MikeyJ

MikeyJ RN

Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis

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  1. are care plans a joke for you?

    MikeyJ replied to MoopleRN's topic in General Nursing

    Care plans are very time consuming (in school) and I will admit that I cannot stand doing them. However, they do make you think about prioritizing patient problems and what type of interventions need...

  2. Really stupid med error

    MikeyJ replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    There was a student a few years ago (don't actually know the student but have heard stories from instructors) that pushed some PO liquid tyelnol into the childs IV and killed him. Scary to think...

  3. Question about USN in Las Vegas

    MikeyJ replied to femflores1's topic in General Nursing

    All I know is that they are ridiculously expensive, and all of their students graduate with 4.0's because you need to pass every exam with an 'A' -- however, they allow each student up to 3 times to...

  4. need goals for ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion

    MikeyJ replied to cuca2's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that impaired tissue perfusion has a much higher priority than pain -- but the goals for impaired tissue perfusion should be fairly easy....

  5. Called in tonight; I know I'm in trouble...

    MikeyJ replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    If you have the sick days, then you can use and you shouldn't feel bad about it. I know it is engrained in us that it is "bad" to call out sick.. but sometimes you just have to. And you don't need to...

  6. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    MikeyJ replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Whenever I do that, the air bubble always seems to dislodge itself

  7. getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    MikeyJ replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There are a few things you can do but I typically just flush the line again by disconnecting the IV and letting it flow into a garbage can. I sometimes use a NS syringe, kink the top of the tubing and...

  8. am I to old to start?

    MikeyJ replied to mrs_truesdell's topic in General Nursing

    40? Puleeze! :) You are still young -- 40 is the new 30 right? There is no one in my class that is 40 (I think 34 is the oldest) but there are plenty of 40+ nursing students in the other classes....

  9. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    We (or at least I) hear you. I hear your concerns. I hear your frustrations. But the seasoned nurses (the ones I have encountered anyway, and some on this board) who are absolutely against new grads...

  10. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    However, if a nurse absolutely despises working on a med-surg floor but is doing so because it will "hone their time management & assessment skills" -- I really don't think it is being effective....

  11. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    And once again, this is something you need to bring upto your hospital administration -- NOT the new grad. The hospital is the one who is offering these positions to new grads. The new grads did not...

  12. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely agree! There was a seasoned nurse of 25+ years who I encountered during my psych rotation. She did many years in med/surg followed by different ICU specialities and IMC, and eventually...

  13. nursing school and marriage

    MikeyJ replied to e_zapanta's topic in General Nursing

    I have been with my partner for 4 years and nursing school has definitely been tough on our relationship. It hasn't necessarily been nursing school itself but the fact that I work 40+ hours a week on...

  14. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    I guess bitter wasn't the right word to use. I agree. But I think all of this should be directed toward administration and not the new-grads. If these positions are strongly promoted to the new grads,...

  15. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. But I don't think all of the bittnerness should be directed to the new-grad. It is the hospitals that market these positions to new grads. It is the hospitals that offer these positions to...

  16. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    Not that I want med/surg, I live in an area where med/surg positions are actually hard to come by in some hospitals. Our state brings in a ton of Filipino's to take med/surg positions and fills...

  17. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

  18. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    Every single ICU nurse (those with 40 years of experience and those with no experience) have all started in the same place. Regardless if you have experience in radiology or med/surg or GI lab or home...

  19. new RN's in specialty areas

    MikeyJ replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree to a certain extent. I do agree that hospitals that have little or no orientation for new nurses in an ICU area is incredibly scary. That is no fault of the new nurse though, but rather the...

  20. Nursing Education Loan Repayment (NELRP)

    MikeyJ replied to TexasPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anyone personally who has done it but I do know that it is a very very competitive program. So just working at one of these facilities does not necessarily mean that you will be one of...

  21. Why did my doctor take my cord blood?

    MikeyJ replied to Marie-SC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It was probably for cord blood testing. They can use the cord blood to look at blood gases, blood type, CBC, RBC count, H & H, glucose levels, bilirubin, etc. They could have used it to bank the...

  22. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

    MikeyJ replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

    There are a few residents on our floor that does not visit some of the patients, but rather asks the nurse about the patient and writes their progress notes and orders based on

  23. Bought their BSN?!?!?!

    MikeyJ replied to HyperTension's topic in General Nursing

    I experienced something similar. I had worked in a higher-end ladies shoe store selling ladies shoes a while back, and there was a guy who had worked with me who claimed he had his BS and Masters in...

  24. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

    MikeyJ replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

    I would report the nurse that preceded your shift because it was obviously an MD order that was not followed

  25. Did he get too much morphine?

    MikeyJ replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    The only place I have seen an order of PRN Morphine over 5 mg is when I did a rotation on the burn unit -- they have orders over 15 mg. I had taken care of a patient last semester that was 3 days...