MJB2010

MJB2010

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  1. Maybe bedside nursing isn't for me

    MJB2010 replied to stewiegriffin's topic in Nursing Career

    Have you considered dialysis? Chronic Hemo gives you more routine, but you still need good assesment skills and there are codes occasionally. Those are the exception though. I like the routine of it,...

  2. Surviving the effects of shift work... How do you do it?

    MJB2010 replied to M_Andrews's topic in General Nursing

    I worked rotating shifts, I did weekend nights and a week day. So like tues 7a-7p, then sat and sun 7p -7a. I could never sleep and I was a walking disaster. I rear ended a state trooper on my way...

  3. Dialysis for New Grad

    MJB2010 replied to Cougarstheta's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am a recent grad (June 2010) and I started off on a Med Surg floor. I HATED it. I worked nights, we were constantly understaffed and spread too thin. I constantly worried I would kill someone or...

  4. 2 1/2 year commitment to your hiring unit??

    MJB2010 replied to LisaFis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My advice is always this: Hope for the best, but plan for the worst. Hopefully you will love it there and want to stay forever. However if the worst were to happen, it was not a good fit or you didn't...

  5. Whose medication error is it?

    MJB2010 replied to o0nurse0o's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The person who sent the wrong MAR made a clerical error, not a med error. I am not familiar with the process at the ER but seems like a long list of possibilities on who should be held accountable,...

  6. Dialysis training question...why different location?

    MJB2010 replied to Lucky724's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Send me a private message, for some reason I can't send you one. I know we work for the same company I suspect we might be in the same state. Let's

  7. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    MJB2010 replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    I am a confident person but was also a fairly new nurse which made it impossible to be confident all the time. Being new means you do need help sometimes. That being said bullying can happen to...

  8. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    MJB2010 replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    Who wrote it? I tried to google there are a lot of similar

  9. Steve

    MJB2010 replied to Steve1967's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    We do all labs pre dialyisis. We do also do a monthly pre and post dialysis BUN to see how clean the blood is getting. But regular monthly and weekly labs are drawn after they are stuck, but before...

  10. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    MJB2010 replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    Love your crab analogie. lol. Spot on. Haha. Now when I call them crabby it will have a whole new

  11. Any recommendations?

    MJB2010 replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in General Nursing

    I like Sketcher Shape Ups they make work ones with no slip bottoms. They are super

  12. Dialysis training question...why different location?

    MJB2010 replied to Lucky724's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    They did it to me too. I had to travel to another state to train and it cost me a ton of money. They said they would reimburse me mileage but only ended up covering a tiny percentage of what I...

  13. Steve

    MJB2010 replied to Steve1967's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    What type of labs are you drawing? A post Bun or some other type of

  14. Can a new grad negotiate union pay?

    MJB2010 replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a nonunion place (it was not a nice place to work) and they hired new grads anywhere from 18-22. I negotiated to 24. We all got 10+ patients on a med surg floor. Felt bad for those who got...

  15. Does bullying really go on in Nursing?

    MJB2010 replied to R_Clemens's topic in General Nursing

    It is 100%

  16. What's the longest time that passed before hearing back that you got the job?

    MJB2010 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Almost a month. And of course I waited and waited since I really wanted the job, but was then offered another less desireable job and took it thinking I was never going to hear back. I tried calling...

  17. What's the issue with med surg?

    MJB2010 replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    This is so true! I got used to working with our regular CNAs who would argue, complain, and dissapear. Found 2 hanging out in an empty patient room one sleeping the other watching tv. Reported it,...

  18. What's the issue with med surg?

    MJB2010 replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    That used to be true. Now with 10+ patients it is scaring off the new grads and burning them out. You really can't take "good" care of your patients with that many.Instead of learning a good...

  19. New Grad Dialysis?

    MJB2010 posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    HI there, just wondering if any of you are new grads hired directly into Dialysis, I ahve some questions! I did an Externship on an Ortho/Neuro floor, and still work there Per Diem so I do have some...

  20. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you what facility I never want to end up in. Each time I call I get someone new. No one ever stays on there more than a few weeks. We do write it up, but nothing ever gets accomplished just...

  21. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a big case of "the grass is greener " syndrome. The day shift nurses think the night shift doesn't do anything, the floor nurse thinks radiology has it made, and apparently everyone...

  22. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Tried asking them to send supplies, they won't do it. Tried asking them to stop using the dialysis access for labs, they can't seem to do that either. Asked them to keep the catheter dressing clean...

  23. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I would never leave a patient sitting like that. And I agree with you completely. Saftey is the priority (not necessarily the task) and I don't even feel like we have enough staff for that most days....

  24. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I must mention when I started working in dialysis, having come from a hosptial, I was horrified by the fact that we send them back. You should try to shadow a day there is a lot more too it than you...

  25. "We don't clean patients, we are a procedural area"

    MJB2010 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Actually as a Dialysis Nurse I can tell you in our facility we do not have the staff nor supplies to clean a patient. We have no wipes, no gowns, no briefs, no shower, nothing! We our told by our...