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  1. Floating? I need your comments!

    minnymi replied to editor2rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i was assuming that you were talking about a nurse who is employed by the hospital and just happens to get pulled somewhere else. however, the hospital where i used to work as a nurse intern had an...

  2. Is magnet status hospitals shutting out all LVNs

    minnymi replied to ladymaam's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    there used to be LPNs in the hospital where i work, but not anymore. they stopped hiring them and the ones who worked at the bedside either left, went back to school, or took other positions in the...

  3. RN vs. BSN

    minnymi replied to mmarqua4's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    after seeing how you jump on every bsn thread and get so personally offended by any statement that implies getting a bsn in this job market would be wise.... quite frankly, i don't believe

  4. The New Grad & Charting

    minnymi replied to CoffeePVCs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i know it's the technology age and everything, but you're the most advanced two week old i've ever seen! sorry, couldn't

  5. I GOT A JOB!

    minnymi replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congratulations....i hope you like

  6. Floating? I need your comments!

    minnymi replied to editor2rn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i would think, "oh, great. i'm going to get stuck with the load nobody else wants." i used to work on a unit where one of us would have to float pretty much every shift. NOBODY ever wanted to be the...

  7. RN vs. BSN

    minnymi replied to mmarqua4's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    uhh....requiring a bsn in order to practice is raising the standard. who said they shouldn't have a voice? don't take one part of what i said out of context (literally) and twist it to fit whatever...

  8. Obamacare Survives, Supreme Court Rescues 'Big Health'

    minnymi replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    sure you can. just choose not to have a

  9. RN vs. BSN

    minnymi replied to mmarqua4's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    my guess would be because there are too many ADN educated nurses who have a voice and they are more worried about their pride so instead of raising the standards they keep them the same. some people...

  10. Leave nursing job to be stay-at-home mom?

    minnymi replied to mol42's topic in Nursing Career

    you said your pay doesn't cover much more than childcare, but you work part time. wouldn't the solution to that be to work full time in a job that you actually like. it sounds like you want to quit...

  11. I'm hoping for advice or ideas concerning a coworker who has body odor

    minnymi replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    why don't you take her aside and be very kind, but straight forward about it? maybe the manager addressed her needing to iron her scrubs, but wasn't able to address the odor. it's not an easy thing to...

  12. Nurses reusing vacutainer hubs, tourniquets & blood-soiled trolleys for blood draws

    minnymi replied to AtheistRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    good news! i've never understood why anyone would do something like this when it's not like they are paying for the supplies out of their own pockets

  13. CNA getting negativity from other CNAS because of acceptance in nursing school!!

    minnymi replied to pumpkinfuturelpn's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    some of them might be jealous and your acceptance is a reminder of them being stuck where they are. it's nothing personal and there's not really anything you can do about it. i used to ask some of my...

  14. Termination is so bad - will I be able to go on in nursing?

    minnymi replied to a.w123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    whatever you do - don't badmouth your former employer and don't make excuses. i know it's hard bc it's natural to want to defend yourself, but the best thing to do is to explain that you made a...

  15. Nursing and sexual abuse history

    minnymi replied to leekaye's topic in General Nursing

    this may be the case where you are, but i doubt that it's typical. i have given many baths and inserted many catheters alone. i stated previously that i doubt the OP will have an issue while giving...

  16. Vocera & other equipment

    minnymi replied to nocrn61's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i don't personally use vocera, but i've been to units that do. from what i've seen...the nurse checking out gives their vocera to the charge nurse (so the charge nurse has like 10 at the end of the...

  17. Is it me? What happened to nursing?

    minnymi replied to Burlshoe114's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    exactly....MANY of these patients are on medicaid. not that i'm against medicaid, but isn't it enough that you're getting your care for free without asking the nurse to order something else because...

  18. Dietary policy- vent

    minnymi replied to trauma_lama's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    one time when i was working as a (new) tech on a med/surg floor there was a patient who asked me for peanut butter and graham crackers. she asked me to spread the PB onto the crackers for her which i...

  19. IV help

    minnymi replied to CherrySyrup BSN RN CPN's topic in Patient Medications

    no! incompatible meds can't be given through different ports in the same site. do you mean different lines? maybe this is a difference in semantics, but one line can have several different ports....

  20. Obamacare, what could go wrong?

    minnymi replied to SC_RNDude's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :yeah:

  21. Is it me? What happened to nursing?

    minnymi replied to Burlshoe114's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    i agree! one time i went running around the hospital trying to find a red popsicle for a patient. i told one of my co-workers, "wow...when i was in the hospital after i had my children, i didn't even...

  22. What exactly is so bad about LTC??

    minnymi replied to MaybeaNurse7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    everyone is different. you might love LTC. plus, people often come here to vent. you don't get to hear all the positives. you get to know your patients and they get to know you. sometimes, you're able...

  23. Fired for writing a nursing order?

    minnymi replied to Nursynursemn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    couldn't the order "offer dilaudid prior to therapies" be confusing... what if it was given at 0800 and therapy was at 1000. yet, there's an order to offer dilaudid prior to therapy? i can see how...

  24. Animal Assisted Therapy - Nursing Ethics?

    minnymi replied to liser79's topic in General Nursing

    hmm...i dunno. i don't know if it helps any, but i actually heard a couple of patients just last week voicing their disgust about the pet therapy dogs. "i can't believe they let those nasty dogs in a...

  25. Dietary policy- vent

    minnymi replied to trauma_lama's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    umm...no. if they can go and get it then that's one thing, but i will NOT bring it to them nor will i go down to the cafeteria to get