myk_RN

myk_RN

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  1. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

    myk_RN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all, I'm a RN with BSN degree and have 5 years of Medical Surgical floor experience. I'm currently working on my Med-Surg certification. My GF is a RN/BSN as well with 6 years of Telemetry/PCU...

  2. Are 12 hour shifts going extinct?

    myk_RN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital does a mix of 12 and 8, depending on the ward. I work at Med-Surg and our head nurse has tried to go with 12 hr shift but the senior nurses, who always works the 7-3 shift, vote against...

  3. New name for nurses who are men

    myk_RN replied to midlife101's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I was in College, almost half of our BSN class (about 12) were males. We called each other "FOCKERS" from the ben Stiller movie "Meet the

  4. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    myk_RN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    ahhh! you beat me to it! ok, seriously... lowest one I've seen while a patient is still awake and talking is in the

  5. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

    myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    could you give me links/websites to where i can do that?

  6. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

    myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for the replies. We will be taking a vacation in September...to visit friends in Hawaii, Cali, Virginia, Maryland and NY. We'll see how that goes. I would say that Guam is a smaller...

  7. Job opportunities, thinking of relocating.

    myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I don't think I'm considered a "new grad" or am I? What's 5 years of floor

  8. Refusing Patients' Requests: Can it be done?

    myk_RN replied to George4life's topic in General Nursing

    Ignoring the call bell is a NO-NO. But like whats been mentioned before, you can tell your patient that you wouldn't do petty things that they can do on their own. (in a good way of course) Now,...

  9. 'Just a med/surg nurse'

    myk_RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Med-Surg nurse here! going on 4 years and I'm enjoying it. I've done ED and it wasnt for me. I havent tried ICU but I don't see that I'll like it

  10. Debate: 8-hour shifts vs. 12-hour shifts

    myk_RN replied to mfrench's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit supervisor has been pondering to transfer into the 12 hr. sched. There are already some units in our hospital doing it. (They do 6 12hr shifts and 1 8hr every 2 weeks.) However, when...

  11. Any recommendations for male nursing shoes with these stipulations?

    myk_RN replied to Mini-Murse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    They have crocs models that are closed toes and with heel

  12. Is being a Male nurse weird?

    myk_RN replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in Men in Nursing

    There were 25 of us in my BSN graduating class and 12 of us were males. I work on the MS floor now with about 50 RN's, 1/4 of them are males, and 2 are gay. I'm seeing more and more male nursing...

  13. Foley to LIS???

    myk_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few weeks ago, a patient in our Medical Surgical floor had a cystoscopy and TURP done. He came back to the floor with CBI orders from the Urologist. He was on CBI for a couple of days and one...

  14. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    myk_RN replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    25 when I got my LPN license...Junior in college 26 when I graduated with BSN. 27 when I got my RN license. I'll be turning the big 3-0 this

  15. Demerol dosage

    myk_RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Last week we had a patient with a history of septic arthritis which was healing and had started to have abdominal pain. CT scans, XRays, and EGD was done and findings were just gastritis and no...

  16. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    myk_RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    wow.... was the camera being

  17. Foley to LIS???

    myk_RN replied to myk_RN's topic in General Nursing

    *bumps for updates on what the uro

  18. Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

    myk_RN replied to Rakkika's topic in Nursing Career

    This thread is useless without pics.... just

  19. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    myk_RN replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    During my first year being an RN, I had an old catholic priest patient who had advanced dementia and was bedridden. Sometimes, he would burst out in anger and try to punch, kick, his nurses when they...

  20. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    myk_RN replied to flg2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When I started working in 2006, I would have up 10 patients, 1 CNA in the swing shift. Possibly 1 more patient if there's a new admit. Our hospital has since worked towards JCAHO accreditation...

  21. Toradol IM only vial given IV

    myk_RN replied to pantherboy's topic in Patient Medications

    I wouldnt have given it. Verify with pharmacy and if no IVP Toradol is available, I'd call MD to change the

  22. nurses dating nurses?

    myk_RN replied to rnski's topic in Nursing Humor

    My GF is a Tele/PCU nurse and Im a nurse across the building in the Medical/Surgical unit. so far so good. Only gripe is our different schedules. She works swings/nights and I work

  23. Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    myk_RN replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ha ha ha! Good read! well on point! I work with quite a few Murses, 3 of which I went to nursing school with. I had to print this out and put it in our staff lounge bulletin board. BTW, I'm...

  24. Favorite bumper stickers

    myk_RN replied to beachmom's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here' a couple that I like... "Nurses do it with care" and "Feel safe tonight, sleep with a

  25. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    myk_RN replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of years ago, we had a failed suicide attempt patient in the 4th floor pull out his ET tube, broke through the glass window with an IV pole and ran out, flipped over the balcony and off the...