holliewood

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1. Inane scripting

   holliewood replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work on a unit that had pods A-I. Would usually answer "Pod B, this is XXX." One time I was charge, so I was making rounds. The phone was ringing when I walked in, and I was the closest person to it. Cue "Pod....Ummm...Oh hell, I don't know...

2. Is this compassion fatigue?

   holliewood replied to thevez17's topic in General Nursing

   I had a similar situation in the neonatal ICU. I worked overnight, and had to "sleep" in the hospital that day due to a hurricane. I might have slept 3 hours. The first night I took care of a baby who was deaf, blind, and very irritable due to both ...

3. Scrubs: Are Colorful Ones Unprofessional?

   holliewood replied to purplegal's topic in Professionalism

   My first nursing job was in a children's hospital. Prints reigned supreme! I was always more of a solids fan, but I was always impressed by the nurses who could pull off professional in a Dora the Explorer scrub top. I found that when you are wearin...

4. Call Back Pay and Overtime Hours

   holliewood replied to bjessop's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital counts any hours worked towards your 40 hours. So, 72 hours would get me 32 hours of overtime that week in addition to any incentives they offered. I'd be exhausted and rich :) I'd be willing to bet that their crappy OT policy has a littl...

5. When a patient makes you the bad guy

   holliewood posted a topic in General Nursing

   Disclaimer: This is a rant I work in a medium-volume labor and delivery unit. I came on shift to a patient who had delivered about 90 minutes before I got there. Mom hadn't been out of bed yet, and was still breastfeeding, holding baby skin-to-skin, ...

6. Frontier University

   holliewood replied to JessicaDanielle's topic in CNM

   Just found this thread. I'm in too. :) Yay Kentucky in February! :)

7. Sweet Ease

   holliewood replied to southernseeker's topic in Medications

   This. Use it appropriately.

8. frontier nursing university class 131

   holliewood replied to southernbelle128's topic in NP Students

   Yep, another day of obsessive inbox checking. :)

9. When being a patient...

   holliewood replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Relations

   I had surgery recently at a different hospital from where I work. My plan was to not mention being a nurse unless I was directly asked what I did for a living or where I work. Not 10 minutes after I got back to pre-op I was recognized by a surgical r...

10. Interview related question

    holliewood posted a topic in Job Hunt

    I am trying to gather opinions about an interview etiquette question. I am an RN with a BSN and 8 years experience in critical care. I am trying to change jobs, and for many personal and professional reasons, I have decided that I should also change...

11. Has anyone ever look down on you because you are a nurse

    holliewood replied to dulcet's topic in Relations

    My mother does not respect nurses at all. She has chronic health problems and is grossly non-compliant with everything, so she's a "frequent flier" at her local ED and urgent care. I stop listening when her stories start with "And then the stupid nur...

12. Patient's Families as Facebook Friends....

    holliewood replied to spacey's topic in NICU

    I give my email address to primaries when they are discharged, but I let the family set the tone for tha amount of contact we will have. I've gone to the occasional birthday party. I am friends on Facebook with 2 parents, but their "babies" are 4 &am...

13. Frontier physical assessment class

    holliewood replied to holliewood's topic in CNM

    I wasn't, but I'm thinking about it.

14. Frontier physical assessment class

    holliewood replied to holliewood's topic in CNM

    I'm applying to the MSN+DNP program. I'm within the 10 years for my stats class, just wasn't sure if it was a high enough level class. I've emailed the admissions people, but I'm freaking myself out while I wait for a response :)

15. Frontier physical assessment class

    holliewood replied to holliewood's topic in CNM

    Thanks for the quick response! Do you know what they consider an "upper level" stats class? 200 or 300 level?