MikeyJ

MikeyJ RN

Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis

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  1. Patient Sitter - Is 15 $ an hour good?

    MikeyJ replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    A sitter is not allowed to do any sort of patient care (turning, feeding, transferring, etc.). I think the only time a sitter is able to do this is if they are a CNA, Nurse Apprentice,

  2. Patient Sitter - Is 15 $ an hour good?

    MikeyJ replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    Kind of harsh. Yes, there isn't much to sitting (and everytime I have sat it didn't take much more effort than the greeter at Wal-Mart). But I know of situations where sitters are attacked or sitters...

  3. Patient Sitter - Is 15 $ an hour good?

    MikeyJ replied to student456's topic in International Nursing

    I am a nurse apprentice on a pediatrics floor, and unfortunately am required to sit once in a while when no sitters are available. Most of our sitters are actually CNA's floated from other departments...

  4. I have a question about working in the nursrey

    MikeyJ replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Only RN's in the nursery at our hospital. Our hospital stopped staffing LPN's, with the exception of their outpatient clinics. Our hospital has two LPN's left -- one of which works on pediatrics and...

  5. Policy on Peds Patients

    MikeyJ replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    One or two parents are allowed to stay the night at our facility, although we can only accomodate one with a cot. If the other parent stays, they either need to share the cot or one needs to sleep in...

  6. school and work

    MikeyJ replied to nursiemellie's topic in General Nursing

    It can be done! I work 44 hours a week and attend a very accelerated BSN prorgram and thus far am doing very well. It all comes down to time

  7. Verbal orders...what about them?

    MikeyJ replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone else. No matter how "small" or "insignificant" the order is, it should always taken by the RN (in my state, LPN's are not allowed to take verbal/telephone orders). I am a nurse...

  8. Hows this?

    MikeyJ replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I agree - $19 is pretty low for an RN starting wage. But it depends on where you live. Those are nice shift differentials

  9. Those friends who are now in nursing school

    MikeyJ posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wonder if anyone here has had the same experience as I have been having. I have quite a few friends whom I had taken all of my nursing pre-req's with who have entered the nursing program before I...

  10. Calling in sick....feeling worst after the call!

    MikeyJ replied to TeresaB930's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless how "sick" the nurse is, if they have sick time that they are able to use, then they should be able to use it. Our unit released a memo before the holidays stating that if a nurse wants to...

  11. would you let family take pt to bathroom?

    MikeyJ replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    why would you want to discourage it? i am only a nursing student, but on my rotations, if a family member wants to assist their loved one to the restroom, then i (along with the nurses i have worked...

  12. Raises

    MikeyJ replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Not even for cost-of-living

  13. 3 classes, all requires B

    MikeyJ replied to ghingerz1208's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Oh you must be in the 04-06 catalog (I was in that catalog as well), so you will have absolutely no problem getting in. Many of my classmates took Micro as CSN because Micro at UNLV is known for being...

  14. 3 classes, all requires B

    MikeyJ replied to ghingerz1208's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Which school are you referring to? At UNLV I had taken Micro & Nutrition together (along with 2 other general ed requirements) and did fine. Micro along with A&P II will be tough but...

  15. Raises

    MikeyJ replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiosity, why? I have never heard of an establishment doing this, and furthermore, I am suprised people actually accept jobs that do not issue merit

  16. Management is turning the hospital into the Four Seasons (If they could)

    MikeyJ replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to stir up anything, but I can understand from management's perspective why this happens. A hospital is a BUSINESS, plain and simple. It is a business that offers a service and they need...

  17. Urine Dip question

    MikeyJ replied to fancee free's topic in General Nursing

    Would it not depend on what is going on with the patient? I know on the pediatrics floor where I work, they do not allow the nurses to do urine dipsticks. However, during different rotations in the...

  18. What??? No CNA's???

    MikeyJ replied to Kiren's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a county hospital on a pretty busy pediatrics floor (nurses typically start off with 4 patients by end up with 6, or sometimes 7 after admits... or sometimes they start their shift with 6)....

  19. Medical Terminology

    MikeyJ replied to DreamyEyes's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that being a CNA is enough exposure to medical terminology for a unit secretary job. Almost any job description in a hospital says "knowlege of medical terminology", but I can guarantee...

  20. If I hate being an CNA, will I hate nursing?

    MikeyJ replied to emily84's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I rarely, if ever, disagree with Daytonite; however, I must disagree on this one. I went ahead and attempted the CNA route my senior year in high school but despised it so much that I did not complete...

  21. Why be an RN, when LVN's do the same thing?

    MikeyJ replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I work at, LPN's can basically do the same thing as an RN with the exception of IV pushes and a few other things. They need to have an RN co-signature for everything as well. My...

  22. Language Barrier at Work

    MikeyJ replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    That reminds me of a guy I used to work with a few years ago. I was working in retail selling high-end ladies shoes (phew.. that was more stressful than working in a hospital!) and one of my...

  23. Language Barrier at Work

    MikeyJ replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how true that is because I work at a county hospital where it is a hospital rule that you are to ONLY speak English while clocked in. Obviously this does not apply to situations where...

  24. How to respond to these type of nurses!?

    MikeyJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    This morning I had clinicals and while I was getting report from the night nurse, she insisted on saying horrible things about one of the patients I was caring for. My clinicals are at a county...

  25. didn't get all of paycheck

    MikeyJ replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    I never really looked at it that way. You are right now -- it sounds very fishy now that I look back on