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I'm in west TN too!!! Up here in Martin. I don't graduate until May 2005 :( So glad to find others from Tenn on here!!! Hi all!!! :)

Originally posted by obgynlpn

west tennessee nurse here:roll :rotfl: :nurse:

marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy....
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SnowieRN - I graduated from Northwest in 1992...Great program. They have a very high pass rate on nclex. I work at the Med now.

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Wow, erslave, you work at the Med. How very interesting !! So how do you like it ?? I am very interested in the Med but am not a nurse yet and seems a little overwhelming even when I graduate from nursing school. By the way, is really true that all the staff members who work there have escorts to their cars ?? Just curious !!

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Hi, Wanabe...I have learned more at the med in the last 2yrs than I did in the previos 9 yrs. Its a "teaching" hospital. The attending docs are always teaching residents (in every area of thehospital. ) You get to listen in and learn along with them. The docs (in general) are used to instructing and giving rational for what they are doing and why. ..they will explain any and everything to the nursing staff, also. I work in the Medicine emergency room (mi's, head bleeds, seizures, cva's..) as opposed to the trauma emergency room - who does traumatic injury to the body. Yes, there is security available to walk you to your car..Most of the hospital nsg staff get off at the same time and we all walk together. Our main population is homeless, cocaine users and prisoners who dont want to go to jail. Its really strange how people get "chest pain" when taken into custody. We call it "chrome induced ischemia" -chrome, meaning hand-

cuffs. The Med does hire nurse externs to work in different areas of the hospital. You should try getting on there...Its a great learning experience....Dont be scared of its reputation, though.

Good luck.

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Hi all. I live in west tn as well,henry county. I would like to know if there are any other mds/pps coordinators out there who are about to pull their hair out. All of this QM/QI stuff...its getting crazy. Not to mention trying to code an MDS and having all kinds of mismatched documentation floating around in your facility. :uhoh21: Anybody with any suggestions to stop the frustration?
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Specializes in Emergency.

Now see...this is what I am talking about - a Tennessee Nurses forum!! I wondered where all of the southern folk were.

I'm a first semester ADN student at Jackson State CC.

Good to see locals on the board.

Terence

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Hello from Jackson! Obgynlpn, I think I might know you. Do you work for a midwife? It's great to see so many Tennessee nurses!

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Hi, ERslave.

I saw your post about the Med from last January. I will finish LPN school in 6 weeks ! My goal has always been to become a nurse and work at the Med (I'm 32 y.o., it's just taken a while to become a nurse). In 1992, I was transferred to the Med as a high risk pregnancy and delivered my premature son. He stayed in the NICU for quite some time. The wonderful nurses I met while at the Med are the reason I've always wanted to be a nurse. So, now that it's almost time to finish this dream, I'm wondering if I'm really ready to work at a hospital this size. All of my clinicals have been done in Jackson, TN, in a hospital not nearly as big as the Med. Honest opinion, do you think this is the right place for a new graduate to try to start her career, or should I get some med/surg experience at a smaller hospital first? Thanks for your help!!

Hi, Wanabe...I have learned more at the med in the last 2yrs than I did in the previos 9 yrs. Its a "teaching" hospital. The attending docs are always teaching residents (in every area of thehospital. ) You get to listen in and learn along with them. The docs (in general) are used to instructing and giving rational for what they are doing and why. ..they will explain any and everything to the nursing staff, also. I work in the Medicine emergency room (mi's, head bleeds, seizures, cva's..) as opposed to the trauma emergency room - who does traumatic injury to the body. Yes, there is security available to walk you to your car..Most of the hospital nsg staff get off at the same time and we all walk together. Our main population is homeless, cocaine users and prisoners who dont want to go to jail. Its really strange how people get "chest pain" when taken into custody. We call it "chrome induced ischemia" -chrome, meaning hand-

cuffs. The Med does hire nurse externs to work in different areas of the hospital. You should try getting on there...Its a great learning experience....Dont be scared of its reputation, though.

Good luck.

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Working and school in Martin Tn. Glad to see others from this area.

enjoy your day!....dave

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Another person from Martin. hi!

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I am in McMinnville, Tennessee. Was born in Michigan, raised in Philadelphia,PA, my husband brought me here. :rotfl:

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West TN.. Memphis here :eek: Im not an RN yet, just now starting school :rolleyes: but still nice to meet some people in the area that can help me with homework :chuckle

hi.. if you do not mind...i want to know what school u go to. I got accepted to the University of Memphis for this fall.

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