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  1. My 3 year old has MRSA!

    MIA-RN1 replied to Anagray's topic in General Nursing

    I worked w/ someone who had a terrible UTI that cultured out either MRSA or ORSA. THey found it in her nose as well and her husband was found to have it in an abcess on his arm. My friend had to use...

  2. Using Kaplan question trainer

    MIA-RN1 replied to at8588's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    i just finished a kaplan course and the lady teaching the course said we need 70-75, which NO ONE could get. The book says 60 - 65. Plus the lady teaching the course explained that there are several...

  3. careplan for rhabdomylosis/ARF !

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Usually I am pretty good at figuring things out but this has me stumped, mainly because it is not mentionied in my textbooks! I get that rhabdomylosis is r/t skeletal muscle breakdown, either from...

  4. kids and being Nurse

    MIA-RN1 replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I have two kids--18(m) and 12(f). I graduated recently. During school, I worked and went to school M-F, and most of the time was home between 4p - 5pm with the exception of two semesters when I had...

  5. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Graduate nurse here, only working a few weeks.... Yesterday, I had a pt on Q4 vitals, due at noon. I was doing my physical assessment around 12:30 and asked the pt if anyone had been in to do her...

  6. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    luckily I only had two couplets and the other one was Q8 and I saw the other tech doing them in the morning. But I agree, I will watch

  7. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    exactly. I am going to look around some more; being new, perhaps there is a place that I

  8. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    How do I document it? I told the charge nurse and she said she would talk to the tech. I re-did the pts vitals at 1310 and put that time on the flow sheet. It looks of course like the vs were done 10...

  9. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    That is a good point about the vs correlation. The respirs were off--I got 18, she got 16 which were the last several respirs collected. Most everything else was

  10. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have many manual b/p cuffs and the irony is that they are kept w/ the bp machines lol. We don't have them on the walls in the rooms. I don't know anything about hte tech except what I posted....

  11. was this handled right?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the benefit of the doubt. The pt was day 3 s/p c-sect, no pain med on board. baby slept in nursery all

  12. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    MIA-RN1 replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL I remember hearing that on "Happy Days" "Don't eat that Howard; you'll get

  13. reality shock

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK so I have been working as a GN since 6/5. The whole first week was orientation etc and every friday is NCLEX review. But I have managed to get some floor time in. I was working with a preceptor...

  14. What do you think of this cover letter?

    MIA-RN1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Overall your letter is fine, I would just fine tune a little bit: Instead of "If you hire me" I would say "As an employee on your unit, I will dedicate myself....etcetc Instead of "I hope to hear from...

  15. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am not sure about a WHNP but I did look into the lactation consultant info at my hospital. There is a one-week class to be certified as a lactation counselor, I got a brochure from...

  16. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital, we have several lactation consultants who make rounds on all the moms who are breastfeeding and it really helps. We are certainly a pro-breastfeeding group but that doesn't mean that...

  17. reality shock

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i agree but the problem was that i had no idea how to use the computer at that time so it was hard. things have been going much better lately, i have been working pretty much exclusively with another...

  18. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    ob nursing encompasses labor, delivery and post-partum care. it can include the nursery as well. i am not sure if it includes antepartum nursing such as at a doctor's office or in a clinic. it sounds...

  19. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    look at it this way: doctors treat disease/illness. nurses treat the human response to disease/illness. which one sounds more interesting to

  20. ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Anyone take this? It was mandatory for us to take it last week, and extra points given to our averages depending on what percentile we got. I thought it was HARD but I did very well, surprisingly....

  21. Nursing Shortage: Fantasy or Reality

    MIA-RN1 replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I think the shortage is in real effect at the hospital where I work. Our floor has mandatory 16h call time per week, and most nurses are being called in regularly. We don't have enough nurses to staff...

  22. I think my PPD is positive

    MIA-RN1 replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I am thinking you are making a joke but just in case...her post was from 10/05; I think the signature that she added w/ the baby's dates shows up on all her old

  23. I think my PPD is positive

    MIA-RN1 replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I hear what you are saying but you should check the policies where you plan to work and where you are going to school. They may require tx and documentation of tx for a + skin test. The liver failure...

  24. What ended your honeymoon?

    MIA-RN1 replied to smkiya's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I tried it in my very early 20's and failed miserable. I was passing my classes, but borderline. I would have never passed the NCLEX back then. I stopped in the middle of my second semester (of four)...

  25. Who's going on to a BSN? or MSN?

    MIA-RN1 replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated w/ my ADN a couple months ago and I am starting my Bachelors in Jan. I want to teach so I will likely need my Master's as