DaisyMountain

DaisyMountain specializes in acute care.

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1. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

   DaisyMountain replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   You are not listening to anyone though. You just keep saying the same stuff about how negative this is. A nurse tells you what we are using this for and to take it for what it is worth, and to understand as a nurse with a stressful job we need a plac...

2. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

   DaisyMountain replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   "Okay so I'm tired of seeing these threads. I honestly believe that "vent" threads should be exclusive to nurses only. It seems that students don't comprehend that us nurses come on here to vent. Venting is a healthy way of relieving the every day...

3. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

   DaisyMountain replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! We all have great days. More than the bad days. This is where we get info and advice on the crap. We really do not need advice on how to make a patient smile, or to get a family member to tell you thank you. We all have the positive ...

4. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

   DaisyMountain replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   Ha! Very well said!!

5. Man, you guys make nursing seem HORRIBLE! If I knew this before school...

   DaisyMountain replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for almost two years. I work in a very high stress atmosphere, and I need a place to vent or to at least read other nurse's thoughts to know I am not alone. When you first start working you share all the craziness with your frien...

6. Interested in moving to colorado

   DaisyMountain replied to jessicams's topic in Colorado

   umm... sorry for the comma bombs. I think some were meant to be periods :)

7. Interested in moving to colorado

   DaisyMountain replied to jessicams's topic in Colorado

   I work in a ltach in Thornton, but live in the, Baker District, I have lived all over Denver, and this is my favorite area, very central to everything including highways which is good because a lot of our areas take time to get to a highway. I believ...

8. How do You Treat PRN/Agency Nurses and Why?

   DaisyMountain replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

   We use tons of agency. Like any other group of people, some are good and some are bad, but in any case they are people, so I treat them with respect. I actually feel sorry for them, because my place of work is pretty nuts, and unless you have done th...

9. Call light response time policy and procedure

   DaisyMountain replied to MYRN2016's topic in General Nursing

   I was walking with medications in hand. I was walking past a call light and our CEO who is in house, said "are you going to answer this call light?" I said "I have meds in my hand (mind you pain meds), this room is on isolation, do you think it would...

10. Anyone else a Biker Nurse? ;)

    DaisyMountain replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Stress 101

    I live in Colorado. Our weather is bi-polar. One day it's in the 70's and the next it's snowing. I just got it in the fall and it needs some work still, so I have been able to ride it anywhere but the neighborhood really (lame). I drive the highway t...

11. "Medic" to replace the term "nurse"

    DaisyMountain replied to stevea's topic in General Nursing

    I think maybe you watched "meet the parents" one too many times. I work with a nurse, who is a male, and he has "Focker" in big letters on his clipboard. Everyone gets a kick out of it. I never think twice about men being nurses. I find them to be ca...

12. Toughen up, or quit?

    DaisyMountain replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    We have lots of agency and some work out and some don't. My place of work is so crazy, the charting is insane (especially if you are not familiar with ours, plus we double even triple chart) and we can have up to 5-6 patients on a "hi-ops" unit, vent...

13. On the frontlines

    DaisyMountain replied to DaisyMountain's topic in General Nursing

    It is pretty well known that this happens on a regular basis.She gets the patients and Corporate is happy. Don't get me wrong, my job is so rewarding. I am so lucky to care for these people, and I am honestly lucky to have gotten this job as a new gr...

14. "The Code Blue Disturbed The Other Patients" - Shame on you bad nurses!

    DaisyMountain replied to abbaking's topic in Relations

    I have been in codes and the nurses and doctors have been vulgar, laughing and joking. I understand it can be tense and maybe this a coping mechanism, but I found it so repulsive. But the "noise" OH EM GEE! Get over it. Some of these patients seem to...

15. RN of 12 years passing meds in nursing home? S L O W..

    DaisyMountain replied to veolai37's topic in General Nursing

    You will get into the flow of things and figure out what could make things faster and safe. My first job was in a home and passing meds on around 30 people. It took me 4 hours my first few nights. I finally got into a flow and got the hang of who wan...