MN-Nurse ASN, RN

MN-Nurse is a ASN, RN and specializes in Med Surg - Renal.

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1. Do you know how much $$$ your Hospital CEO makes in one year?

   MN-Nurse replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   It isn't a primary concern or goal of my union and there is no evidence of them spending any resources on the effort. The redistribution of wealth - upward - is what is actually happening and should...

2. Do you know how much $$$ your Hospital CEO makes in one year?

   MN-Nurse replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Interesting. Disdain for the people who work for you and reverence for a single overpaid person at the top. Remember when North Memorial Hospital's CEO was caught in a prostitution sting on his...

3. Do you know how much $$$ your Hospital CEO makes in one year?

   MN-Nurse replied to lkulmann's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Yep. Hospital CEO salaries made a very conspicuous public run during a recent RN

4. Feedback requested before I give 2 weeks notice!

   MN-Nurse replied to Nurse-E Girl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Do NOT send anything of the sort. Do not voice your displeasure. Do not do anything but nod and say, "I'll do my best." Then use all that energy you would have spent on the letter and protest and go...

5. How many hours per week (avg) do you work these days?

   MN-Nurse replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   Do long hours of work still exists today? Yes. How many hours per week (avg) do you work? 38 Do you see medical facilities in your area reducing or increasing hours? It fluctuates almost...

6. Tricks of the trade: Diversion- stories of the stupid and sly?

   MN-Nurse replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

   The diverters get pretty good at it. I had an instructor who was duped by a coworker who kept fake med vials in her pockets and was extremely good at pocketing the real med, switching to the fake one...

7. Your take on actors playing "nurse"...

   MN-Nurse replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   I am fan of the Nurse Jackie show. The show has almost nothing to do with nursing - much like MASH had nothing to do with the Korean War, but it's entertaining. The one thing I always notice is that...

8. How does chemistry apply to your RN position?

   MN-Nurse replied to livelovelive's topic in General Nursing

   I found the chemistry extremely

9. How does chemistry apply to your RN position?

   MN-Nurse replied to livelovelive's topic in General Nursing

   Look up "Basic Metabolic Panel" (blood chemistry test) and look at the levels given. Then look up the effects and treatments for ranges that are too high or low for each result and you will see a...

10. Giving Narcotic After Scheduled

    MN-Nurse replied to slauren's topic in Patient Medications

    I would have given it and rescheduled all subsequent administrations to start 12 hours after the time I gave

11. Misuse of insulin pens and patient safety

    MN-Nurse replied to PACURN1956's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've heard of these horror stories and have some idea why the misuse of pens would occur. My hospital pharmacy is fairly bad at getting medications to the floors in a timely matter. Except when it...

12. How do you develop your mastery after nursing school?

    MN-Nurse replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    Those nurses you admire for their mastery learned a lot of their lessons the hard way. I once asked a Red Cross Nurse sticking me for a platelet donation, "How do you get so good at that?" She...

13. Rule follower-how to survive

    MN-Nurse replied to greetings's topic in Nursing Career

    JCAHO.

14. Has this ever happened to you?

    MN-Nurse replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You went in to get an unnecessary round of vitals and cut the cheese while you were at it? Well done! Oh to answer your question, no, I've never done that. If I am handing someone their walking...

15. Resignation not going well. Advice?

    MN-Nurse replied to imalilteapott's topic in General Nursing

    You're already out of it. Got a new gig and everything. Keep going. With respect to the predictions of doom from HR, it is total BS. The HR/management drones giving you the apocalyptic scenario are...