melissa_rn

Latest Activity

1. Patients destroying pain meds?

   melissa_rn posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

   Just wondering how other clinics handle the situation of destroying pain meds. For example, say a patient was prescribed Percocet, but they had a reaction to it, so the doctor wants them to get rid...

2. New RN in Docs office; Will it screw me??

   melissa_rn replied to Joy06's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I never worked in a hospital after graduating nursing school. I worked at a residental treatment facility (psych), then a family practice clinic, and now a rheumatology clinic. While I don't plan to...

3. IV Boniva

   melissa_rn replied to melissa_rn's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Don't plan to "wing" it. Plan to get instruction by the doctor (since there hasn't been an RN in the office for a few months) but I wanted to have a bit of a "heads up" from some infusion nurses...

4. IV Boniva

   melissa_rn posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Just started a new job in a rheumatology office and will be giving an IV Boniva next week. I'm pretty confident in my ability to find a vein....but I'm not sure how the IV Boniva is set up. Will I...

5. paid in pesos?

   melissa_rn replied to floridaisawful's topic in General Nursing

   I was a clinic RN in Seattle for 5 years. My pay there ranged from starting at $23.50 and ending at $28.24. Then I moved to NH. Pay in NH is much lower than Seattle. I asked for $23 here (since I...

6. How "intense" is it?

   melissa_rn replied to melissa_rn's topic in School

   I was offered $15/hr. Is that a usual salary for school nurses? I made $15/hr when I was a secretary during nursing

7. How "intense" is it?

   melissa_rn posted a topic in School

   Looking at a school nurse position for a small-town elementary school (430 students). My previous experience is 1.5 years at a residential treatment facility for mentally ill children and most...

8. Would you take this job?

   melissa_rn posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I recently had an interview for a part-time family practice clinic RN position. I have 5 years of experience in a busy family practice clinic but we moved to another state. This was my first...

9. Nuva Ring questions

   melissa_rn replied to texasnursingstudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I liked the ease of use but I turned into Cybil on it! My moods were all over the place. happy, then crappy, then near-tears, snapping at patients too! NOT like me. I took it out and moods went...

10. Medical Assistants in WA

    melissa_rn posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    I work in a clinic in Seattle that uses MA's who have not been formally trained. Some of them refer to themselves as "Dr. so-and-so's nurse" on the phone with patients, pharmacies, and other...

11. Worried and feel bad...

    melissa_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    About 2 weeks ago I put a fiberglass long-arm cast on a hispanic man who did not speak english, per dr's order. The man had an interpreter with him. The fracture was at the radial head. He worked...

12. Newbie to Clinic Nursing - Questions on what is "normal"

    melissa_rn posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    So...I've been working at my new clinic job for almost a month, and I have a few questions... Most of the doctors have Medical Assistants working with them. I am the float nurse, so I will be helping...

13. Have you ever hit the bone?

    melissa_rn replied to melissa_rn's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Glad to hear I did what everyone else did...pull out a little, aspirate, and give the med. The woman I was injecting was a big lady, too! A fisherman, at that, with big muscles, I NEVER would have...

14. Have you ever hit the bone?

    melissa_rn posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Has anyone ever hit the humerus when giving an IM in the deltoid? If so, what do you

15. Lots of changes at our facility!

    melissa_rn posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Last week I found a new job (therefore I notified my boss, the executive director, that I would be leaving my position as nurse manager). The next day she quit without notice (read: stormed out)....