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  1. Is the a free 12 Lead EKG online?

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hear me out. I recall reading about someone who learned how to build a windmill from a Youtube video and with scraps and determination, brought electricity to his home in Africa (William Kamkwamba on...

  2. Is the a free 12 Lead EKG online?

    mikeworksRN replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    How to read, yes, I'm looking at how to do. Run the test equipment, where to place the leads,

  3. The Above and Beyond question in an interview

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Every time I'm interviewed for a new job they hit me with the tired cliched phrase "tell me how you've gone above and beyond." I do have an answer but it's so "above and beyond" that it may be too...

  4. The Above and Beyond question in an interview

    mikeworksRN replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    Boundaries may be exactly the thing. Without outing myself I'll say it was a difficult discharge of a very anxious patient that the CM gave a line of BS to so she could leave for the weekend, leaving...

  5. Ageism

    mikeworksRN replied to selebra's topic in Private Duty

    Family choice, and as we all know, patients and families make ridiculous requests all the time. Your recourse is to accept these people are going to say silly, annoying, and outright insulting things...

  6. Rejected by Patient

    mikeworksRN replied to AlmostThere19's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with the other posters- don't waste any more energy on this- we've all been fired for nothing at some time, also, get a penlight for night shift work. I always used a little mag light from...

  7. Memphis RN wears violently racist t-shirt to polling place when voting on Tuesday

    mikeworksRN replied to klone's topic in Nursing News

    Agree with the post by Kooky Korky. This is the era when Big Brother became a stark reality. Stupid shirt, yes. But this individual has a right to his own opinions no matter if the general populace or...

  8. If you're in this situation, would you call back your interviewer? Please read :(

    mikeworksRN replied to willowRN's topic in General Nursing

    If I interviewed you and you told me you were going to work 2 FT jobs, I wouldn't hire you. Most of the people I have hired can't handle 2 part time jobs. They either can't keep the days straight and...

  9. Who is going to wait on me????

    mikeworksRN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    PWT = Poor White

  10. instructor says nursing is not for me..

    mikeworksRN replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

    I'm not reading these long posts but I'll respond to the headline. My nursing instructor said nursing was not for me, as well. Then I became a nurse. A good one. One who patients liked. Now, years...

  11. Temperature of 91 for a Medsurg floor?

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I had to place a patient from the ER with a low blood sugar, hypothermic with a temperature of 91 to a medsurg tele floor. I gave the nurse a Bair Hugger, however, the nurse didn't want to...

  12. How do you keep your back healthy and safe?

    mikeworksRN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I came to say exactly what the OP already said. 3 days a week I lift weights, and 2-3 days I do 20 minutes of yoga, and I watch the body mechanics, and I'm old, and I have never had a back problem....

  13. If the wound was amputated, is it still infected?

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    MRSA of the wound, the leg was amputated, so is the patient still in isolation? The wound is not there anymore. I'm pondering over

  14. How do you cope with work and co-workers:(

    mikeworksRN replied to lifein08's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I didn't want to quote the whole thing. But I do need to save this reply, print it, and post it on my bulletin board. I work the floor. This is exactly what it's like. Damn it I think I love

  15. Night Shift Nursing

    mikeworksRN replied to mooremds's topic in Health, Stress Management

  16. Night Shift Nursing

    mikeworksRN replied to mooremds's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've worked many years on both shifts and I'm noticed some simple things. -They only come out at night. Some of the weirdest ones stay up all night. And I mean creepy weird. -Day shift people are the...

  17. Blood on my hands

    mikeworksRN replied to M.Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, first thing: You are so many kinds of AWESOME I don't even know where to begin. You were calm, you knew what to do and you handled the situation. In the future when you become the awesome nurse...

  18. Kindly disspell these rumors about Kaiser

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in California Nursing

    I have heard, that if you work for Kaiser for 5 years, you will get free insurance for life. true? Or rumor? Also, I have heard about their 8 and 12 hour shifts. And, if you are on 12 hour shifts,...

  19. Kindly disspell these rumors about Kaiser

    mikeworksRN replied to mikeworksRN's topic in California Nursing

    Hey thanks to all who posted. I can now move past the rumor. I think it all stemmed from the newbies that were hired long ago when we all graduated together, and I never found out any different. I...

  20. I love management!!.....not

    mikeworksRN replied to ooper3076's topic in General Nursing

    And that, my friends, is why they are short staffed. Hospitals do it to

  21. Why does ICU want to refuse the patient all the time?

    mikeworksRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay I'm on a tele unit and the MD orders ICU. I notify the House and the manager of the Unit. Right away I get the manager wanting me to have the nurse call the doctor to see if she can put the...

  22. Have you ever been stood up for an interview?

    mikeworksRN replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    i have been stood up. i have been offered the job, went home, waited to be notified about the next step, then when i finally call there they tell me they decided to go with someone else. i have been...

  23. Patient smokers!!

    mikeworksRN replied to Lahryn04's topic in General Nursing

    Had a real problem with this at my ghetto hospital, patients loved to get a pain shot then go out to smoke. sometimes get high. There, we just put up with it. Here, at this hospital, we have a strict...

  24. Okay, why do ER nurses think they're so cool?

    mikeworksRN replied to gayle_the_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Running up to the room to check if I was telling the truth when I said it was dirty, is a good

  25. Nursing Tattoo

    mikeworksRN replied to jwilso19's topic in General Nursing

    "Tell me about that tattoo?" "I got it after nursing school. That is all" "Wow." I did, however, have a patient with the names of 5 or 6 men tatted on the insides of her thighs. She said during WW2 if...