threelittlebirds

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1. Nurses are superhuman!

   threelittlebirds replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   My first three years of nursing school, I was sick (miserably sick!!!) for a week every two months. Sinus infections, tonsillitis, colds, the flu...Now that I'm finishing up my fourth year, I haven't been sick for a very long time! I guess my body fi...

2. how do you think my interview went?

   threelittlebirds replied to Sh0rtyking's topic in Job Hunt

   Sounds like it went very well :) Hang in there, good luck!!!!!

3. How to interpret ecg strips

   threelittlebirds replied to nurserider's topic in NCLEX

   Honestly, I couldn't "get" ECGs until I took ACLS and PALS and had to memorize them. My instructors taught them, but I never really understood until I sat down with the material right in front of me and took practice test after practice test. PALS ha...

4. Junior in high school, interested in becoming a nurse but confused!

   threelittlebirds replied to lwang's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Something else to consider- going out of state for your education. The college I am graduating from has an excellent nursing program, and it was not difficult to get into, if your grades are good. (I had a GPA of 3.5, I think, when I got in- minimum ...

5. Junior in high school, interested in becoming a nurse but confused!

   threelittlebirds replied to lwang's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Okay, I'm not comfortable with the personal judgments going on in this thread, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. This forum is not, contrary to popular belief, about exchanging harsh judgments. Sorry, OP, that you're seeing this- shouldn't h...

6. New RN, what kind of makeup can I use to cover a tattoo?

   threelittlebirds replied to lilybug12's topic in New Nurse

   My boyfriend has to cover his tattoos, and he wears long-sleeved underarmour heat gear. It actually keeps him cooler. They also make flesh colored sleeves that you can wear just on that arm to cover tattoos, and maybe a bandaid (of whatever size) on ...

7. going rate of pay for dialysis nurses

   threelittlebirds replied to aellisrn's topic in Urology

   New grad, northwest, acute/chronic, $23/hour. Hope this helps!

8. SCALE DRAMA

   threelittlebirds replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   Mine too! About 10 lbs when you factor in clothes and some food in your gut. As much as I realize that they don't care, I don't want that number on my record!

9. "But for me, 98.4 means I have a fever...."

   threelittlebirds replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   I can see how it can get really annoying with people behaving this way...but I know how it feels to be on the other side of it. I was in urgent care once for what my primary care later determined was panic disorder, complaining of palpitations and fe...

10. I caught a cheating classmate

    threelittlebirds replied to eclinicgal's topic in Pre-Nursing

    There are still people in my nursing class (graduating in 8 weeks) who cheated their way through a&p and who knows how many other classes. Our school has a 95-100% NCLEX pass rate. I sure hope it catches up with them, but I don't think it ever wi...

11. Pursuing Primary Care: MD vs NP

    threelittlebirds replied to Loux's topic in General Nursing

    You will likely get a lot more time with your patients as an NP...and the focus of care is very different. It's a lot more holistic, caring for the whole person as opposed to treating a clinical disease process. Are you in a nursing program? Do you l...

12. What does the RN do all day?

    threelittlebirds replied to nolamomx2's topic in Urology

    Wow! I'm doing my final clinical rotation in dialysis and it is nothing like this...all LPNs and RNs, mixture of acute and chronic, no more than 4 patients/nurse...in a hospital, I always get a lunch break...Plenty of time to assess and talk to the p...

13. So I guess it is true...

    threelittlebirds replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    Perhaps in the future, you will compare your skills to those around you and perform ongoing self evaluation...so as to not be reliant on the preceptors who've failed you.

14. So I guess it is true...

    threelittlebirds replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Students

    Of course the clinical instructor can be wrong. But so can you. You solicited advice on a public forum, and you're getting it. I'm sorry that every person who reads your posts does not agree with your perspective. But I do not think it is appropriat...

15. Feeling pretty negligent and the size of an ant right now

    threelittlebirds replied to mLPN79's topic in Safety

    Can I ask what they were investigating/how it all turned out? Glad it's worked out for you and you're feeling better, knowing it wasn't your fault :)