Mebzone05

Mebzone05 BSN

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  1. Unsafe hospital rant!

    Mebzone05 posted a topic in Critical Care

    I got report from a nurse. Pt hemoglobin low, hypotensive, and dizzy. Labs were drawn hours ago. Blood ordered. I was told that the blood was ready during report. Nurse argued with me that she had too...

  2. Need help/advice!

    Mebzone05 posted a topic in Critical Care

    I work in a medical ICU. This will be a little vague because I know other nurses I work with that post here. Yesterday, I had an issue where an order was never placed. There should have been labs...

  3. I NEED ADVICE!

    Mebzone05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for almost 4 years. I have 1 year med surg experience, 1 year obs, and the rest in an ER. We have four zones. One is an urgent care type zone, a medium acuity zone, psych zone, and...

  4. I NEED ADVICE!

    Mebzone05 replied to Mebzone05's topic in General Nursing

    Update: Just accepted a job at a level 1 trauma center MICU/neuro ICU. Closer to my house and better pay. Also got an interview for a level 1 trauma center ED but I think that I want to give ICU...

  5. I NEED ADVICE!

    Mebzone05 replied to Mebzone05's topic in General Nursing

    Well, a part that I left out is that nearly a year of my ER time was on night shift. The problems started once I switched to day shift. I believe that there are simply too many nurses fighting for the...

  6. I NEED ADVICE!

    Mebzone05 replied to Mebzone05's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. We have no clue what zone we will be in until 5 mins before our shift

  7. I NEED ADVICE!

    Mebzone05 replied to Mebzone05's topic in General Nursing

    All I do is study and watch Youtube videos for skills but I don't have any chance to apply anything in real life. I can't retain the information or skill if I can't actually use it in practice. All of...

  8. Sucky day + unsupportive spouse

    Mebzone05 replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Emergency

    My wife is a special education teacher and I am an ER nurse. After every shift I rant about my day to her on my 30 minute drive home. She does the same and we usually end up laughing. We both have...

  9. EMTALA question

    Mebzone05 replied to HiddencatBSN's topic in Emergency

    My ED would never do this. Sounds

  10. Cutting myself short?..but trying to make the best

    Mebzone05 replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Emergency

    I wouldn't bother with the TNCC. You need to sit down and really think hard about your career. It sounds to me like you are needed at home. PRN as a new nurse is a bad idea. Experience is what makes...

  11. Job offer at Level 1 or 2, help me pick please!

    Mebzone05 replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Emergency

    This is true. Don't pay to much attention to what level a trauma center is. I have friends that work at a level 1 and I take care of higher acuity patients more often at a level

  12. Reporting a doctor to HR

    Mebzone05 replied to SnickerDoodle_RN's topic in Emergency

    This will just make things worse. Nothing will happen to the Doc. Either change jobs or deal with

  13. Empty ER due to Covid?

    Mebzone05 replied to Guest862922's topic in Emergency

    I work in a decent size level 3 ER. A week ago they canceled all of our travelers contracts. We have at least one nurse a night get sent home early. Some nights we have maybe 3 or 4 patients in the...

  14. Float Med Surg/Tele RN looking to Switch to ER

    Mebzone05 replied to Wrestler133's topic in Emergency

    I think that you need to pick one thing that is most important to you and let that be your deciding factor when choosing a job. You wanted to learn more but chart less, the job has to be day shift,...

  15. Confused about where to go...need help!

    Mebzone05 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I live in Arizona and I'm confused as to what np school I should attend. I read online that for profit and online only schools are looked down upon. Everyone says that you should go to a "real...

  16. Does the level of trauma center matter?

    Mebzone05 replied to SR8811's topic in Emergency

    I work at a level 3. I have several friends that work at level 1's. At the level 1's they have a code team, stemi team, stroke team, trauma team etc. My hospital has none of that. We do it

  17. First shift in ER!

    Mebzone05 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello I am an RN with 2.5 years experience. My first year was in a med surg unit and my second year was in an observation unit. My dream has always been to work in the ED. I was recently hired into a...

  18. Suspended for touching a child's head and face

    Mebzone05 replied to GG66's topic in Emergency

    Wow this scares me. This is the reason so many nurses are hesitant to do their jobs. Patient complaints are often taken seriously regardless of how absolutely ridiculous they may be. I was taught in...

  19. Banner New Grad Experience

    Mebzone05 replied to bex3's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Good luck

  20. How hard is the CEP?

    Mebzone05 replied to jen91's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm in block two in the NAU CEP. It's not too hard. The nau portion is a lot of reading, discussions, and papers. The CC portion is tough imo. Getting used to nclex style questions take a lot of time....

  21. I need advice on people who do CEP and work as well

    Mebzone05 replied to alliesweetie14's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm in the NAU CEP Block 2, have a 3 year old, and work 36 hours per week. I'm not going to lie to you, it is very difficult. Not only does working really cut down your study time but the nursing...

  22. maricopa block 1 books

    Mebzone05 replied to lopezvivi's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm finishing up block 1 right now. The only books I really used during block 1 were the fundamentals book and the drug guide. The Med-surg book was only helpful when I was studying Diabetes. Everyone...