MaryAnn_RN

MaryAnn_RN

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  1. An answer to them calling everyday!

    MaryAnn_RN replied to confused101's topic in General Nursing

    Worked 6 long days in a row once, (7 till 19:30) due to staffing problems and an inability to say no. I know what you mean about being a

  2. anybody could explain me your nurse courses?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to brunomar75's topic in General Nursing

    in the uk we have: health care assistants (hcas); they study for national vocational qualifications at levels 1, 2 and 3. level 4 is now coming in. this is a hospital based training. people with...

  3. does anyone use swans anymore?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to squirlkeeperCCRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We don't use Swans very often at all, it's a general ICU. I just did the Viva for the general intensive care nursing course and when we discussed Swans it was acknowledged by the examiners that these...

  4. Things you'd LOVE to say to TPTB, and get away with it!

    MaryAnn_RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just had to look there to see if we work together... We had a family, pt profoundly brain damaged, on the vent, GCS 3 and not improving, no chance of improving either, making decerebrate movements....

  5. No more internet access

    MaryAnn_RN replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    We have internet access, can't get onto Facebook or other social networking sites, but can still get onto Allnurses :wink2: It bugs me when people are on Ebay, or building websites at work. There is...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to say to TPTB, and get away with it!

    MaryAnn_RN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was once ordered by a red faced shouty surgical consultant to feed a patient. The patient had just that morning failed a swallowing assessment. I explained that I was concerned that the patient...

  7. er visitors...a funny

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Patient on the vent, ARDS, renal failure, having haemofiltration, multiple infusions, septic and very sick. Wife asked when we would start life support? That was my mother, asking about my dad. She...

  8. Is it possible to go to nursing school and work full time?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to nursing_88's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I couldn't manage the demands the course made on me AND work full time. Used to work shifts as an auxilliary nurse on an ad-hoc basis, never more than 1 night a week. I considered the course was my...

  9. er visitors...a funny

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    Or their family tree doesn't

  10. Any Nurses in Englewood or Port Charlotte

    MaryAnn_RN replied to eternalsunshine's topic in Florida Nursing

    I live in UK but have been to Englewood a few times on holiday (Rotonda West) and there are loads of hospitals around there. You are sure to find something that suits

  11. I want your staffing horror stories. . .

    MaryAnn_RN replied to NorfolkRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  12. er visitors...a funny

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    GOMER = Get Out Of My Emergency Room. There is a chart on http://www.lambert.net.au/med/gomerscale.pdf but it is something like this: To ascertain your patient's potential GOMER rating, add up the...

  13. er visitors...a funny

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    I can remember reading the Gomer Scale with my mates at work; we were laughing fit to bust because we all knew patients like that. Then we went back out on the floor in a professional manner. No...

  14. er visitors...a funny

    MaryAnn_RN replied to UtErRnEmt's topic in Emergency

    We get all these in ICU

  15. What do you like/not like about ICU nursing?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Pattyo's topic in MICU, SICU

    Like giving holistic care and spending the day or night with the patient, building up a relationship with them and their family. There isn't anything I don't

  16. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    how not to laugh out loud when the family really believe that their loved one can have a brain transplant and then be

  17. Are there any nurses who actually enjoy their jobs?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to hollyjolly's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ICU and love it - most of the time

  18. Prayers Please...

    MaryAnn_RN replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    [color=#400000]footsteps in the sand one night a man had a dream. he dreamed he was walking along the beach with the lord. across the sky flashed scenes from his life. for each scene, he noticed two...

  19. Just met "Ms. Know It All LPN"

    MaryAnn_RN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    We had a nurse like that, always knew it all, very vocal about ALL aspects of the job. Then I started to notice that whenever there was a problem she made herself scarce. Like the time there was a...

  20. Did he get too much morphine?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    I have nursed patients that were prescribed morphine 2-10mg iv, and usually make it up with normal saline so that it is 1mg per ml. Give very slowly 1mg at a time until the patient is settled. Very...

  21. Prayers Please...

    MaryAnn_RN replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    Just sent you a little prayer

  22. Mean nurses and High Turnover

    MaryAnn_RN replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    I know of an ICU that had a sick culture. A new manager was appointed and ALL staff are now required to rotate between two units. The upshot of it was that the unit is on the whole a pleasant place...

  23. What do you pay for health insurance?

    MaryAnn_RN replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    I live in the UK and we have the NHS so our healthcare is 'free' at the point of delivery BUT we pay ridiculously high tax from our wages. You are very lucky to get private health

  24. Mean nurses and High Turnover

    MaryAnn_RN replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    Find a new job as soon as possible. You won't be able to change the culture on your

  25. I am getting terminated tomarrow

    MaryAnn_RN replied to nl2005's topic in General Nursing

    ]Contact your union rep and do not go into that meeting alone. Don't give them anything at all in writing until your union and your legal person has looked at it. Your union should provide free...