MikeyBSN

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  1. RN experience prior to ER triage?

    MikeyBSN replied to RNBelle's topic in Emergency

    I just had a patient the other day who had lower extremity edema, chest pain, nausea and hypertension. Although she was relatively young, she had been traveling a lot over the past few months. The...

  2. RN experience prior to ER triage?

    MikeyBSN replied to RNBelle's topic in Emergency

    Although I agree that there is probably some minimum experience requirement for triage, I would put the emphasis on competence over experience. I have worked with some very competent nurses who have...

  3. NY Nurse Develops Guillain-Barre After Influenza Vaccine

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    A nurse was stricken with a rare nerve disorder that can cause paralysis two weeks after receiving a seasonal flu shot, the New York State Health Department confirmed Wednesday....

  4. Need advice/thoughts from Experienced Nurses..HELP!

    MikeyBSN replied to nickynoodles's topic in General Nursing

    First, I would like to congratulate you on your choice of careers. That being said, you should choose your career for a good reason. There is no such thing as a "golden ticket" field. Although the...

  5. Job dilemma

    MikeyBSN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    You should go check out the hospital, go to the interview and ask a lot of questions. I don't know what your specific situation is, but I moved when I got my first job as an RN. However, I was...

  6. My hospital's new PPE policy!

    MikeyBSN replied to Chewie_123's topic in General Nursing

    I knew this was coming once they started saying that an N95 should be used with each flu patient. Not only are N95's expensive, but many nurses might opt to use the mask rather than get a flu...

  7. Judge Stops Mandatory Flu Shots In NYS

    MikeyBSN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    It's not a shame, it was an excellent decision. The New York Health Dept. made an extremely legally suspect move by issuing a mandatory inoculation on people without going through the proper process....

  8. Has anyone picked a specialty before nursing school and actually done it after?

    MikeyBSN replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    I always knew that I wanted to work in the ED and I went directly to the ED after nursing

  9. Donating blood- is it safe ?

    MikeyBSN replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    The organization still operates to make a profit; a profit is made over the operating costs (ie. paying for those machines). I have already provided evidence and specific examples of Red Cross...

  10. Donating blood- is it safe ?

    MikeyBSN replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    Again, good to see the old durable ace guilt-trip about someone personally causing patients to die. Maybe those patients wouldn't die if agencies like the Red Cross used a more accurate screening...

  11. In 2009, still amazed that sexism is alive and well

    MikeyBSN replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    It's really a sad world, especially when people live under the impression that prejudice only exists in small pockets of the nation and is not as much of an issue as it was several years ago....

  12. Insurance - The Latest Outrage

    MikeyBSN replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in college I had school health insurance. When I got a job I needed to wait until I was off probation to be eligible to apply for health insurance, and after that I had to wait until the...

  13. Why Should You Get Both Seasonal and Swine Flu Vaccines This Year

    MikeyBSN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    People should get both? From what I understand, swine has become the dominant flu strain, and according to the CDC, almost all current flu strains are swine variant. As the article states, that...

  14. Insurance - The Latest Outrage

    MikeyBSN replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    How do married people get punished for being married? It's probably still cheaper to cover a spouse then it would be for an individual single person to get their own

  15. Donating blood- is it safe ?

    MikeyBSN replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not against "donating blood", I'm against the organizations that pride themselves in the blood selling business. To say that I am against donating blood plays off of the durable ace used by these...

  16. Donating blood- is it safe ?

    MikeyBSN replied to bowser301's topic in General Nursing

    Where I agree that the risk of becoming infected with anything by donating blood is low, that doesn't necessarily mean it's a good idea. When you donate blood, they usually use a size 16 or 17 gauge...

  17. Fighting mandate regarding flu vaccines

    MikeyBSN replied to Blessedx3's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That depends what type of school you go to. It sounds like a private school, which makes things more difficult. The first place you should start is talking to the administration to get a waiver for...

  18. Nonsense "stat" orders

    MikeyBSN replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    I can't believe people actually write that. If I ever saw an adjective in front of the word "STAT" I would be on the phone with the resident's MOD before the ink

  19. Do you cut off Name Band?

    MikeyBSN replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    You could look at the name band two ways, neither of which would result in a HIPAA violation. The first way is to view it as something that the patient gets as part of their treatment, like an...

  20. Pediatric H1N1 Deaths Already Rival Seasonal Flu

    MikeyBSN replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC said that they stopped counting swine flu cases back in July. They also say, on their own website, that they can't calculate the number of people who die from influenza. Yet, they still...

  21. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    MikeyBSN replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    a lot of people aren't even paying attention to what's going on. the ny regulation, illegally passed imo, doesn't even give you the right to opt out for religious

  22. Advice, Seasoned RN going into pediatrics!

    MikeyBSN replied to cocosmama's topic in General Nursing

    Don't kick the

  23. Change of shift admissions

    MikeyBSN replied to kittymom's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds reasonable, I don't see why the admission paperwork has to be done right away. In our hospital, we have an admission nurse who does the admission paperwork while the patient is still in...

  24. CDC claims swine kills more kids than regular flu?

    MikeyBSN posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    ATLANTA - Health officials said Friday that 76 children have died of swine flu, including 16 new reports in the past week-more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous in kids....

  25. Do you cut off Name Band?

    MikeyBSN replied to nkochrn's topic in General Nursing

    Slight correction to everyone, which I'm guilty of. The law is "HIPAA", not