ND76

ND76

Member

  • Content

    74

  • Visitors

    3,177

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by ND76

  1. MI at 23?

    ND76 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've taken care of several "young" (25-30) MI patients in the past six months, although almost every one of them had serious risk factors. Morbidly obese, sedentary lifestyle, diabetic, untreated HTN...

  2. Abdominal pain??

    ND76 replied to turtles's topic in General Nursing

    Whew! Thank

  3. Airlock or not with Cortef?

    ND76 replied to yogastudentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!

  4. Anyone work at Baptist Memphis?

    ND76 replied to cinja's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    True, true. I left work many a shift literally in TEARS because I was so exhausted that I couldn't move. I worked in the ED, and they would make us work 4 hours on the minor side, then move you to...

  5. what makes you a good ER nurse?

    ND76 replied to scrmblr's topic in Emergency

    I think it's a combination of things. I am very fast, organized, and efficient (i.e. multi-tasking) and have the memory of an elephant. I am skilled at procedures and knowledgeable about disease...

  6. Rantings of a young new ER nurse.

    ND76 replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in Emergency

    Hahaha! You took the words out of my mouth! Do we all three work together? The whole thing sounds very familiar to me, the secretary, the preceptor on the cell phone, the gossiping co-workers, and...

  7. HELP-Starting 12h Night Shifts

    ND76 replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    No drama...just an answer. A lot of my co-workers have 45 minute-1 hour commutes, then have to get kids off to school, pick them up, go to school, etc. You asked, and I was just pointing out the...

  8. HELP-Starting 12h Night Shifts

    ND76 replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    I never said I stay up til 9. I said I stay up anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour after I get home, and I'm home by 7:15a when I work at night. We live very close to my job. I usually get to bed...

  9. HELP-Starting 12h Night Shifts

    ND76 replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, me too. I usually watch a little TV or check my email. I just meant don't try to stay up til 10 or 11am. A lot of my co-workers do that, and then they wonder why they are exhausted or...

  10. HELP-Starting 12h Night Shifts

    ND76 replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    I swing back and forth between nights and days. My best advice is to stay up late the night before your first shift. Like at least 2 or 3. Then sleep as late as you can, then go to work. You'll be...

  11. Putting RN on license plate???

    ND76 replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    I had one for four years, and finally changed it because my husband was sick of riding around in a car with "GirlsNameRN" on the tag. I changed it to our last name, so he's pretty happy about it....

  12. Date MD's??

    ND76 replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    My motto was always, "Don't **** where you eat." Same thing applies to dating co-workers. :) That being said, I've had several married MD's make passes at me, and it disgusts me, as I am definitely...

  13. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    ND76 replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Closest I've came is $74,000 last year. That's in TN, 6 years experience, working pool, with shift diff, some premium pay for OT, and anywhere from 36-48 hours per week. I don't consider myself...

  14. So frustrated...co-worker stealing drugs.

    ND76 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got called into my supervisor's office yesterday while at work, so I be-bopped in there, thinking she wanted to ask me about my schedule or if I would teach a class. She told me it would just be a...

  15. So frustrated...co-worker stealing drugs.

    ND76 replied to ND76's topic in General Nursing

    It's my own fault. I use the same password for EVERYTHING...internet banking, AOL, all my message boards, my email at home and at work, etc. And it was probably a really obvious password, too (if...

  16. So frustrated...co-worker stealing drugs.

    ND76 replied to ND76's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...I know... but I have no real basis for them. I just know that this person has joked on more than one occasion about diverting meds, and one night I was complaining of a backache, and they said,...

  17. Make up...?

    ND76 replied to ails's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's ridiculous for them to require you to wear makeup! It was just the opposite when I was in clinicals...we were warned NOT to wear too much makeup, could only have clear fingernail polish,...

  18. Help! RN who does not like nursing!!

    ND76 replied to lblondie1128's topic in General Nursing

    You know, there are more than three hospitals in Memphis...Baptist has three facilities, Methodist has three facilities, and you didn't even mention LeBonheur, St. Jude, or St. Francis (which has two...