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1. What would you have done???

   mommyrn replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone. I am an RN student, and this discussion makes me so nervous. We have spent a lot of time on legal issues this semester, and all we as students keep hearing is how nasty many doctors get when you question them. My philosophy is that I ...

2. Making it through Nursing School with Children

   mommyrn replied to mommyrn's topic in Safety

   Thank you so much everyone for your kind words of wisdom. It means more than you know. I started back to school today and I'm already panicking because it's getting really in-depth now, but I'll keep going on. I want this for me and for my family ...

3. Nervous about starting school

   mommyrn replied to bonde0613's topic in General Students

   Thank you Julielpn. I appreciate it!:)

4. Nervous about starting school

   mommyrn replied to bonde0613's topic in General Students

   I took care of a patient during my clinicals this past semester in the med surg unit. She was 62 with terminal cancer; gravely ill. When I first introduced myself to her, she was very shy and withdrawn -- embarrased of her bald head and of the fact...

5. Nervous about starting school

   mommyrn replied to bonde0613's topic in General Students

   Just a quick question for everyone...how do you get those cute little pictures to appear under your names????? (I'm not very computer literate!) I don't mean the smilies, I mean the little pictures some of you have -- flags, or cats, or whatever...t...

6. Concern about Infection Control

   mommyrn replied to mommyrn's topic in Safety

   Hi Renee. Thanks for the reply. We have to buy plain white pants and tops, and the ugliest blue smock you ever saw with a big patch stating that we're nursing students. It's so embarrasing! We buy everything -- our shoes, bp cuffs -- everything. ...

7. Nervous about starting school

   mommyrn replied to bonde0613's topic in General Students

   Hi bonde0613. I had to reply to this one. I am in my second year of nursing school and I have to laugh because when you first start out, they teach you handwashing, bed baths, etc. We were all so grossed out by the thought of washing other people'...

8. Concern about Infection Control

   mommyrn replied to mommyrn's topic in Safety

   See now, this is where it gets sticky. When we go to clinicals with our instructor, we are assigned our patients, and off we go. I have never thought of asking for shoe protectors because I never saw any other nurses wearing them. do you think thes...

9. Concern about Infection Control

   mommyrn replied to mommyrn's topic in Safety

   Hi everyone. Thanks for the replies. We have been taught the 15 second handwashing, holding linens away from the body, etc. No, I don't believe gloves should be worn all the time. I never used to store my shoes out of the house -- now I will. Du...

10. Concern about Infection Control

    mommyrn replied to mommyrn's topic in Safety

    Sheila -- thank you for the reply. Let me ask you all -- do you don gloves as soon as you walk into the room and wash hands? What about your steth and bp cuff -- how do you disinfect those to the point where it's safe to bring them home? I use alc...

11. Concern about Infection Control

    mommyrn posted a topic in Safety

    I'd like to ask a question of you experienced nurses out there. Last semester in clinicals I was asked to collect a stool sample for a patient I had been assigned to. It was my first rotation and only the second patient I had. Anyway, I took the p...

12. Excited in Portland

    mommyrn replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Hi again Mario. I am wondering if you're going into a 2 or 4 year program, and what science classes and other prereqs you still have to take.. (if any)? My suggestion to anyone in nursing school is to get ALL of the prereqs out of the way BEFORE st...

13. Making it through Nursing School with Children

    mommyrn posted a topic in Safety

    Hi everyone. I am a first year nursing student with two small children. I am now entering my second semester (I'm in a 2 yr. RN program). Last semester was very difficult with regard to juggling school and taking care of my family. I'm deathly af...

14. False Nails (Does it promote infection?)

    mommyrn replied to bjweiland's topic in Safety

    Hi everyone. I want to share my insight into this subject. I just completed my microbiology for health professionals course last semester. We spent a great deal of time discussing this issue. We went as far as taking actual swabs from underneath ...

15. Excited in Portland

    mommyrn replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations! I am a first year nursing student and I cried too when I was accepted to my program because there is such a long waiting list. I was willing to wait forever if that's how long it was going to take because I want to be a nurse so de...