nursemike ASN, RN

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    Do you guys notice this kind of stuff....??

    nursemike replied to wje9516's topic in General Nursing

    I do have co-workers who have back trouble. One of their solutions is to call me (as a UAP, part of my job is to help with stuff like that). Good body mechanics can go a long way in preventing injury,...
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    Do you guys notice this kind of stuff....??

    nursemike replied to wje9516's topic in General Nursing

    I really, really have to go get ready for work, but a quick note: As a UAP, I often get called upon to lift, transfer pts to chair, and restrain combative patients. I'm sure I will as a nurse, too....
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    Do you guys notice this kind of stuff....??

    nursemike replied to wje9516's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a unit that has only been open 3-4 years, so we all remember the first male nurse we hired. A couple of aides have told me they didn't think much of male nurses, based on him. I can see...
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    What other careers did you consider before nursing?

    nursemike replied to SNURSEG_2B's topic in General Nursing

    I was a carpenter for many years. When I decided I wanted a steady, indoor job with benefits, I applied for a Facilities job at my hospital, but got interviewed for Nursing Services. It sounded...
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    Why do I feel so guilt-ridden?

    nursemike replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you're feeling better, huggietoes. I called in sick on my last day of orientation. I really hated to, since I had decided I was going to like my job, but I decided I didn't need a job that...
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    Why should i consider nursing?

    nursemike replied to donnajo10's topic in General Nursing

    Another thought: if you can find part-time work in healthcare, or volunteer at a hospital, you can see nurses in action and get a feel for dealing with patients. I wouldn't have dreamed of doing this...
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    Why should i consider nursing?

    nursemike replied to donnajo10's topic in General Nursing

    Practical considerations that attracted me to nursing: Earn a decent living working 3 days a week Can pretty much find a job anywhere in U.S. Expect to be able to do this is some form into my 60's...
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    Night Nurses-Pts think we sleep?

    nursemike replied to dosamigos76's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I'm saying. I don't start nights until I graduate, so I was kind of alarmed when I saw this thread about sleeping. If I wanted to sleep, I could stay home. Actually, I've done some...
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    Night Nurses-Pts think we sleep?

    nursemike replied to dosamigos76's topic in General Nursing

    It was my understanding when I applied for night shift that we would mainly be drinking and playing cards all
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    How much $ do RNs start out at?

    nursemike replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. By the way, you apparently overlooked mentioning your marital status. Or gender. But, I mean, hey, I can be
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    How much $ do RNs start out at?

    nursemike replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. I just put my bid in for a job next summer. 3x12, nighta and weekends. $19.24 + 4.00 for weekends. It isn't all about making a decent living working three nights a week, but that's a definite...
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    Finger Nail ripped clean off, question please.

    nursemike replied to studentNY's topic in General Nursing

    Took mine off with a hammer. Surprisingly, the skin underneath wasn't all that tender. Didn't do much treatment -- kept a band aid on it at first, and it grew back just fine. It was actually the third...
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    things I didn't learn in nursing school

    nursemike replied to mygirlsmom's topic in General Nursing

    As Sam Cooke might say (if he was a nurse): Don't know much about Anatomy Don't know much Physiology Don't know much about my Med-Surg book...
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    Woo-hoo!!!!!!!

    nursemike replied to emsboss's topic in General Nursing

    Woo-hoo, indeed! So, people really do graduate? I was thinking maybe it was all a dream... Good luck with your
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    Question about the use of restraints

    nursemike replied to LauraLou's topic in General Nursing

    If getting the AMA signed was the major issue, the patient was falsely arrested. Signing the paper doesn't determine competence. Stupidity is often fatal, but it's also an inalienable right. But...
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    Wll the semester is over

    nursemike replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

    I don't totally buy that C=RN deal, but I have learned that grades aren't everything. I was a lot more relaxed about it this fall than I was last spring, but wound up with three A's and a B both...
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    Does anyone else feel like this

    nursemike replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

    If, by some miracle, I happen to survive nursing school, and possibly even graduate, I'm going to take one solid week off and
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    Does anyone else feel like this

    nursemike replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

    22 weeks, and counting down. Looking back, it went by so fast; looking ahead, it's taking forever! Tests on renal and burns on Mon, Sociology on Tue, then four glorious weeks of nothing to do but...
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    Offended by Prayer

    nursemike replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    CCU NRS-- I don't know how I missed before that you work in a Catholic hospital, but that makes a little difference, to me. I would never object to people praying in a church. I would not object to...
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    Medical Programs for PDA

    nursemike replied to KVlivin4JC's topic in General Nursing

    A PDA drug guide is great to have when meds are added after you have pre-planned. I also like my PDA version of Taber's dictionary--sometimes it's just handier. Archimedes is occassionally handy for...
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    Offended by Prayer

    nursemike replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    Uh, "Something, something, quality health care, something something, yada, yada, yada..." It's secular, which is okay by me, and pure Adminspeak, which is unfortunate but sort of inevitable. I have...
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    Offended by Prayer

    nursemike replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    A little off-topic perhaps, but on the news this evening, there was a story of a town in Fla. which allows menorras (sp?) for Hannuka but not manger scenes for Christmas as part of its civic holiday...
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    Nurses Stabbing each other

    nursemike replied to RN1999's topic in General Nursing

    My NM takes a similar approach. One of her favorite questions is, "What can you do to improve this situation?"I generally appreciate this attitude, and recognize that her unwillingness to take at...
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    Offended by Prayer

    nursemike replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    In a darker vein, how's this:" I had one good patient, today, and then the morgue cart
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    Offended by Prayer

    nursemike replied to CCU NRS's topic in General Nursing

    I sometimes tell people I'm somewhere between a Taoist and a deist, which if funny, at least to me, if you say it out loud. Truthfully, though, I can get pretty Christian when things are bad, or in...