a lot of nurses i work with, including me, wear z-coils. zcoils.com expensive, but worth it. over-the-counter orthotics. my danskos don't cut it for 12 hrs.
Friesw/that replied to pettyent2zm2's topic in PACU
congrats on taking the exam! sounds like you have all the books covered. i also used "pass ccrn" to get a different perspective on certain disease processes. the only other thing i would suggest, is to ask questions of your anesthesiologists. that re...
Friesw/that replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU
you get zofran(phenergan, anzimet) out of the diebold WITH your morphine...every time. you have a nasal/oral airway out, loobed and ready to insert, while your resident is still trying to find that "noisy" sound:rotfl:
i am a recent cpan to those of you already certified, what sorts of things are you doing to get contact hrs. for recert i am considering taking a class toward another degree---i see the packet says we can take medical spanish, and it counts, but i do...
Friesw/that replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Flight
some flight programs, like hospital wing in memphis, require all flight nurses to be EMT-basics. the program is only a semester, and EASY for nurses. you might want to get certified in this while you are losing the weight. also, if your hospital has ...
wimpy, winy, pissy, no-matter-what-you-do-you-can't-please-me PATIENTS. patients who complain of pain 10/10,(PACU) and before i can get them medicated, want their pillow fluffed, their legs propped, the curtains closed, their family called, a cup wat...
PACU is like a box of chocolates--you never know what you're going to get. In our level one trauma hospital, we take all comers. You may come on shift and have 4 ICU patients waiting for you, 7 more cases to come, and several people waiting to go to ...
hello please tell me where in philly one can make $48/hr for weekends. i was recently there for the ASPAN conference, and didn't get to job hunt. if i moved there, i would be wanting only weekends, due to child care issues-- passed by chop,on the way...
undefinedundefinedwell, i take CPAN on the 18th in Philadephia, PA Have reviewed, and feel confident will also get to attend the national conference a couple of days just found out today, my facility will pay partial money to go will keep you posted....
thanks for the reply when did you take the test? i have the cecil drain book and certification review for perianethesia nursing---full of questions with rationals tried to use the core curriculum--find it to be confusing and hard to follow--but i use...
Friesw/that replied to lab2004's topic in Career Support
i'm adn wish i had gone for msn--for own personal accomplishments didn't get much career advice that's just me but, i do still eat well and live well and sleep well and i've got 2 dollars in my pocket right this minute...
Friesw/that replied to Brian's topic in Mississippi
Hey Y'all i work in central miss./Pacu working on a bachelor's degree in spanish(it's on my list of 12 things to do before i die) waiting on my dream job to come through with RAYTHEON
Friesw/that replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing
sometimes i feel like all i do is serve people, and it's unappreciated so, ya want fries with that---your iv medication, your warm blankee, your bedpan......get it???
:) the ONLY place to work in Mississippi(as far as i am concerned), for PICU/CVICU is UMC. We are a level 1 trauma center, 16 bed unit. Gearing up to start doing ECMO(ok everyone else is already doing it), AND gearing up to start Peds transports(curr...
i find pediatric docs have the most patience, and willing to answer "stupid" questions-- they'd rather you ask, than pretend to know i find cardiac surgeons, ok ANY surgeon ARROGANT, and difficult to approach(i guess they are so tired by the time i ...
that's why protocols/policies are important anyhoo, since you don't have those yet, God gives us prudence do you feel ok sending a patient to the floor with a temp of 95.0 how busy are your med-surg floors will this patient be immediately seen to, or...
in our pacu we have pre-printed discharge orders overall, patients have to meet the following: awake, alert, oriented(provided they were prior to surgery) if not, must be at pre-op mentation no active nausea and/or vomiting stable vital signs with bp...
Friesw/that replied to PedsNurse07's topic in Mississippi
i work at umc i have also worked at st. dominic(HATED IT), and VAMC(HATED IT) i have also worked at Baptist(LIKED IT) i must say that UMC has THE Best benefits(VA is slightly better) st dominics does not pay for holidays---we get 12 paid this year we...
Friesw/that replied to angelique777's topic in Flight
most of the emt's i know are young--mid 20's most of the flight nurses i know are a bit older---mid 30's/40's the military is the only place i know with an age limit for nurses i am in my 40's, and still planning to be a flight nurse--just gotta lose...