MN-Nurse

MN-Nurse ASN, RN

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  1. Questions on how to work 6 months on / 6 months off

    MN-Nurse replied to IanN1's topic in General Nursing

    I have some coworkers who do it by having babies one after another. Not really sustainable though. Also much more difficult if you are a

  2. How important do you think CNA work is prior to graduation?

    MN-Nurse replied to danger dan's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I've noticed that when people come to allnurses hoping for a specific answer to a certain question, they always find someone willing to supply the answer they want. That doesn't make it true. I have a...

  3. Any tricks to remembering normal lab values?

    MN-Nurse replied to scm0890's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Look at them like 600 times. They only really stuck for me after reviewing patient labs over and over

  4. Why did/are you getting your BSN?

    MN-Nurse replied to thesundowner's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    One look at the 20-30 year burnout cases who never advanced their careers on my unit and I was looking into my BSN

  5. Why are my pt.'s RBC, Hgb, Hct low?

    MN-Nurse replied to ilearntoo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Shoot, depending on many other factors that might be baseline. I've had shifts where a Hgb of 10 is a world champion. One set of labs doesn't tell you a thing. What are the

  6. Accepted as # 18 on the standby list. Be honest-what are my chances

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

    Your chances are 50/50: you will either get in your you won't. While I'm sure there are people willing to give you an answer, I don't think there is enough information to give you any idea of your...

  7. Does this sound too pretty?

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

    Well, as long as you realize it, you aren't being naive. Enjoy your free

  8. It's baaaaack......

    MN-Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    The (future) nursing shortage is back in the media. "The nursing field will grow by 26 percent between now and 2020, but that still won't allow for enough nurses to meet demand -- there will be an...

  9. Professional name vs. legal name?

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

    Just change your name to

  10. Offered an MDS/ADON position as new grad....

    MN-Nurse replied to jennyrn2012's topic in General Nursing

    At my old LTC, ADON="Cannon Fodder." It was the person the owner (Pretendtocare) frog-marched out of the building when state came by and viewed the carnage wrought from the owner's criminal staffing...

  11. When are you no longer a new grad?

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

    Ah. Zombie thread.

  12. DNR- Do Not Treat?

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

    As far as I know, it stands for Do Not Resuscitate. . It doesn't stand for Do Not Bolus, or Do Not Give Cardizem, or Do Not Give Dig, or Do Not Give Nebs,.... That being said, if you are going to...

  13. Your thoughts on being "written up".

    MN-Nurse replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Nursing

    It really does depend on the culture of where you work - or the floor you work on. On my floor, we don't write each other up. We will write incident reports when patients are endangered. But we...

  14. Counter offer for rate of pay

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

    I could hire a lot of nurses in 96

  15. When are you no longer a new grad?

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

    " heartsopenwide has '3' year(s) of nursing experience and specializes in 'ante-intra-postpartum, post gyne'" apparently you can stop being considered a new grad two years

  16. Should I Apply for Management??

    MN-Nurse replied to NurseAnnie123's topic in Nurse Management

    Sounds like you are properly ruthless and egocentric enough for management. Go for it. Someone's gotta do

  17. This may sound silly but...

    MN-Nurse replied to 2bNurseCai's topic in General Students

    Work hard. Don't

  18. If you could post your own...

    MN-Nurse replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    20 years and you have never had visitors interfere with your job as a nurse? You really need descriptions of this phenomena? Visitors are a crapshoot. Sometimes, they are as you describe in your...

  19. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    MN-Nurse replied to clandestine-approach's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Minnesota, Hospital, Union, ADN. Base hourly rate was $28.50, now $29.07. After shift differentials, OT, shift bonuses I will make about $70k my first

  20. Are nurses forced to assist abortions?

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

    ZOMBIE THREAD!!!! RUN!!!!

  21. Transfer to Floor, Same Hospital, Lower Pay

    MN-Nurse replied to Lam0126's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    If "more pay in the end" is what you are looking for, go ahead and take the new

  22. What they don't tell you in nursing school...

    MN-Nurse replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    It's not always that way. A nurse could call 99 doctors and get treated respectfully, but then 1 doctor acts like a jerk and that is all you are going to hear about. Since you are new, spend some...

  23. Hyperpotassemia vs hyperkalemia?

    MN-Nurse replied to NurseEric81's topic in General Nursing

    I remember soon after I started my first CNA job at a nursing home - I hadn't yet taken any nursing school prerequisites. We had a middle aged lady who was almost completely paralyzed and no one...

  24. Work situation, upset, opinions needed

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

    I would have called a Code Green and had security haul him out of

  25. death pronouncement

    MN-Nurse replied to TT2seven's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Where the heck is ILL? I don't know about ILL but in my hospital the MD does the official death pronouncement. The only deaths I have ever had were patients on comfort care, so there isn't anyone but...