mad-mary

mad-mary has 10 years experience and specializes in CVIC, ortho surgery.

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1. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

   mad-mary replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   Geographic location - NE Indiana Pay rate - $21.60 In which area / specialty do you work? - ortho surgery What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? - RN What type of degree and/or certification do...

2. Being assertive

   mad-mary replied to cuteinpinkNS's topic in General Nursing

   I am not the greatest at this myself but I definitely pick my battles. There is a fine line between assertiveness and cranky (b....y). Try to place yourself in the other person's position and be kind...

3. Medical Terminology in Nursing...

   mad-mary replied to studiousme's topic in General Nursing

   Learning medical terminology helps you chart values, locations, and descriptions more precisely. It also helps you communicate your assessment findings in a manner that can be understood by those who...

4. Per Diem Nurses?

   mad-mary replied to JoeDEDRN's topic in Emergency

   $52/hr? $40/hr? Wow! I make $18.80/hr as an RN in the ICU and the PACU. What state do you work

5. About to graduate and very nervous!

   mad-mary replied to levans121687's topic in General Nursing

   You are not going to like what I am about to say ..... as a new graduate beginning work I felt like i didn't learn anything in nursing school. In truth, school only provides you with a foundation to...

6. Question about post CVA and blood pressure

   mad-mary replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

   When admitting a new patient to the unit, I take a blood pressure in each arm. If both pressures are close then it probably would not matter which arm is used. Does anyone else have a better

7. Uninterrupted breaks

   mad-mary replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

   I would really like to take a thirty minute break away but would like to be able to chart while I eat. I wish there was a computer or two in the break

8. Cannulation Blood in the Flashback Chamber

   mad-mary replied to Carol Mary's topic in General Nursing

   If there was another way to know, visualizing the blood would not be necessary, and possibly less disturbing to the

9. Q -resume how much past work exp if this is 2nd career

   mad-mary replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

   How about stating how many years at a position rather than listing the

10. Nursing is not recession proof

    mad-mary replied to Bluekitteh's topic in General Nursing

    On the unit where I work I have seen a few nurses increase their pointage due to a spouse loosing a job. I can see how this would have an effect on new positions not coming

11. ACLS certification

    mad-mary replied to jwconn1104's topic in General Nursing

    While in nursing school I took a job as a tech on an ICU unit. They paid for (and paid me while I attended) a basic EKG class. After graduation they sent me to ACLS. It worked out well for me. I can't...

12. Was told this career isn't right for me....

    mad-mary replied to Crystal112's topic in Nursing Career

    I was never told I was not cut out to be a nurse but many openly questioned my choice to enter nursing school, my mother, sister, and clinical instructor included. I graduated with honors two years...

13. How are you paid for On Call/Call Back?

    mad-mary replied to Sertoli11's topic in General Nursing

    We no longer receive any on-call pay and always work for regular rate unless we are over 40 hours per week, no matter what. This has all changed in the last 6 months. Between that and the increase in...

14. why two sets of clamps on chest tube?

    mad-mary replied to F.E.R.N.'s topic in Emergency

    The system we use only has the clamp on the device side. I will usually clamp the patient side as well as this seems like the most important side, especially when the purpose of the tube is to...