melrina75

melrina75

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  1. Does this sound like ur floor?

    melrina75 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    i have been in physicalrehab unit for less than a yr, but my floor has a horrible turn around with staff!! we have have through 2 managers and a number of nurses, cnas, leave after 1-2 months! our...

  2. Diluting SQ Epi

    melrina75 posted a topic in Emergency

    Could someone please tell how how to dilute Epinephrine 1:100 1mg/mL into Epinephrine 1:10,000 for SQ injection. Thank

  3. HELP!! Neddlestick w/Hep C + patient

    melrina75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who recently was administering insulin with an insulin syringe and stuck her thumb. She followed protocol, reported it and went for labs four hours after stick. Her Hep panel was...

  4. strange request?

    melrina75 replied to love2shop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We had a young CHI patient, who was a Rancho III with no hopes of improvement, on our floor and his family asked us to put him on the transplant list. We needed clarification as for what the...

  5. HELP!! Neddlestick w/Hep C + patient

    melrina75 replied to melrina75's topic in General Nursing

    The company shw works for does not have safety insulin needles. She did not recap. She gave her 2 injections, placed the 2 needles in the plastic sheath. When she placed the 2nd needle is when she...

  6. Merry Christmas!

    melrina75 replied to danissa's topic in General Nursing

    :santa5: merry christmas!! i am working tonight - kids w/grandma! gonna be a real slow night though! to all my nurse's who are working hard and spending this holiday with our "other" family - merry...

  7. What's your holiday bonus?

    melrina75 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: We got a hospital cafeteria turkey dinner with stuffing and greenbeans. Sodas we had to pay

  8. TEXAS nurse/patient ratios?

    melrina75 replied to smk1's topic in Texas Nursing

    Work in Corpus Christi, only 2 hospital systems; I work in larger system; acute rehab 6-8:1 no CNA/unit clerk, medsurg 4-6:1/CNA 17:1, unit clerk, icu 2-3:1; starting LVNs $10, exp LVNs $16; start RNs...

  9. Best state/hospital/city to work in

    melrina75 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    my husband and i are both med-surg lvns. we are exhausted with the treatment we are receiving at our current "employer" and contemplating moving to another city or state anywhere in continental us....

  10. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    melrina75 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i like my daughters names: molly elene (i-leen) and jocelyn gabrielle. my son i went kind of different roel (row-elle) his middle name is a family name secundino. molly and roel are in high and...

  11. Help with TBI Presentation!

    melrina75 posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    This is my first time doing a presentation on "What is the Nurse's Role in Rehab-Regarding TBI Patients". I have been looking for nursing articles on the subject, but come up short. (Manager wants...

  12. RUDE pt and spouse=everyone fired from care!

    melrina75 posted a topic in General Nursing

    need nursing advice!! we have a 60-something yr/old pt newly diagnosed w/guillen barre on our phymedrehab unit. pt loss most of the use of all extremities. active, independent, then this - life...

  13. Share Your Saying

    melrina75 replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "god has a sense of humor. if you don't believe me, tomorrow go to wal-mart and just look at people." carlos mencia

  14. RUDE pt and spouse=everyone fired from care!

    melrina75 replied to melrina75's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for your suggestions -i plan to bring up to interdisciplinary team on monday - i really hope they'll help!! everyone's just on the edge and can't stand it

  15. Just want to vent about a coworker.

    melrina75 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    For some reasons, some staff has NO common sense about sleeping hours!! I work night shift and if someone calls in before 2300, believe me, I am on that phone (won't call later than 2200 though)! If...

  16. Co Worker Abandoned Patients Last Night

    melrina75 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    yes you can lose your license becasue that is patient

  17. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    melrina75 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    had a young ob pt who wondered if her baby was going to come out of her "butt in the front":rolleyes: :roll, since that is where her boyfriend had put his "winkie"!! i had to step out of the room to...

  18. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    melrina75 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    have one tonite that keeps calling me because he can't find his member, he has a peg and keeps insisting his member fell inside his stomach and he needs to keep pulling on the peg so his member will...

  19. Alternative meds? You'll never believe this one!!

    melrina75 replied to darla80's topic in Nursing Humor

    M.O.M.=milk of magnesia, it's a

  20. What is your salary?

    melrina75 replied to daniele72's topic in General Nursing

    lvn in south texas for 6 yrs - largest hospital in this area make $32,000-35,000, with night and weekend differentials, only work

  21. Lvn & Lpn

    melrina75 replied to mary777's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The only difference is what part of the country you are from. Up north the are referred to as licensed practical nurses. South=licensed vocational

  22. Nurses from Texas, USA (esp. Filipino ones)

    melrina75 replied to adangerousbeauty's topic in Philippines

    hello and welcome to south texas!! i work with alot of filipino nurse's in corpus christi. i used to live in san antonio - it is a great city to live and play in!! good luck and god

  23. How do I request accountability and mentoring from staff?

    melrina75 replied to ccccc's topic in Emergency

    at the company i work for, we have a mandatory precept class before anyone can become a precept. they then qualify for a couple extra dimes/hr/precept puch in. i know you cannot personally change...

  24. What are the basic steps for us-educated foreign nurses to get into the US job market

    melrina75 replied to nrswnabee's topic in International Nursing

    I know of some company's that offer the assistance to foreign educated nurses. I guess it depends where you are coming from. E me if u have any ?s.....good

  25. In your opinion what makes a great nurse?

    melrina75 replied to BuddyGwen's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU!!! My husband and I are both LVNs. We work our butts off, just like everyone else on the floor!! A great nurse can be over shadowed by anyone on the floor staff. A great nurse is one who...