MikeyJ

MikeyJ RN

Peds, PICU, Home health, Dialysis

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  1. didn't get all of paycheck

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

    I experienced the exact opposite of what happened to you. I was working for the university I attend in a part-time temporary grant position. Well, the last check I received had an extra $2,000...

  2. retention bonus

    MikeyJ replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    UMC (because it is associated with the county) does as well. I believe after 8 years of service you get a fairly large retention

  3. Johnson & Johnson Nursing Commercial

    MikeyJ replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. We definitely need to recruit more nurses. It is up to hospitals and other places of employment to focus on retention of their

  4. Johnson & Johnson Nursing Commercial

    MikeyJ replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    I first saw that commercial two years ago when the hospital I worked at as an intern (non-nursing related at the time) received a screening copy. It is a very inspiring commercial and

  5. Do OR nurses do any type of patient care?

    MikeyJ posted a topic in Operating Room

    I have had to do a few rotations in the OR (I am a nursing student) and I realized something today -- the nurses I have observed do almost NO patient care. The only time they did patient care was when...

  6. Do OR nurses do any type of patient care?

    MikeyJ replied to MikeyJ's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks for all of the replies! And I hope I didn't make it sound like it looked easy to me, because it didn't. The OR nurses I was with ran their butts off, but didn't understand how it was really...

  7. Do you chart medication errors?

    MikeyJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school our professors have told us to never chart a medication error. You do an incident report for quality assurance where you do identify yourself, you take proper measures to ensure...

  8. hospitalists in hospitals

    MikeyJ replied to juswilliams0978's topic in General Nursing

    You must not forget though that some private physicians don't maintain their privleges at all the local hospitals. There are some patients admitted to our ped's floor that are picked up by the...

  9. hospitalists in hospitals

    MikeyJ replied to juswilliams0978's topic in General Nursing

    What I have never understood about the hospital I work at is that we are a teaching hospital and affiliated with a medical school, thus we have residents... but yet we still have hospitalists that...

  10. hospitalists in hospitals

    MikeyJ replied to juswilliams0978's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, hospitalist is a general term that basically refers to an MD/DO or mid-level hired by the hospital to care for in-patients. Most hospitals have hospitalists or internists. From...

  11. Unusual disorder - Trich

    MikeyJ replied to Faster's topic in General Nursing

    I knew a girl in high school that pulled out her hair and ate it. Not sure if it is the same disease or

  12. Tongue Rings

    MikeyJ replied to MsLady06's topic in Emergency

    Really can't add to that question as I am not an ER nurse -- however, I just read an article on CNN a few days ago about a young female who pierced her tongue, received an infection, and ultimately...

  13. What's the longest time you've had to wait for a grade?

    MikeyJ replied to krenee's topic in General Students

    I don't mind professors taking a few days to return a scantron exam day. My professors are very good about doing "question analysis" after grading exams. Meaning, they really take their time to figure...

  14. Children left to rot in their cribs

    MikeyJ replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.. words cannot describe what those children must be enduring. Unfortunately, many countries have no resources to setup mental health facilities, and thus that population

  15. Arterial Lines...?

    MikeyJ replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it was a day surgery center at a hospital. It is an outpatient surgery center connected to the

  16. Arterial Lines...?

    MikeyJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    My partner's father had a biopsy this morning on a mass that was found in his pleural cavity. He told us that when he went to the day surgery center, they put in an IV line and an arterial line. Why...

  17. Arterial Lines...?

    MikeyJ replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know they did a mediasteinoscopy -- that is where they do an incision between the sternum's

  18. More NAP Questions!

    MikeyJ replied to DesertRain's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I love being a NAP! I learn so much on each shift and definitely have a leg up on most of my classmates. And because they essentially give me my own patients, I have learned a lot about time...

  19. phlebotomy and IV class

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

    And what about bringing IV start kids and IV needles home to practice on friends & family? Haha.. I know it sounds crazy, but that is what I

  20. Is it true that you will know....?

    MikeyJ replied to scastillo1's topic in General Nursing

    I know I have fallen in love with pediatrics. Unfortunately, nursing students don't typically rotate in all departments. You usually do a variety of med/surg units (low acuity, high acuity, possible...

  21. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    MikeyJ replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    If it were not for pediatrics, I think I would go insane. I am currently finishing up nursing school (BSN) but work as a nurse apprentice -- thus I do all RN duties but an RN has to sign off on me....

  22. so frustrated with nursing diagnoses

    MikeyJ replied to birdgardner's topic in General Students

    They are absolutely pointless. Thankfully the hospital I work at has a pre-printed book for nursing diagnosis -- so when you are admitting a patient, you open the book up to the appropriate admitting...

  23. NA's not professionals

    MikeyJ replied to Jabramac's topic in General Nursing

    Some of you are taking this "professional" title way too personal -- as one of the posters say, there is no emotions, it is what it is. Do RN's respect LVN/LPN, CNA, NA's? ABSOLUTELY! There is a...

  24. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    MikeyJ replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly why I refuse to work on an adult floor after I graduate -- I am not even done with school yet, and I am already jaded from the horrible experiences I have had with adult patients. I never...

  25. What are we allowed to tell patients?

    MikeyJ replied to heather318's topic in General Nursing

    I think it may vary by institution and perhaps state, however, I always tell my patients about the condition they have. If I am unsure of something, then I tell them I can either go look it up or they...