Racey328

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1. Why Many nurses are No-Codes

   Racey328 replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Geriatric

   Why do families torture their ones? I know there is a fear of letting go and not doing "all that you can", but geez do they really want to live this way? I had a resident that had a CVA, but was alert and the family put her on hospice, NPO, nothing...

2. Your desired specialty

   Racey328 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I always hated cardiac, however I did 3 semesters on a cardiac tele unit and found my calling. The fact of the matter is there is not really a job market right now so here I sit working in LTC. It is terrible. The whole corp. is more interested in...

3. Seeking opinions on 35:1 patient ratio.

   Racey328 replied to VSsn's topic in Geriatric

   It really does depend on the shift. I work 3rd shift with roughly 50 residents, which is okay as long as you have someone else there to help out if needed when things go wrong. First or second shift 30 is about the max I would go. You would have to ...

4. General nursing question

   Racey328 replied to LAROCCAMOM's topic in General Nursing

   Med. surg for sure, but cardiac has give you alot of experience to because EVERYONE has a cardiac history and sometimes are on cardiac floors for other things.

5. How did you organize your week as a full-time nursing student?

   Racey328 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

   First things first. You can NOT do it all. Trust me, I am in my last semester of nursing school. I thought it was bad in the beginning and now it's even worse. I thank my wonderful husband everyday, but I am just recently married and I did my fir...

6. Patients paying for TV service in the hospital

   Racey328 replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

   Yup we do this, but they can get the basic channels for free. If they want to upgrade its $6 or more if they want movies. I think it is crazy, but everyone is just trying to make a buck.

7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   Racey328 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   That is SICK! What would make a person think to do something like that? Gross seriously my stomach just turned.

8. 4th yr placement: HIV/AIDS Services, Hematology and Oncology!

   Racey328 replied to Jenthenutritionnut's topic in General Nursing

   First of all CONGRATS! Oncology- Chemo precautions, how to manage side effects of chemo & radiation, different types of chemo & radiation and the precautions you need to teach your patients, what to do in case of a spill, pallitive care, DRUG...

9. PICC lines

   Racey328 posted a topic in General Students

   Could anyone tell me why we should use a 10mL syring on PICC lines?