millkay

millkay has 4 years experience and specializes in ICU, CCU & PCCU/TELEMETRY.

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1. interview weakness & strength

   millkay replied to abstract30's topic in General Nursing

   Some weaknesses may include ill preparation, inappropriate dress, arriving late, and verbal negativity regarding your current or past employers. Even if the interview is stressful or confrontational,...

2. students, is our future in jeopardy?

   millkay replied to dfk's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I always thought you had to be a mature and intelligent adult to make it into med school. That's what I get for thinking!!! these idiots bring shame to the whole lot of

3. Sleeping on the job..acceptable or not?

   millkay replied to travelnurse63's topic in General Nursing

   Not to keep the antagonizing going on and on and on, but I am with those who believe it is wrong to sleep at work. I'm a night-shifter, too. That having been said, I once took a phenergan before...

4. chart auditing

   millkay replied to jonear2's topic in General Nursing

   I to you Dorimar for finding a way to get out of doing those audits. I also worked in a unit where we were required to do audits, one per month. We filled out a sheet on things that we found that...

5. Diluting IVP meds

   millkay replied to maolin's topic in MICU, SICU

   After 4 years in ICU I still dilute some meds for IVP, especially Ativan, which is incredibly hard to manage while in a oily, pasty state. 5ml doesn't make that great of a fluid volume issue with most...

6. Wouldn't you consider this stealing???

   millkay replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

   This is hilarious! :cheers: I may just use it at home, at work, in my car.....where not only co-workers can walk off with things, but so do my kids and husband. But that's another

7. ICU Skills checklist as part of my resume?

   millkay replied to SteveNNP's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   While we've strayed to the subject, anything the school recommends that you do, you need to do. Otherwise you tell them that your are not willing to do whatever it takes to get into the program. Last...

8. Agency Experience?

   millkay replied to 2ndChance's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I am currently working agency in ICU areas only, and making application to NA schools. At one interview I had last year, I got a little flustered (hopefully not noticeably so) because I had worked in...

9. GRE Dilemma

   millkay replied to BEN_RN12's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

   I'm not sure how you studied, but the first time I took the GRE, I got the Princeton Review book, which had tips on how to take the test, how to look at and read the questions, and had practice forms...

10. Second time around

    millkay replied to millkay's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks for the encouragement. You can bet that I'll keep on trying until someone lets me in. This is what I want to do with my life and I'll make sure the schools know I won't give

11. I got fired!

    millkay replied to zoeintx's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as charge nurse in an ICU and was written up on several occasions 1) for asking the aide to help with a bath, 2) for asking the unit clerk if she would stock syringes, and 3) finally for...

12. Who's applied or is planning to apply this summer?

    millkay replied to piper_for_hire's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I'm applying (again) to Newman University and Texas Wesleyan. I'll be sending apps by the end of this week, got the references and other things done. The deadlines aren't until December, but last...

13. Is there still a chance?

    millkay replied to millkay's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    No, in the end I didn't get in. Getting ready to apply again. Tex Wes makes it faily easy to do. :) I've got one more year of ICU experience and 100+ more CEU's. Maybe this will be my

14. Second time around

    millkay posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Maybe I'm the only one, or the only one dumb enough to post, but I interviewed at 3 schools this past year after having applied to 4 and didn't get accepted to any of them. So I'm a...

15. To thump or not to thump....

    millkay replied to 123456yy's topic in MICU, SICU

    In the days before ICD's and EP labs people got thumped all the time. There have been several cases of patients in my hometown that, from what older nurses have told me, would not have lived their...