MECO28 BSN, RN

Float Pool-Med-Surg, Telemetry, IMCU

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    The CEO said WHAT!!!!

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

    That's like saying "My chocolate chip cookie would be better off without chocolate
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    Promised a return call re: interview in 7-10 days, its been 12...

    MECO28 replied to itri4vt's topic in General Nursing

    Feel your pain; I'm playing the post-phone interview waiting game too. Why is it that everyone in the world calls other than the HR person you're hoping for? And then suddenly it's Friday and you...
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    Phone Interview for ER residency...advice please!

    MECO28 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi All, I'm a soon-to-be new graduate of an ADN program and have my first (phone) interview for an ER residency position next week. I'm a bit nervous as this will be my first interview for a nursing...
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    Phone Interview for ER residency...advice please!

    MECO28 replied to MECO28's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for all of your helpful replies! I like the mirror idea and I will definately spend some time writing out some notes in case I get nervous and tongue-tied. And I will be holding my...
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    Did you get enough phlebotomy experience in your ADN program?

    MECO28 replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    My program doesn't cover it either. I asked the head of the program if there was any way we could incorporate it into our lab and she was receptive to the idea of doing a supplemental weekend lab to...
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    The chance they'll touch you is inversely proportionate to their hygiene level...

    MECO28 replied to ByTheLake's topic in Emergency

    A friend of mine posted this on facebook the other day: http://www.woosk.com/2010/12/maybe-you-touched-your-genitals-hand-sanitizer.html Perhaps we should all invest in a bottle!
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    Can A Nurse Lose Their Nursing License If They Tested Positive For HIV?

    MECO28 replied to MMA-N-Nursing's topic in General Nursing

    You just never know where your mind will go when working in close proximity to those "estrogen-filled CNAs and nurses"! FYI: the trajectory of those thoughts is a wee disturbing...just
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    Why do night shift nurses get paid more when day shift clearly does MORE work?

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

    I used to work five days a week, midnight-8:30 am. My days off were Monday and Tuesday so you can imagine what kind of social life I had. The stress on my body was nearly unbearable; I was sick 5...
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    To all the newbie ER nurses out there...

    MECO28 replied to shieldanvil81's topic in Emergency

    My vote is for "ERmanlyb*lls"! Congrats on your
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    Who Would Do It...Monitor Handwashing?

    MECO28 replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. While hand hygiene is doubtless important, the concept of being monitored while performing it is definately creepy. Some of the local hospitals here (thankfully not the one I work in) make staff...
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    You Arent Supposed To Hold A Newborn Baby If On Menstrual Cycle?

    MECO28 replied to starmickey03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is this limited to cucumbers only? What about squash? Beans?
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    MECO28 replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I get what you're saying but I can't help but wonder if the guy intended for it to come out the way it sounded. Man, if I had a quarter for every stupid thing I've said that sounded great while it was...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    MECO28 replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    eriksoln, I apologize; I totally paraphrased your CNA comment unfairly. Guess I'm just feeling touchy because I have a 5 page care plan due for clinical tomorrow and have to get up at 4:30 a.m. So...
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    Time to call a duck a duck?

    MECO28 replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If nursing isn't a profession, may I please stop taking my "Leadership in Nursing" class? Words like "metaparadigm", "transtheoretical", and "model" (when we aren't talking about Tyra Banks or...
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    My God, these family members!!

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

    I was working as a sitter a few weeks ago (which is often its own kind of hell) and a patient's son looked at my badge, looked at me, looked back at my badge and said "Have you put on a few pounds...
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    25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    MECO28 replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, some of these sound like the questions on the "Critical Thinking" ATI test that I had to take my first year of nursing school. I'm a little worried that one day my patient's life is going to be...
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    What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    MECO28 replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a nursing student and my classmate walked into post-conference today with a fistful of empty oxy blister packs and announced that his patient had taken all of them in a six hour period. (per...
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    New PCT offered a job at a large hospital for the night shift. Any advice??

    MECO28 replied to lala_bee's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Oh, and I like the surgical-telemetry unit.:redbeathe (I'm a float so I go all over). Some things to be familiar with are moving a person using sternal precautions (the patient hugs a pillow to their...
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    New PCT offered a job at a large hospital for the night shift. Any advice??

    MECO28 replied to lala_bee's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Hey there! First, congrats on getting offered a job in a hospital straight out of CNA school! I have been a CNA for two years, am in my second year of nursing school and have recently landed my first...
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    What to expect as a CNA in a hospital?

    MECO28 replied to PedsHopeful's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi Everyone I'm a second-year nursing student who just started working as a CNA in a hospital.I had worked as a home health aide for over a year and flattered myself that I had experience but working...