mint_julep7

mint_julep7 has 2 years experience and specializes in burn mostly....

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1. housing in Hilo, Hawaii

   mint_julep7 replied to GoingHome's topic in Travel

   i have known some people that take the stipend and find a roommate on craig's list. of course you never know who you might end up with. there is a hostel downtown if you wanted to stay there until you decided if you wanted to take furnished housing?

2. BLS certification card

   mint_julep7 replied to PhilaBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for the fast reply ~ i will check with my instructor. i just was looking on the AHA website and can't remember my log in stuff.. lol. could i be any more organized? seems like having my acls would be enough evidence.. ~~ i am a travel nurse a...

3. BLS certification card

   mint_julep7 replied to PhilaBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

   what if you don't even have a copy? i am googling it now, and came across this thread... i know it is an old post but...

4. darwin award

   mint_julep7 posted a topic in Burn

   ok. we have a thread on the worst things we have ever seen as burn nurses. what about the most uncalled for, 'stupidest' reasons that a person has ever come in with a burn? mine is alway the guy that came in working on his hotwater heat nekkid. i am...

5. Life as a burn nurse..

   mint_julep7 replied to Dempather's topic in Burn

   i fell into burn nursing because i enjoy wound care. if it drains and seems to have a personality of its own bring it to me.... but burn nursing is even more interesting than being an ET nurse, (to me anyway...) because you can have an ER on your bur...

6. Student in need of help-paper about the psychological effetcs of burn unit nurses

   mint_julep7 replied to Ksuprenursingjess's topic in Burn

   for me the most difficult is the seeing a pt get so far and then crash. you work so long and so hard with your burn patients, and then you just know they are going to pull through, and sometimes they just don't. there are times too that i think we h...

7. tar removal

   mint_julep7 replied to jimminy's topic in Burn

   mayo is great for gum in the hair too. ha. i cannot believe it was used as a long-term dressing... ha. dressing. i love burns.

8. For All The Burn Nurses

   mint_julep7 replied to Kyriaka's topic in Burn

   that is the best. you will be able to relate to your patients on a level that i, and i say this in pure honesty, that i hope i will never have to. i have read books written by people that have experienced burns, and i know that there is no way i can ...

9. Shout out to my fellow burn nurses!

   mint_julep7 replied to anvano412's topic in Burn

   i just have to say i am so grateful to have run across this site tonight. i used to work at the med in memphis, and i miss my burns so much i was scanning the net looking at jobs. a lot of people do not understand how burns can be such a wonderful ar...

10. Need some advice

    mint_julep7 replied to red_baron's topic in Burn

    burns were my first real wonderful experience as a nursing student. i left it behind to move back to arkansas for a boy... sigh. stupid girl. ANYway, everyday the need to go back to burn nursing beats me in the back of my head, and i ran across this ...

11. Nurse Practitioners in the burn unit

    mint_julep7 replied to nursefischer's topic in Burn

    i am planning to go back to school for np, and my ideal job would be on the burn unit, available for everything from new arrivals in hydro to critical assessment and care. i am a new nurse, graduated in april, but have spent the last year and a half ...