quitor1moretry

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1. Is this normal for a first semester nursing program?

   quitor1moretry posted a topic in General Students

   Is this normal for a first semester nursing program. The first skills check off was three weeks from the start of the program. It was a head to toe assessment. The skills assessment included heart and lung sounds, and we were told to place our ste...

2. Need some honest advice

   quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Career Support

   I did quit that particular program, and I applied to Indiana State University. I have two more prerequisites to complete, and I can apply for admission into the LPN to BSN program this fall. I will graduate, but I will never forget my roots as a L...

3. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

   quitor1moretry replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Students

   And the nurse doesn't have to tell. I am sure I have been given a flu shot or two by nurses who didn't believe in immunizations. Nurses do not have to live by the care they provide. Unless a nurse is delivering care in opposition to the hospital pol...

4. Nursing Student: Can a Person with a Trach Work in the Hospital?

   quitor1moretry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   These patients, are just like cancer survivors. Why on-line nursing? Isolating could cause or add to depression.

5. Need some honest advice

   quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Career Support

   I was trying to fly so far under the radar my wings were dragging on the ground. Thanks for the thoughtful response.

6. Need some honest advice

   quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Career Support

   I'm not giving up. I started at a community college in Minnesota that had a great reputation in the community. Many medical groups will take a grad from this school over some of the expensive private. When my mom was in the hospitals I saw a group ...

7. Unfriending Fever

   quitor1moretry replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

   Its about reimbursement. Hospitals will contract with different insurance companies how much money they get for a a lap chole. Aetna will pay 5,000.00. The fastwr the patient is discharged, the more profit the hospital makes. This is why we don't che...

8. Cried during interview. Did I ruin my chances?

   quitor1moretry replied to marrr123's topic in Job Hunt

   I think it showed your passion for nursing. I would have cried listening to you. You are an inspiration to others.

9. I'm a real nurse!!! Thank you!

   quitor1moretry replied to nurseycool's topic in LPN/LVN

   Me too! But as soon as you make a co-worker mad, the first thing out of her mouth will be, "Are you an RN." Not all RN's are this way. Now that the 2 year RN is fastly becoming the new LPN. Hospitals do not want to hire a nurse with an A.S. degree....

10. I'm an LPN and I understand.

    quitor1moretry replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN/LVN

    All you have to e is happy with your job. Please do not sell your self short. Look up the nursing act of 1950. We are valued. The medical community recognizes many LPN's are critical thinkers, and are under utilized. I worked with central lines afte...

11. "Can I give you report?"

    quitor1moretry replied to future_RN, CNA's topic in General Nursing

    Most cna's see their job separate from the nurse she is working with. I am going to copy and paste your post to my personal notes. Thanks for sharing this.

12. IM injection gone subcutaneous?

    quitor1moretry replied to Psychrn6685's topic in Medications

    He probably needs his meds adjusted. what ever dose he was an needs to be increased I have only given z trac for iron, but sometimes a small amt of the drug does leak out if the needle is pulled out immediately after the medication is administered. ...

13. Hepatitis A Vaccine

    quitor1moretry replied to danceswithducks's topic in General Students

    There is wiggle room. Where are you attending nursing school? Isn't Hep A typically to prevent food born illness? well your set for travel to less developed countries anyway. Every school has their own standards. Good luck with school! Hepatitis B...

14. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    quitor1moretry replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Students

    Well, here is one for the books. On my OB rotation a student, from another country, who didn't quite grasp the difference between Medical Jargon and slang. The patient was agreeable to having a student, and had no problem with that student being mal...

15. Quiting clinicals because of bad work envirnoment

    quitor1moretry replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Many nursing schools no longer require nursing students to take a CNA coarse. I have mixed feelings about this, but it takes a lot of nerve to try to knock this guy when he is in a program, and you are in the second semester of your general courses....