smurfy

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1. Shiprock Hospital and basic living in New Mexico questions

   smurfy replied to MaridithRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your help

2. Shiprock Hospital and basic living in New Mexico questions

   smurfy replied to MaridithRN's topic in General Nursing

   Do you happen to know the best apartment complexes in Farmingtonn or Kirtland to live in? I have been trying to find one on the internet but have been unsuccessful so far. Any help would be...

3. What's so stressful about working 3, 12hr shifts?

   smurfy replied to ArtisticAthlete's topic in General Nursing

   I smell a

4. did i do the right thing?

   smurfy replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

   you did the right thing. you can not endager the pt you are with to help another pt, especially if there are other nurses helping the other pt. I have een in this position before and have always...

5. What's the reason for a RN to be snippy to a new post op pt. ?

   smurfy replied to momofqc's topic in General Nursing

   Never never never..take a deep breath and count to 100 or put on your poker

6. ASU's RN-BSN Program...

   smurfy replied to CrazyPremed's topic in Arizona Nursing

   It was pretty easy, and the homework/chapter problems do resemble the mid term and final exams. Just time consuming is

7. block 1 and microbiology

   smurfy replied to Chechy's topic in Arizona Nursing

   do not take any co req's with any block if nursing. Save it for the summer if you

8. Working out these IV Pumps...

   smurfy replied to i.care's topic in General Nursing

   I try to use all the features on the pumps, especially the VTBI and the Time Remaining features. I program the pumps so that it alarms when I have one hour of fluids left..that way my short half life...

9. How far can a patient go?

   smurfy replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

   Nurses are human and should not have to take crap like this...but as long as management veiw nursing as a customer service industry and not a care industry (and nurses do not stand up for each other...

10. Fine line of abuse

    smurfy replied to RNMariposa's topic in General Nursing

    I do not tolerate abuse, not physical not verbal. I do not care what state of mind a patient is in, it is just not called for. People are not allowed to go to a fast food place and verbally and...

11. Help! How many visitors in the patient room?!!

    smurfy replied to crosby's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunatly, we allow as many as can squeeze in and yes we must scurry to find chairs for all of them. I wish hospitals would have set visiting times and set limits on the number of people allowed in...

12. Knowledgeable vs. Caring Nurse

    smurfy replied to maab's topic in General Nursing

    having had both, I prefer knowledgable. nothing like being in serious trouble and having a "caring nurse" trying to give you comfort instead of running for a doctor to stop the internal hemorraging....

13. Dc'ing nitro drip

    smurfy replied to tma0312's topic in General Nursing

    Please just toss the tubing. Do not put the pt at risk over saving the hospital money. Whatever you do, do not flush that nitro into the pt quikly, because you can bottem him out, resulting in a bad...

14. Public Service Announcement

    smurfy replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I thank the nurses who work ED so I do not have to. However, the drama does continue when these pt hit the floor. For example: - the ED nurse said you would get me and my family a full tray even...

15. If you breastpumped at work, were your coworkers supportive?

    smurfy replied to LilyBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I scratch your back, you scratch mine. As long as she is using the break times to pump. I think it is okay. The moment I found out that she is not using the extra time(outside of regular break times)...