Suethestudent

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1. What do you think of Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNL)?

   Suethestudent replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Specialties

   I have never worked alongside a qualified CNL but we have had one on our unit that was a student. He was COMPLETELY clueless, had a BS in some admin type role and when asked to put in a foley he soiled his pants and fled the room claiming that he " ...

2. to email or not to email my instructor about my grade...

   Suethestudent replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

   Wow... you need to learn accountability. There is no room for 'negotiation' in a well run program. Why should you get to earn 2 points over any other pupil? Oh and for what it's worth ... if you are begging for charity to pass AP then you will be eat...

3. A patient's experience with RUDE nursing staff.. Should this be reported?

   Suethestudent replied to digoe74's topic in Relations

   I would have shouted out "I'm in here for a vaginal exam not an auditory screening.... my ears are working very well thank you". One should not feel less of a person because you are temporarily receiving financial help... it was a personal insult and...

4. offended co worker

   Suethestudent replied to frost99's topic in General Nursing

   Holy cow- this dude needs an urgent sense of humor transplant.

5. What's your favorite shoe for 12 hour shifts?

   Suethestudent replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Shape ups are awesome for your feet and wreck your knees. Google it if you don't believe me. They are an orthopedic surgeon's retirement fund due to knee hyperextension.

6. Cranial Nerves

   Suethestudent replied to srangel's topic in NCLEX

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mnemonics_for_the_cranial_nerves

7. Edema caused by hypoproteinemia

   Suethestudent replied to lhunau2's topic in Student Assist

   Think of proteins as tiny sponges that attract water from outside the blood vessels. If there are less of them (hypoproteinemia) then the extra-vascular water has no reason to move into the blood stream and it builds up causing edema.

8. NEED SOME ADVICE!!

   Suethestudent replied to scrubboy1974's topic in Male Students

   Just a heads up... I know of no facilities that will allow you to be in a working or student role without a BLS because a family member can turn on a dime and change their POA to state that you HAVE to full code their 98year old uncle who has demen...

9. Problems with therapy staff......?????

   Suethestudent replied to lpnwkids's topic in Geriatric

   As regards interrupting your med pass, I suggest you arm yourself with a nice phrase such as "Evidence based practice has shown that interruptions during a med pass are the primary cause of medication errors so you may consult with me when I have com...

10. How I got my (new grad) job...

    Suethestudent replied to Hootnhollern's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome story! Best of luck in your orientation and future career.

11. giving report

    Suethestudent replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

    I believe I work with his identical twin... I recommend you grab a tape recorder, tape report and hand it to him on the way out the door. Some people thrive on being obnoxious so don't feed his appetite.

12. cvicu to neuro icu

    Suethestudent replied to pcw rn's topic in General Nursing

    Neuro is awfully hard... be very careful you know exactly what you are getting into because it is basically nursing home work for 80%+ of the time. I hope you like lots of HEAVY lifting, bed linen changing and Q4 neuro checks on aphasic, immobile, in...

13. A New Recruitment Trend?

    Suethestudent replied to Wishinonastar's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of these job posts are just agencies trying to bulk up their books. I think you will find that a lot of the posts are 'bait-and-switch' so they say "RN1s needed for SICU/PACU sign-on bonus etc etc" and then you contact the agency and they will ...

14. Please, please set me straight!

    Suethestudent replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Student Assist

    This.Is.Perfection. LMAO

15. Is chemistry important to become a nurse?

    Suethestudent replied to strawberryluv's topic in Pre-Nursing

    We are basically a tube surrounded by a variety of complex chemical processes. We have a one unit pH range that we must maintain or we die. We intake and output a vast array of electrolytes and expect it to all balance out. So yeah I think chemistry ...