RNDude

RNDude specializes in Critical Care.

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1. CSU San Marcos RN-BSN online

   RNDude replied to jofapcastillo's topic in School Programs

   I'm leaning toward this one as well. I had been looking at Western Governors, but their unusual grading system might be a problem for continuing on in some grad programs later. I would love to read about anyone's recent personal experience with thi...

2. Fellow RN died this morning.

   RNDude replied to Ali_Oop07's topic in General Nursing

   I am saddened and so sorry for your loss. When I worked night shift, I found staying awake at the wheel on the way home to be a dangerous challenge sometimes. I would nap in my car sometimes, regardless of the discomfort. I've certainly heard some ...

3. L&D rotation as a guy

   RNDude replied to pharho's topic in Male Students

   One thing that I have never heard of, though, is a male student measuring cervical dilation. I don't even recall the female students doing that assessment, just the licensed nurses and MDs.

4. Guess the mispronounced medical term

   RNDude replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

   There was a nurse who bewildered everyone, talking about "keypos" over and over through an accent. It turned out that she was saying "K-Phos" for potasium phosphate.

5. Ever notice this about allnurses?

   RNDude replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   When a new thread is about a topic covered in an old one, I think it's kindest when someone posts a link in the new thread to the old one. A smart newbie will learn to do a search, and many users interested in the thread's topic will appreciate the ...

6. Is age 45 too old to start nursing???

   RNDude replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

   There's a new grad at my hospital in his 50s who is really sharp and doing very well. In my ADN program, there was a woman in her 60s who graduated with me. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend nursing to you on the basis of your age. Good luck!

7. Anybody knows Huntington Memorial Hospital and Mission Community Hospital?

   RNDude replied to newname's topic in California

   Huntington is a fantastic place to work. Their new grad training is extensive, and many employees stay for decades and return after trying other hospitals. Yes, they are nonunion. That has a plus side to the professionalism of the work environment be...

8. Advice for a new nursing student.

   RNDude replied to Barefoot_inSD's topic in California

   If you can get an early look at the first semester's syllabus, get your textbook and start reading the pages assigned in the syllabus, you'll be doing yourself a big favor! There is a lot to read, and getting as much of it done as possible before sch...

9. So-Cal Folks, pls. help me decide which school

   RNDude replied to vivasmom's topic in California

   I abandoned my application to LA County College of Nursing and Allied Health when they wanted me to repeat general micro because it had been more than 5 years since I had taken it, even though I had been a microbiology major and general micro had bee...

10. L&D rotation as a guy

    RNDude replied to pharho's topic in Male Students

    I put in my very first Foley in one of my L&D rotation patients. She had commented prior to the procedure that she had had unpleasant prior experiences with Foley insertions, but she didn't indicate any problem with a male nursing student providi...

11. Needle sticks (Question for all nurses, esp those in ER)

    RNDude replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in General Nursing

    I happen to have had had a discussion with an infectious disease doc about these statistics in my last semester of nursing school. I came away from that conversation with the understanding that these results are interpreted as meaning that if you ge...

12. Scrubs salesman can't take me seriously

    RNDude replied to RNDude's topic in Men

    hehe. surely you know someone you could gift those to. might get you some strange looks, though, and might take some explaining... =)

13. ADN = Difficulty Getting Job?

    RNDude replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in General Nursing

    Southern California hospitals seem to hire new-grad RNs from ADN programs and BSN programs without apparent preference. At my hospital in particular, I have friends who graduated from a BSN program who were hired for a med surge unit, while another ...

14. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    RNDude replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    A staff member apparently took her own accent into account when writing on the dry-erase board in a little old lady's room. "Plan for today: breeding treatment". The patient was a little worried about what they were going to do to her.

15. Scrubs salesman can't take me seriously

    RNDude replied to RNDude's topic in Men

    Good point about him potentially getting stuck with men's scrubs if he ordered some for me, but in this case he stated that he had a shipment on the way, and I offered to come back and look at what he was already about to receive, asking him when the...