eak16

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1. Update RE: Dr. Phil Today

   eak16 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Yayyy!!!!!! I'm waiting for that on-air apology though

2. What do I need for school

   eak16 replied to goodknight's topic in General Students

   a little blank notebook that fits in your pocket extra pens for clinicals (including red) a clipboard make sure your white scrubs arent see through!

3. Lack of Confidence/Self esteem. I cried at Clinicals tonight

   eak16 replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

   I felt the same way... nursing school just sucks sometimes. Yes, sometimes it is inconvenient for the patient to have two assessments. But that is the reality of training- nurses have been training just like you are for a hundred years, and if there ...

4. Help with Digital Camera

   eak16 replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

   Hi- my parents got me a digital camera for nursing school graduation- a Nikon coolpix 3200- and it has been just great. I am NOT a techie at all, but figured it out no problem. It takes great pictures and is tiny and lightweight. They run about $200....

5. How many mistakes can one nurse make? (A vent)

   eak16 replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

   wow- change of shift meds! that had never occurred to me! Meds at my hosptial are NEVER schduled for change of shift for the exact reasons discussed above. And furthermore, if the nurse has a good reason why the med should be rescheduled (like the fo...

6. Any hospitals out there using discharge lobbies/lounges?

   eak16 replied to pjdouble's topic in Safety

   Sounds like a great idea if it is used appropriately. Our discharge pharmacy is extremely slow- on weekends it can take three hours to get discharge meds, and often this leaves an otherwise ok pt. sitting around to a while just waiting for meds.

7. Demand for CRNAs in the northwest

   eak16 replied to futurenp's topic in CRNA

   I have run into lots of CRNA's at UW and Harborveiw

8. Tattoos and health professionals...

   eak16 replied to NurseFirst's topic in Safety

   More often than not I have found that it is unavoidable things that keep people from dontaing blood who really want to. A blood transfusion saved my fathers life, so I couldn't wait until i was old enough to donate; The I got malaria (long story)- wh...

9. Thinking about becoming a midwife?

   eak16 replied to WhatToDo's topic in CNM

   University of Washington School of Nursing (ranked #1 in the nation, woohoo!) has the MEPN program, where people with a non-nursing degree already can take classes for three years and leave with a RN and advance practice degree. You get to choose the...

10. Dr. Phil today

    eak16 replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, its the OP here, just home form a very draining 12 hour shift (at no point in which did i play footsie of otherwise flirt with any docs- or anyone for that matter) I e-mailed the show, but I am writing the two production companies as well: Harpo...

11. Dr. Phil today

    eak16 replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, this is what i am trying to get across: It was Dr. PHIL who said this NOT the man. I am soo mad!

12. Dr. Phil today

    eak16 replied to eak16's topic in General Nursing

    nope, that quote is from Dr. Phil himself. :angryfire I got on the website and sent a quick e-mail, but I plan to follow it up with a typed letter

13. Dr. Phil today

    eak16 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ok, just now i was watching dr. phil interveiw a physician who had an affair with a nurse and he said (as close a paraphrase as i can remember from five minutes ago): "i've worked in the health care delivery system for a long time and i've seen lots ...

14. We make as much as maids

    eak16 replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi- relax, ok, i was being very sarcastic. I totally agree with you, in fact, thats the point i was trying to make.

15. I need help with a managment paper about answering call lights

    eak16 replied to robin_nicole's topic in Safety

    another point, with respect to Allele's post, is that call lights are NOT ALWAYS a priority and dont need to be. If I am in the room of a high acuity patient who is gasping for air and whose Sat is 80%, do you think I am going to rush out to answer t...