akf100

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1. Vail seasonal employment

   akf100 replied to mveldma3's topic in Colorado Nursing

   I am interested in moving Vail Valley and am curious about VVMC. I am currently a PACU nurse with ICU experience, ACLS, PALS and CCRN. Do you have any insight on the PACU at VVMC? Would love to take a...

2. Paying Off Student Loans - Happy New Year!

   akf100 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   at least unlike other college degrees we have jobs that allow us to pay them

3. Paying Off Student Loans - Happy New Year!

   akf100 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   student loans...can't wait to have them all paid

4. new graduate..

   akf100 replied to nightingalnurse2013's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

   ICU is the best place to start, you will learn SO much and be "marketable" to transition anywhere after that based on your ICU

5. What is the first thing you do when you put a fall-risk pt in the bed?

   akf100 replied to Tyris's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Roll belt!! and bed

6. working in PACU, and your OR team doesn't give a ***** about you

   akf100 replied to sonofthunder's topic in PACU

   I work at a large academic medical center and we are in a similar situation. We have 23 ORs and 20 PACU Bays. Our hospital is on red light so much of the time that we end up "boarding" patients and...

7. Going from nights to days

   akf100 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

   Your body will love you on day shift. I did rotating shifts for the first 2.5 years in the ICU and in general I liked nights better because they were quieter and less people around. I recently...