snowfreeze

snowfreeze BSN, RN

ICU, CCU, Trauma, neuro, Geriatrics

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  1. Dumb Question: About A Trach- What Am I Missing?

    snowfreeze replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    There is one theory that blowing O2 in through the nose on a weaning trach patient capped will encourage or remind to nose

  2. Paramedics Calling for Pt Info

    snowfreeze replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    Many facilities offer a follow up number through their pre-hospital office for paramedics to receive information on how the patient is doing. If your facility does not have that availiable maybe it...

  3. Media's image of nurses

    snowfreeze replied to marie04's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the Media in general has presented an unreal view of what nurses do. 1. Has the movie industry created a sterotype of nurses? If so what? nurses are used for simple tasks 2. Do you think...

  4. The Careless Nurse...

    snowfreeze replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work right now one of "them lazy nurses" just got fired for being uncaring and lazy. It took a patient going bad and everyone working that shift writing it up. Sometimes the system does...

  5. Pay issues

    snowfreeze replied to Ramrodthegreat's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, what I am making an hour would be fair in my opinion if I only took care of one patient at a time and all their family members and catered to their docs. A stressed patient with 7...

  6. How to stay positive as a nurse....

    snowfreeze replied to alab49's topic in General Nursing

    After 16 years of nursing I find it helps if I change jobs when I become tired or burned out where I am working. I try to avoid the chronic complainers but will give them a few minutes to vent then I...

  7. Where are the jobs???

    snowfreeze replied to Jan RN's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in 92 and found a job about 2 1/2 months after graduation. I took whatever was available and after the first 6 months I transferred to the unit I wanted. I was a paramedic prior to...

  8. New kid On The Block - How to fit in as a new nurse

    snowfreeze posted a topic in General Nursing

    A little bit of psychology insight helps as does self confidence. Smile, look as though you are a pleasant person. When approaching someone, smile and say Hi. Introduce yourself to co-workers...

  9. How many nurses had hands-on experience before starting nursing school?

    snowfreeze replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as a nurse aid for about a year in the late 1970's. My next experience was 1988 as a volunteer EMT and started working as an agency nurse aid. In between those two I ran a small working...

  10. Interested in combining nursing with film, any thoughts?

    snowfreeze replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Find a good writer and put together a presentation to some producers about a nurse oriented movie with a series suggested. The nurse characters should be a basic 3 to 5 nurses with a rotating of...

  11. Advice? Need thoughts from people who can relate... please?

    snowfreeze replied to kristenncrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not being paid for mandatory time...humm Association of RN Attorneys comes to mind. 877-538-2262. see if one of them can make her care a bit

  12. My ER experience....what do you think??

    snowfreeze replied to feebebe23's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes you have to remember that nurses and doctors are human also, if you were the 15th person that night bringing oneself to that ER for pain meds......Maybe a computer will be better at reading...

  13. Is this true of nursing?

    snowfreeze replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I wipe butts with a smile, I also wipe other things, tears away for patients overcome by the illness they have succumbed to, fear away from family members who really didn't understand what the problem...

  14. The Most Hard Working Shift- Day Or Night Shift?

    snowfreeze replied to TPS360's topic in General Nursing

    Day and Night shifts are Ying and Yang, they compliment each other. One shift sends patients to all the tests and has most doctors rounding along with having all the ancillary services available to...

  15. Leave your high stress career for....nursing!

    snowfreeze replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I bet they watched a few nursing assistants I have worked with!!!! You know, the ones who are always on break, you can never find them until suddenly they appear at the time clock at the end of their...

  16. Launching into traveling

    snowfreeze replied to lightwalker's topic in General Nursing

    Decide what is important to you. Location, pay, amenities(furnished apartment, linens, dishes etcvs supplying your own and finding your own place), type of facility(teaching vs community), insurance,...

  17. Angry patient theory

    snowfreeze posted a topic in General Nursing

    I seem to notice that the angry patients with angry family members seem to be the sickest ones and many times the more non-compliant ones. Sometimes you can get them to calm down enough in between...

  18. The Runaway Bride Wants to be a Nurse!

    snowfreeze replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    Hope she gets plastic surgery for those eyes first, that is gonna scare the doodoo out of lots of

  19. Do you have to go with patient's to procedures????

    snowfreeze replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    Document, document, document. Those docs might be actually doing you a favor, they want the nurse patient ratio to be 1 nurse to 4 patients on a stepdown telemetry unit or less depending on the...

  20. "Secret Life of a Soccer Mom": Flight nurse!

    snowfreeze replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    Cool!!! I think she will get her hair cut short to avoid 'Helmet Head' otherwise I won't believe how good she looks giving report at bedside..

  21. Shifts

    snowfreeze replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Many facilities offer a variety of shifts, what is available currently depends on the unit needs. I have worked scheduled 6 hour shifts with 12 hour weekends then 7 days off, two 16's, five 8's, now...

  22. ethical or not?

    snowfreeze replied to rxrn's topic in General Nursing

    I have moved around quite a bit during my nursing career. I always have another job lined up prior to giving notice to the current employer. I usually use one or more co-workers as references so my...

  23. A nurse is a nurse is a nurse. Is that true?

    snowfreeze replied to exairex's topic in General Nursing

    We all have the same basic skills but specialize in different areas. Experience and skills vary as do personalities and ways of interacting along with organizational skillls. Even with any number of...

  24. Preparing to present grievances to heads of hospital

    snowfreeze replied to WhatTheDeuce's topic in General Nursing

    Map it out in minutes for each required task and add walking time from room to room and other supply areas. You will find that on paper these assignments are impossible. You need to promote that...

  25. How many nursing jobs before a "fit"?

    snowfreeze replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    My needs and interests seem to change every year or two so finding a new fit about that often seems normal for me. I did stay at one job for 6 years though and loved it, when I stopped looking...