MOSTLYHAPPYRN

MOSTLYHAPPYRN

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  1. "My Nurses"

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to HairyMurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, not trying to be sexist or offensive at all but perhaps because you are male it offends you more when another male doctor refers to you as his nurse? If the doctor was female would you feel the...

  2. Feeling micromanaged...

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to n1wgmp's topic in General Nursing

    It's literally their job to audit stuff, and to find stuff that they can "improve upon"... Don't take it so personally. They are just doing what their bosses tell them to do, which is just all part of...

  3. Healthcare-related "what the heck?!?!" dreams

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I had a combo dream that incorporated my previous job of waiting tables and my current nursing job: I am waiting tables but all of the customers in my section are patients in gowns with iv pumps and...

  4. I saw another nurse assault a patient

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to morman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Could that patient not file some kind of report that he was being abused? Could you perhaps help that patient to do so? The other witness and the management sound really upstanding. Perhaps a new...

  5. So I just need to vent

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to jennaroo's topic in General Students

    In a few years when you have more perspective and have been a nurse for a while you will hopefully realize that what your instructor did was not ok. I have experienced extreme bullying from a nursing...

  6. Difficult Orientee

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to ejnjj143's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well how did she get through nursing school? They make it so stressful so you know if you can handle this kind of stuff. It's difficult at any age but I think older people ( ya know, not in their 20's...

  7. Looking for encouragement

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to Student0594's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Who is this person who assisted you? Surely if you retake it and get an A then you have as good a chance as anyone else. Unless this person has the real inside scoop, and determines everything ( which...

  8. Postpartum Meds

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to nikkib2013's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Percocet also causes constipation, so always encourage patient to use as little narcotic as possible. I guess some nurses feel like there are so many students who try to come on here and get easy...

  9. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    Once we had a family member take a trash bag into the nutrition room and started filling it up with cans of coke and

  10. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

    I'm puzzled when some patients (or family) think they are above using the call light, and come out of their room to find you, and interrupt you (even tho they apologize for doing so) to ask you for...

  11. Blue Pigtail on Nasogastric Tube

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to mikeynizm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Do any of you use a gomco instead of wall suction? Some of our older surgeons order this. It doesn't seem to make a difference as to how effective/quicker/ better the outcome for the patient...but it...

  12. Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    When I get a DNR patient, for the most part, I am relieved to know that if they should arrest, I will not have to torture them with CPR. Possibly more than one time. It is beautiful to be able to ease...

  13. Metformin IV contast

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to truckinusa's topic in Radiology

    At both hospitals where I have worked as an RN, the MD usually will hold metformin upon arrival and start pt on a sliding scale for insulin coverage. Then if pt has to get a CT with contrast, we...

  14. Crazy clinicals instructor doesn't like us using the restroom?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    This probably isn't the first complaint against the CI. You have to go to someone and let them know how you are being treated, so that this doesn't continue for yourself and the students to follow...

  15. New Grad feeling depressed, anxious and hopeless

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to MedSurgRN193's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Why did you feel like you didn't deserve to be in nursing school, and that you weren't smart enough? You obviously were because you made it! It sounds like you are being your own worst enemy, and...

  16. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of good advise from esme.

  17. Nurses: You've Been LIED to about your Back and Body Mechanics

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Good to be more aware of this. Lifting patients is part of the everyday workflow, and the day is always very busy, and if I spent time waiting on extra help or getting the lift from somewhere in the...

  18. Was my professor out of line?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to kimmyanne02's topic in General Students

    Nursing school steals your soul for a while. My husband practically raised our son from age 1-3. But I was so focused on school I was just grateful he was so supportive. Just make sure you're not...

  19. ICU pay differential?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    At my hospital if you are certified you do get a pretty good annual bonus. But it was earned by taking additional courses , etc. Their additional initiative to become more advances in their practice...

  20. N'ville and Mempho New Grad Salaries

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to LookingforChange's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    About 5 years ago it was about 18 for new grad pay for vandy with no experience. Hope it's more now!!! Good luck ! Mostly happy

  21. ICU pay differential?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    After having thought about this topic some more, with the input of everyone here, I think that it does make sense to pay a more specialized person more money. I don't want to work in those extremely...

  22. ICU pay differential?

    MOSTLYHAPPYRN replied to Mr. Murse's topic in Critical Care

    ICU nurses do get paid more where I work. I think there's the whole hierarchy thing happening here though, and I don't agree with it. But it is expected and known that you get more in ICU in both...