missmollie ADN, BSN, RN

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    Experienced RN, Qutting during Orientation

    missmollie replied to CardiacRNLA's topic in General Nursing

    No one is going to resent you for doing what is right for you. It sounds like you need a break, and your health is more important than some job. Move closer home to family and focus on your mental...
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    When To Call The On Call Doctor

    missmollie replied to MJ48's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You did your assessment and chose not to call the doctor based on that assessment. I think your decision was fine. Until there is an issue, you don't call the doctor because there is a change in the...
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    Mad at myself right now. :(

    missmollie replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I hate wound vacs. If worse comes to worse, seal it the best you can and hook it up to wall suction. Some suction is better than none, and no annoying beeping from the wound vac machine. Don't be...
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    Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    missmollie replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    I second the bark collar. It is amazing how quickly it will train them to not bark during the day. If you decide to take a night shift job, welcome to the dark side! Nights are the absolute best...
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    Lost newish grad

    missmollie replied to Name9335's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm confused how the details are too revealing. It sounds to me like you don't want to own up to mistakes. Too revealing: on 2/2/18, I gave Mrs. Smith in room 201 50 mg of labetalol when it should...
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    Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    missmollie replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    We live in a society that is all about convenience, but the hospital is the one place that mentality should not be tolerated. I've had patients who refuse to get up, only to end up in a nursing home...
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    NY Times article: loss of license

    missmollie posted a topic in Nursing News

    When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work - The New York Times This article illuminates a little known state law that penalizes people behind in their student loans by taking away...
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    Psst....Let's Talk About Gossip in the Nurses' Station

    missmollie replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    One definition you give is "repeating information that is not entirely true". That statement can literally be applied to anything. Only getting half the story from one person and not the other...
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    The state of nursing now

    missmollie posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was in a meeting last week and I got the vibe that things were not looking good. Surge pay being cut, budget was brought up, and the constant word of "efficient" and some company has been brought in...
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    Parent to Nurse advice

    missmollie replied to Northsky's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Perhaps peds isn't where you should go at this time. Try adult, and go from
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    The state of nursing now

    missmollie replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Regular pay: (IE) 20.00 Time and a half: 30.00 surge pay: 10.00: Total of 40/hour for an overtime. Surge pay being cut to 5....so 35 instead of 40. Problem...no?
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    The state of nursing now

    missmollie replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    Surge pay is the extra money you are paid on top of regular pay + time and
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    My apologies to the nursing profession

    missmollie replied to Jon12's topic in General Nursing

    I can't handle nursing...blah blah blah...I can't handle nursing...blah blah...blah blah... Get over yourself. No one is asking if you are gay in front of others, especially in this environment. No...
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    How many patients do you have on each shift?

    missmollie replied to LStgo's topic in General Nursing

    Nights, Neurosurgery PC is 1:3. We have one tech for 6 patients. I know, it's pretty
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    Stadol question

    missmollie replied to Munch's topic in Patient Medications

    This might be a great question to ask the prescribing doctor. We can guess here, but we will never know the reasoning. Ask him and get back to us! I'd love to
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    Stadol question

    missmollie replied to Munch's topic in Patient Medications

    If the patient was a neuro patient, I find that our doctors won't order narcotics because it changes the neuro score. Narcotics can cause a decrease of awareness, ability to respond appropriately,...
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    What is your worst visitor story?

    missmollie replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm talking more like the wife/husband starts wondering the hallway, doesn't know where they are, doesn't understand why they are here (for the patient), and thinks it's summer when it's 1 degree...
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    What is your worst visitor story?

    missmollie replied to nordie's topic in General Nursing

    I love when the 80ish year old patient has his/her significant other spend the night, and that wife/husband sundowns. Nothing makes me call a family quicker than inadvertently increasing my patient...
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    My First Interview ~ HELP ~ New RN

    missmollie replied to NSGisLife's topic in General Nursing

    Be prepared to lay out your faults, and don't give BS answers. "What will be your greatest weakness?" A: I have a very type A personality, and I find delegation is difficult for me. I've been...
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    Why are they called, "Chucks?"

    missmollie replied to NPbyDay's topic in General Nursing

    I assumed it was called that because you "chuck them in the trash". Hence the name chux. Clever naming of the
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    Don't bring your misery to work!

    missmollie replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is okay to rant about. In the midst of all the disease, heartbreak, broken families, and patients who will never be the same, we should be grateful that we are able to walk into work, to...
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    Nursing school essay #2

    missmollie replied to ashelly's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had written a second post, but it had to be approved by moderators. Know what you're getting yourself into. Go to amazon, and look up books with the term "First year of nursing". Read a few of...
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    Nursing school essay #2

    missmollie replied to ashelly's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I come a little jaded because this was a second career for me. Here are the books I used for research before making that decision to apply and attend nursing school. You should give these a serious...
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    Nursing school essay #2

    missmollie replied to ashelly's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That's not an essay. That's two paragraphs. Key points: Remove all exclamation points Take out rosy comments and insert words like "work" and "Hard work" and "rewarding" and "challenging",...
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    Uhhhh, That's Kinda Personal

    missmollie replied to evastone's topic in General Nursing

    Ya'll are a sensitive bunch. We ask so many personal questions of our patients that I don't care if they ask how many kids I have, where I live, or how long I've been married. At least they don't...