Sh*t Nurses Say

In the spirit of all the other videos I made one with the help of my friends and nursing buddies.

Enjoy. If you have trouble seeing the video click here.

1LT Promotions - Friends

I love promotion ceremonies. I love them more when they are of my friends. It's funny how sometimes your friends don't invite you to their promotion ceremony. Usually this a great sign of recognition and a sign that you're moving up in your career. Odd how that happens.

Thanks 1LT Cipperly for inviting me!

BTS still shot - WAMC Patient Care Touch Video

I've been tasked with producing WAMC's Patient Care Touch video to be shown on the ANC 111th Birthday on 02FEB2012. I've got a couple of LTs on board with me to get video and stills of life around the hospital.

I love OR light. Especially when the house lights are down. I wish I could bring that light to all the shoots I do.

I'll post a link to the final video after it's shown.

3 Tips for success - CPT Board Prep

My name was brought up recently for the AN CPT board!

I found out that I was 8 days from being in the last year group. So close yet so far...

I've updated my DA photo, submitted my OER, and am waiting to meet my DON to go over my ORB. It's awesome that our DON used to work at HRC.

A couple of tips that I have learned through this process

DA Photo - Be yourself. Smile if it's you. Practice posing in front of the camera/mirror. Have someone take a photo of you. Perception is everything and is important when the board looks at you. The photographer will not coach you on your smile. You have to coach yourself. You spend about 5 mins in the studio. Make it count. You can only update your DA Photo once per year.

OER - Be specific in your job title. Instead of "Clinical Staff Nurse" put "2N Staff Nurse." I've been on 3 separate wards in my career so far but my ORB looks like I've only been on 2 because of my job title being "Clinical Staff Nurse" at the first 2 wards. Put your location and your duty.

ORB - Have someone who knows what they're doing look at your ORB. This is usually one in your senior leadership. They've been through this process several times. Find one that you know and trust to take a look at it.

The board meets in April. I can't wait!

What grinds my gears...

... is when on-call surgeons don't want to do their job. For instance refusing to come to the hospital from home to admit a patient with uncontrollable nausea issues because the surgeon forgot his hospital issued laptop so he could do it from home (not my problem).

How am I supposed to explain this to the husband who's been at the hospital all day for his wife (the patient), hasn't seen his 3 kids at home in which one of them has down syndrome? Don't put us in a hard place doc.