mom2michael

mom2michael MSN, RN, NP

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  1. Time Management Strategies

    mom2michael replied to cousx2's topic in Emergency

    I like to save myself steps. If I know a person coming back to the room needs a gown, I stop by the room and I get a gown snapped, on the bed, along with an appropriate cover (blanket or sheet). If...

  2. How To Become an Emergency Nurse

    mom2michael replied to happy_bunny_101's topic in Emergency

    Talk to your high school counsler to find out about nursing program in your areas. Graduate from HS and start applying to colleges with nursing programs. There are several different types of...

  3. I made a med error today

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

    I'm forever cutting myself on glass ampules at work and I've stuck myself more times than I can probalby count with clean needes. It happens. As for med errors, the 1st one I made was Morphine. I...

  4. Help with ER blood draw order and tube color!

    mom2michael replied to pedsRN121's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not scientific proof, but interesting rational....

  5. Help with ER blood draw order and tube color!

    mom2michael replied to pedsRN121's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We draw a rainbow, that way the lab has tubes for every test. Even blood cultures (one set) can be drawn and placed in a tube but I have to always call the lab to remember which tube. And my lab...

  6. Dreading work. Advice?

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

    Wow, we must've worked together at some time!!!! Toxic people suck the life force out of you and toxic co-workers make life miserable. It unfortunatly just takes 1 or 2 to make it seem like the...

  7. Messed Up Big Time

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

    So....the story goes like this. The patient is dressed, in his right orientation, tells you he is supposed to be D/C'd, the tab is pulled (which means...patient is ready to go home). The doctors...

  8. New grad as per diem?

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

    I suppose anything is possible but in my experience, most places will not let a new grad work PRN. It costs a lot of time and money to train a new nurse and it is just not reasonable as far as the...

  9. Does your ED/ER hire new grads? (and related ?s)

    mom2michael replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I'll answer your questions based on our sister facility which is a 900 bed Level II trauma center rather than where I actually work, which is an outlying facility. 1. Yes...oodles of them and they...

  10. What exactly is "women's health?"

    mom2michael replied to doglvr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At one hospital in my area it includes OB, GYN of all ages, post op gyn of all ages, L&D, NICU, PP and WBN. At another it is strictly GYN issues and post op GYN of all ages. Ask lots of...

  11. Advice RE: L&D vs. NC

    mom2michael replied to lilac_tree's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If all things are equal as far as orientation and support goes..... Your original post leans towards your 1st job offer and you seem to only be considering the 2nd because it flattered you to be...

  12. I feel very confused....

    mom2michael replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    Oh, I was just trying to think of good stopping point for the purpose of the post because I hate to say...stop at the abd area and then one doesn't include the abd in that area in their...

  13. Personality Traits common in the ED

    mom2michael replied to trinitygrad07's topic in Emergency

    A warped sense of humor. Ability to let things roll. Ability to rock the boat when necessary. THICK skin. Acceptance that you will not fix nor save every single person that comes thru your...

  14. I feel very confused....

    mom2michael replied to KckStrt's topic in Emergency

    I figure all medical history and/or surgical procedures to be relevant and if they aren't - the doctor can always weed those out themselves. Medication is also a great clue as to what history they...

  15. Best approach to patients and relatives complaining about "long wait."

    mom2michael replied to uniquenurse's topic in Emergency

    I try to educate those poor souls who have drug themselves out of a deep sleep to come to the ER at 1 a.m. for a chronic problem that they'll be treated based on priority 1st and they WILL wait and...

  16. Life after quitting first job as RN

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

    I 2nd the exit interview if you get the chance. If you experienced this horrific work environment so did many others I'm sure. List the job and make it about you and not about them. It wasn't a...

  17. when did u graduate? take boards?

    mom2michael replied to ava'smomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We had a review built into our program as well which was very helpful. We graduated Dec 14th, I got my ATT on Dec 22nd and I could've tested as early as Dec 29th, but I took a HESI class and wanted a...

  18. Fed up of losing working hours

    mom2michael replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

    Get this....at my PRN job they are now calling off full time employees and have also frozen all PTO. So that means....no pay if you are called off. Not even call pay, nothing at all for the 12...

  19. I have a question about working in the nursrey

    mom2michael replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our mom/baby unit is staffed by RN's They have a float unit clerk that is shared with M/S and she comes up to help put charts together or run errands if they are swamped but that isn't her main role...

  20. Attention all EMTs

    mom2michael replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing

    EMT-B is basic life support and support role of the Paramedic. You will learn your ABC's and a handful of meds you can assist patients in taking (but you can't give meds as a EMT-B). You'll also...

  21. Sick to death about poor staffing level.

    mom2michael replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

    8 bed, 40-50 pts per day. Rural nursing. No trauma, limited ortho. Lots of cardiac, resp stuff. 2 RN's 7-7 1 House Supervisor who works from ER 80-90% of the time 1 Paramedic 11-11 1 Tech 1...

  22. 6-Week VS. 18-Week New Grad RN Training

    mom2michael replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Option B looks good on paper, make sure it's good in real life as well. Only you can decide the money and moving factor. It could be a major stressor in your life that you don't need right now or...

  23. Hours

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

    During the summer my need for $$$$ was incredible so I picked up a PRN job because OT where I worked was almost impossible to find. I worked an average of 1-2 days a week there, plus my 3 days a week...

  24. Passing meds prepared by others

    mom2michael replied to cowboy_carl's topic in General Nursing

    I work ER - it's not unheard of to have a sick or critical patient and everyone has their hand in the pot and someone is pulling up meds and handing off to the person doing the pushing....but we are...

  25. What would you have done?

    mom2michael replied to NJNursing's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my opinion for what it's worth. As long as every person who walks thru that door gets the same treatment down to personal cell numbers....who cares right??? But what is good for one needs to...