MikeyJ

MikeyJ RN

Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis

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  1. Is this wrong? Death and Dying

    MikeyJ replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for your losses. I cannot imagine what you have been through, but my prayers go out to you. There is a Ph.D. peds/ob clinical instructor at my school that is known for being harsh (I...

  2. What to do? rn program grad who never took...

    MikeyJ replied to blh0624's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure you check with your state board of nursing to ensure you that you are not required to take any type of refresher course. It will probably be tough to find a hospital that will hire you,...

  3. What does teaching hospital mean?

    MikeyJ replied to RN28MD's topic in General Nursing

    A teaching hospital is a hospital typically associated with a medical school. You will have medical students as well as residents. These hospitals usually have students of every field doing clinicals...

  4. Preceptor Training

    MikeyJ replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I love when the nurse I am working with accepts the fact that I am a student, I am going to make mistakes, and I am there to learn. Nurses who run around and do not include me angers me. I worked...

  5. I was blamed for a medication error I didn't do!

    MikeyJ replied to ponderpoema's topic in General Nursing

    Can you look back at the MAR to show that you did not give the medication and that you did not sign/initial that

  6. Scrubs to tight? How do you tell someone?

    MikeyJ replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    On the same topic, I used to work at a very well respected and "higher-end" department store and there was this younger female in the ladies clothing department that was probably 70 pounds overweight....

  7. Hershey's Chocolate moving to Mexico affects all ER nurses

    MikeyJ replied to ffearme12's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This is how rumors are starting -- I wish people (not directed to the OP) would check these things out and try to find some sort of proof before forwarding emails, telling friends and family, etc. I...

  8. Clinical Intructor

    MikeyJ replied to Averatec's topic in General Nursing

    However, considering our nursing instructor shortage, instructors and professors who no longer practice clinical nursing will sometimes be forced to be a clinical instructor. I have always had nurses...

  9. Job Interview: Check Writing Legibility?

    MikeyJ replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I was on an IMC floor last semester my nurse and I were trying to figure out who was managing one of our patients. The patient had changed services so much and we could not read the doctors name who...

  10. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I know I am going to get flamed for this but I am going to state it. I have discovered that there are many NP's (whether they are DNP or MSN) who are slightly regretful and perhaps jaded that they...

  11. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    A resident is a physician. Not sure what hospital you work in, but on the floor I work on, residents manage the patients. When we have a patient who is crashing, or we need a med change, or we have a...

  12. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone is saying that we "pretend that the only people with an education are those who went to medical school". That is not the case at all. And if hospitals put in a change where we...

  13. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree on this as well. I had a DNP clinical instructor who I referred to as doctor in the clinical setting but never around the

  14. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    I 100% agree that in any other setting, someone who has earned a doctorate degree should have the right to be referred to as "Dr. Doe." I refer to every one of my Ph.D./DNP/DSN professors as doctor. I...

  15. Job Interview: Check Writing Legibility?

    MikeyJ replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    There is a new pediatric resident on my floor who grew up in the Phillipines, and her handwriting looks EXACTLY like a type-writer. No joke and no exaggeration. When I was reading the admission orders...

  16. Only 19 shifts for new grad orientation Med/Surg??? whhaaaattt

    MikeyJ replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a pediatrics floor as a nurse apprentice and new RN's are given 6 weeks of orientation (18 12-hour shifts). However, if the nurse feels as if that is not enough, they are able to request...

  17. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    And this rebuttle is moot. Everyone on this board could be someone different then we claim to be. I always thought you were a pre-nursing student. And TiredMD is also on studentdoctor.net (not that...

  18. NP's calling themselves MD's

    MikeyJ replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    As someone in the nursing field as well, I must admit you are highly mistaken on many things you have posted about the DNP. And MD/DO should 100% absolutely be the ONLY health professional in a...

  19. Writing Journal Articles

    MikeyJ replied to medicrnohio's topic in General Nursing

    I have never written a journal article, however, I just finished a nursing research class. From what I understand, each journal will have their own criteria and requirements for a journal article to...

  20. Sharps Container at Kaiser

    MikeyJ replied to GM1987's topic in General Nursing

    I actually tried myself (just to see if it was possible) to grab sharps out of a sharps container. We had a suicidal patient and I was just curious if it was possible and I was not able to get my...

  21. Can a patient refuse PART of her medication dose?

    MikeyJ replied to nadjjaa's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do not think it is "practicing medicine w/o license". If you don't give the med at all (if the pt. refuses it), then you are technically giving a dose not specified on the MAR. I don't see the...

  22. HIPAA question

    MikeyJ replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely see where you are coming from. It sounds like a very frustrating

  23. New position at UMC

    MikeyJ replied to erbryan's topic in Nevada Nursing

    UMC is amazing, in my opinion. :) I have done some rotations in the ER and loved the environment. It is an incredibly busy ER -- I read on the intranet at UMC that their ER is like the 3rd busiest ER...

  24. Talking about your day.. Or not..

    MikeyJ replied to juliek391's topic in General Nursing

    I talk to other people in the medical field about the highlights. When I come home, I usually do not talk to my partner about my day unless something is really bothering me. I am usually too tired to...

  25. HIPAA question

    MikeyJ replied to Nursetastic's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a HIPAA expert, but I don't think this is a violation. I get phone calls from my dentist and primary care doctor when my yearly check-up is coming up. Although I find it annoying when they...