mermer_rn

mermer_rn BSN

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  1. COVID and return to work anxiety

    mermer_rn posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    I worked full time up until April 1st and then was furloughed to due lower census, but mostly because the hospital was losing a lot of income from cancelling non-emergent procedures. I have been off...

  2. Port-A-Cath

    mermer_rn replied to KaraB's topic in General Nursing

    What type of port is it...a power port or other? Is it a subclavian or jugular? The reason I ask is that I have had experience with a non-tunneled cath that caused pain when flushing. There was...

  3. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    mermer_rn replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    I am merely shedding light on my experience with a culture that may be similar to the one I experienced. I am by no means agreeing or disagreeing with it and I felt my response was phrased pretty...

  4. Flu + Observation patients...go home please.

    mermer_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have been having an influx of younger (25-45 years old) coming into the ER and being admitted as abs because they are flu positive, febrile, reports of rigors at home and surprise, surprise a...

  5. Current Struggles as a New Grad

    mermer_rn replied to crush_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just know that everything you are experiencing is so common and so normal. Forget-fullness and not being able to latch onto details I find is common for new grad or transitioning RN because you are...

  6. What’s changed since 2004?

    mermer_rn replied to RenRN's topic in General Nursing

    patients are sicker and nurse to patient ratios are worse, you are also now expected to do the many tasks that a secretary would have done (unless you are lucky enough to work somewhere with one),...

  7. Terrible experience with nursing staff

    mermer_rn replied to guest1074638's topic in General Nursing

    I will say that I lived in another country for five years that was some what underdeveloped and had universal type healthcare and had my baby there. It's a very different idea of healthcare as well...

  8. Nursing and loneliness

    mermer_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I haven't seen a topic specifically addressing the loneliness that being a nurse can bring. I am a military spouse and therefore move around more frequently than the average person may. I have...

  9. Nursing and loneliness

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty introverted, which I'm sure is another factor adding to loneliness at this time...but I know I need people in my tribe, so I'm going to make an effort to put myself out there more. I need...

  10. Nursing and loneliness

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Very true...I guess I didn't think about all the factors I have at this time in my life. I need to put myself out there a bit more I

  11. Is my career over already???

    mermer_rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I'm needing some career advice and hopefully some personal stories from all of you. I am having an incredibly difficult time getting my foot back in the door. We are military family who...

  12. Is my career over already???

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much, update....you never know how things might work out. I had pretty much given up but attended a BLS course because I had already paid for it in advance. The woman who instructed...

  13. Is my career over already???

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I have thought about doing private practice (I have applied for a few lactation positions, but again, they do not count my volunteering as experience because it was through Red Cross not le leche) but...

  14. Is my career over already???

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I am! Most of the clinics are connected to the hospitals and want 2 years paid acute care experience, the smaller clinics don't hire RNs but rather LPNs and MAs. I have not tried nursing home setting...

  15. Is my career over already???

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...I definitely feel like a crusty new grad ? even with a year of PAID experience. My biggest fear with doing nights at bottom of the barrel is ending up having to quit or be fired due to...

  16. The end of a career?

    mermer_rn posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hello. I am worried my nursing career is over. I realized nursing was what I wanted to do a bit later (graduated at 29). I started on a medsurg unit and was bordering that magical 2 year experience...

  17. New Grad Nurse, already feeling the burn

    mermer_rn replied to mermer_rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks so much for the advice. This particular hospital offers 6 week orientation....so I'm on my own already; I decided to take control and got the things I absolutely needed....worked on getting...

  18. New Grad Nurse, already feeling the burn

    mermer_rn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I applied under the new grad general application, in which they decide where you best "fit in". The unit I wanted didn't have any openings, so they gave me the general medical unit. I was really...