amber1188

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1. Night shifts: how do you prepare yourself?

   amber1188 replied to amber1188's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to everyone who has responded. My situation right now will probably remain the same for quite some while. Where I am working now is not where I want to be in the future (just temporary to get some basic skills down). But, yes, this is the w...

2. Night shifts: how do you prepare yourself?

   amber1188 posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad I am having a hard time getting myself into some kind of routine for night shifts. At the hospital where I work, we do 5 12 hour night shifts in one week and my body gets really out of whack with severe headaches, nausea and dizziness....

3. HELP! Getting over queasiness during IV starts

   amber1188 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello nurses, I need some help with queasiness during IV starts. I am looking for suggestions about how to get over this and what has worked for other nurses. I am a lot better now with tolerance with watching an IV start, but I'm still not all tha...

4. need help for severe depression

   amber1188 replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

   I wish you the best of luck and I hope that things start to turn for the better starting here with support. I agree with what another member has said that maybe you can enlist some help from other family members, friends, or neighbours. In the past...

5. need help for severe depression

   amber1188 replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

   I wish you the best of luck and I hope that things start to turn for the better starting here with support. I agree with what another member has said that maybe you can enlist some help from other family members, friends, or neighbours. In the past...

6. Crossing Professional Boundaries

   amber1188 replied to amber1188's topic in General Nursing

   I am interested in collecting ideas of how to respond to a patient when you feel that a boundary is being crossed. For example, I had a patient as me to go out for coffee after he was discharged and I was not prepared how to answer this question. I ...

7. Crossing Professional Boundaries

   amber1188 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am interested in collecting ideas of how to respond to a patient when you feel that a boundary is being crossed. For example, I had a patient as me to go out for coffee after he was discharged and I was not prepared how to answer this question. I ...

8. Potassium piggybacks

   amber1188 replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

   What I have done in the past as someone else mentioned, is I have further diluted the KCl with about 50cc NS. If slowing the rate alone does not work, then I add the NS and that does the trick. Good luck!

9. Potassium piggybacks

   amber1188 replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

   What I have done in the past as someone else mentioned, is I have further diluted the KCl with about 50cc NS. If slowing the rate alone does not work, then I add the NS and that does the trick. Good luck!

10. Practicing on each other

    amber1188 replied to ayndim's topic in General Students

    we don't practice any needles, IVs, NGs or anything really on each other. Especially not drawing blood or IV cath insertion...we need special training for that...eek!

11. Hey Canadians--Are there any nice places to stay in Ontario??

    amber1188 replied to askater11's topic in International

    somewhere that I went with my family a few years ago was French River region. Very beautiful and so relaxing. I would definitely recommend going there.

12. mid semester blues

    amber1188 replied to iliel's topic in General Students

    I'm in the same boat too! There's 3 weeks left, 7 MAJOR assignments, and here I am cruising the forum....oh well. I'll get everything done on time, but I have to preserve my sanity as well so I just make sure that I make time for me...that's all.

13. my steth is driving me CRAZY!!!

    amber1188 posted a topic in General Students

    I love my stethie, but the tubing on my neck drives me crazy! It just feels uncomfortable rubbing on my neck all the time and I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this. Is there anything that I can buy to cover the tubing? I...

14. LPNs in Canada

    amber1188 replied to naelena's topic in International

    exactly what is an LPN??? I only know RPN and RN.

15. Where are all the Canadian students?

    amber1188 replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in International

    Hi all, I'm in my 3rd of 4 years...and it seems like it's going to be a long time till April 2005 I'm in the collaborative program with McMaster-Mohawk-Conestoga, at the Connie campus. Life is busy now and in clinical I'm in OB, and things are goi...