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  1. Ugh- helicopter/tiger mom!

    Meeshie replied to nmr79's topic in School

    Is it possible that she doesn't want her kid to talk to other kids with diabetes and realize that they have more autonomy over their disease care than she does? After all, it would be mighty...

  2. Non-nurse midwives?

    Meeshie replied to cleback's topic in General Nursing

    CPMs have become popular in certain parts of Florida because the laws are not friendly for v-bac patients. You can't v-bac in a birth center - you need an OB and a hospital. However, a good portion of...

  3. Help me out here....

    Meeshie replied to Aunt Slappy's topic in General Nursing

    It's reasonable. Those antibiotics are unlikely to impact the results and the fluid from the chest tube isn't the same as sputum but..... I thought Mexico vaccinated? If they have that vaccine scar...

  4. New nurse staying way past 9:30 pm on day shift

    Meeshie replied to connecticut23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Safe Harbor doesn't exist but here's the thing - every single state has somewhere in their laws that hospitals have to provide safe care. It's just one of those things. So when hospitals don't? You...

  5. Advice for New Grad

    Meeshie replied to m0ckingbird's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first two years nursing I've done three hospitals. I stuck a year out at a large organization that I hated. It was disorganized, the ratios were awful, management was difficult to work with, turn...

  6. My DoN is a terrifying nepotistic bully. What do I do?

    Meeshie replied to Illmarinen's topic in General Nursing

    You mentioned a union at one point in all of that. If there is one - then you can request a rep any time your manager wishes a private meeting that could impact your job. Weingarten rights. However,...

  7. Confused with new role as RN

    Meeshie replied to BeachLife_AKB's topic in General Nursing

    DNV is interesting. I worked for a hospital that had DNV as their regulatory agency. One of the more interesting parts of it is that it rounds yearly on the hospital instead of biyearly. That means...

  8. New Grad Orientation Contracts

    Meeshie replied to Kaiyas's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My advise to you is that if you do decide to go with a residency and a contract - take the contract to a lawyer. Not all of them are actually legal or enforceable. If yours ends up being one that isnt...

  9. Newly graduated RN job search

    Meeshie replied to awhite4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Google the words "New grad rn residency job" and plenty of hospitals will pop up that are happy to take on a new graduate and train them.... for a contract with an obligation to work a certain amount...

  10. Florida CEUs/CE Broker

    Meeshie replied to jessicaford1121's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the cite you use gives you something you can print out.. you can print it on your computer as a pdf and then upload it. Generally speaking, I use NurseCE4Less for all my CEU needs. It...

  11. Overcounting valium in pyxis

    Meeshie replied to Paul78526's topic in General Nursing

    Often time over count discrepancies are caused by pharmacy. They stock and then update the count wrong or forget to

  12. help! Is my job normal?

    Meeshie replied to Jl2389's topic in General Nursing

    That.... looks pretty normal. I wish it wasn't

  13. Pro Life Beliefs and Nursing

    Meeshie replied to Tuzla99's topic in General Nursing

    If this is really an issue for you I'd avoid oncology, to be honest. I did women's oncology and ran into a few patients we scheduled for abortions, even later term ones.. knowing that you have a very...

  14. Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    Meeshie replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I read another article on this. It was pretty specific in that it said that the child had not yet been declared brain dead and that the final test would be done the next day prior to removal of life...

  15. Nursing and overtime?

    Meeshie replied to fishguy909's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a tourist area so we have "season" above and beyond the flu season. During season we could live at work and no one would complain. I had a 137 hour biweekly paycheck a couple of months ago...

  16. I know it's hard. But is it really that hard?

    Meeshie replied to Stillthinkin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    They're changing the NCLEX again. It's in the testing phase now. It will be 100% case studies and not only will students have to pick the correct answer.. they will also have to pick the correct...

  17. Consent forms

    Meeshie replied to sjs1957's topic in Operating Room

    At my facility we send the patient down with the unsigned (but filled out, if possible) consent on the front of the chart. We know the surgeon isn't coming to the floor to explain anything

  18. How fast do you run blood?

    Meeshie replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Policy varies widely hospital to hospital. When I worked on an inpatient high acuity oncology floor we typically ran PRBCs at around 2 hours as long as we had good access or the patient had CHF or...

  19. Nursing Grading Scale

    Meeshie replied to guest517's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    That one is slightly easier than the program I was on. And yes, it's as hard as it seems but you can do it if you really want

  20. Rhythm strips on NCLEX

    Meeshie replied to Kshing's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    There's no way of knowing. However, you're not as likely to see something like "what is this?" as you are "This is the EKG of your patient, which medication is contraindicated?" Or "You patient is on...

  21. Payrate

    Meeshie replied to jdp90d's topic in General Nursing

    Make an appointment to speak with your manager... and then.. ask. "Given my years of service and excellent record I'd like to discuss the possibility of an increase in my pay" Be prepared for a no....

  22. Assertiveness

    Meeshie replied to motor_mouth's topic in General Nursing

    You're right that nursing is a 24 hour job. However, your next shift already has 12 hours of work to do. If you find that the shift previous to you is leaving a lot of things undone for you to do and...

  23. Tips for getting faster at admissions? Please share them

    Meeshie replied to Dunkingirl's topic in General Nursing

    Practice makes perfect. The more of them you do the smoother it will start to

  24. Certification question (critical care and BART)

    Meeshie replied to Jessicajayyy's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they mean ECCO cert from the AACN (for the crit care

  25. What are my options if...

    Meeshie replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    Call other schools and see what they're willing to do and if they'll take any credits? They may not be willing to do anything but you won't know unless you