    FNimuaeMae replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    I am an RN, and somewhere I heard that if you are going to school to become a CNM, you have to do lady partsl exams on your classmates. Now if this is true (and I am not even an OB RN), boy that...

  25. Hospital of Saint Rapheal--Anyone?

    FNimuaeMae replied to pokey sn's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Cya at orientation!!:balloons: