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  1. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse....

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

    Postpartum mother/baby nurse here; 11am - 1130pm: Get to work at 10:35, drive around parking garage for 10 minutes trying to find a spot. Get to the floor by 10:45 or 10:50. Look at the assignement,...

  2. Benefits Manager with questions concerning working hours?

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

    * if full benefits were available for nurses working a minimum of 24 hours would that be an attraction for you, and if so, would you work only the minimum or would you remain working a typical 36...

  3. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

    MIA-RN1 replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I used to work in the back office of an amb. care setting and my coworker and I were once 'spoken to' for having too much fun. Apparently, the person who had to work up front was jealous that he...

  4. When do you call in?

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

    I called in for the first time ever recently. I was scheduled for 11a - 11p and I called at 4am after I found out I was sick. The next day, I called at 5am. They don't ask what is wrong, and the...

  5. Post Nursing School Blues

    MIA-RN1 replied to gerry79's topic in General Nursing

    this phenomenon is not unusual imho. I heard of several from my class who went thru it, myself included. It involved a feeling of loss, and a feeling that 'I should be doing something' (studying,...

  6. Mother/Baby Care does it really work?

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

    We do mother/baby care, with a ratio of about 4 -5 couplets. This includes AP pts, post partum mag patients, postpartum c-sect and vag, and the occasional womens-surgery patient as well. Hemorrhages,...

  7. What's your holiday bonus?

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

    my hospital is having the free staff holiday dinner in the cafeteria--but its today, and not Christmas. So when I am spending my Christmas working a shift I am not supposed to work and missing my...

  8. Looking for opinions on a situation!!!

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

    What kind of std? There is a huge difference between GC or CT and HIV. What if it were syphillis? By exposing her to one std, he's exposed her to many. Who says he doesn't have more than one std? If...

  9. What Is Nursing

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

    nursing is kindness. It's focusing on another person's needs to the point we don't focus on our own. And doing so because I want

  10. Calling In Sick.

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

    I have just recovered from that awful awful stomach thing. Erk. I found out at 4am Thursday that I was sick and called in at 5am for my 11am shift. Just told charge I was sick and wouldn't be in. She...

  11. Use of Calculators, open to all RNs

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

    we were encouraged to use calculators in nursing school but they had to be a specific type--plain and nothing could be stored in them. They were very much similar to the one provided on the NCLEX and...

  12. c/section scar

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

    I had a keloid after my first csect--looked big and almost like plastic electrical cord. My second c-sect (different doctor) cut it off for me. Now I have two barely visible scars. Maybe Britney has a...

  13. Cancer Assignment

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNstudent07's topic in General Nursing

    1. What was the person's initial response to the diagnosis? I had a feeling it was cancer. He'd had a high fever and really bad side pain for a few weeks/. But when we saw that oncologist and he...

  14. Cancer Assignment

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNstudent07's topic in General Nursing

    my husband had cancer--does that count? i could answer for the both of us if you

  15. Love the 1st year

    MIA-RN1 replied to all4schwa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am enjoying my first six months, I can't believe I have officially gone from a level 1 nurse to a level 2 nurse lol. The hardest adjustment for me was not the job, just getting used to working full...

  16. A true Nanda approved nursing diagnosis

    MIA-RN1 replied to nur2007sing's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that you must have the diagnosis, and the r/t. Secondary to was much smiled upon, and the aeb was not necessary. The AEB is the substantiating data. I don't think I'd use the altered...

  17. How long should i stay on the floor

    MIA-RN1 replied to angelfish1499's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been working since June at my first RN job and I can kind of relate to what you are posting about. I think that in my case at least, what has happened is I have started feeling comfortable in...

  18. Most RN's first borns?

    MIA-RN1 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Firstborn daughter of two, father never drank, parents were clean-living hippies (no drugs, our own vegetable garden, homemade bread and stringing lovebeads for fun). Mother started drinking when I...

  19. Most sought after RN jobs?

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

    I have been a post-partum nurse for about six months--fresh outta nursing school. I love it. I don't like the stress and bustle of a med-surg floor but I don't mind the stress and bustle on a PP...

  20. No Holiday Pay?

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

    shoot...I just realized I don't know for sure! I know that if there is a holiday, you can either work one day less the week and get paid for it, or you can use that day a different day within 30 days...

  21. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    MIA-RN1 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    we went over it in school but not much past first or second semester (of four); shots were given when we were able but rarely did anyone get to do an IM. Now where I work I have to give depo, rhogam,...

  22. Teacher or Nurse? HELP!

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

    I hear ya. I just received my associate's in nursing and now I am going to continue on to my Master's and I am thinking of getting it in Health Education. Then I can be a nurse who teaches...maybe in...

  23. 'Uniform' Dress Code

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

    I totally agree with the post about wearing age-appropriate scrubs. on postpartum, we can get away with scrubs having babies on them but I don't like seeing cartoon characters either. I have a couple...

  24. 'Uniform' Dress Code

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

    we have to wear lavendar pants and either white, lavendar, or a matching print top that incorporates lavender into it. I don't like it because I want to wear white pants. The nurses on labor side wear...

  25. Do you ever wish people didn't know you were a nurse?

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

    I tell my patients who are nurses that even tho I know they are a nurse, I don't expect them to know everything about OB nursing and ask them if they just want everything in layman's terms. They...