MECO28 BSN, RN

MECO28 has 14 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Float Pool-Med-Surg, Telemetry, IMCU.

Latest Activity

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   Radonda Vaught Trial

   MECO28 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

   This whole case is horrible. I cannot wrap my brain around how many things you’d have to overlook to make this error. Did she look at the bottle at all? It’s marked as plain as day. And even...
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   Nursing Smells You Love?

   MECO28 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   All of you are freaks. Ok...fine. The med room fridges and Flonase.
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   Useless Shift Report Information

   MECO28 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   I’m a float nurse who was being floated to another unit for my last four hours of work and I got stuck giving report to the most crabby, burned-out nurse ever. The ENTIRE report was punctuated by...
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   Clinical Experience with "Clog Zapper" for G-J Tubes?

   MECO28 replied to cal06484's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Clog zapper smells disgusting and it doesn’t work. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been sprayed in the face with it; it smells like vomit! Coke works so much better...although it’s...
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   How NOT to Write an Incident Report

   MECO28 replied to CloverPark's topic in Nursing Humor

   Oh man. That beats the note I saw that described in graphic detail, a patient’s abdominal pain d/t constipation, the bowel regimen given, and ended with this gem: “Patient felt better after having...
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   What's the most desperate thing you've ever done to advocate for your patient?

   MECO28 replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   If I'm ever dying, please steal my dog and bring him to me. So
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   What's the most desperate thing you've ever done to advocate for your patient?

   MECO28 replied to MECO28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   When I left the patient was up and walking and seemed a bit better. But I'll probably never know the outcome since I'm a float
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   What's the most desperate thing you've ever done to advocate for your patient?

   MECO28 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   OK, this should be fun! Mine happened this weekend. I had a colorectal surgery patient who, while stable was not looking especially good. The patient's abdomen was getting more distended, they...
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   Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

   MECO28 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Yeah, well, I started out young and thin but 4 years of nursing school, 3 years of being an NAC, and 6 years of being a nurse have taken a toll on me. I've gained twenty pounds, have a bad back and...
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    BSN is a joke

    MECO28 replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying higher education is useless, by the way. It's just that some programs really have very little to do with the reality of the job they're supposedly preparing us for. PS: APA can be...
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    BSN is a joke

    MECO28 replied to nurseguy22's topic in General Nursing

    My BSN program was not especially useful either. The community college I received my ADN from was way better than the highly-ranked, competitive university I earned my BSN from. Seriously, we spent...
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    One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

    MECO28 replied to BellaCat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't mind if people speak another language around me; it's not their fault that I grew up in an ethnocentric country where it isn't encouraged to be bilingual. This is maybe a little off-topic but...
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    Which is it? Coolest and most glamorous nursing jobs

    MECO28 replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    Float pool, baby! We swoop in and save the day! 😎 Also, flight nurses are pretty hot in those blue
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    Manager catch phrases

    MECO28 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has something called the "Five Bests" and periodically, administrators will corner us and ask if we know what the "Five Bests" are, generally while we are running around doing patient...
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    Inappropriate nurses?

    MECO28 replied to hgraves64's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Float nurse here to chime in. At my hospital and most others I know of, float staff are paid a differential because there are stresses involved with floating- needing a broad knowledge base and a...