SnowShoeRN

SnowShoeRN

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  1. Failed an exam - Pregnant and in a panic.

    SnowShoeRN replied to Teleflurry's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I can't delete this, so I'm editing it. My actual response is below, but when I tried to edit it, it just double posted. So disregard this post and skip to the next one.

  2. Thread spinoff: denied time off and vacation approval notice

    SnowShoeRN replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    This actually happened to me several years ago. I had made plans to switch with someone a couple of months in advance. Where I used to work, we had our summer schedules finalized by February. Other...

  3. Help! I look young!

    SnowShoeRN replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I get this all the time too and it drives me crazy. "Do you have any children of your own?!" "No, not yet. However-" "Well then you don't know, do you?" No, I haven't had the same experiences as you...

  4. Fitzgerald FNP Live Course Wait List

    SnowShoeRN replied to SimplyMeL3's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi! Just wondering what ever happened with this. Were you able to take the course? If not, did you have your money refunded? I'm thinking of signing up for a live Fitzgerald course, but it's SO much...

  5. Help! I look young!

    SnowShoeRN replied to hella_RN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh honey I feel you. I really really do. I'd like to raise my hand here as another relatively-young nurse (34 now) who stands at a towering 5'0". I had 1 patient - maybe about 5 years ago - who, when...

  6. Ankle Injuries

    SnowShoeRN replied to jackpp's topic in Camp

    This was one of the sources re using it in children: Validation of the Ottawa Ankle Rules in child... [Acad Emerg Med. 1999] - PubMed - NCBI I found a bunch of articles on it last fall for my clinical...

  7. I am not a failure

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    2 months away from graduating my MSN program to take my NP boards this summer I've decided to defer to next year. Our program has an option where we can take another year to complete our clinical...

  8. Girls? Boys? or Co-ed camps?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Camp

    Hi all, So after my fabulous summer camp experience last year I'm itching to get another camp nurse job. :) Unfortunately the place I worked last summer has already hired a nurse, so I'm looking for a...

  9. Ankle Injuries

    SnowShoeRN replied to jackpp's topic in Camp

    Qx Calculate is the app that I use. I couldn't remember the name of it

  10. Best Resources

    SnowShoeRN replied to Wint's topic in Camp

    Qx Calculate is also a good free app. It has a whole bunch of formula-type info organized by specialty (hem, onc, pedi, etc) explaining stuff like the rule of 9's for burns, and the Ottawa Ankle Index...

  11. Girls? Boys? or Co-ed camps?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Camp

    Thanks Cloudy Sue. I have also heard that Girl's Camps tend to be very preventative and more attentive when it comes to safety issues. I'm looking forward to the possibility of having less stupid...

  12. 2014 camp work thread

    SnowShoeRN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    I'm going to be in Maine this summer too! Ha! So many Maine people. :) I guess they do have a lot of camps there. I'll be 1 of 5 nurses at an all-girls camp. I guess they'll have 2 of us in the health...

  13. Best Resources

    SnowShoeRN replied to Wint's topic in Camp

    Welcome Wint. :) My favorite medical/nursing app is Epocrates. It tells you everything you need to know about any kind of medication including side effects and interactions. I used it quite a bit last...

  14. Ankle Injuries

    SnowShoeRN replied to jackpp's topic in Camp

    Not sure where you read that (and I'm not trying to refute your point - just curious), but several studies have found the OAR to have between 80-100% sensitivity and 24-36% specificity in children...

  15. Ankle Injuries

    SnowShoeRN replied to jackpp's topic in Camp

    There's actually a smartphone app that has the Ottawa ankle rules on it. I wish I could remember which one is it is...But yeah. I

  16. MA resident with expired VA license...what to do?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hi all, I have a unique little situation that I was hoping someone could help me with. I'll try calling the VA BORN tomorrow, but until then I was hoping someone here could have some insight. So, once...

  17. MA resident with expired VA license...what to do?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    @Pixie.RN and everyone else: Just wanted to let you know that, yes, I called the VA board of nursing today and had all my questions answered. :) Thanks for

  18. Camp Nursing: 10 Camp Lessons

    SnowShoeRN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Yep. It's no ICU, but you *do* work 24 hours a day. I remember one week when I barely slept because I had a girl with gastroenteritis stay the night one night, a kid with a panic attack sleep over the...

  19. 2014 camp work thread

    SnowShoeRN replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Oh how I wish wish wish my childhood Girl Scout camps - Camp Near Wilderness and camp Yaiewano - were still in operation. I loved being a camp nurse this past summer at a different non-girl-scout...

  20. Contacting hospital employees

    SnowShoeRN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    I 2nd what a few people have said about how mailing out resumes is much less effective than it's been in the past. Usually you do end up going through HR at some point along the process, like it or...

  21. Workplace Bullying-Nursing or 7th Grade?

    SnowShoeRN replied to rbs105's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's terrible. I'm so sorry that had to happen to you. I'm pretty ballsy now and have no problem asking someone point-blank and with simply a curious tone, "Why are you making fun of me?" or "why do...

  22. Am I crazy to plan a wedding going into my final MSN semester?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi NP's! :) I'm cross-posting from the breakroom (where I accidentally posted instead of here ) so I hope that's okay. Anyway I'm posting today with great excitement in my life. On New Years, at...

  23. Am I crazy to plan a wedding going into my final MSN semester?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone. we had ultimately decided last week to just wait until 2015. But then yesterday we found out his Mom has taken a turn for the worse. Now we don't know WHERE...

  24. ECG changes

    SnowShoeRN replied to aajrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This is a nice refresher for me, thanks. But I 2nd the above poster. I understand the differences between potass and mag, but what do you mean by "432223=16 to double check you completely fill out all...

  25. Am I crazy to plan a wedding going into my final MSN semester?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    for some weird reason my thread posted 3 times. I just want 2 of them