MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. That is IT; have had it with nursing...I'm going insane!

    MN-Nurse replied to carolmaccas66's topic in General Nursing

    Dear union, or more specifically, my colleagues who fought so hard for me in the past and continue to do so for me today: Thank

  2. How does the future look for new grads?

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

    The employment situation is generally going to follow the rest of the economy - just like it always did. New grads are going to have to continue to be flexible and open to jobs in clinics, PRN work,...

  3. how much orientation did you receive as a new grad?

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

    I had two weeks of classroom training and 7 weeks of preceptor orientation (26 shifts day and night). Had a midpoint and endpoint review and felt very comfortable starting on my own at completion of...

  4. dialysis patients

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

    Not all dialysis patients are

  5. Is this okay? Exam score

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

    Congratulations on a good

  6. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

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

    You are obviously "too

  7. Confused about Carpuject???

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

    When I was a home health and hospice aide I would occasionally fill in at the hospice residence my company ran. The LPN was like Wyatt Earp with those bad

  8. Confused about Carpuject???

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

    I waste so much morphine and dilaudid from carpujects it seems like diversion would a bigger

  9. Mandated Flu vaccine?

    MN-Nurse replied to mol42's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Have you done any research on the issue you are having? Many, many health problems that people are attributing to vaccinations have been shown to have the same incidence in people who are not...

  10. Help a new RN please

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

    The other RN was right - don't let her get to you. Hell, she's in your rear view mirror anyway, keep here

  11. How can I get in the hospital?

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

    I know I need to be talking to you 6 years ago, but the very best way to get a job as a new grad RN in a hospital is to develop a relationship with the hospital of your choice well before you...

  12. Preceptorship advice!!

    MN-Nurse replied to laceface24's topic in General Nursing

    My preceptorship was in an ICU; I learned a ton and enjoyed it. I did get a little jealous hearing the stories from the folks who had ER ones. OR was the biggest gamble. If you got a good one it...

  13. OMG! 4 years as a full-time student to get an associate's degree?!!

    MN-Nurse replied to Ev1987's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's what it took me. But an ADN ain't no regular Associate's

  14. MD's orders

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

    I would have completely ignored his order, but tried to work with him. RN: "Go ahead and start your assessment, I'll be just a couple minutes." MD: "Just push it!" "RN:"I am. It's almost done. Did...

  15. I absolutely HATE it!

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

    As an older guy who finished an ADN program in May, I can tell you this for sure: Forget the humor. Kids today don't get nuance, they don't get irony, they don't get...well anything about what we...

  16. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    MN-Nurse replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Just today. Had (another) patient with all day intractable nausea and vomiting whose colonoscopy and EGD showed zero problems (who also claimed to be allergic to every med that might help with...

  17. Toradol after abdominal surgery (in infants)

    MN-Nurse replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    An RN friend of mine got snapped at by an MD for asking about Toradal for a post abdominal surgery patient asking for more pain control. I think the doc was more frustrated by the patient than...

  18. Most boring clinical site?

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

    you win. wow, and i complained about my crappy peds clinical where i had to do (almost) nothing while a bunch of mas calling themselves "nurses" did all the

  19. Employment drug screen to include nicotine

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

    It will never stop. Every single issue is a slippery slope that immediately and automatically proceeds to the WORST SITUATION EVER FOR EVERYONE. Or so it is on allnurses.

  20. How To Draw Blood From A PICC Line

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

    Isn't this just a "Follow Facility Policy"? Stop infusion. Pick a non-TPN or non-heparin port if you can. Flush Draw Discard Draw Flush. Restart. If you have to use a TPN or heparin infusing line,...

  21. Question/Gripe about salary/shift diff

    MN-Nurse replied to chicklet74's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Take the job, be the best employee they ever saw, and when you leave your job tell them exactly

  22. From a student, to, hospital floor nurses...

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

    "Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues and you know that don't come

  23. Future of Home Health

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

    Nursing programs don't specialize. The OASIS, regs, assessment, Medicare, etc that applies to Home Health isn't rocket science. When demand for home health RNs increases, as it has in my area, new...

  24. Future of Home Health

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

    Just about everything you learn in nursing school applies to home health. I worked as Home Health and Hospice Aide while in nursing school and noticed that the Case Managers, RNs, PT/OT, aides and...

  25. Controlled substance wasting policies?

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

    Into the trash it