SNB1014

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  1. katy area hospital nurse preference

    SNB1014 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    numerous hospitals have been built in the last few years in the Katy/ sugar land area...in Katy/ Richmond there are Methodist west Houston, Texas children's west campus, memorial Hermann katy,...

  2. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    SNB1014 replied to Phoenix2541's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i hope in the midst of all this that the housekeeper will be in an equally as stern meeting regarding what his/her duties are VS are not. i suppose i dont understand.....was there some sort of adverse...

  3. Companies with the hardest job interviews

    SNB1014 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    some of those are asinine. an interview is such an awkward social

  4. certifications for BSN new grads: BCLS, ACLS, BART..etc

    SNB1014 replied to lexipedia's topic in First Year After Licensure

    oh Goodness, calm down graduate nurse :-) the best thing that appears on your resume is an nursing intern/externship/tech position when applying for your first job things such as SANE and PICC are...

  5. asked to be on our code blue committee

    SNB1014 posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hey, I was approached by our education coordinator to join our facility's code blue committee. He serves on it himself. He was saying they review " code paperwork" and initiate improvements. I am...

  6. New back-to-school worry: Unvaccinated classmates

    SNB1014 replied to wtbcrna's topic in Nursing News

    Has jenny McCarthy ever ate her words yet on the whole fake vaccine- autism link that she wouldn't shut up about ,now that the study is officially debunked and a

  7. Does your SO understand job stress?

    SNB1014 replied to Tobygo2's topic in General Nursing

    No my husband doesn't, in the same way I don't understand the stress of his job, a financial analyst. He understood the gravity of the experience the first time I had my very own pt code and not make...

  8. How do you brighten your patients day?

    SNB1014 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    just by being my cheery, natural/"pharmaceutically" enhanced"

  9. Why info on white culture omitted from cultural compence in textbooks?

    SNB1014 replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    As a " white person" , I say who cares. I hate hate haaaaated the cultural competency stuff because they always sound so stereotypical to me. To lump the way you interact with a young fillipino...

  10. Easy, dumb, common new grad mistakes

    SNB1014 replied to SubSippi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had coke sitting In a peg for hours and it wouldn't unclog. So I called the attending to notify of my interventions and still no luck. So an hr later she makes rounds and if I see the a DR go in...

  11. Day shift nurses: what do you eat for breakfast?

    SNB1014 replied to Morainey's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am usually sitting down to eat breakfast @0615 and wont get lunch anywhere between 1230-1430. So i chow down. I swear by 1 c kashi go lean crunch honey almond flavor, with skim milk. Usually I...

  12. DO NOT pass on the poop

    SNB1014 replied to durantetodalanoche's topic in General Nursing

    I second the vast majority of the above comments. I was hoping to add something re: " etiquette".... Do a quick double check one hr before your shift. Make sure the Foley's are emptied, fluid bags...

  13. Difference between night and day nurses

    SNB1014 replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    well, this is from my experience with my first (and only) RN job...i work days. i strongly encourage my pts in ICU step down to get into a chair, unplug them from monitors so they can walk to the...

  14. Adderall addiction

    SNB1014 replied to wondergirl22's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Don't slam me for this, BUT I thought I was having the Same issues. Are u taking adderall xr or short acting? The short acting was like catnip for me. Dangerous. The xr was good for a long time but I...

  15. Do pt families every drive you crazy?

    SNB1014 replied to purple10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    my least favorite are the ones who have dealt with a chronically ill family member who tells you how to do your job based upon a nurse they had 2 days ago and also states that they "might as well be a...

  16. Advice on "setting boundaries"

    SNB1014 replied to SubSippi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    annoying? urg okay. needy? hey aren't we all? combative, though? not cool, wont be tolerated. firstly, since you seem concerned, let me say that the majority of my days do not include having to set...

  17. Advice on "setting boundaries"

    SNB1014 replied to SubSippi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    and oops i earlier typed out this whole answer but answered to a different topic

  18. Advice on "setting boundaries"

    SNB1014 replied to SubSippi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had this issue the other day with the adult daughter of my elderly stroke pt. She was so passive aggressive , annoying, rude and over bearing. She wanted me to call a code stroke overhead when he...

  19. Are you married sweetie?"

    SNB1014 replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    people need to stop being such delicate little flowers. physically delicate, okay, fine, im here i can handle that. that's why they pay me the big bucks. but outside of the teeny walls of that...

  20. Are you married sweetie?"

    SNB1014 replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ehhh i completely disagree with you. her not having/not wanting children and saying so is exactly as disrespectful and offensive to them as they having and wanting children, if you continue that...

  21. has any other nurse read "Lean in" ?

    SNB1014 posted a topic in Nurses Rock

    How can this apparently outstanding book apply to staff Ievel RNs? If it is read (from The prospective of the nurse ) what will I gain....positive and negative. Nursing in largely run by women....

  22. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

    SNB1014 replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

    If you are in ICU you could maybe try a leadership position like stroke coordinator or gamma knife nurse coordinator, quality improvement

  23. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

    SNB1014 replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

    PRN at another facility , but that was said already. I am planning on working at a *********** clinic when all the kids have to get ready to go back to school. A couple nurses I know did it and said...

  24. case manager taught me a gem about families

    SNB1014 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    so, it was the morning after the "incident". I was caring for a 85yo man in icu step down who has BP that hovered 80/50 and we had finally gotten his a-fibb rate controlled. but he was now diagnosed...

  25. Personality At Work vs. At Home

    SNB1014 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think part of this dichotomy is because when u spend 12hrs or so with your sole purpose is to be a safe, organized , care taker ( in the fullest sense of the word) for people you dont know and dont...