PostOpPrincess

PostOpPrincess BSN, RN

M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU

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  1. Mandatory Flu shots

    PostOpPrincess replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Military: PUBLIC/GOVERNMENT employment. YOU signed your life away working for them. The OP works for what (I am speculating) a private hospital. They are not looking out for HER, they are looking...

  2. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    PostOpPrincess replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This will be short and I am not only speaking as a nurse, but as a mom. This won't be your last problem in your life. You are young and will have to learn that stress is inevitable. Know it,...

  3. Mandatory Flu shots

    PostOpPrincess replied to CathyLew's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Contact the ACLU. The last time I checked, this is the United States. We have choices

  4. How many areas of nursing did you try before finding your "niche"?

    PostOpPrincess replied to chingy1206's topic in General Nursing

    ICU Trauma ER NICU/Nursery Education PACU Next:

  5. Patient Care vs. Documentation Requirements

    PostOpPrincess replied to whitescrubsgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    In my department, no matter how well you take care of your patient, if you don't document it--you didn't do it as "well" as you think. You may have assisted in giving your patient an excellent...

  6. Being called off.

    PostOpPrincess replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a non-union hospital. First, I work in RR so the chances of getting called off is pretty slim. We average a lot of surgeries daily, and if it is slow, we consider it a break. We still...

  7. CPR on a person who is in rigor mortis?

    PostOpPrincess replied to ARRR10's topic in General Nursing

    Hello???? Rigor mortis???

  8. CPR on a person who is in rigor mortis?

    PostOpPrincess replied to ARRR10's topic in General Nursing

    i still say there is no reason to not perform cpr on a patient who is listed as a full code. why not? does it take too much of our very valuable time? h-m-m-m? i have too much training in critical...

  9. what is the best/worst specialty docs to work with...

    PostOpPrincess replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Easiest/Nicest: Pediatrics Worse:

  10. CPR on a person who is in rigor mortis?

    PostOpPrincess replied to ARRR10's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes prudent nursing/judgement comes into play. The next time you find someone in rigor mortis, don't bother. THINK about it...what would it really do?.......Nothing? Yup...nothing. Leslie is...

  11. LOOKING TO RELOCATE

    PostOpPrincess replied to chr!ssyrn's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.baptisthealth.net South Florida PROS: Beautiful weather in the winter... CONS: Hurricanes and the snowbirds in the winter Very culturally diverse--can be expensive coming from...

  12. Pediatric ANXIETY!!!!

    PostOpPrincess replied to ladnewnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The more pedi patients you take, the easier it gets. That's the bottom

  13. Why don't employers start lowering wages for nurses?

    PostOpPrincess replied to hcer4507's topic in General Nursing

    You get what you pay for. Like another poster said, all the really, smart, experienced, good nurses---will take off. Why stay? I'd rather work in retail. I'd like to get that discount at

  14. Nursing Care after AAA repair

    PostOpPrincess replied to bhea013's topic in General Nursing

    OUTPUT. Cardiac, urine,

  15. A changing paradigm in nursing/healthcare?

    PostOpPrincess replied to bruinrn's topic in General Nursing

    I would take up the savvy/internet/webmd wannabes. THAT'S interesting. More savvy? I don't know if I would use

  16. Can you have two specialties? As in, ER and psych?

    PostOpPrincess replied to CourtneyD's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I did NICU and ICU. I loved--and continue to love both. Went to PACU for the better schedule. LOVE that too.

  17. Pre-op........what to expect

    PostOpPrincess replied to sugaNspice's topic in General Nursing

    A highly anxious patient is difficult to teach. Not optimal at that point--occasionally you may have a patient willing to learn....but the fast pace of pre-op isn't too conducive

  18. Pre-op........what to expect

    PostOpPrincess replied to sugaNspice's topic in General Nursing

    Fast paced, lots of IV starts....patient's past med history: very, very

  19. Nursing Research Experience??

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    I knew one nurse who went to her MSN (before there was a 3 year minimum requirement) and decided she was going to teach. She brought the students around and was tryng to teach them the "theory"...

  20. Nursing Prep: Medical Assistant or CNA??

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    I had zero medical experience when I was in school. I was studying engineering as a matter of

  21. Gender in the Workplace

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    I see you are posting everywhere. Why don't you shadow a nurse in all the specialities you are interested in so you see first hand what it is truly like? You'll never get all this info in a

  22. Is It Me?? Some people are too much...

    PostOpPrincess replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. Just keep

  23. Nurse Anesthetists: Will they phase out?

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I think they will not only utilize them more, but NPs for general practice as well. The only problem is getting everyone on board with the same amount of clinical practice. I wish more of the...

  24. Nursing Research Experience??

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    Are you planning on just research? Because "teaching" will require clinical experience--if you don't have that, you won't have credibility--plus any clinical teaching will require some sort of...

  25. Cheapest, Best BSN Programs in US

    PostOpPrincess replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    What about your local colleges--in-state tuition? Community