mom2michael

mom2michael MSN, RN, NP

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  1. HELP!! What's in the day of a UNIT SECRETARY????

    mom2michael replied to ysara's topic in General Nursing

    I was a US when I first started NS and it was anything but laid back. I worked hard for 12 hours straight and sometimes my head was spinning from all the chaos. I worked in a 22 bed NICU and I was...

  2. If a family member calls on your pt, do you give them info?

    mom2michael replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    At one facility nearby, they have a contact person for the family. That is the ONLY person that can call to get information about the patient. The patient (if able) gives their authority and a...

  3. "We're Just Nurses" ..... Grrrrrrr!!!

    mom2michael replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    EKG's are our biggest for for those "what do you see" statements and I just smile and say....the doc will look at this and compare to previous readings and then be in to talk to you about the results....

  4. Floating 2nd day off orientation

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

    It was a common practice after 6-8 months for an RN to float, but usually not before then. Come to think of it - even a tech couldn't float until they had been off orientation for 90 days. Tell...

  5. new grad wage vs experienced wage

    mom2michael replied to 1776patriot's topic in General Nursing

    What I have noticed is the system rewards people for experience more so than rewarding their own employees for their continued years of service. For example an RN at my facility who has worked there...

  6. nurse pt ratio?

    mom2michael replied to dedicatedstudent's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked Tele on day shift we had 4-5 and on nights we had 8-9. Now I work in an 8 bed

  7. HESII Exam

    mom2michael replied to huami4264's topic in General Nursing

    We all took the HESI in Dec. We all scored at least 800 2 people failed the NCLEX after 265 questions but 46 of us

  8. What Jobs For A New RN??

    mom2michael replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Find an area of interest and then go for it. Don't settle because you think you have to. If you want a year of experience in M/S, go for it. If L&D is more up your alley - go for it. I settled...

  9. Help! Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    mom2michael replied to SweetieRN's topic in General Nursing

    According to my hubby who has administered 1000's of UDS in his career, they didn't ask you for OTC meds because OTC meds do not show up in your drug screen. They are looking for illegal things. If...

  10. Question for hiring managers

    mom2michael replied to Danish's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats and good luck to you on your new

  11. Pay rate for nursing assistants?

    mom2michael replied to FutureLatinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The lowest pay I made was $6.85 the highest was $9.10. I did make shift diffs at both jobs so the pay was slightly

  12. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    mom2michael replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I simply do not care. Everyone has to learn at some point and time in their life. I appreicate the patients that allowed me to learn on them while in school so I didn't have to be the RN that...

  13. Road to the ER

    mom2michael replied to cinja's topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat: I also want to add, we have an RN that has 2 years of experience in M/S/ICU/Tele and she can't make it in our ER because she lacks at least 3 of the 4 items listed

  14. SCARED to death of conscious sedation

    mom2michael replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    We only have 1 RN 24/7 and an overlap RN from 11-11....so I'm in the same boat as you - my best case would be to have 2 RN's but that isn't always likely or possible. But you are lucky to have RT -...

  15. I'm cluless

    mom2michael replied to spanky999's topic in Emergency

    Our ER takes CNA, students and EMT-B for techs. Our sister facility takes all the above plus EMT-P. We are a VERY small facility. We have 1 tech 24/7, 1 RN 24/7 and 1 doc 24/7. We then have an...

  16. Do you love your managers?

    mom2michael replied to NoeIssa's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My 1st manager was a nightmare, evil and possessed by Satan herself. She's gone - last I heard she's a staff nurse now and was having a hard time in orientation.....LOL. Our new CNO is awesome. She...

  17. Should I Have Stepped In??

    mom2michael replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

    If the officers were putting up the crime scene tape (and I'm going to base this on my 10+ years of law enforcement experience) there was nothing left to do. Police are trained in CPR and they carry...

  18. Thoughtful Supervisor - Not!

    mom2michael replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The same thing...... You get pooped on by your patients all day, sometimes in every single sense of the word, the last thing you need is to be pooped on by management and supervisors. It might have...

  19. Nursing Shortage Where YOU work?

    mom2michael replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live is always short nurses because there are 15+ facilities w/in a 1 hour drive from me. It has a high burn out rate, facilities around here are enfamous for VERY VERY low pay, crap hours...

  20. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    mom2michael replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    Here is another perspective from an ER nurse. I don't even pay attention to the clock. When I have a patient that is ready to be transfered, either in house or out, they go. I make sure that there...

  21. Youngest age of a nurse

    mom2michael replied to daisey_may's topic in General Nursing

    We had 3 that were under 21 when they graduated. I had to laugh because 2 got married right before graduation and they couldn't have alcohol at their wedding but 2 weeks later they could pass...

  22. Help! How Hard & How Many Hours?

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

    NS is what you make of it. There are weeks that you'll feel overwhelmed, tired and feel like you've done nothing but study and then there are weeks that it clicks for you, you have all your papers...

  23. Triad

    mom2michael replied to hanna-beacon's topic in General Nursing

    Most facilities make cash flow a priority, however Triad (at least where I live) seems to take that to a whole new

  24. To the single parent night shifters

    mom2michael replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in General Nursing

    Check with local churches, YMCA's or any place that might offer day camps. Also - will the school be offering summer school? Ours does for 6 weeks during the summer....doesn't solve the entire...

  25. Any rn's graveyard with smaller children

    mom2michael replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Nursing

    I work Sun, Mon and Tues night and my son is in 2nd grade. My husband works from home, so he is able to get him up and on the bus in the am, I get home from work at 7:35 and I go straight to bed...