spookygirl

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  1. Well to me it sounds like you have more than gone above & beyond to help this family member understand the facts & situation. Some people just can't deal well with death. The sister is more than likely projecting her own grief & regret on...
  2. too much overtime!!

    I am a new grad nurse. I got my license in Oct 2006. I work in a small rural hospital. My hospital is suffering some financial difficulties lately. We have been short staffed recently with no new prospects on the horizion. We have just enough people ...
  3. Inventions for Nurses

    I'm not sure if this is correct, but I'm sure I heard somewhere that someone is on the cusp of coming out with a portable dialysis machine. All the other ideas posted would be great also. There were many oooooooo's escaping my lips as I read these po...
  4. Wiping Butt...

    i LOVE IT!! :rotfl: :roll :lol_hitti
  5. Venting and Advice Needed...Just Can't Do This Anymore!

    This sounds terrible to me. I applaud you for sticking it out a lot longer than i would have. :angryfire I would be furious if I were to be treated that way. I agree with many of the other posters when they say it is time for a serious discussion wit...
  6. help! new job and already miserable

    This sounds like WAY too much work. As an aide you should be utalized to care for the pt's, detect subtle changes, and keep them safe, not be a housekeeper/dietary aide as well. It sounds like you are in a bad place. As some of the other posters said...
  7. Help with Creative Presentation

    We had to do a creative presentation for one of our urinary chapters a while back. My teacher called it the urinary olympics ..... lol I loved her. Well anyway Someone made up a 12 days of christmas song about UTI's that was hilarious :roll Some of t...
  8. PERRLA, is it worth it?

    :rotfl: :roll :yeahthat: :lol_hitti
  9. Friend kicked out/quit the program

    Thank you so much for your reply! This is exactly what I am talking about. I knew someone out there had been experienced the same thing. As far as liz passing meds alone, she was supposed to have gone over the meds with the instructor first, but the ...
  10. Friend kicked out/quit the program

    You obviously misunderstood me. When I said I wondered if anyone ever heard of such a thing I meant doubling a heartbeat not getting kicked out of a program for this paticular mistake. I appriciate the advice. Others on here obviously think diffe...
  11. Friend kicked out/quit the program

    ummm...... Perhaps you took me the wrong way. I have absolutely no intrest in the "gossipy" details of this story. I never went to an instructor or anyone else in the program dying to know the details. The only reason I went into such detail here was...
  12. I am an ADN student due to graduate this summer. There was a girl in my class (we'll call her Liz) who was always friendly to me. Over the past 2 years we always joked, sat together at lunch, did a presentation together, and went out to eat once, but...
  13. what i can choose for teaching?

    I once did a safety teaching on a an ortho patient with a knee replacement. To remove all the throw rugs from the home, have adequate lighting throughout, have signifigant other do a safety check of the home. I've also done teaching projects on antih...
  14. Anyone ever had to do a make up clinical?

    Wow I feel very lucky. We have several clinical groups. usually 2 Wedensday groups and 2 Friday groups. We have one 8 hour day per week of clinical. If you miss a day you can make up another week and have 2 clinical days for one week (wed & fri)....
  15. What to do when... Patient stinks...

    I agree with everyone else on the vicks. But also Bath and Body Works (if you have one nearby) sells a peppermint temple cream for headaches...... it also works great for those not so fresh patients.