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snowfreeze BSN, RN

ICU, CCU, Trauma, neuro, Geriatrics

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  1. The Know-It-All nurse

    snowfreeze replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Many of these nurses should have gone into sales instead of

  2. Question for RN's reagrding CHF in LTC

    snowfreeze replied to begalli's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As far as what the patient wants and family wants, where I work I just send the patient to the hospital according to what their POLST says when their medical condition becomes something beyond what I...

  3. Question for RN's reagrding CHF in LTC

    snowfreeze replied to begalli's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If this was my patient she surely would have had quicker treatment. If she has poor renal function then dobutamine IV 3 or 4 times a week does help. Good renal function, lasix or bumex. The legs...

  4. Please hear me out. Anyone! No one seems to give a rip.

    snowfreeze replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Ok and where is the employer? You are truly ill and still working? Where I work staffing is such that if one or two people call off we can just deal with it. And since there isnt a lot of overtime...

  5. CNA studied out of the USA

    snowfreeze replied to venoclisis's topic in General Nursing

    I believe you will have to take a nurse aid class here in pennsylvania. Many facilities pay you while you take their class. Good

  6. Your least favorite patient.

    snowfreeze replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

    Mine has to be the UTI obese female with 40 family members entourage along for the free ride. She expects food q1HR and they bring it and interrupt all aspects of the ER in the process. They ask for...

  7. Birkenstocks turning yellow!

    snowfreeze replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was considering buying some birkenstocks but this dilemma makes me wonder if the price is worth

  8. What meds do you use to treat your residents sores?

    snowfreeze replied to PHTLS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Acuzyme for debrieding, panafil for granulation and if insurance dosen't cover panafil we use normalgel (some insurances require santel but it usually dosen't work, use it then document it not...

  9. how to avoid " throwing in the towel"?at work ....

    snowfreeze replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a daughter who is a nurse aid now in LTC. She loves taking care of the old people and her assignment is not overwhelming, usually 10 or 12 patients. I hope you find a facility that is nice to...

  10. how to avoid " throwing in the towel"?at work ....

    snowfreeze replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well on a lighter note. I went through nursing school after I decided that my marriage wasn't going to work out. I had 2 kids already and then after I started the actual nursing classes my ex raped...

  11. Do you like your job?

    snowfreeze replied to chel2thec's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Psychology is very interesting and so is every aspect of nursing. If you are looking for what will be the best direction for jobs in the next 20 years, anything geriatrics. Behavior specialists will...

  12. How well did your nursing education prepare you for your job?

    snowfreeze replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

    School gives you the background knowledge. You learn much more in actual practice. Practical skills are learned with experience, foley insertion, IV insertion, replacing g-tubes, NG insertion,...

  13. How accurate do you think sonograms at 4 mnths. preg. are?

    snowfreeze replied to mishayla96's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What happened to waiting till they are

  14. Are we Autonomous Nurses or Employees?

    snowfreeze replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Autonomy, yes. I make decisions within my scope of practice. Do I use "standing orders", yes. Do I sometimes make decisions to treat then call the doctor, yes. Am I backed up by the physicians,...

  15. Wait-listed again, could use a smiley-face.

    snowfreeze replied to kukitty's topic in General Nursing

    Yeh, stuffing families into very small spaces. My older daughter informed me one evening that she had moved in with me. I had an efficiency apartment, I was at work at the time and yes she presented...

  16. Wait-listed again, could use a smiley-face.

    snowfreeze replied to kukitty's topic in General Nursing

    :) and a hug too. Most of us went through a lot to become

  17. 5 things a new RN must have...

    snowfreeze replied to SpecFuz's topic in General Nursing

    1.click pens, not the cap ones that you get ink everywhere when you lose the cap. 2.stethescope 3.willingness to learn 4.desire to achieve 5.comfort with what you are trying to achieve 6.spine to be a...

  18. Concerned about this and other sites

    snowfreeze replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    I checked my name and I don't exist. I guess Pennsylvania is not cooperative with releasing

  19. Concerned about this and other sites

    snowfreeze replied to Kikumaru's topic in General Nursing

    I checked my name and I don't exist. I guess Pennsylvania is not cooperative with releasing

  20. Alcohol Withdrawl

    snowfreeze replied to zambezi's topic in General Nursing

    The ICU I worked in the past used Propofol drip. We used that for 3 to 5 days and titrated to effect, ie still breathing and not fighting demons. We never lost a patient to cardiac problems due to...

  21. Are You Gonna Go ALL The Way?

    snowfreeze replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors and nurses both care for patients, nurses do it close to the patient, doctors do it on nurses recomendation. A little less pay and you have days off you don't get called for stuff. When you...

  22. When do you call off work?

    snowfreeze replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I am on the pot for the third time and puking in the waste basket, oh yeh and they did get the background noises cuz I puked during the call-in. Otherwise I just do it. If I can function...

  23. Sick nurse goes to ER

    snowfreeze replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    Fortunately I have been healthy, but last time was when I was a paramedic (before nursing school) and the people I work with were really OK as far as I was

  24. Do your CNA's call in sick every weekend?

    snowfreeze replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC and we do fire staff members for attendance problems and we don't have many call offs on weekends. Same policy as nahjah stated, we adhere to

  25. They can put a man on the moon. Why Can't They....

    snowfreeze replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have been threatened with having my eyes scratched out, my legs cut off and my hair pulled. And of course the standard of having potassium spit on you, or that one little chunk plucked and neatly...