MamaTheNurse

MamaTheNurse BSN, RN

M/S, OB, Ortho, ICU, Diabetes, QA/PI

Member

  • Content

    304

  • Visitors

    4,856

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    5

All Content by MamaTheNurse

  1. What punishment should this nurse get?

    MamaTheNurse replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    the sleeping issue aside, I can't imagine working in a unit apparently so strapped for cash that they can't afford to pay someone at a tech or aide level to sit with a patient to keep his hands from...

  2. nurses cap

    MamaTheNurse replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    those capes were way cool - I'd wear one of those any

  3. nurses cap

    MamaTheNurse replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    although we never actually wore them to work, 713 (Kay's) is the one I received at graduation - I wear it one day a year - the first day of Nurse's Week - it's odd - all of the nurses say "Oh my God,...

  4. Wanting to know the day in the life of an ICU Nurse

    MamaTheNurse replied to AussieKylie's topic in MICU, SICU

    sounds like our ICU - sounds like you would do just fine in our ICU too! if you're ever looking to come north (northern MI), PM me, we have a spot for someone on the ball like you!!!! you have such a...

  5. Help! Checking Dilation

    MamaTheNurse replied to malibu03's topic in Ob/Gyn

    just keep practicing - once in a while, you have an off "check" - I wouldn't worry about it if you are correct most of the time - sometimes, the patient's anatomy just doesn't match right with your...

  6. Is it selfish not to get a Flu Shot?

    MamaTheNurse replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I never ever had a flu shot and never got sick ever since I had been a nurse - because I had been out of the hospital setting for 1 1/2 yrs, I got one in 2003 for the first time ever in my career - I...

  7. I was FIRED today!

    MamaTheNurse replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    I know it doesn't feel like it now, but this could end up being the best thing that has happened to you - that place was just really odd anyway........... you obviously absorbed something in your...

  8. Worst information given in shift report!!!

    MamaTheNurse replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    hope this guy did well - I took care of a CVA transferred to us from a little hospital in the middle of nowhere - his facial droop was gone, spoke clear as a bell, had almost full strength in his arm...

  9. I am an RN but am NOT getting training. HELP!!

    MamaTheNurse replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    if it is, it sure isn't the hospital I work at!! each unit has a preceptor program in place and the preceptors themselves go to classes to learn how best to be one.......our GN's are up and running...

  10. Why is everyone on Protonix

    MamaTheNurse replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    that's very interesting - I'll have to check that out - isn't sucralfate "Carafate"? I don't think I've seen that given at all in our ICU for anything.......thanks for the

  11. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    MamaTheNurse replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    that's pretty gutsy for someone to actually say to you - I know of at least 2 nurses who have full custody (with their husband) of their stepkids and are more of a mother to their stepkids than their...

  12. Why is everyone on Protonix

    MamaTheNurse replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    our ICU is part of a statewide safety initiative to prevent pneumonia in ventilator patients and we round 3 times a week on vent patients to make sure they are being treated appropriately to prevent...

  13. If not a nurse...what????

    MamaTheNurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmm -that's interesting...... when I was in high school, I had a really good male friend who was Chinese - apparently his parents liked me because, according to my friend, if they didn't, they would...

  14. Funniest thing a new nurse said/charted/asked...

    MamaTheNurse replied to RN12345656's topic in Nursing Humor

    oh my goodness - how did you keep yourself from just busting out with

  15. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    MamaTheNurse replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    that is

  16. Describe your last day at work in 50 words or less !?

    MamaTheNurse replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    mellow day - working extra - big bucks - kids need new skates post-MI, post-cath, 5 stents, EF 10%, heart is hamburger, 44 years old, no insurance, nice lady 37 years old, ARDS, off sedation 3 days,...

  17. Criminal Record Effect On Career

    MamaTheNurse replied to TMICHIGAN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    for sure you need to speak with Michigan's BON - I've known of CRNA's in this state who had drug/alcohol dependence issues, were on probation for a while but are still licensed to work as CRNA's...

  18. I like Med/Sug-Isthat wierd?

    MamaTheNurse replied to JustJen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    good for you - there's nothing wrong with liking Med-Surg - when your classmates do their job and get their patients ready to move out of a critical care area, they are going to need someone who knows...

  19. The "bully" nurse

    MamaTheNurse replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    yup, that's how I found it - when I was noting the orders - I tend to be a stickler when it comes to orders that require some transcription onto another form because even the best clerks that I've...

  20. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    MamaTheNurse replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mind working Christmas Eve (night) - I was home in the morning for presents and went right to bed so I got out of cooking Christmas

  21. RN experience required?

    MamaTheNurse replied to ICRN2008's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't know what the requirements are now, but my NP program at Michigan State U. required at least 2 years of RN clinical experience - that was back in 97-98 - everyone is different but I had 4...

  22. How strict was your nursing school?

    MamaTheNurse replied to piercednurse's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    oh yeah, I forgot this one: when I was at the second school, I had to get married during the school year to allow enough time to file the paperwork to get my green card so I could work when I...

  23. The "bully" nurse

    MamaTheNurse replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    that's cool - it really sums it up

  24. The "bully" nurse

    MamaTheNurse replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    sounds like you are in an awesome OR - good for you! In terms of OR work experience, I have to admit that I have never worked as a circulator but I used to be a First Assist and when I worked OB, we...

  25. The "bully" nurse

    MamaTheNurse replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    wow - you must work in an OR from another dimension - I've had interactions with OR's in 3 different hospitals and I've witnessed some of the worst bullying that I have ever seen!! there always seems...