SNB1014

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  1. Favorite scrubs brands

    SNB1014 replied to thelittledoe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    here's the thing about certain scrub brands being "pricey"......scrubs will in no way ever go over the price you would spend on a regular office wardrobe with shoes, pantsuits, blouses and whatnot. if...

  2. I feel i am doing the Lord's work

    SNB1014 posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    i hope this post doesnt upset anyone. I come in peace!! :-) I remember sitting in mass early on in nursing school and we got a new priest. towards the end of mass, he encouraged us to "all go on...

  3. Kudos to floor nurses

    SNB1014 replied to hodgieRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    what a lovely thread we have going here, keep it

  4. Super Obese

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

    i find lower Socio-economic status to be the biggest predictor for obesity and general health issues. (not a blanket statement). i had a professor who talked about "institutionalized racism" and "top...

  5. Super Obese

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

    true statement. i consider myself strong for being thin but fit. 200lbs of dead weight who is confused , contracted and connected to tele monitor, ng/peg, foley and God knows what else is a...

  6. Culturally insensitive patients

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

    i will also admit that i LOVEEEE accents. i think they sound so cool. all 4 of my grandparents are immigrants and i always think its pretty impressive when someone is fluent in two languages. so...

  7. Culturally insensitive patients

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

    on a slightly comical note, we had a dementia riddled little black lady who called 911 from her room because she was "being held hostage in some hospital in china!!!!" lol it just so happens that all...

  8. did the md's pen go into v-fib??

    SNB1014 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmm, not a bad idea. bahahah i cant help but giggle at the image of a typewriter in 2013. i hope it never comes to that. but yeah, the physicians have their own "portal" on the computers to see...

  9. omg! Bad day! Failed my AcLS recert....

    SNB1014 replied to jalws's topic in Emergency

    im glad to hear OP passed the second time around after sleep and stress reduction. THAT SAID, the fail is absolutely legit. i hate to say it, but if her baby takes a turn for the worst and the...

  10. School Nurses: Non-Nursing Tasks????

    SNB1014 replied to uthscsa2011's topic in School

    i nhate to say it, but the clearest memory i have of my HS school nurses was them making me put my hands on my legs to test if my shorts were too short. and then calling my parents to bring me a...

  11. I feel i am doing the Lord's work

    SNB1014 replied to SNB1014's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    youre super duper welcome, you

  12. I feel i am doing the Lord's work

    SNB1014 replied to SNB1014's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    i got scared at first thinking i was going to taste a lot of haterade on here, but thank you all for saying the nice things you did. :-) my mom is atheist/agnostic and my hubby is agnostic/questioning...

  13. Noise level at night

    SNB1014 replied to NoonsRN's topic in General Nursing

    i work during the day and the noise level is embarassing at times, tbh. shift change, people have no concept of inside voices and that for the rest of the nonnurses, it is only 645am so be quiet!! iv...

  14. Score one for standardized scrub colors

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

    to heck with just laypersons! i am a new rn and new to my facility...i know that nurses wear navy. (ob/nurs folks can wear pink undershirts and their pink tag thats all)....but i didnt know the...

  15. Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center

    SNB1014 replied to danisweetcheeks's topic in Texas Nursing

    are we living in the same houston?? i am born and bred in nj so i miss my hockey fights....where can i see hockey in houston? ps, to OP, the hospital building itself can be seen from some of my...

  16. Patient ratios progressive care units

    SNB1014 replied to kaylasmommy's topic in Cardiac

    We are strict 3 pts max to a

  17. Tattoo question

    SNB1014 replied to SmYle4PeDs's topic in General Nursing

    I have 3 tattoos and the rule I have abided by is that no one should be able to see them in my wedding pictures or my interview skirt suit. Tattoos are not a protected class as in gender, age, race...

  18. Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX)

    SNB1014 replied to blueorchid981's topic in Texas Nursing

    Lucky!!! I started at an hca facility and recently the nurses got a 0.5$ raise after nothing for 2 years and taking away weekend incentives. And they wonder why turnover/agency use is so high??? If...

  19. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

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

    [quote="imintrouble;7188014" Then I think, who's in control when the pt demands peri care they can do themselves? Who's in control then? rd. On par with my thoughts. Also some people come in very...

  20. New Grads- any success in negotiating your pay?

    SNB1014 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    for example: my husband works in finance. he's not scared to highball HR saying he wanted 82K/year knowing they would probably only give 76k (that's good since he was shooting for 75K! ) well as a...

  21. Calling all new grads/new to the ICU starting Feb. 2013!!!!

    SNB1014 replied to C H I C A G O_RN's topic in Critical Care

    I started my 12wk orientation in progressive care/imcu on Monday. We are allowed everything except for fresh cardiac surgeries and the like as well as vents. 3 pts max. I hope I'm allowed to...

  22. I'm getting terminated from my first nursing job

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

    Op, that sucks. Sorry, hope you enjoyed it. I didn't read the whole thread, but a kiss/pg make out shouldn't be a big.deal. plenty of people meet their soon to be spouses at work. If you were...

  23. Customer Service? Maybe on your home planet.

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

  24. Houston

    SNB1014 replied to RNICUTX's topic in Texas Nursing

    I worked at an Houston area hca facility my last yr in nursing school as a prn nurse "intern" aka tech/nurse assistant and got paid

  25. Still carrying books around

    SNB1014 replied to trulyblessed2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Get nursing central app. We had.to for school. It has a lot at your finger