mariedoreen

mariedoreen has 3 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

   mariedoreen replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

   I was a new nurse doing my initial assessment on a new post-op (man in his 40s). He's in bed surrounded by about 10 family members and friends and they've got the game on. He insists no one needs to...

2. Sick of NURSES who say they HATE NURSING!! Another Vent

   mariedoreen replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

   Some of us came to nursing as a second career... as a result we're well aware that there are careers that don't require us to tell ourselves to enjoy what we have and we didn't need to work on our...

3. Sick of NURSES who say they HATE NURSING!! Another Vent

   mariedoreen replied to SDA3694's topic in General Nursing

   I think there's a couple things going on here... 1) You are right that in this field there seems to be a substantially higher amount of people "complaining" about their work. I think, however,...

4. Do you know anyone who used Nursing as a stepping stone to something else?

   mariedoreen replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

   What a great thread, thanks for starting it. I'm working as an RN-ADN and want my bachelors. I've been looking at BSN programs... but the honest truth is I don't want to go that route... I want to...

5. Burned out at the bedside, thinking about advice nursing

   mariedoreen replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I love it. But like everything in nursing it depends on your personality and strengths. If you've been a NICU nurse for 19 years you have mad skills and you've had a lot of patient/family contact....

6. Is this true? Stopping to help at accident scene.

   mariedoreen replied to Shannon82's topic in General Nursing

   What's the first thing you're taught? Assess the scene. You do not go in if you do not feel safe. And you are not bound by law to do so. My personal feeling is that if the situation is safe and I...

7. Quitting 4 months into nursing?

   mariedoreen replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Nursing

   I found that out. The people I interviewed with didn't care that I'd been off the last 10 months, didn't care that I only had four months on med-surg. I had two offers the first week I...

8. Quitting 4 months into nursing?

   mariedoreen replied to mariedoreen's topic in General Nursing

   It's been about 2 years since I wrote this thread. Here's the update: I ended up quitting med-surg. We moved a few months later back to the area where we grew up and most all of our family still...

9. salary range 2007

   mariedoreen replied to cab6e3's topic in Telephone Triage

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10. Hood River Oregon

    mariedoreen replied to blueiwahine's topic in Oregon Nursing

    You don't want to commute to Portland on I-84 in the winter time... can be dangerous and you can count on it being closed at least once each year. Mid Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles is a great...

11. Anybody commute in "The Gorge"????

    mariedoreen replied to nedrager's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Head-on collisions are fairly impossible on I-84. East and West lanes are separated by concrete dividers. Am I reading your post

12. Anybody commute in "The Gorge"????

    mariedoreen replied to nedrager's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I lived in The Dalles for 11 years. I would not want to have to commute I-84 in the winter time. The concern is of course the ice, but the snow's no picnic either. You would have to worry about this...

13. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    mariedoreen replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't about the money for me. It was about too many patients and not enough support for a new grad. I would have happily taken less money per hour (blasphemy around here I know) for saner working...

14. Blood Transfusion

    mariedoreen replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    VS before starting infusion, run at reduced rate for 15 minutes, VS 15 minutes after infusion starts to assess for changes... if they're significant or if the patient develops sxs we disconnect the...

15. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    mariedoreen replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I understand. I recently left a job affecting me in much the same way, I was in therapy attempting to find ways to cope with the misery, contemplating medication because I had begun to have suicidal...