Mr. Murse

Mr. Murse

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  1. Is My Thinking Flawed?

    Mr. Murse replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I know, but did the OP ever specify they were referring only to central

  2. Bullying - What is it?

    Mr. Murse replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think those examples just make the person an ****, not a bully, but I guess the line is kind of blurry there. By using the term a-hole instead of bully though, I feel like it's less of a victim...

  3. Is My Thinking Flawed?

    Mr. Murse replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    is it possible they're running the K so slowly for the sake of the patient's comfort? Our K-runs are mixed 10meq/100ml and we run at 100ml/hr, but we usually mix in lidocaine for comfort because very...

  4. I feel like giving up

    Mr. Murse replied to sven's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I know you've been told this already, but you definitely need to at least try a couple of different areas of nursing before giving up on something you worked so hard for. The nursing world is...

  5. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Mr. Murse replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Haha, granted, you have many more years experience than me, but this may still come as a shock to you: there is actually management out there that care about their staff!!! I know my manager, for one,...

  6. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Mr. Murse replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure I follow your rationale. I didn't necessarily mean go into great detail about their anxiety and personal issues, just give enough info to let them know you would like to steer away from...

  7. I dread going to work- not a new grad. Has this happened to anyone else?

    Mr. Murse replied to Ativan's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds you like you need to find something outside of direct patient care. If you have a good relationship with your management I would go to them with your concerns and start looking around at the...

  8. New grads psych nursing

    Mr. Murse replied to Affsana's topic in Psychiatric

    I know a new grad that just finished and is going to a psych facility in the next month or so. I don't think as a whole it's much more challenging to get a psych job than a med/surg job. Now, I would...

  9. Security in Healthcare Environments

    Mr. Murse replied to NotMyProblem MSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with the first response. In my opinion, this society has gotten into a bad habit of overkill, knee-jerk reactions to traumatic, scary situations. Yes, it's a possibility that someone may come...

  10. ABC TV:NY Med shows ER nurse fired due to social media post

    Mr. Murse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing News

    Personally, I don't think it's an ethical issue at all. It was just unwise and somewhat insensitive. The way I see it, ANYTHING you post online is no longer private. So sure, there were no staff or...

  11. Nurses with Medical Marijuana Cards.

    Mr. Murse replied to fltopp1's topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by making it clear that I do not smoke pot (so no one thinks I'm just trying to justify my own behavior), but seriously, you're just flat out naive if you think that people who smoke it...

  12. Pushing Dilaudid?

    Mr. Murse replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Out of curiosity, those of you who do mix it in a bag instead of pushing it, what kind of unit do you work

  13. Pushing Dilaudid?

    Mr. Murse replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    wow.......bagging Dilaudid? what a new concept to me. I work on a surgical floor and I would seriously get nothing done if I had to piggyback all the ridiculous amounts of Dilaudid I give out every...

  14. removing heparin from ports

    Mr. Murse posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I was having this discussion at work the other day and wanted to see what the consensus is around here...... How many of you remove the dwell heparin from a hep locked port before using it? I'm...

  15. First night shift this week...

    Mr. Murse replied to crossfitnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Really, it's rather simple: try to make it exactly like it is when you work days shift......except reversed. Unless you have kids or something absolutely keeping you from doing so, just accept that...

  16. Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    Mr. Murse replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My job is like that. You only get holiday pay for the hours you work within the actual 24 hour period of the holiday itself. So night shift employees like myself kind of get screwed. Honestly though...

  17. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

    Mr. Murse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Have you really ever heard a physician or member of administration ever tell a nurse "you only have an associates"? I know in my facility, the physicians don't even know who has which degree and they...

  18. ADN Nurses Being Forced to go Back to School?

    Mr. Murse replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    While I'm glad that they are at least allowing a 4 year window for ADN nurses to start their BSN programs, my experience on the floor so far tells me that BSN degrees, pragmatically speaking, are way...

  19. First nursing job help!

    Mr. Murse replied to unbalanced's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    First of all, I hope the summer position you interviewed for isn't an RN job, because if it starts next week and you're taking your boards next week, there's no way you'll be licensed by then....

  20. Denied a job, what would you do?

    Mr. Murse replied to jpdlii's topic in Nursing Career

    I hope you realize how much more is required as charge nurse than education. I'm a little surprised you felt like your advanced degrees automatically makes you more qualified than people with lesser...

  21. Piggy Back IV order with no fluid order?

    Mr. Murse replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in Patient Medications

    There are a few different meds that we have ordered at my hospital from time to time that need a carrier or something to flush them in but the doctors rarely remember to put in the order for the other...

  22. caught a med error. ...stress. ..

    Mr. Murse replied to thatnurse17's topic in Patient Medications

    The thing about this kind of attitude is that I (and the general public I would imagine) don't really want them to continue practice in this way, seeing as it will almost inevitably end up badly at...

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Mr. Murse replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen a "ghost" personally, but my surgical floor has had quite a few strange sightings and happenings as reported by patients, family, and occasionally staff. The most recent story this...

  24. Does it get better being a new nurse?

    Mr. Murse replied to telealli's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, everyone else has done the comforting, and it's all true (this will pass, it will get better, hang in there, etc, etc.....), but I think some of the problem is simply your approach and...

  25. Charge Nurse Interview

    Mr. Murse replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Is this a position for charge on the unit you're already working on? If that's the case, then you have already basically been interviewing by your job performance. All you current managers and charges...