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  1. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    mluvsgnc replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome back, Esme. Sounds like all the well wishes and prayers worked. Maybe now you can eat all the ice cream you want?

  2. It drives me nuts when....

    mluvsgnc replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    It also drives me nuts when... the parent says, "let's go to the zoo!" two hours prior to my shift end. Really?? It takes at least 45 minutes to go portable with clt., 20+ minutes to drive/park,...

  3. any 1:1 school nurses in here

    mluvsgnc replied to ErinDel's topic in Private Duty

    I think it is a good idea to ask the teacher(s) what is expected of you. Also, what do the parents expect of you? Sometimes they are not the same. When I attend preschool with my clt., the teacher...

  4. What counts as PDN?

    mluvsgnc replied to KateyBug's topic in Private Duty

    Brillohead sums it up nicely. I also think of it as patients who aren't acute enough to require hospitalization (until they do), but need medical technology and interventions to survive outside of the...

  5. First Med error??

    mluvsgnc replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in General Nursing

    "And sharing errors can keep others from making the same mistakes." This! Thank you for sharing- now I know about this med in case I ever come across it (from one PDN nurse to

  6. Should I wear this to the next staff meeting?

    mluvsgnc replied to Guttercat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got it immediately, but I want to know what second would be (if first is sleep and third is patient

  7. New grad nurse looking for some guidance

    mluvsgnc replied to BeatsPerMinute's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would have gone to the interview, just to check it out, practice interviewing, and like VAnurse said, at least consider getting your foot in the door to a hospital. Being a "large hospital," they...

  8. Was this such an unreasonable request?

    mluvsgnc replied to verene's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in PDN and often have to call the doctor's office to take a verbal telephone order from another RN (who communicates with the doc). It is read back, initialed, timed, and the name of the...

  9. Identification tag

    mluvsgnc replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I have a photo ID badge with name, title, and company name. I wear it for one of my cases, as I transport him from school to home, and there is always an officer and other official-types present on...

  10. New Job...New Career

    mluvsgnc replied to VIVIAN321's topic in General Nursing

    What about a case manager type of position? Or insurance nursing (reviewing claims)? Or a clinic, where you might do more triage and less "bedside" type stuff? How about working in hospice and doing...

  11. How likely is it?

    mluvsgnc replied to EricD's topic in Nursing Career

    I have seen the benefit of students who worked as CNAs in a hospital then get hired on by said hospital- at least three people in my cohort got in that way. If I could go back and do it again, I would...

  12. What to do??

    mluvsgnc replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    I appreciate the feedback. I think in my heart of hearts, this is the right thing to do, even though it isn't following my heart. It checks off a lot of boxes to make this whole unfortunate situation...

  13. What to do??

    mluvsgnc posted a topic in Private Duty

    So, I've been offered a position at my agency of clinical director, and I don't know what to do. When I got into nursing, I didn't have management/administration in mind when I pictured myself long...

  14. What to do??

    mluvsgnc replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    I would be responsible for one week a month of on call duty (it's split between 4 clinical

  15. A clinical director in PDN..

    mluvsgnc posted a topic in Private Duty

    ... is akin to what in other sectors of nursing? Charge nurse? Clinical nurse

  16. A clinical director in PDN..

    mluvsgnc replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    Agreed, caliotter3- I was thinking the same thing (about not helping for a bedside position). If I take this position, I would want to find a way to keep my skills fresh (per diem jobs, perhaps). It's...

  17. A clinical director in PDN..

    mluvsgnc replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks, caliottter3. I supposed it's all semantics, and I need to see how the agency I work for defines it. I told my agency that I wanted more money and more hours, and they came back to me with the...

  18. Code blue

    mluvsgnc replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

    You need to debrief, in whatever way is helpful for you (typing it out, talking to someone, both??). I've only seen a code once, as a nursing student, and I will never forget the look on the guy's...

  19. My Struggle as a nurse

    mluvsgnc replied to natiagagua25's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your story. There were a lot of times when you could have just given up but didn't, and I applaud you for not letting life (or an abusive relationship or a spiteful nurse or...

  20. Answering the dreaded questions-So what is it like to be a nurse?

    mluvsgnc replied to RN19's topic in General Nursing

    RN19- May I just print out your replies and hand them out to people as appropriate? I can cut it into sections and, depending on the question being asked, just hand it over?

  21. Answering the dreaded questions-So what is it like to be a nurse?

    mluvsgnc replied to RN19's topic in General Nursing

    I interpreted chiandre's post as a way of addressing the "you'll never be out of work" comment. People think nurses have job security, which, as far as having work to do, is true, but ultimately we...

  22. A clinical director in PDN..

    mluvsgnc replied to mluvsgnc's topic in Private Duty

    Thank you,

  23. Nurses Who Don't Want to be Nurses

    mluvsgnc replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When people ask me, "Why did you become a nurse?" I tell them, "It wasn't for any noble reason! Money and job security." But you know what? I am damn good at my job, my patients (and their families)...

  24. No Insulin Order

    mluvsgnc replied to NightNurseRN13's topic in Private Duty

    I would do what KelRN215 suggested (and I do it all the time)- call the MDs office and take a verbal telephone order (from an RN or higher license), read it back to them to verify, and send a copy to...

  25. Help with words? "Nodding off"

    mluvsgnc replied to Raviepoo's topic in General Nursing

    "S/S of excessive sleepiness AEB frequent head bobbing, closing of eyes, mumbling, etc." or "The pt. appeared soporific" (which, as an adjective, means to induce drowsiness or