SnowShoeRN

SnowShoeRN

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  1. Lifting on Postpartum?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all your input, everyone. I'm just waiting to hear back from HR now. I don't think I'll get the position since they're kind of in hot demand, but I'm hoping.

  2. Lifting on Postpartum?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi guys, So I hurt my back about a year ago and while it's gotten a lot better it's still not 100%. Our facility just posted 2 jobs on our postpartum floor and both only require 1-2 years nursing...

  3. Evidence for Clinical Practice

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Hi guys! I just enrolled in my first masters class (well, technically it's a bridge course since I'm doing a RN to MSN/FNP for those with a Bachelor's in another field) and the first class that was...

  4. Trying to get a job in cardiology

    SnowShoeRN replied to apRN's topic in Cardiac

    Certainly doesn't hurt to get ACLS certified, but I would suggest taking a simple telemetry course first. When I got ACLS certified a lot of people in the class where in situations similar to yours,...

  5. What would you recommend?

    SnowShoeRN replied to MyGranniePanties's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you. The "get out now" advice doesn't solve anything. It's just running away from the problem and ultimately you'll run into the same kind of stuff somewhere else. That being said, I did...

  6. Australian equivalent of NP?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in International Nursing

    Thanks.

  7. Australian equivalent of NP?

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi guys, So I've been trying to get back to Australia (spent 6 months of uni there in 2002) for years now. I've been a nurse for 5 years and was actively looking to return to NSW for nursing last...

  8. Australian equivalent of NP?

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in International Nursing

    Awesome! Thanks for that! :) Actually, shortly after I posted this question I came across an old post from 2008 about how there were NP's in Australia. The thread linked to some youtube videos about...

  9. Question about Cardizem Drip...

    SnowShoeRN replied to al7139's topic in Cardiac

    To the OP, it sounds like you used your best judgment and that was a good call. On our unit, we don't even have techs monitoring the ...well...monitors. :) It's us nurses who have to keep a look out...

  10. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    SnowShoeRN replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    When putting on a gown, mesh panties, whatever, saying it in an encouraging enticing tone, as if I'm trying to sell it, "This is one size fit's no-one..." A nurse said it to me once when I was a...

  11. How does cardiac tele compare with med-surg?

    SnowShoeRN replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Cardiac

    Gotta agree with surferbettycrocker on this one. Excellent points. Higher acuity does not *always* mean less patients and more time to chart and/or spend with patients. The thing with cardiac and/or...

  12. Boston College MSN/NP program question

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hey guys, I'm doing some fact finding about grad schools in MA and heard from a friend of mine that BC requires its grad students to maintain a B average or better and, if they don't, they're kicked...

  13. Boston College MSN/NP program question

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thanks for that. I wish we could delete posts after they'd been made because someone private messaged me the answer to my question only a few days after I had posted it and I just forgot to get back...

  14. New grad - tele interview - Thurs

    SnowShoeRN replied to jitterbugg's topic in Cardiac

    Yay! :)

  15. How does cardiac tele compare with med-surg?

    SnowShoeRN replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Cardiac

    To whom is this question

  16. How does cardiac tele compare with med-surg?

    SnowShoeRN replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Cardiac

    Joe, I love your screen name. :) I agree with pretty much everyone above. Our floor gets mostly medical cardiac stuff: MI's, CHF, TIA's/CVA's, serious arrhythmias, and sometimes pacemaker placements...

  17. I would like to be a nurse in the entertainment industry...where to get started?

    SnowShoeRN replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm sure there'd be many a disappointed nurse if to discover, when arriving, that they'd be caring for Hef and not the

  18. Things that patients say that make me smile!

    SnowShoeRN replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    We had a super sweet demented patient stay at our hospital for a very long time. He liked to sing. Constantly. It could be annoying sometimes as he often would sing VERY loudly and annoy the other...

  19. To ask or not to ask: Approach manager about a possible poor reference?

    SnowShoeRN replied to kimbalotz's topic in Nursing Career

    You absolutely have a right to know! Her decision affected your future! If you'd like, you can always phrase it in a away that shows you're dedicated to self-improvement. I would suggest innocent...

  20. The worth of the nurse

    SnowShoeRN replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! I find a sort of bitter humor in that. A kind of dual satisfaction and sadness...

  21. Sleeping on the job.

    SnowShoeRN replied to swon1223's topic in General Nursing

    Oh Swon. I'm sorry your girlfriend had to face such a humiliating way of being terminated and then questioned. Although the decision to terminate ultimately does lie with the employer and/or HR,...

  22. "The Code Blue Disturbed The Other Patients" - Shame on you bad nurses!

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

    LMAO!

  23. Any nurses out there willing to be interviewed?

    SnowShoeRN replied to ChooSoul's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be happy to answer if a) I don't have to use my name and b) you're able to receive private

  24. Lateral Violence Research

    SnowShoeRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys. Today I'm pretty excited because I've volunteered to be part of a study funded by the NIH on assorted kinds of violence (literal and lateral) in hospitals: nurse to nurse, doctor to nurse,...

  25. Lateral Violence Research

    SnowShoeRN replied to SnowShoeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, FYI. I think they might still be looking for participants. I know the woman who I spoke with today mentioned specifically "minorities and people of other ethnicities." If anyone wants to be...