snowfreeze

snowfreeze BSN, RN

ICU, CCU, Trauma, neuro, Geriatrics

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  1. Please tell me how this is right?!?!

    snowfreeze replied to L&DRNJenn's topic in General Nursing

    At the same time an employer wants to increase "customer satisfaction" they need to understand employee comfort also or the customer will never feel

  2. How did you know?

    snowfreeze replied to cherylnj81's topic in General Nursing

    Long before I became a nurse I ran a working farm, bred horses, sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits. I took care of them, learned to suture, assess an injury and treat it...I could buy the...

  3. Testing for blood

    snowfreeze replied to lewwilann's topic in General Nursing

    If the emesis is coffee ground or with frank blood I document that if I don't have the proper items to test with. I would also of course notify the attending as to this finding. I dont know if you...

  4. Returning to critical care, nervous, excited and with questions

    snowfreeze posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am a little nervous and really excited, I have decided that I have enough geriatric experience so am returning to hospital nursing. I want a critical care position and have been offered a telemetry...

  5. Nursing School Situation, Does this Sound Right?

    snowfreeze replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the nursing school is just looking for good PR. If they allow handicapped students their graduation rate drops as does their placement after graduation. Go find a better

  6. New nurses getting out of bedside nursing

    snowfreeze replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    But in reality everyone starts somewhere...find a place that works for you right now and do your best. Good luck and best wishes to all the new nurses in this world...WE NEED

  7. New nurses getting out of bedside nursing

    snowfreeze replied to pie123's topic in General Nursing

    If you touch a patient you are direct care. If all you do is assess paperwork you are not direct

  8. I'm sick to my eyeballs of incompetent agency nurses.

    snowfreeze replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we got rid of agency nurses a year ago. Everyone is now complaining of how they were so good and why did we piss them off. Go

  9. Nursing as Second Career

    snowfreeze replied to duckzoom75's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to you! I entered nursing as a career after 15 years of being a self employed Farrier(horseshoer/ horse podiatrist). I also trained and bred horses. I went into nursing after finding a...

  10. big problem !

    snowfreeze replied to johnnyswrangler's topic in General Nursing

    My guess would be they are watching you for a reason. Drug testing a nurse for wasting a narcotic without a witness is kinda overboard in my

  11. nursing objectives

    snowfreeze replied to yellowrose's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Learn the routine of the unit on the shift you are working. Understand ancillary departments, how to contact them, how to alert them of new orders/consults. What to do in a code, where is the crash...

  12. prostituting our nurses

    snowfreeze replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    ll I can say after reading the "I guess I am a florist now" and the response to this is that.....There are a lot of unaddressed psycho/social issues running around acting like normal people and...

  13. Is a community college education a bad one?

    snowfreeze replied to Kay28's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated from a community college 13 years ago. My associate degree has taken me from med/surg to ICU, CCU, CVICU, Trauma, neuro, a specialty flight team, air ambulance, Critical care travel RN,...

  14. Low BP's

    snowfreeze replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    You only need to worry if your MAP(mean arterial pressure) falls below 60 then your major organs are not properly perfused. To calculate this multiply the diastolic pressure X2, add the systolic...

  15. How do I handle this situations

    snowfreeze replied to curlydog's topic in General Nursing

    If you cannot tolerate the work environment and what seems as unreasonable to you hasn't changed in 2 years I would say find another job. If there are things about the position that you adore like...

  16. Being a parent while in nursing school

    snowfreeze replied to crazylilkelly's topic in General Nursing

    I was pregnant during the first year of nursing school, I had a c-section in August after that first year so I could not attend school the second year. I finished school the following year. I...

  17. HELP should I step down???

    snowfreeze replied to johnson0424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Take a deep breath, you know how to manage people. You need to work but is this exactly where you need to be? If the hours and flexibility are what you need most in a job and this one fills that...

  18. What punishment should this nurse get?

    snowfreeze replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC, we have agitated vent patients here. Where do you think all those closed head injuries ICH's, SDH's and CPR-saved arrests go when they leave your ICU's? As a supervisor I have had to...

  19. Incident or not?

    snowfreeze replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    Air ports are pressure air ports for running

  20. Why do we catch diseases?

    snowfreeze replied to realnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ebola has been around for a long time and has never eradicated all mammals. Opportunistic is the key here. The weak die, the strong survive and the lucky get another

  21. Why do we catch diseases?

    snowfreeze replied to realnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Studying the pathogenicity of virus' is the key to our finding immunity to most pathogens with vaccines. A strong virus will mutate faster than our body can keep up with as far as developing...

  22. Incident or not?

    snowfreeze replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    An incident report should not necessarily be used to punish anyone. In the facility where I work incident reports are utilized to prevent future incidents that might harm patients/visitors/staff. If...

  23. How do you develop a thick skin?

    snowfreeze replied to belabelisa's topic in General Students

    I have been a caring and sensitive nurse for 12 years now. I still cry, I am a patient advocate but don't get personally involved with patients and families. The thick skin theory is maybe more...

  24. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    snowfreeze replied to NebbyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    You acted in what you perceived as "patients best interest". Daughter needs to understand that the mustach will grow back. Get your social worker involved Right

  25. Never Too Old

    snowfreeze replied to rcw9825's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    48 and growing here...........life goes on Welcome to the