Pfiesty

Pfiesty

Critical care, trauma, cardiac, neuro

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  1. Nurse Entrepreneur Roll Call!

    Pfiesty replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Wow. I am sorry. Been so busy that I never got back on until now. PM me and I'll answer your questions. I am really loving this role. A client got into some trouble last September with a federal...

  2. NTI Highlights : What is that patient trying to say?

    Pfiesty replied to Pfiesty's topic in Critical Care

    I know! Really! One nurse before me tried it and started crying! She said she recently took car of a colleague with ascending paralysis (but not GBS?) Anyway, they spent an agonizing one and a half...

  3. NTI Highlights : What is that patient trying to say?

    Pfiesty posted a topic in Critical Care

    I went to the Critical Care Nurses annual conference (AACN NTI) last week in Houston. There the COOLEST thing exhibited by LC Technologies! There was an eye-operated communication device called the...

  4. akinetic mutism - communication?

    Pfiesty posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Locked in syndrome, from stroke, TBI, ALS, encephalitis, or just intubation with paralysis or limb trauma was always a communication challenge. Now, after having it myself for a few days from an...

  5. akinetic mutism - communication?

    Pfiesty replied to Pfiesty's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Thank you for your insights, CCRN2BE! I am considering writing an article for a nursing journal and would like to use your comments. Thank you. Anybody else have issues, concerns, comments about...

  6. Nurse Entrepreneur Roll Call!

    Pfiesty replied to PaleoNurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I, an RN, owned a successful DME company, brought it successful, then sold it. Now, I contract (independently) to an accreditation company and team-lead on surveys. Travel is fun and interesting. I...

  7. Nurses with Multiple Sclerosis

    Pfiesty posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi. A review of the posts here shows that it is best to not disclose this issue as long as possible. And between flares, most of us have symptoms easy enough to hide. But we deal with similar...

  8. Should ADD RN be given "disability" allowances?

    Pfiesty replied to meatloaf RN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    HM2Viking RN wrote: "Oh how true.....ADD is both a blessing and a curse.....It is a blessing because as an individual I can think outside of the box..." I love this! ADD is a blessing and my...

  9. new grad, moved, then illness

    Pfiesty replied to CalicoKitty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You moved and got your family settled in the new area. Now you are ready to start your career. That is it. Do not disclose any more. The hospitals know they will spend a lot of money orienting new...

  10. Best jobs for nurses with multiple sclerosis?

    Pfiesty replied to pauladunlap's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Strikert, That is a great idea! I was diagnosed this year with Multiple Sclerosis. I got a new job working with out-patient pre-cardiac cath patients explaining the process, taking pre-admit labs,...

  11. Can't handle the hospital environment. Need suggestions

    Pfiesty replied to sdupnik's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Check into your state. They are always looking for facility surveyors because they pay so poorly, but the work is very easy. Your only hurdle will be dealing with the

  12. Great fiction by a Florida RN

    Pfiesty posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    My friend read this great book and gave it to me to read it. It s great! And it is by a fellow nurse too. She got it on Amazon. It takes place at a children's hospital in St. Petersburg, FL. It...

  13. Great fiction by a Florida RN

    Pfiesty replied to Pfiesty's topic in Florida Nursing

    I stole this from the Amazon site. This is a critique of it... Michael Sutherland, an attorney afflicted with a childhood disease and his friend, Dr. Ross Manchester, foster Dad to an abandoned...

  14. Need Advice

    Pfiesty replied to Tina**RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Kudos for your pro-active ways. You must be awesome at QA! Your colleague goes on and on about her stance? Tell her you value her input, just ask her to put her rationales in writing instead of...

  15. What is your policy on.....

    Pfiesty replied to Pfiesty's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thank you everyone. I appreciate all your comments. I know my clothes are clean when I enter work, but after? I can almost feel the MRSA, C-diff, pseudamonas, etc. How often do I see residents...

  16. What is your policy on.....

    Pfiesty posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    What is your policy on staff sitting on resident's beds? Balancing infection control issues and resident dignity can be difficult. When you are speaking with a resident, and don't want to look down...

  17. Seeking guidance on tricky situation

    Pfiesty replied to Nascar nurse's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Oh, my heart aches for the poor staff! Alll of them! To protect the nurses as well as the facility, I agree with my colleagues that this guy needs a psych eval. If everything posted here has been...

  18. Need advise LTC Facility

    Pfiesty replied to jmnurse08's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sometimes I wish I could give more than one kudo to a

  19. You Can't Make This Stuff Up

    Pfiesty replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Oh that is

  20. 25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    Pfiesty replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    These are great! Yes, crazy, but fun. #10 is my favorite. The answer is

  21. more on glucose monitoring

    Pfiesty replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Morte, Yeah, but in real life, stuff keeps on happening. That's why the standard. And those silly pathogens are so darn small and difficult to see if there is contamination- so to be on the safe...

  22. Finding funding for nurse owned start up companies

    Pfiesty replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Exactly!

  23. Finding funding for nurse owned start up companies

    Pfiesty replied to findingmywayRN's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    S.C.O.R.E. and SBA were very helpful to

  24. Mad cow disease- how can you get it??

    Pfiesty replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, what we can learn from our patients. While the risk (prion gelatin contaminant) is small, it does exist. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10076518 Detection methods of possible prion...

  25. Mad cow disease- how can you get it??

    Pfiesty replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Heat, as well as all other sterilization techniques do not denature prions. Due to facts, I have been off all mammal meats and products including gelatin for 15 yars. Until our industries stop...