NurseSnarky

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    Telling The Truth: A Nurse Who Stutters

    NurseSnarky replied to RN0310's topic in General Nursing

    I have a similar problem. When I'm very stressed or nervous, I also will not be able to get words out correctly or will sub a different word for what I cannot say (I'll say it in my mind first and if...
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    New job!! Any book recommendations?

    NurseSnarky replied to tdncRN's topic in PACU

    I have Drain's book...it is the PACU "Bible". The info in there is priceless. I've found things that anesthesia didn't even know about in it. :) But my advice is to wait until your feet are wet to...
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    OR manager working a room

    NurseSnarky replied to NurseLumpia's topic in Operating Room

    I completely agree. Every place I've worked with the exception of two, the manager AND director can run a room. Where I'm at now, that is not the case. It is ****** at best. The other place I...
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    Nursing Future

    NurseSnarky replied to nurse_oneday's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others...by the time you're out of school, the economy will change and the need will be there again (well it is, but more people will start seeking elective surgery for example -...
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    CNA or LPN? What is the difference in Iowa?

    NurseSnarky replied to ckhamill's topic in General Nursing

    WHEW!? $40K/$20/hr for an LPN? Not around here! That would be a good RN's wages. And CNAs probably make closer to $9/hr if they are
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    Offered postion in Cath Lab.. any insight?

    NurseSnarky replied to BrittNICURN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Sounds like the OR...I might have to rethink my
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    Does the Nurse to patient ratio change for nights?

    NurseSnarky posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I am taking a nights position (I've never really worked nights as a nurse...a couple of times until 2a in the ER and then some call in the OR...and then before nursing when I was YOUNG I did some...
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    Does the Nurse to patient ratio change for nights?

    NurseSnarky replied to NurseSnarky's topic in MICU, SICU

    I interviewed for a job last year ER/SCU and the it was 1:5 with no CNA help..."but you can call for help is you need it". And the nurses were not ICU trained and the SCU was only open when there was...
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    My Lament Over the Decline of Nursing

    NurseSnarky replied to sundowners2's topic in Critical Care

    I completely agree and at my last position I stated this same thing. I have only recently learned computer charting and I hate it (and I'm a computer junkie). It does not free up time or make things...
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    Accel BSN programs around Des Moines

    NurseSnarky replied to CNAinNeb's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Yes they do and I've been asking around about it. They don't do testing, only journaling. I just worked with someone who is nearly finished then she's going on to PA school at DSM University....
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    Recommended Hospital in Iowa

    NurseSnarky replied to futureRNtraveler08's topic in General Nursing

    Iowa Health Systems is the best...they take travelers. I worked with two great ones in the OR a few months ago. It was recommended to me to stay away from Mercy DSM by one of the travelers. You...
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    DMACC part-time program

    NurseSnarky replied to bellesma's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I was in the very first PT group that graduated almost five years ago 5/04!!...I couldn't do FT and was going to drop out of nursing school when they said they had started up a PT program...it was the...
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    Where Can I find Nurses Hat?

    NurseSnarky replied to josinda421's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think I'm going to start wearing one. I always do on Halloween (my b-day) and my white dress and hose. Docs love it...other nurses hate it. I worked with a couple of nurses who wore their...
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    EKG training and ACLS

    NurseSnarky replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in MICU, SICU

    my preceptorship was also run this way...so i had to take the strip from the tech and take it to another rn who wrote on the strip and singed her name. that went on for 8mos!
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    Didn't get an ICU interview

    NurseSnarky replied to Spoiled1's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would go the OR way. You learn a lot, you can learn about CC by just asking the doctors and you learn to develop relationships with them and then when you are able to go to the ICU, you'll probably...
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    Issues with a nurse who eat their young!

    NurseSnarky replied to caitiecait's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been researching "Horizontal Violence" or "Lateral Violence" for a couple of years. It is a passion for me because your story is all too familiar and also it happened to me on my first job as...
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    Looking to buy Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio CD's but can't find them cheaper than $150!!

    NurseSnarky replied to rabbigin's topic in MICU, SICU

    http://www.greatnurses.com
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    terminated

    NurseSnarky replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that I don't qualify for benefits because I didn't work there long enough and their "reason" would be considered my fault. I looked it up
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    terminated

    NurseSnarky replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    I found this out yesterday. I got "let go" due to absenteeism during my probationary period. I've never been fired or let go in all of my years of working. I fell apart. I got along with...
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    Public Service Announcement

    NurseSnarky replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    I'm with ya...I've worked PACU for several years and now OR. You're expected to pull everyone's weight a lot of the time and if you don't you're not a "team player", but in fact you're just hoping...
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    I Hate Dialysis

    NurseSnarky replied to MizzDo~LPN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Sounds a lot like my current periopertive experience and why I'm seeking a job elsewhere. I am in a place where I'm being taught the scrub role (which I've always wanted to do), but I got left ALONE...
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    OR interview

    NurseSnarky replied to mishael's topic in Operating Room

    I also feel the same way that you answered. However, out of all of the possible areas of nursing to work, working as a team is the most important. You have to assess whether you are a team player,...
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    Help!Worried about gas exposure while pregnant

    NurseSnarky replied to nessa1982's topic in Operating Room

    I just watched a video for my orientation about this...and they quoted all of the research over the years concerning this subject. Do a search
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    Oh well....

    NurseSnarky replied to Virgo_RN's topic in Operating Room

    I went from Tele to PACU and now the OR. I also couldn't find a place that would hire inexperienced OR nurses in the place I wanted to work. I ended up in a small town hospital and I was able to...
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    Foley Balloon Test

    NurseSnarky replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I was taught to pre-inflate...and I've never been told different in practice and I've never saw anyone not do it. I just think you're always going to find a doctor who has his/her own way of doing...