MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

Med Surg - Renal

Member

  • Content

    1,398

  • Visitors

    14,317

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    29

All Content by MN-Nurse

  1. How did you choose your specialty??

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

    I chose mine because they offered me a job. "What's that you want me to do??? You got

  2. You're asking me what??

    MN-Nurse replied to yooper13's topic in General Students

    Just tell the them the truth as far as you know it within your scope of practice. "I'm checking his vital signs and everything I checked looks OK." or "I'll tell your nurse you have some questions...

  3. Does Nursing stay at work, or does it follow you home?

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

    "I've heard Med/Surg is one of the most stressful areas." Like many areas, it can be stressful. "Do parents ever harrass you? Sure, family members can be a bother sometimes. Part of the job. "Do you...

  4. Does Nursing stay at work, or does it follow you home?

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

    I work on a Med/Surg Renal floor in a hospital. I tend to not look for things to get scared of. For instance, the possibility of me being killed in a car accident on the way to or from work is...

  5. Does Nursing stay at work, or does it follow you home?

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

    I was an engineer in my previous career and was constantly taking work home. Literally and figuratively. As a nurse, I leave it ALL at the hospital. It will be there for me to pick up again when I...

  6. Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

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

    Yes, Med/Surg was way harder than fundamentals in my program. I liked it much better though. Your preparation for Med/Surg has already been done - in your chemistry, anatomy and physiology classes....

  7. How is job market NOW for Registered Nurses?

    MN-Nurse replied to pat8585's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In MN, for graduate nurses who have excellent grades and good experience in direct patient care, particularly if you work for a hospital, the job market is pretty fantastic. Graduates with mediocre...

  8. Med/Surg RN required to care for L&D patients

    MN-Nurse replied to Pjun581's topic in General Nursing

    I would welcome 6 weeks of training to float to

  9. How to bring in a nurses union in a non union state?

    MN-Nurse replied to sunshinepsychRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Unions can also openly discuss issues with management in a rational manner, with the added factor that if needs are not met the employer can try to find hundreds of other employees. This gives more...

  10. How to bring in a nurses union in a non union state?

    MN-Nurse replied to sunshinepsychRN's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Yeah, I am pretty gol-durned fed up with my union battling over tiny insignificant things like pension, health coverage, salary, staffing,.... I wish they would find something better to do with the...

  11. Hospitals only hiring BSN degrees, and no ADN?

    MN-Nurse replied to CheckThePoo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends on the leadership at the particular hospital. The hospital I worked as CNA at cancelled their their new grad hiring altogether and will only accept BSN grads when they starting hiring...

  12. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

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

    "Please get off that bed.

  13. Which came first? Chicken v. egg question.

    MN-Nurse replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in General Nursing

    I actually looked this up. Last year some researchers published some evidence that it was the chicken. Their position is that there is a protein in chicken ovaries that accelerates the calcite...

  14. How long was it between graduation & landing a full time line?

    MN-Nurse replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Took NCLEX June 7, 2011. Job offer June 17th,

  15. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

    MN-Nurse replied to iamNurse23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tough it out until you find a job you want. I worked in a horrible SNF as a CNA until I got into a

  16. Msp/St. Paul new grad

    MN-Nurse replied to lola930's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lots of openings in LTC and home health (especially peds) in the Mpls area. Every one of my classmates (May, 2011) who tried to find a job in Home Health or LTC found one. Don't give up on...

  17. Going green makes me red in the face

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

    If someone wants their food grown and prepared a certain way and wants to pay for it - go ahead and go organic. As you point out, organic produce is not any healthier for you than commercial produce....

  18. medsurg nurses, how many admits/discharges on a typical shift?

    MN-Nurse replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    MN. On evenings, it is not rare to have 2 d/c and admits. Makes for a hectic night. Days I might have one d/c and one admit in a shift. Common to have none. NOC: Rare

  19. My monthly semi-coherent rant on the state of healthcare

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

    I as CNA at an LTC that had similar problems with supplies. I got so mad one day I made a trip to Walgreen's for plastic bags and gloves. A coworker said, "You shouldn't do that, soon you will be...

  20. A "dating female students in your class" post

    MN-Nurse replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There are very few times I regret my advanced age. But one of the laments I have is that I was a generation too soon for the FWB

  21. A "dating female students in your class" post

    MN-Nurse replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There were a couple girls in my class I would have given up a one 1.5 drop in GPA for. Fortunately (or unfortunately) it never came to

  22. I was a new RN in 1989! There were no jobs!

    MN-Nurse replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I was a new grad engineer in 1990...there weren't very many jobs for me

  23. Has anyone else noticed this??

    MN-Nurse replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened to me a couple times. In the chart: Heart Sounds: DISTANT Varying auscultation points can

  24. Working with student nurses

    MN-Nurse replied to LisaRN1105's topic in General Nursing

    I have had two shifts working with student nurses and I enjoyed both of them. My facility invests quite a bit into student development through clinicals, preceptorships, and internships and the...

  25. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    MN-Nurse replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Someone's been watching a little too much Fox