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  1. Need Advice Pleeeeeeeeeeeez

    MIA-RN1 replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    You can look into medical transcription. Around here people make about $11/hr but they have to buy their own

  2. big bad nursing myths busted

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

    RN stands for "Real Nurse" and LPN stands for "Lets Play Nurse":madface: I hate that one. ** OB nurses aren't real nurses because they don't do anything but play with babies. (Hello, when something...

  3. new job dilemma - need advice "desperately"

    MIA-RN1 replied to yanga82's topic in First Year After Licensure

    maybe you should shadow on each unit and see which one you like

  4. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    MIA-RN1 replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Boogie Fever" Don't remember who sang it. I have no idea why, but every single freaking time I am at work, at some point I get the song "yellow submarine" stuck in my

  5. Professional Portfolio????

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

    wow thanks for all the suggestions. I have not attended any professional conferences--our unit only sends 2 nurses to any conference and the newbies need not apply. (thats the unspoken message). but I...

  6. PLEASE get your screening mammograms

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

    good luck alsgal and I am glad they found it quickly. I am 38 and had my first us/mammo a couple months ago because I have a weird area in my breast. The mammo was good but the US showed two cysts...

  7. HIPAA Law

    MIA-RN1 replied to jacesmom2's topic in General Nursing

    it might be against Hipaa because by telling anyone that a person is a resident (by displaying the picture) is technically giving out information. But I bet with a release form you can do it. It...

  8. First Year RN survey

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

    yw. good

  9. on call pay?

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

    Im in post-partum. We have to take 12 - 16h of on-call time per month. We get something like $2.50/h to sit home and wait for the phone to ring. and just regular pay if we have to come in. If we go...

  10. mandatory hourly rounding

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so the latest mandate at my job: Hourly rounding. To be checked by the nurse manager. She will be making rounds, on all shifts, to patients rooms to find out when the last time they saw their...

  11. mandatory hourly rounding

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

    thanks to all for the support. I am so worried about getting everything done now. I have been very organized, have a great assignment sheet to work from, but I am just not sure I am capable of all of...

  12. ilieus and how to dx and treat it

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

    thank you so much for this well-thought out answer. I am going to print it and put it in my notebook at

  13. Post Partum...

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

    1. Assess mother--breasts, uterus, bleeding, bottom, legs, edema, homan's sign and epidural. Also vital signs since our techs are mostly (but not all) SLOW. Treat pain. Give meds as ordered. TEACH...

  14. Nat'l Data Base of Nursing Quality Indicators

    MIA-RN1 replied to willie03's topic in General Nursing

    I took this a number of months back. Also part of our "journey'. We were supposed to review the results at our Unit Council Meeting this week (another part of the 'journey') but the NM was out sick so...

  15. help RE: Press gainey

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am confused about the Press Gainey. We are supposedly scoring only 22% according to the latest missive from the NM. But yet we see these pie charts that have us at 80 - 86%. Our hot comments from...

  16. If you had your time over again >>>

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

    Yes I would do it again in a heartbeat. My current job isn't the best and I don't see myself staying there for a long time...but being a nurse is really in my soul. When I was a little girl, I was...

  17. Aml

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

    google the leukemia and lymphoma society. They have tons of info and maybe stuff that would benefit your patient too. You cannot control what your patient does or what he doesn't do. Think of it this...

  18. nurse pt ratio?

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

    ours is 5 mother/baby couplets to one nurse. Included in the five can also be antepartum or post partum mag pts and their

  19. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    MIA-RN1 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the redhead/bleeding thing has to do with clotting factors that are different or less in red heads. Also, the myth of heartburn and hair---proven true. Something about hormones released when hair...

  20. awhonn guidelines

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    It came across email today that awhonn is now saying that its safe practice for 5 m/b couplets. I am trying to find that information. Specifically as well what it says regarding pts on mag,...

  21. awhonn guidelines

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

    I don't know about anyone else, but I am coming to the end of my rope, thats for sure. Gem from my tech when I asked her to do a bath and help me out "Oh, I don't feel like it tonight, I have a...

  22. awhonn guidelines

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

    ugh tonight was five couplets---I had an FDIU @ 20 weeks w/ fetus in the room, discharge, admit, one relatively normal one but assigned to a student who needed help of course, one w/ insulin dependent...

  23. awhonn guidelines

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

    UPDATE: I received an email in response to my inquiry from an AWHONN rep. She addressed the ratio guidelines this way: In re the couplet numbers: the guidelines state 1:6 for antepartum and...

  24. The 'Image' of Nursing

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

    I am proud to be a nurse and for me yes it is a calling (ducking from possible flames! lol) But people have such skewered ideas of nurses. We could be on TV and having sex in the supply closets, or we...

  25. Typical schedule RN at hospital

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

    Several floors in our hospital have nurses doing 11a - 11p. It took me a couple months to convince the scheduler it was a good thing, finally going to the NM. She says its hard to plan that schedule...