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  1. Positive pre-employment drug screen! What will happen?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Pmb's topic in General Nursing

    All the drug tests I have taken with agencies usually say will send out for chromatography with positive on the paper they send you. Once those results come in which will differentiate between Sudafed...

  2. HOW ACCURATE IS THE PEARSON Vue TRICK?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Tamana02's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found out the next day by looking up my name on the LARA (BON) website and my name was there for RN license and the date of my test! I live in

  3. Do Mental Health Technicians do the same work as CNA's?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Lady In Pink's topic in General Students

    Mental Health techs are akin to PCAs but our employer requires them to have experience with psych patients (we are high acuity) and usually have a bachelors degree in something relevant. They are not...

  4. Oakland University Accelerated BSN Nursing

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in School, College Programs

    Hello everyone! I just received good news that I have been admitted into the Summer 2015 class. I wanted to reach out to my other classmates. I am hoping to start one of the nursing prerequisites...

  5. Floating policies- Tenet

    MSUOUgirl replied to RNasj's topic in General Nursing

    We have enough staff on our psych unit but we are forced to float to cover a similar unit; at least a couple nurses a day to another unit to be charge nurses since they are staffed primarily by agency...

  6. How is everyone's first year going?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Purple_roses's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am not sure how it happened but I am about 7 months in at the same crazy job I posted about when I first started. I definitely got experience, I was charge nurse within 2 months of starting and have...

  7. When patients keep calling 911

    MSUOUgirl replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our psych patients always threaten to call 911. We just say "this is 911". Our hospital system in Detroit has its own police jurisdiction separate from the surrounding

  8. Schedule

    MSUOUgirl replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    Just started working and our schedule is two weeks in advance. The manager does not fill the schedule in completely; there is no coverage for some shifts. Seems like the manager makes it up as the...

  9. The Lamentations of a Distressed RN (New Grad)

    MSUOUgirl replied to deebee20's topic in General Nursing

    Michigan maybe if you can stand the winters. But they are not a compact state so you have to get your license

  10. Does this job seem extreme?

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, So I started at this inpatient psych unit about a month ago. I had less than 2 weeks orientation and was put out on the floor with 9-10 patient load. This population is probably the highest...

  11. Does this job seem extreme?

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I decided to ask for more orientation time so we will see what my manager says. Since I am a new grad I do not want to "throw in the towel" just yet. I talked to my aunt who is a nurse and she said...

  12. Does this job seem extreme?

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in General Nursing

    We have two nurses for 19 patients and 2 mental health technicians. One of the nurses is the charge nurse. No real physical care. We call up security constantly. We had them up 7 times today. That is...

  13. Pearson vue trick

    MSUOUgirl replied to Sbroooks's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I found out the day after my test in the evening that I had passed. I looked up my name on the LARA website where you go to check healthcare provider's licenses and my name was there! I live in...

  14. Should I quit nursing school?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Guest1005095's topic in General Students

    Okay I did not read all the posts...well maybe someone who is on the fence about quitting will get something from my

  15. Should I quit nursing school?

    MSUOUgirl replied to Guest1005095's topic in General Students

    Clinicals, I felt were the worst because it had to teach you how to interact with patients, real-life situations and I did not have an aptitude for that in the beginning. I watch nursing students now...

  16. Type of restraints

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    The hospital system that our psychiatric unit belongs to recently switched from using leather restraints to these purple plastic restraints. Their reasoning was for cleaning purposes. The problem is...

  17. Anyone catch HIV from patients as a Nurse or Nursing student? My biggest fear!

    MSUOUgirl replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My grandfather died from this disease back in early 90s. They do not know if was contracted or a spontaneously occurred. You can get the gene mutation and therefore I cannot give

  18. Nurse yelling at patient

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I started working on a psychiatric floor in a hospital that is pretty much "the hospital you can't fall below". They get patients that have little to no insurance, homeless, etc. I just got out of...

  19. UGH- Head Lice- But for real, a serious question

    MSUOUgirl replied to Supernrse01's topic in School

    When I was younger we found that the prescription head lice treatment as well as the OTC did not work. My mom covered my head in vegetable oil for at least 24 hours....not even kidding. Then she would...

  20. Switch Shifts?

    MSUOUgirl replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I would go days. You should compare how much you lose from switching from nights to day and then try to estimate how much money you will pick up at your PRN job. You say you want to work for the state...

  21. Nurse yelling at patient

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I will definitely stick it out and see how things progress. I really want this experience because of the type of patients that this hospital serves as my...

  22. Nurse yelling at patient

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The only way I can describe it is when a mom gets so frustrated with kids acting out that she starts yelling at them to do this and that. I think I was surprised because it happened twice in the span...

  23. Nurse stealing narcs advice

    MSUOUgirl replied to Nursenicole1's topic in General Nursing

    She is right, hour before DOES NOT APPLY TO PRNS. The time must be at least what the doctor orders. So you can give it hours after depending on when the patient asks. PRN means whenever the patient...

  24. Looking to interview a community mental health nurse

    MSUOUgirl posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hello and thank you for reading this post. My name is Katherine and I am a nursing student. I have an assignment to interview a public or community health nurse. I will be going into...

  25. Oakland University Accelerated BSN Nursing

    MSUOUgirl replied to MSUOUgirl's topic in School, College Programs

    Thank you x3niaq! The best thing for questions would probably be to go to the advising session if you can. It looks like there is one next week and another at the end of August. I bet they would...