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  1. MD can't walk across the room to get a chart

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

    I work in an office now where a 'superior' (and I use that word lightly but it is her impression that it is so) will walk all the way over to me and drop a chart in front of me to file, rather than...

  2. Students... hobbies?

    MIA-RN1 replied to tutusandfrogs's topic in General Students

    I read as much as I can (non-nursing!) I am in my 10th or 11th time thru Diana GAbaldon's Outlander series; my absolute favorite books and a great way to get lost for awhile. I cross-stitch too, but I...

  3. NCLEX-PN info wanted

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi! Has anyone here taken the NCLEX PN to become an LPN while still going to school to earn an RN? I am looking for specific tips or info that might be helpful as I plan to do take the exam in a few...

  4. Help please...phlebotomy

    MIA-RN1 replied to sticker 2's topic in General Nursing

    If you put a heat pack on the area it will help the vein come up a bit. I also find better luck with the ones I feel---if I see them too clearly for some reason they roll. Tap with your finger a few...

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

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

    Im in NYS. Starting as a postpartum nurse, new grad. Starting salary here for new grads at all four local hospitals here is about the same--19.50 base. Then factor in diffs and incentives etc. I'll be...

  6. Does or did anyone feel like this about clinicals?

    MIA-RN1 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    I am graduating in the spring and i still get the brain freeze. My instructor 2nd semester told me (more than once) that I needed to get more sure of myself and I was told to stop asking questions. It...

  7. Graduating in May...

    MIA-RN1 replied to Erica1019's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do it now. I am graduating in May as well, and I've had a job lined up since late October. It was easy. I went in, asked what they had for new grads, told her what I was interested in, and a week...

  8. MA to Nursing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to SSValentine's topic in Nursing Career

    didn't go to school for it--started 6 years ago @ 9.75; currently making 10.72.

  9. acupuncture question

    MIA-RN1 replied to mommyoftwo's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You may want to try asking in the Holistic Nursing section..someone may know over

  10. MA to Nursing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to SSValentine's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been working as an MA but I did not go to school for it; I was trained on the job, took a phlebotomy training course, and had prior nursing school experience way back when. My school didn't look...

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

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

    HI~! I am going to be graduating in May and starting as a PostPartum Nurse right after, and cross training to L&D later. Plus I work w/ teenagers now in an ambulatory care clinic based in an urban...

  12. vaginal or uterine bleeding PA

    MIA-RN1 replied to oracle389's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    had an elderly pt the other night w/ bleeding; our dx was risk for impaired skin

  13. 8 hour vs 12 hour shifts

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

    I'm starting in June as a new grad with 5 eight-hour shifts. I am not thrilled about it and wanted three 12's instead but the nurse manager suggested I start this way and then move into the 12's in 6...

  14. Medical Assistants are called "nurses"

    MIA-RN1 replied to button2cute's topic in General Nursing

    I work as a medical assistant, not certified, and I do blood draws, vitals, workups for physicals (height weight eyes hgb) as well as pregnancy tests, throat cultures, and I prepare charts, file, call...

  15. Plebian who wants to be tactful

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

    well, if patient health is being affected--which it sounds it is--I think you owe it to your clients to speak privately to the nurse manager about your concerns. Document what you see and when, keep...

  16. Reason for leaving a job--what to put?

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

    I left a tech job because they were having us techs do sterile techniques and apply topical meds to wounds, which, I found out from contatcing my state BON, is not allowed. I felt it was an ethical...

  17. Please HELP....

    MIA-RN1 replied to spionkop1892's topic in General Nursing

    Or ask the school which hospitals they are talking

  18. Please HELP....

    MIA-RN1 replied to spionkop1892's topic in General Nursing

    some have tuition forgiveness programs, I am not sure if that's the same thing but it sounds like it. ParkRidge, Highland, University of Rochester, and Rochester General I believe all may have a...

  19. Tuition Reimbursement ?

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

    Happens around here all the time. Some hospitals pay your tuition 100% some pay less, depending on what schools they are affiliated with and their specific benefit plans. Some require your service for...

  20. Diastolic BP of zero

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

    I work w/ kids ages 11 - 19 and I was taught by the NP to pay attention to the muffle and use that last 'normal' sound if the sounds don't go away as

  21. 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 quite graduated yet, so I may be wrong but i think the reason is that the ruptured membranes = a higher risk for infectoin. If the membranes are ruptured for longer than 24 hours, I think...

  22. Pre-interview Jitters

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA9er's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can do this! You are a Registered Professional Nurse; an interveiw is definitely within the scope of practice Get a nice business outfit, comfy shoes and go into that interview knowing that...

  23. Nursing diagnosis "altered energy field"

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

    thought I'd look for studies. It was hard to find many, these are what I came up with. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of three Therapeutic Touch treatments on the well-being of 20...

  24. How difficult is nursing school?

    MIA-RN1 replied to FadedBlue's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh yeah, my school is JUST like that. They really outdidthemselves this final semster; after handing out schedules for spring in October, they changed a ton of them in mid-december...after everyone...

  25. 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'm not yet a nurse but I can tell you what I know so far. A neonatal nurse or nursery nurse would be one taking care of babies, I am thinking in the NICU or special care nursery. This would involve...