mom2michael

mom2michael MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Finding an L&D position

    mom2michael replied to rastanursern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know how frustrating that can be to want your dream job but keep having roadblocks thrown in your path. The best advice I can give you is to get some experince as an RN and keep on applying. No...

  2. How do you deal with Non-Urgent Patients

    mom2michael replied to mom2michael's topic in Emergency

    I work with a doctor that calls rain Troll spray. It keeps the Trolls inside while all those that really need the ER come out. He cracks me up but he's right. Whenever it is raining hard, we don't...

  3. First Year of Nursing is Hard Because...??

    mom2michael replied to vaileheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can only base my thoughts on this on my own personal experience and my NS. It was designed to help me pass the NCLEX and nothing more. Sure I learned diseases, some critical thinking skills and a...

  4. What time does your shift begin? 7? 8?

    mom2michael replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    We start at 6, 7 or 11. They are all 12 hour shifts. We have 2 options for getting our unpaid lunch break. We can clock in 15 mins before and 15 mins after our time or we can clock in at our...

  5. L & D prn requirements

    mom2michael replied to rnElaine's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At 1 PRN job the claim is 2 shifts per schedule (4 weeks), one has to be a weekend, the other whenever. 1 major, 1 minor holiday per year. This is not enforced (in the ER anyway) because beggars...

  6. Overnight Shift Rut, help!

    mom2michael replied to mrod's topic in General Nursing

    I work every Mon, Tues, Wed night and Thurs and Fri nights are my WORST nights in trying to get back in the swing of day vs. night sleeping. So basically Saturday is my only actually decent night of...

  7. "You put me and my unborn child's life at risk"

    mom2michael replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. What a rude......blank blank blank BLANK person (you can decide what you want to place in those blanks to best describe her). I'm glad your DON stood up for you as well. Geez, some people just...

  8. From Med/Surg to ED

    mom2michael replied to raindrop's topic in Emergency

    The ER is a place where you are always shifting priorities, always re-arranging tasks and always change your mode from super sonic speed to super sonic speed plus. You have to be able to quickly and...

  9. Chs ?

    mom2michael replied to nici1978's topic in General Nursing

    My PRN facility was just bought out by CHS and while the benefit aspect doesn't affect me, I know full time employees are furious with anger right now over the lack of beneifts. They also froze all...

  10. Lazy employees, what do you do?

    mom2michael replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with one tonight and boy she just chapped my you know what!!!! I had a VERY time consuming patient that was needing intubation, being flown to another facility for treatment, etc.....she took...

  11. Mandatory On Call???

    mom2michael replied to truern's topic in General Nursing

    My last job had manadatory call, 1-12 hour shift per month. Weekends only. It was $24 extra on our check too. WOW. Needless to say, that really irritated me big time because when I was hired as an...

  12. Night shifts.. moms with young kids..?

    mom2michael replied to lvmama's topic in General Nursing

    I actually LOVED working nights from 11-7 when my son was younger. It made perfect sense for us. My husband would take him to day care, I would come home and sleep until 2:30. We were back from day...

  13. Communication

    mom2michael replied to LilgirlRN's topic in Emergency

    We use FirstNet in the ER for our patient tracking software, Cerner Powerchart is used everywhere else. It all interfaces with one another and also interfaces with our sister facilities, doctor...

  14. which shift do you prefer working as a new RN?

    mom2michael replied to labrador4122's topic in General Nursing

    Nights for as long as my body can take

  15. Ok, I need to hear your NCLEX stories out there!

    mom2michael replied to allthingsbright's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    We had an in school review the last 3 weeks of school. I also took a formal review class. We did computerized testing similar to NCLEX all thru NS so I also studied NCLEX questions all thru NS to...

  16. Do you understand your paycheck??

    mom2michael replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    We switched to a new payroll system and you can't understand the checks one bit. Good luck with HR, payroll or your manager, it's a new system and they don't understand it either. The great new...

  17. Does anyone else like working night shift besides me?

    mom2michael replied to Joyfullme's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights off/on for 10+ years all pre-nursing. I never adjusted well to it though but I had a very small child at home at the time and I worked 8 hour nights with rotating days off. Now,...

  18. quit first RN job after 3 months?

    mom2michael replied to Cinnamongirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My very first RN job was Tele, it last 11 weeks or so. I've been there and done that. Apply for jobs, it doesn't hurt to at least try. Good

  19. Done with ED Orientation...

    mom2michael replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    Most employers do not allow transfers for 6 months. Some it is 12 months. A lot of time, effort, etc...go into training a new person to any department. It's more intense in critical care areas such...

  20. sign a contract?

    mom2michael replied to red426's topic in General Nursing

    There are always reasons behind getting people to sign contracts in exchange for cash. Only you can decide if you can tolerate the working conditions and/or reasons why they pay out that kind of money...

  21. Nightshift Insomnia- Help!!!

    mom2michael replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I had a clinical instructor that swore by lavender to help her sleep. She used to tell the funniest story about it that would have everyone just cracking up. I have to use Benadryl everytime I...

  22. Describe the ACLS megacode/certification

    mom2michael replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

    I just took ACLS 6 months ago, the strips we had were very COMMON strips you would see in a code situation. The written test was easy and our instructors ensured that everyone passed the written...

  23. How To Become an Emergency Nurse

    mom2michael replied to happy_bunny_101's topic in Emergency

    Looks good!!! I would visit the school, talk to the instructors. See if you can talk to some students that already attend the program. Lots of schools have lunch meetings for pre-nursing students,...

  24. how does sign on bonus work?

    mom2michael replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ours (which I didn't take) is paid out over a year and it is added to your paycheck so you are taxed out the yang for it. I bet in the end you don't even see 1/2 of the bonus they give you. Ours...

  25. Getting tired of working 12 hour shifts......

    mom2michael replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked 11-11 in ER I didn't have a replacement coming in at 11, so often it would be HOURS later before I went home. That was horrible. My new job is 18:45-07:15 and I have only clocked out 1...