MikeyJ RN

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 have never had her, but we have all heard stories). ...

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, just because you have probably forgotten a lot of ski...

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 there (nursing, radiology, pharmacy, etc.).

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 with a wonderful nurse last week in the ICU setting. ...

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

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. She insisted on wearing TIGHT TIGHT clothing to w...

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 have looked for news articles related to this and ...

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 teach my clinicals that were bedside nurses as we...

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 was assigned to the patient the previous evening an...

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 chose not to pursue medical school. Definitely not al...

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 question about an order... who do we call? The res...

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 educated every patient on different professions and w...

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 patient.

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 would never think twice. I am strictly referring...

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 a few weeks ago, I looked at the nurse I was work...

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 additional time with a preceptor. I have a few frien...

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 this proves he/she is an MD) and he/she responds in...

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 hospital setting be called doctor. It angers me that D...

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 be published. Some are incredibly selective and inc...

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 hands in there.

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 difference. Nurses I have worked with on the floor hav...

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

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 in the U.S. It is a county hospital and you will f...

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 talk about my day and would rather relax.. lol.

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 continue to call me, I do appreciate one phone call...