JeffNursing2004

Hi all, I wanted to get some input on a little question I have. I work as a nurse extern at my hospital and I am on the Neuro ICU and step down unit as well as the acute stroke unit. I am usually in the step down and I have seen some of my fellow externs doing something that just bothers me. When changing sheets of a person some of the externs will, in an effort to keep the room from smelling, put powder on the top of the sheets. I don't have much of a problem with this, except when they put it on the bed of someone with a LD, spinal incision, etc. Doesn't it seem as though the powder could get into the wound and cause problems? Or am I just being crazy? Thanks! JeffNursing2004

Hi, I am a junior 20 y/o nursing student at Thomas Jefferson University. I am going for my BSN and hope to move on to my Masters. I am interested in critical care and I would like to be a flight nurse eventually. Everyone I talk to says that it is almost impossible to become one. Can anyone give me any suggestions when it comes to becoming a flight nurse? Is it as impossible as everyone says? Thanks! JeffNursing2004