MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. Time For Another Days vs. Nights Debate!

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

    You have more patients at night so you work every bit as hard as days.... Further, you are up all freaking

  2. Why Is It That Everyone Thinks They're A Good Nurse?

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

    this inflated self assessment isn't limited to

  3. Insurance ? For an aspiring nurse who is HIV positive

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

    Ask your prospective schools about the insurance required, then go from there. If you get a job, you get the same insurance coverage as your coworkers. You'll probably notice there is not much...

  4. What have your co-workers done to make a shift go more smoothly?

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

    The biggest factor is whether a coworker has an attitude that is leaned toward working as a team. Fortunately, most of the RNs on my unit are like this. Some aren't and I've run into a couple here...

  5. Pregnancy and hospital nursing

    MN-Nurse replied to Good Morning, Gil's topic in General Nursing

    You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a pregnant nurse (or CNA) on my floor. These coworkers, and their offspring - from my expert assessment of their facebook pictures - are all doing just

  6. The student nurse

    MN-Nurse replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    I like working with student nurses. The student nurse doesn't really take over while I observe, but that isn't your

  7. New grad, charge nurse. Doable?

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

    Ah, that explains it. That is just how some of these facilities roll. If you have a better opportunity, take it. If not: Congratulations, Charge

  8. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    MN-Nurse replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Plasma. Your coworker seems to have a difficulty with IV administration concepts and possibly measures in general. Ask her what weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? My guess is...

  9. New grad, charge nurse. Doable?

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

    I would ask why no one from the current staff would be a better choice for charge than a new grad. The answer really would not matter; if you need a job you take the job and do the best you

  10. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    MN-Nurse replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    What the hades does CHF have to do with

  11. Suggestions on an easier humanities class?

    MN-Nurse replied to Patience72's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I really enjoyed my World Religions class. I took it online too, but would have rather taken it in class. It was interesting, challenging, and not basket weaving by any

  12. Foley Catheter issues - yikes!

    MN-Nurse replied to 1969's topic in General Students

    Oh, you can make that mistake

  13. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    MN-Nurse replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have no idea why your coworker wanted to prime with 2 bags of NS. You are correct, if the pt has a reaction, you disconnect the blood set and use a new regular

  14. Any Full-Time Jobs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN for New Grads?

    MN-Nurse replied to katia0203's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It's possible. Like winning the lottery is possible. I was lucky to get a job on a med surg floor as a new

  15. how to find a lawyer

    MN-Nurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a serious question for you. How in the world would anyone reading your post know about the intentions of a hypothetical lawyer you haven't

  16. how to find a lawyer

    MN-Nurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    By how much he charges

  17. Really, this is the dumbest question ever, but...

    MN-Nurse replied to SarahIN's topic in General Students

    Silver means "person with weapon" at my old hospital. Yelling, "HELLLPPP!!!!!!!" at the top of your lungs will suffice if you don't know what else to do. An RN friend of mine, Ann, was describing...

  18. Any black male nurses out there?

    MN-Nurse replied to Spoiled1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yes. A moment of silence please for the ever oppressed American White Male. May they someday rise from their horribly tyrannical historical yoke of oppression.

  19. Any black male nurses out there?

    MN-Nurse replied to Spoiled1's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's because one visited North Carolina once and asked, "Where do the black male nurses hang out?" ...and the person he asked pointed to a tree. I ran into one of this very rare species of nurse...

  20. The "Why don't you go to Med School" Question

    MN-Nurse replied to AL1992's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My latest response to "Why didn't you go to med school?" is now: "Why didn't you?" Even, especially, if the interrogator is an

  21. feeling bad practising IV insertion

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

    Keep

  22. 0.9 is not full time?!

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

    I think the take home message is that I am thankful for my union and am going to do everything I can to fight the current union busting "Right to Work" garbage going on in my

  23. Dealing with "Web-Trained" Patient/Family Members.

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

    If It appears the pt/family is not open to receiving evidence based information (sort of like the people in the flu vaccine forums here), I enter a note for the MD in plain english. Something like,...

  24. Bad Credit Score and Nursing School--Need Serious Advice

    MN-Nurse replied to jiwonkim89's topic in General Nursing

    One year isn't going to affect your credit score that much. I would advise you to stop taking any financial advise whatsoever from your

  25. Let's See Some Positivity! :)

    MN-Nurse replied to Sarah96's topic in General Nursing

    Every other week, I get more money than I ever got every other week for doing any other thing I ever