Tristan Young

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1. Health Assessment

   Tristan Young replied to cupcake231's topic in General Students

   Don't know about you but i'm a visual learner. Watch vids... ask your instructor to demo an assessment!

2. Should I continue or should I not?????

   Tristan Young replied to nancypants's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, try! Being a health professional is awesome. Just think of the job security and the portability of being a nurse. Before i was in nursing school i was a waiter and hated every minute of it. I lived tip to tip... go for it. Just think how prou...

3. What do you wear to class?

   Tristan Young replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

   I know my university has a dress code for clinical placements.... (if i'm on the floor it is scrubs, and for research or professional days is dress cloths, professional entire) for lectures i usual's dress comfortably!

4. Have any males experienced what I am feeling now being in nursing school?

   Tristan Young replied to lum917's topic in Male Students

   Totally hear what your saying.... Sucks being male. I had a have a good on the trauma unit and there are a few dudes that i have boned with... So nice not talking about make up and dates...lol! I have learned allot on how to let things roll of there ...

5. was i wrong?

   Tristan Young replied to Lissacheer87's topic in General Nursing

   I think that's high... was it frank d/c? how else did she present? I know allot of reg. staff ask my instructor stuff! She has been working for a while and has the respect of the floor staff... I would ask the nursing instructor, " Did i miss somet...

6. Practicums/Clinicals

   Tristan Young replied to Caity3453's topic in International

   thats funny, lol how did you like your long term care placement? man i hated am care

7. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   Tristan Young replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Hate to say it... as a male in nursing, i think things role off our back easier... Each person has a right to there opinon and practice. As long as one follows best practice and site policy for their nursing care... I always try to ensure that i h...

8. NG Tube placement and tube feeds??/ (M)

   Tristan Young replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   good for you to check... MY instructor is super anal about checking placement just for this reason... I was taught there are 5 methods 1. check the marking on the tube 2. air bolus 3. gastric aspirate 4. litmus paper test (gastric PH) 5. last but n...

9. Practicums/Clinicals

   Tristan Young replied to Caity3453's topic in International

   All i can say is that i'm older (24) and i went back to school. I think my life experience helped me. I feel i could establish rapport better with my pt. Not only that i knew i did not want to wait on tables anymore! i have more focus

10. Failing Clinical... What is a friend to do?

    Tristan Young replied to missrebecca's topic in General Students

    man try to keep out of it... remember 6 degrees of separation... don't make waves for your self unless you have concrete evidence to back it up! why do you think we chart?

11. Need some advice.

    Tristan Young replied to hotpinkkel's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hey head up! year my first 3 years sucked but now that i'm almost done its awesome! there are so many avenues i could do! community, mental health, programs coordinating, schools, audits, government..ect. not all nurse work in the hospital. My degre...

12. patients who leave the floor against doctors orders

    Tristan Young replied to hijabiRN's topic in General Nursing

    At the end of the day we are suppose to advocate for our pt. We need to respect there decision!!! That why our site has a legal document " refusal of medical treatment" have them sign it and bye bye.

13. nursing clinical skills video....plz help

    Tristan Young replied to ayaksah's topic in General Nursing

    I hated using my faculty "intranet"... but it did help me. Do you have one at your school?

14. Assessment - seriously what are you supposed to do?

    Tristan Young replied to SparkleRN's topic in Student Assist

    Man that sucks! I feel your pain! In my senior placement i had a clinical instructor that totally scared the living poop out of us! In retrospec it was the best experience of my life. He taught us to never to take short cuts on assessments and to a...