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  1. Looking at a move to the Rochester area

    MIA-RN1 replied to DaughterofRuth's topic in New York Nursing

    Look into Bloomfield, Canadaigua, Honeoye Falls, or Dansville areas. Many of our former farmland or grassy bits have been developed within the city and you might need to get out of the city limits to...

  2. University of Rochester

    MIA-RN1 replied to lilaclady's topic in New York Nursing

    I live in Rochester and although I got my ADN from MCC, I have U of R students doing their rotations on my floor. They seem very well put together and it seems the program is pretty good. Its spendy,...

  3. What do you like about your job?

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

    I love the chance to interact and teach my patients. I feel like its an honor to care for them at such a time in their lives. I have fibromyalgia and now some arthritis and I understand what you mean...

  4. paperwork aaaarrrrggghhhh!!

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

    thank you guys. I am getting to the point of dreading going into work to day and finding out what I didn't do right. I appreciate the

  5. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

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

    I never heard of that before! I thought RN's can do it but LPN's need special

  6. Nurse Salary Poll

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

    - Age?37 - Experience (# yrs as an RN)new grad 5/06 - City / Staterochester ny - Salary (prefer hourly wage as full time equivalent) (ie, $32/hr)$20./hr plus shift-diff - Benefits:...

  7. How to overcome fear of the hospital?

    MIA-RN1 replied to luv4nursing's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think what you have written about your fears is very common to all of us. I know it doesn't help you over come it but maybe just realizing that you are NOT the only one feeling this will

  8. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

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

    I really wish we'd been allowed to learn them in school. I am almost five months into my RN job and haven't ever started one! I have asked to be sent for a day with the SWAT team, the...

  9. New RN's delegating to Tech's/NA's

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Out of curiosity, I see advice often about writing someone up...how does one do that? Is it agency specific? I have not heard one thing mentioned about that in the months I"ve been employed. I have,...

  10. Who's working all of the holidays?

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

    I am a newbie in my place and I am working Christmas Day, and one day on either side of it (not sure if I will get my choice of the day after Christmas or not. I hope so since I now work 11a - 11p)...

  11. Is it normal to be this exhausted after a 12 hr shift?

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

    I don't work 12's (yet) but I work five 8-hour shifts a week and if I do more than 2 or 3 in row (which is often) I start to feel the same. In my case, its my fibromyalgia which flares up when I don't...

  12. Nclex Style Questions???????????????

    MIA-RN1 replied to student240's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    when I took the Kaplan review the lady giving the course said that all the review questions came from the same question bank which is where some of the NCLEX questions came from as well. I found...

  13. Giving report - experienced nurses make you feel foolish

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

    im still pretty green and some of the nurses I report off to are really great, and others are really not very nice. I find that if I check who is assuming care of my patients, I can plan my report...

  14. Resume Advise....Please

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

    My interpretation of how I"d reword it. You have the general idea but its pretty wordy. Objective: I wish to obtain full time employment as a Registered Nurse in a Doctor's office or outpatient...

  15. Breaks?

    MIA-RN1 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    If you can't take a break because you are too busy, first you want to see if your coworkers can cover a bit for you so you can get out. If everyone is too busy to help (and I know that happens!) or...

  16. Admin Tyl and Vicodin w/ in 4 hr

    MIA-RN1 replied to 1st edition's topic in General Nursing

    We often get orders that include tylenol 650mg q4 prn, and tyl#3, 2 tabs q4 prn; we write them on the MAR in black but then in red make a note to see the other order, kind of as a way to check...

  17. "sister" = registered nurse

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

    I had a patient ask me about the use of Sister just yesterday! They were from India and I think it is common there to refer to nurses (female) as Sister also. He asked me if nurses were called Sister...

  18. Oh man did I miss an order

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ok I had the same pt for 3 nights in a row. She had issues w/ blood loss, on day 2 received 2 units prbc. Crit went from 20 to 23. Afternoon crit on day 3 was 26. I call the resident. He said "Ok,...

  19. Children, Husband/wife, JOb and Nursing school??!!!

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

    i planned every day in hour-long blocks. I knew just what I had to do and when I had to do it. I included things as shopping, appointments, study time, and downtime. It helped me see how much time I...

  20. New RN's delegating to Tech's/NA's

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks susan! I think that someone said something...tonight there were several of us in the nursery and a couple of the nurses were saying that it would be much harder now that tech X would not be in...

  21. Unit secretaries a must

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

    I like having our secretaries available to take off orders and to get the charts organized but I tend to do it myself simply because then I don't have to double check it and because I am just...

  22. When did you know?

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

    yes talk to her. Tell her you are very excited to be considered for the position. I had my job in the first half of the third semester of

  23. What do patients say that irks you?

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

    yup. i had a dad say about his son "he's a boob man, just like his dad!":madface: unrelated but another thing done---had a parent once bring in a huge bottle of regular milk, and was gonna feed it to...

  24. On call

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

    We get on-call time in blocks of 4 hours, and receive $10 total for that block of time if we are not called in. If we are called in, we just get our regular wages with the appropriate shift diff if we...

  25. late-onset postpartum PIH??/Mag. question too

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    TOnight we got a pt who delivered around the end of September. Normal pregnancy, no concerns during or immediately after. But then today she came in w/ high bp and headache and got admitted, put on...