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  1. COBRA insurance between jobs....

    mountainnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I am curious if anyone out there has used COBRA to bridge their health insurance between jobs. I have been offered a great new job closer to my family and my husband and I are moving the...

  2. COBRA insurance between jobs....

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know if we were able to qualify for an individual policy and have continuous coverage during the next 3 months if the new policy I get at my new job would be able to deny coverage based on...

  3. COBRA insurance between jobs....

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone... We will just have to bite the bullet and pay the $$ for a few months. The good news is I will be making more money and the cost of living is significantly lower so it will be...

  4. co-worker issue

    mountainnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working at this hospital for 1 year and from the very first day I met this person it has been clear from her end that we are not going to be friends. She was very cold when I attempted to...

  5. co-worker issue

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for everyone's replies. I think I will try to speak to her and try to find some resolution between us and if she is not receptive then I will ask her to sit down with one of our CN or admin and...

  6. adenosine for ER nurses

    mountainnurse replied to sunshineonleith's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we always have two nurses, MD at the bedside, crash cart at the bedside and in certain cases pads placed on the pt's chest. The adenosine is pushed rapidly into the closest port, ideally...

  7. How do you treat involuntary holds?

    mountainnurse replied to New2ED's topic in Emergency

    Our ER calls security when a patient is placed on an 8 hour hold and within minutes a security officer is at the bedside. The problem is what happens next. A recent policy change states that the...

  8. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    mountainnurse replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER and a patient came in from a SNF with an infected fistula with an opening to the lower abdomen. When we removed the bandage, the weight of my hand above the opening caused purulent...

  9. What overwhelms you the most? What did NS NOT prepare you for?

    mountainnurse replied to ReinventingMyselfAgain's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad working in the ED and while I was nervous about the skills I hadn't had much practice with, I got plenty of time to practice with my preceptor and if something comes up that I have...

  10. Stupidest reason to go to ER

    mountainnurse replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

    toothache x 30 minutes brought in by medics, nothing wrong with the tooth, he later admitted he was bored and wanted to get out of the

  11. How is this fair?????????

    mountainnurse replied to jg11785's topic in General Nursing

    My school has integrated the ATI tests into our core classes as our final exams. We had to take the comprehensive ATI before graduating and pass with a 95% probability rate of passing NCLEX (I think...

  12. Nurses: what's your Myers-Briggs classification??

    mountainnurse replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting... ISFJ here, so according to this I am in the right

  13. Question about rhythms

    mountainnurse posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi, I am new to this site and have encountered a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to. I am a second year nursing student and have been asked to prioritize care of four patients...

  14. can you help?

    mountainnurse posted a topic in Oncology

    HI, I am doing a case study for my last semester of nursing school and I am looking to see what connection there is between spontaneous pneumothorax and metastatic lung cancer. I need to find articles...

  15. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I am in my last semester of nursing school currently doing my preceptorship the emergency room which I was REALLY excited about starting. My first couple days with my preceptor have been...

  16. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I know how that feels Thanks for the advice, I definitely have been seeking out other experiences and the other nurses have been warm and extremely helpful. I have so much respect for the nursing...

  17. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for everyone's input. Triagethis, I don't see your response, did you mean to write something

  18. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can't thank you enough for your thoughtful advice. I will most certainly discuss the best course of action with my instructor. We have been taught to voice concerns with the individual with whom we...

  19. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the advice. I will speak with my instructor on Monday, she is really great so hopefully she can give me some guidance. I agree that I need a good preceptor. This is soooo disappointing...

  20. Questions about preceptorship

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    How should I go about this without stepping on her toes? She has ALOT of pull around there and I was hopeful to work in this department when I

  21. Question about rhythms

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thank you so much for your thoughts. I think it is something we have to learn as nursing students that every patient will present differently and we can't know what is going on based soley on the...

  22. Question about rhythms

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have had the same problem because there is not enough info. Can you tell me why you chose sinus brady over A fib? I thought with the risk of emboli that this would be a priority... I would love...

  23. Question....

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your input!!! I was thinking the same thing because there is more that can be done to treat sinus brady, and pts in the hospital are under stress which can cause sinus tach...

  24. Question....

    mountainnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am new to this site and have encountered a question that I can't seem to find a definitive answer to. I am a second year nursing student and have been asked to prioritize care of four patients...

  25. Question....

    mountainnurse replied to mountainnurse's topic in General Nursing

    We haven't been told whether or not they are symptomatic, would you still assess this over A