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  1. Dayshifters - do you take a breakfast break as soon as you get to work?

    mkjh replied to Snugglibumkins's topic in General Nursing

    Good God, no! Where do people work where they can do this? I'm lucky if I can scarf some food before I pass out around 3pm. I haven't taken a real lunch break in the year I've been

  2. Dental surgery vs. Plastic surgery

    mkjh replied to jan-dez's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe that I'm the only one wondering if the plastics job would give me free/discounted plastic

  3. Is nursing a depressing job?

    mkjh replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    Being there for someone's death is as much of an honor as being there for someone's birth. It is very hard sometimes, and I have left work crying (I can ususally hold it together till I'm away from...

  4. Is it possible for a doctor to be as personal with patients as nurses are?

    mkjh replied to redeemed77's topic in General Nursing

    If I was doing it all over again, I'd just go to med

  5. For what can you lose your license?

    mkjh replied to psu_213's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If the threats during staff meetings are correct, then breathing wrong will make you loose

  6. In my ER, we're required to do preg tests before giving Toradol. Does anyone else do this?

    mkjh replied to ReWritten's topic in Emergency

    We do HCGs before Toradol. Rarely give it to women

  7. Which schedule would use choose?

    mkjh replied to Gratefulprn's topic in General Nursing

    #2 for me. I'd love to do outpatient

  8. Alaris pump: how does it actually only allow secondary line like meds to run?

    mkjh replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    Gravity. It would do it with or without a

  9. Interview Assignment Help! What does HCAP mean?

    mkjh replied to lululucy's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    http://www.hcahpsonline.org/home.aspx

  10. Can you be an er nurse with an assoc. Degree?

    mkjh replied to ksm84's topic in Emergency

    Yep you can. How about a nurse tech job in an

  11. 2 ICU Job offers...which is best for CRNA school admissions

    mkjh replied to sunny314's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Option 1. Day shift makes it. Plus, you want to go to CRNA school so you won't be there forever

  12. Job Predicament- Need Advice!

    mkjh replied to ernbot's topic in General Nursing

    I'd stay put. If you want to go back to NP school, then take this time to gain experience where you are, pay off your loans and save up some money for grad school (you won't be able to work full...

  13. Anything I can do in school to maximize ER hiring after graduation?

    mkjh replied to ERGirl83's topic in Emergency

    A job as an ER tech is your best bet. And use your husband...as proven by certain people I work with, it isn't what you know, but who you know! Does your husband know anyone that works in the

  14. What is your favorite specialty and why?

    mkjh replied to adoglover's topic in General Nursing

    I love women/children's health. I'm working er

  15. Have you ever

    mkjh replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. There are many people that can pass the NCLEX and get a licence, but that doesn't mean that they are good nurses. More like technicians who can pass a test and perform some

  16. Giving LDR nursing a bad name........

    mkjh replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    Please complain. I've seen so many bad nurses that are taking up space that others would happily fill and do such a much better job

  17. 5 new admissions...on my face!

    mkjh replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    I've been so sick since starting nights. It hasn't shown on my face, but I think it would be easy for it to do

  18. 2nd prolapsed cord in the past few months!

    mkjh replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Sucks for the pt to go through a version and still end up with a c/s b/c the doc insisted on doing the AROM. If I was the pt and really knew what had happend, I'd be ******. (I didn't SROM until...

  19. Ethical WWYD

    mkjh posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was hired for a department, oriented on one shift, and now moved to the shift I was hired for. The staff on this shift are much less professional that the one I oriented on. It feels like a...

  20. Ethical WWYD

    mkjh replied to mkjh's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  21. Baby Friendly Hospitals

    mkjh replied to RN Zeke's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What the heck are you trying to

  22. Be honest - Do you get excited about birth anymore?

    mkjh replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd say it's time for a

  23. Do you prefer 8 hour or 12 hour shifts?

    mkjh replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    12s are ok. In my perfect world, I'd work 9:30 to 2 (while my daughter is in school) and be off every weekend and holiday. (actually, in my perfect world, I wouldn't work, but

  24. why is LVN jobs is hard to find?

    mkjh replied to bverdevn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have someone review your resume and coverletters very

  25. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    mkjh replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, that sucks, but you probably drive to work on roads that are paid for by those taxes, are protected by cops and firefighters and military that are paid by those taxes, and most likely went to a...