Meerkat

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  1. Pay Scale

    Meerkat replied to PRNMEDS's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, I only had 6 months of nursing experience but I am making 35/hour...but that's for evening shift (and

  2. Ughhhhhh I'm being bullied at work.

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    There is a another nurse on our unit who is 'queen bee' and is on my heels constantly. She is nasty, and this week I found out that she was telling boldface lies, saying I dont do my work, instead...

  3. Ughhhhhh I'm being bullied at work.

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. I am not a supervisor. She has been there 4 months longer than me, but we do not have 'charge nurses'...neither one of us is the other's superior. We hashed it out with our...

  4. Ughhhhhh I'm being bullied at work.

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Can I still get the computer documentation even if my boss told me not

  5. IM Injection Question

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Yea...It makes me wonder if aspirating is so

  6. IM Injection Question

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all... I just took my little girl for her 12 month well-baby vaccines...and I noticed something with the procedure that I wondered about. She was given the vax with the airgun, not syringe. As...

  7. How Do I Approach This?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    We really do have good nurses on our unit, but I do not like hearing, in report, them say stuff like 'she's psycho' or that one is a whack-job' and the whole borderline borderline borderline thing for...

  8. Can Someone Please Explain This Xray to Me?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    My one year old daughter was sick and I had to take her to the ER. The did chest Xrays to R/O pneumonia. That came back fine, however, the interpretation of the radiograph reads like this: T spine...

  9. Can Someone Please Explain This Xray to Me?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Good advice. Thanks. Is one year old too young for

  10. Can Someone Please Explain This Xray to Me?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Yea...the thing is, I saw the Xrays, and her little spine made a perfect C shape outlining her heart. Scoliosis I

  11. What Do You Do For Daycare (or Nightcare)?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am thinking of changing my shift to evening hours because I have a deadbeat ex who doesn't pay support and I need the extra shift diff. I'm having a heck of a time finding childcare from 3-11,...

  12. Suggestions For Leading A Group Session?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Those are gret suggestions! Thank you! Know of any websites that give tips on

  13. Suggestions For Leading A Group Session?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Please?

  14. How To Give A Baby Eyedrops?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks you

  15. How To Give A Baby Eyedrops?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    My baby, poor little girl, woke up this morning with her little eyes glued shut from gunk...we are both sick....I took her to the doctor and she has eye drops, but how do you give a wiggling baby...

  16. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a sore throat at work and Employee Health did a rapid strep culture that was negative. I went home anyhow---The last time I remember my throat hurting like this was when I had my tonsils out....

  17. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have tonsils anymore. What else might cause such awful

  18. Help! Wicked Sore Throat!

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for thje info...the rapid strep results were back in 30 minutes...does this mean I need another

  19. Tarasoff--Duty to Warn

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Have you ever had to use the Duty to Warn (Tarasoff) law? We have a patient who has repeatedly stated that she is going to kill a particular person (the person who sexually abused her as a child)...

  20. How Do I Approach This?

    Meerkat replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Hmm interesting thoughts on this. Elkpark, I admire your honesty, brutal as it is. And it does make sense. As I said our nurses are GOOD. Perhaps it is just their way of coping with the...

  21. Do Yiou Wear Scrubs in the Milieu?

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    We wear civilian clothes. I'd rather wear scrubs. What's the idea behind wearing regular clothes on a psych

  22. Scary Incident Happened to Me Yesterday

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm a new psych nurse, and so far I love it. But it seems that lately, I don't know if it is the holiday or what, the negative energy on the unit has been surging. I'm on the adolescent unit, and we...

  23. Beaten Children

    Meerkat posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I just need to VENT. I'm new to psych nursing and so far I love it...but I have a question for you experienced psych nurses. I'm on the children's unit, and they come in for all manner of behaviour...

  24. Is Your Last Name On Your Badge?

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ours is. We have requested that our badges only show our first names, but the Powers That Be feel like our patients should know our full name. I'm a psych nurse and we get (usually empty) threats...

  25. Intense Pulse Light, Thermage, CO2 Laser

    Meerkat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Any nurses familiar with these procedures? I am interested in having a little 'rejuvenation' done. Want to smooth out some acne scars and tighten up a little. I'd be grateful for any info.