MomRN0913

MomRN0913

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  1. Dreaming about work?

    MomRN0913 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I dream of work all the time, and I haven been unemployed for about 2

  2. Helping pts cope with painful procedures

    MomRN0913 replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

    I had the most lovely man who had to get a bedside sternal biopsy. Just saying it makes me shiver. I didn't know if I was going to be able to handle it. I used distraction. I held his hand, I spoke...

  3. What do you think about the way Mr.BossMan has dealt with Charge nurse on my floor?

    MomRN0913 replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, I have an opposite opinion. I managed an LTACH where there were very few charge nurses. Enough to cover the 7 days of the week, but if someone called out, there was none. Then all hell would...

  4. Sports medicine nursing?

    MomRN0913 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to be the NJ Devils hockey team's private duty nurse.

  5. Sports medicine nursing?

    MomRN0913 replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious myself. In my unemployed state as a nurse, I have been back in the gym like an animal (my first attempt at college was exercise science) I was wondering myself if there was a way to...

  6. Facing a management position...

    MomRN0913 replied to notjustanurse's topic in General Nursing

    My ex nurse manager had this problem. She was friendly with all the staff, we all went out, got drunk, danced until the wee hours as friends..... then she became our manager after one got hired and...

  7. ZZZZ's - Time to be honest!

    MomRN0913 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Sure have. Dozed off at 3am charting a few times, almost fell off the chair a few times. If I was really tired, I would endorse my patients and take a 15 in the lounge. Let's be real, it happens,...

  8. Nightshift vent

    MomRN0913 replied to teleRN08's topic in General Nursing

    I could just say I feel for you. I handled them OK for a few years, before I got pregnant. Then I found myself so exhausted, could barely get myself home (lived about 45 min away) every trip home...

  9. Idiopathic Edema

    MomRN0913 replied to PhoenixGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've had it too. I showed it to the nicest podiatrist ever when I was working. He had me come in, did xrays, and all it showed was fluid build up. Of course, i work 12 hours on my feel, but it was...

  10. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    MomRN0913 replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    I was the primary bread winner. Even after I had my baby., I went per diem 2 nights a week, and still made more money than my ex husband. This was the plan so I could be a SAHM during the week and...

  11. Pregnant nurse working with isolation patients

    MomRN0913 replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the ICU through my pregnancy. Actually our ICU was baby central as there was usually atleast 3 nurses pregnant at any given time. My cowrkers were soooo good to me, because they knew the...

  12. Using technical jargon with patients-EYE OPENER

    MomRN0913 replied to JeneraterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was handed endorsement in the ICU from this book smart nurse, but not much common sense. It was a new admission, she was new onset rapid afib. The nurse tells me she wants to be a DNR, I need to...

  13. LTAC interviews

    MomRN0913 replied to SimplisticRnx's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I managed one, and I did a lot of interviews. Research the company, but don't get too crazy. KNOW what an LTACH is before going into the interview. I interviewed a bunch of people who had no idea...

  14. Unemplyed nurse with 5 years experience

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am finally downright frustrated. I have been an RN for 5 years, mostly in critical care, some in management. Got fired from my last job as a nurse manager for not signing a non-compete agreement....

  15. Unemplyed nurse with 5 years experience

    MomRN0913 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    and all my typos are due to letters on my keyboard sticking, not in the mood to try to correct

  16. More attractive grads have better chances of getting hired?

    MomRN0913 replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Unfortunately I know it's true in some cases. For fact. They are still qualified, but yes, better looking. This is not me who has done this by the

  17. I have a serious question

    MomRN0913 replied to WKredz5's topic in General Nursing

    besides the years of schooling and the money... They are 2 very different professions. two different careers. Doctors aren't glorified nurses..... well, some may say

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

    MomRN0913 replied to mikeworksRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's not that someone doesn't "want" the patient. Acuity guidelines often aren't followed. We have doctors admit that they put their patients in our ICU because they "feel better" having them there....

  19. If ICU is long term goal, Med/Surg Hospital or Med/Surg LTAC ?

    MomRN0913 replied to buckheimer's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked Med-surg/tele float and ICU in a 300 bed acute care hospital. i have managed an LTACH. The LTACH patients can very much be like ICU patients at times. However, it is much easier into...

  20. Minor medical emergency on my airplane trip today!

    MomRN0913 replied to BSNgrad2010's topic in General Nursing

    As an ACLS certified nurse, I would really hate not giving treatment in the absence of a Dr's order. Working nights in a hospital with one hospitalist in the ICU, we have had to run some codes. I...

  21. How does a new grad become a CCRN?

    MomRN0913 replied to Lululi's topic in General Nursing

    CCRN requires 1000 hours of clinical critical care experience. ANd a VERY VERY hard exam, the quesitons wouldn't really make any sense unless you put them into clincial practice. You have to really...

  22. They won't stop calling me!

    MomRN0913 replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Let them seek out an agency for wound care nurses until they find replacements. That is fault on their end. Where I used to manage, we had ONE wound care nurse (LTACH). Just as I left they got a...

  23. What You Do Best

    MomRN0913 replied to CBsMommy's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty good with difficult families. Also non-difficlut ones. I was usually paired with the extra-sensitive cases in the ICU. I have a 6th sense for when patients are going south. I usually...

  24. Can't sleep. Ever. And I'm getting fat.

    MomRN0913 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    sleep shift disorder, it sucks. I had the same problem, always feeling in a constant state of tired, memory going wacky, cranky and gaining weight..... Your body craves sugar and carbs when it is...

  25. Help with PRN medications

    MomRN0913 replied to belle005's topic in Patient Medications

    I usually like the order that says "PRN for breakthrough pain" Then you know you can