smooshcrickets

smooshcrickets has 10 years experience.

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1. How to label multiple wound sites from top to bottom?

   smooshcrickets replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry my fault, I didn't mention that this is an EMS form and is submitted online.

2. How to label multiple wound sites from top to bottom?

   smooshcrickets replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

   Lol I don't really smoosh them but I hate them! crickets just give me chills, I don't like how they can be 3 feet away but still have the potential to jump in your face. No!

3. How to label multiple wound sites from top to bottom?

   smooshcrickets posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I have a patient that has 6 open blister sites on her right lower extremity. One form my company uses has me list wound sites but does not have a diagram to visually pinpoint the wound sites. How would I correctly label each wound from t...

4. Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

   smooshcrickets replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

   thanks everyone for your great insights. I'll be checking for employee reviews and will apply to this hospital among all the others to keep my options open

5. Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

   smooshcrickets replied to smooshcrickets's topic in General Nursing

   great advice, I actually found this job opening on indeed.com and didn't know that I could find employee reviews. I'll be checking on this tonight.

6. Is it worth it to apply to a hospital that has poor patient reviews?

   smooshcrickets posted a topic in General Nursing

   There is a med-surg job opening in a hospital I found on indeed.com. I reviewed the hospital's website which looks great, however patient reviews I've found online are poor. Many reviewa have the same opinion about doctors and nurses being incompeten...

7. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   so I said "No Sir, I'm just the student nurse." And he said "no, you are a NURSE." I thought about it... and one panic attack later I'm now talking to you

8. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   Doubting myself all started when I accidentally sat in the doctor's chair

9. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

   Why am I here today doctor? Because I'm a nurse.

10. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    I just learned about therapeutic techniques and now none of my friends or family will speak to me

11. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    Well doctor, the panic attack started when we were being tested on relaxation techniques

12. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    I flushed the IV with 10ml of saline instead of 5ml as ordered. I hope my patient doesn't get fluid volume overload because of me.

13. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    In my dream I was all in white trapped in a room with alarms going off and people running around with tubing and needles by the handfuls... then I realized I wasn't dreaming...

14. September 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    smooshcrickets replied to Joe V's topic in Announcements

    And then my instructor asked me "are they compatible?"

15. Can I use the same location for two IM injections and how far apart?

    smooshcrickets posted a topic in Medications

    I have a 1ml Testosterone IM injection and a 1ml B12 IM injection to give monthly to a patient. I have been injecting both into one deltoid muscle, about 2 inches apart from each other. Is this okay in order to avoid having two sore arms? The patient...