SnowShoeRN

SnowShoeRN

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  1. Not sure what to do next. Please Help!!

    SnowShoeRN replied to Lilychache's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Get Codina Leik's book. It's really good. Studying from both Fitzgerald and Leik (as a previous poster mentioned) helped me a lot too. Best of luck. BTW...I think it may actually be against the AN...

  2. Nurses smoking weed?

    SnowShoeRN replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've tried it a handful of times and admit I do miss it occasionally. But it's not worth losing my license over. I've worked too blasted hard to get to where I am today and even though it is legal in...

  3. Scrubs: Are Colorful Ones Unprofessional?

    SnowShoeRN replied to purplegal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    When I worked peds I wore fun colorful scrubs. We were also encouraged to wear T shirts with contemporary cartoon characters/children's characters on them. I got a lot of mileage out of my Teenage...

  4. Why can't we all just get along?

    SnowShoeRN replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    Accidental double post. Doesn't seem to be letting me delete one of

  5. Why can't we all just get along?

    SnowShoeRN replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    You're 20 aren't you? I thought you were in an undergrad program. Several of the grad programs I've seen in Canada do require at least a B or B+ to apply and at least an 80 to stay in the program....

  6. Why can't we all just get along?

    SnowShoeRN replied to milesims's topic in General Students

    Wow. I don't know any MSN program in the US that would would accept someone with a 70 average. Anything less than 80, in most MSN programs in the US, is considered failing. I guess it differs from...

  7. Venting about nursing.

    SnowShoeRN replied to European's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. You're not alone with this. Many many many nurses are really fried and irritated by all the beauracracy/paperwork/red tape/etc that takes time away from direct patient care. And, honesltly, as...

  8. pain management in palliative care

    SnowShoeRN replied to Hockeynursing's topic in General Nursing

    I would. The goal of comfort care is comfort. We don't typically monitor vital signs or tele because once someone has been made DNR with comfort care only, not only are those considered interruptions...

  9. Here Now Gone Tomorrow

    SnowShoeRN replied to WonderingWhichWay's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the advice given to 1 person could ring true for everyone. There is an extremely broad spectrum of professions lying in the medical field. Some of them have legitimate shortages and some...

  10. Has nursing made you negative?

    SnowShoeRN replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

    I may be the outlier here, but I think nursing has actually made me *more* tolerant of people and more positive in general. It's a really humbling profession and I'm not saying I don't have my days...

  11. Practicing what we preach: Patient teaching and cigars

    SnowShoeRN replied to Skittles767's topic in General Nursing

    I think the term "too much" is very subjective and individualized. You're going to get a lot of "never do it ever" due to statistics, but there are many many people who smoke cigars without any...

  12. Something Positive: Your 5-Year Plan

    SnowShoeRN replied to Wrench Party's topic in General Nursing

    I always enjoy these. This past Leap Day I wrote a Leap Day letter to myself to be opened in 4 years. I got the idea from a fun-stuff-to-do-on-Leap-Day website and just thought it was really cool....

  13. Practicing what we preach: Patient teaching and cigars

    SnowShoeRN replied to Skittles767's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, if your screen name is your real name I suggest you change it. Secondly, obviously I don't know you from Adam, but I think my main concern would be the fact that you seem to be...

  14. Im 17 and want to become an np

    SnowShoeRN replied to morganj's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Welcome to All Nurses. There are a lot of threads on this site about how becoming a nurse and/or NP works and how you can go about looking into pre-requisites, loans, etc. I would suggest searching...

  15. Bullying in Nursing survey. Your experience!

    SnowShoeRN replied to Stella77's topic in General Nursing

    1. 9 years 2. yes 3. yes 4. no 5. yes 6. yes 7. no 8. yes 9. yes 10. In my experience a lot of nurses who participate in bullying were never taught about appropriate and inappropriate ways to treat...

  16. Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

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

    Most of the UC's I've had have been very good, but I did have one at my last job that was HORRIBLE, so I think I see where you are coming from. She was lazy, entitled, and did tell us what to do a lot...

  17. How often does this happen

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

    I don't understand why you're posting. Yes some nurses aren't inclined to listen to certain doctors if the doctors give them bogus advice or orders or if the doctor is greatly disrespected. But the...

  18. Resignation dilemma

    SnowShoeRN replied to Nursiology's topic in General Nursing

    I gues my deciding factor would be how sick she is. If it's something that will likely resolve itself after a little while then I would focus on your career and talk to her over phone or Skype if...

  19. Please advise..New NP in urgent care as a sole provider

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

    I think this depends on your comfort level. Are you comfortable seeing patients entirely on your own? Will you be getting peds clinical hours? Are you comfortable taking care of peds patients without...

  20. Nursing honors society

    SnowShoeRN replied to andreead's topic in General Nursing

    I personally feel like it's nice resume fodder and - depending on how active you want to be - there may be networking opportunities there. But I don't feel like anyone offered me positions based...

  21. How to get the battery out of a fob watch?

    SnowShoeRN replied to abigailmaisie's topic in General Nursing

    I've never replaced a battery on a pocket watch before but there seem to be several google search results and several youtube videos if you search "how to get battery out of a fob watch". Best of...

  22. making that decision...

    SnowShoeRN replied to nurse2bjen7's topic in General Nursing

    I was completely ambivalent when I entered nursing school. I literally had the attitude of "Enh. We'll see where this goes for a while." I never I had a calling, I never had family in the field, I...

  23. Nitrous Oxide

    SnowShoeRN replied to OBwonKnewbie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I know that it is starting to be used in western MA among some CNM's. I applied to precept with a group of midwives who brought it to that area, but I don't believe it's very wide-spread yet. From...

  24. Suggestion: Good Current Drug handbook

    SnowShoeRN replied to Teejaysmomma3's topic in General Nursing

    Epocrates is my best friend. I consult it everyday both in and out of seeing

  25. Prioritization

    SnowShoeRN replied to nursinghealth's topic in General Nursing

    I hate these kinds of questions. I never feel like I have enough information and when you walk onto a floor it isn't as if you won't have any time whatsoever to at least figure out a few key facts...