Mountain Nurse

Mountain Nurse specializes in MedSurg.

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1. Floating non-ICU RN's to ICU!!?

   Mountain Nurse replied to Keri29's topic in Critical Care

   It's not unheard of where I am. None of the ICU nurses like it, but, we weren't

2. Mistake... Need advice!

   Mountain Nurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Sorry... long post...but there is a point, I promise! I recently had an order to hang one unit of blood. H/H wasn't bad, but it was right at shift change. So I decided not to "pass the buck" and...

3. Do they make these?

   Mountain Nurse replied to StarGirl's topic in General Nursing

   Not sure if anyone is familiar with the Cherokee Boxer Style Pants....the waist band is like 4 inches thick and rides up to your chest! Not to mention the legs are tapered like 80's style....ugg....

4. Pt/Family RAGE

   Mountain Nurse replied to sawbuck's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Good for you CseMgr1!! Stand up for what yourself. You definately deserved more respect than you

5. A waitress?!?!?

   Mountain Nurse replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   My husband is also a paramedic, so I can sympathize in knowing that these guys wouldn't even think of going to work drunk, much less in front of their supervisors!! It's ridiculous that one waitress...

6. Would you choose an Associates OR Bachelors in nursing? need your opinions, please.

   Mountain Nurse replied to apexsw20trd's topic in General Nursing

   These two semesters are two 14 credit hour semesters offered through online or web-enhanced classes. They wanted you to have most of your pre-req's, ex. A&P, 2 English classes, etc. before you...

7. Would you choose an Associates OR Bachelors in nursing? need your opinions, please.

   Mountain Nurse replied to apexsw20trd's topic in General Nursing

   I had the same decision to make, but where I live they offer a RN to BSN, so it will take me two years to get my ADN and only two semesters after that for my BSN. That is a total of three years, two...

8. A question to the ER pros concerning fracture stabilization.

   Mountain Nurse replied to evans_c1's topic in Emergency

   Hey! My husband is an EMT-Paramedic and I am an EMT-B and he and I both think that both answers are very good ways to stabilize and the only thing we could add is just remember that the hip in...

9. What's the difference...

   Mountain Nurse replied to 1Tulip's topic in Emergency

   A Level I and Level II trauma center are different in what the center can handle. A Level I could handle anything and a higher volume. most have a helicopter and OR Surgeons on call 24 hrs a day....

10. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    Mountain Nurse replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I am a CNA and I used to work in a LTC facility. We had a man, who was maybe sixty. He had had a quadruple bypass surgery, and had came in on my 3-11 shift. The other aide I was working with...