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  1. Tips for Making Your Clinical Day Better

    mak2 replied to bruinlaura's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am a clinical instructor picking up a new class at the end of the month. Anyone else care to expand on the above. I am not a new instructor, just trying to be a better one.

  2. VA Hospital

    mak2 replied to everthesame's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Sorry I ahve not been around for a while. I ahve worked at VA Indy for about 15 years. We are union but it is not a closed shop. You can join or not. No pressure either way. We can work at any VA...

  3. fluro during bronch

    mak2 replied to mak2's topic in General Nursing

    There are problems everywhere. Good to work someplace willng to fix

  4. fluro during bronch

    mak2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My unit regularly does bronchs in a suite near the GI lab. During many bronchs we use fluro to guide the needle for biopsy collection. I have been doing this for a year now and it just dawned on me...

  5. fluro during bronch

    mak2 replied to mak2's topic in General Nursing

    It is political. Fluro in the bronch room has been grounded until everyone is trained. I do like working where I do becasue usually they do the right thing when something wrong is brought to their...

  6. fluro during bronch

    mak2 replied to mak2's topic in General Nursing

    No actually I am refering to respriatory therapist that I suppose is suppose to be responsible for the Fluro. I can show policy moderate sedation RN's dont even answer the phone, just monitor the...

  7. Veterans deserve affordable health care

    mak2 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Interesting, I thought combat vets got a 2 year free ride. I know I am not eligible to be treated at the VA because I make too much and have insurance even though I would otherwise qualify. I will...

  8. Veterans deserve affordable health care

    mak2 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Send him to the VA, we can help him. They are never ignored. where did you get

  9. Obesity - Implications For Nursing

    mak2 replied to starshine07's topic in General Nursing

    I was at a meeting at a large local hospital, not mine, honest. this meeting was about some hospital equiptment I was interested in. Another topic came up while I was there. It was a bunch of...

  10. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    mak2 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Did he tell you it grew

  11. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    mak2 replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I triaged a guy one night, no psych dx or anything, dressed nice, got ambulance ride. When I asked him why he came in he held his hand down (veins appear) then he holds them up (veins dissappear)...

  12. what do you say when thanked?

    mak2 replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    ok, just kidding. Your welcome is

  13. what do you say when thanked?

    mak2 replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    How bout, "Don't thank me, Uncle Sam thanks me twice a month". Carry

  14. This Nurse I Work With

    mak2 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    If she is following existing protocols she is probably a great nurse. You dont really explain exactly what she is doing. If she is doing things that require a physican's order and she does not have...

  15. Miami VA...Oh boy!

    mak2 replied to ex1140's topic in Government, Military

    Why did you wait so long if the pay was so low it is an insult? You have a job and that silly employer wants you to come to work at a certain time. Unbeleiveable. I just would not work for the...

  16. VA, differential, relocation, pay w/experience, and retirement

    mak2 replied to stepaukob's topic in Government, Military

    Nobody can figure out VA retirement. The TSP program is great and should be a big asset saving for retrimement. My spouse is management in the civilian sector so I know how much they make, at least...

  17. Nurses not following doctors orders

    mak2 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    queenjean was talking about routine VS overnight. This was often a topic of concersation in the MICU during my years there. If my pt had a medication that affected VS, or was unstable or any reason...

  18. Getting clocked out while still working

    mak2 replied to brenan's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    brenan, try to think about what is right. You cannot steal their money and they cannot steal your time. The administrators are obvoiously trying to get an extra free half hour of time from each of...

  19. Is nursing defined as a profession, practice or simply as work?

    mak2 replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I cant beleive this question is still

  20. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    mak2 replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have written myself up, and I deserved it

  21. Nurses not following doctors orders

    mak2 replied to platon20's topic in General Nursing

    As I understand the original post it was about nurses not following perfectly appropiate doctors orders. The example used was weights on CHF pts. I would think nurses would do that daily with or...

  22. teamwork and job satisfaction

    mak2 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does the teamwork on you unit effect your job satisfaction? If so how? Is teamwork important to you? Thanks in advance for any replys. I do not wnat to influence the replys by asking too many...

  23. teamwork and job satisfaction

    mak2 replied to mak2's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks every one. This is exactly the kind of feed back I was looking for. Please anyone else feel free to reply, I will be working on my paper all weekend and will probably be able to use more....

  24. Does the term 'Nurse' bother you?

    mak2 replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think the term nurse has to be changed from the inside out. We will all be long retired before there is a signifigant demographic change in the field. I think even 25% males will make such a...

  25. Do drs really look down on nurses?

    mak2 replied to lmf2006's topic in General Nursing

    Tim and Tweety, very well said. I think a few of the other posts verbalize the problem with nursing. You quys know the solution. My question is, as long as the demographics of nursing remains what...