Plasticgloworm

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1. Working with hand stitches

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all so much, you've helped alleviate my guilt about calling off. Plus, within the last seven hours it's started hurting like a ***** and I can just see myself crying trying to lift someone. I do agree that nothing is more important than my ...

2. Working with hand stitches

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for all your help guys! I

3. Working with hand stitches

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, and by the way, the stitches are still oozing. Not sure if that makes a whole lot of difference, but I guess at the end of the day it really doesn't matter since I already called off.

4. Working with hand stitches

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an assisted living home, we don't have any medical supplies like tegaderm or the like. Plus they say to keep your stitches dry for the first 24 hrs, and not to scrub your hands, just rinse them under water. I'm fairly ocd about hand washing...

5. Working with hand stitches

   Plasticgloworm posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone! Yesterday was a very exciting day for me, I have a lovely head cold and was trying to do the dishes. I let out a massive sneeze and shattered a glass cup in the sink, giving myself a nasty 2 inch and fairly deep laceration on my finge...

6. Short semester A&P, kicking myself in the tush!!

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks everybody for your advice and most importantly, your words of encouragement!! It really appreciate all of your help, and I'm going to stay focused and do my best.

7. Short semester A&P, kicking myself in the tush!!

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I found the flashcards that were recommended, and hopefully they will help. I've just been studying as much as I can, hoping the material will stick. By the way, my professor likes to remind us all that this is a short semester class, and we have ver...

8. Short semester A&P, kicking myself in the tush!!

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in Pre-Nursing

   My class is 6 and 1/2 weeks long. My thing is trying to figure out how to study. It seems like quite a bit to retain in the short amount of time that I have. I am fully committed to this class, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to study. Any...

9. Short semester A&P, kicking myself in the tush!!

   Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thanks! :-) I'm not going to drop this class, for sure. It's just daunting because it's so fast paced.

10. Short semester A&P, kicking myself in the tush!!

    Plasticgloworm posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    Hello all! Because taking a summer semester of A&P I will help me save a year getting into the program, I decided to be gung-ho so that I could take II in the fall. I'm already regretting my decision, but trying to give myself t...

11. Inept Supervisors

    Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

    amyrose, I completely understand where you're coming from. Many people are intimidated by those of us who have a solid knowledge base, and prefer to think instead of just do. Critical thinking skills are a part of every healthcare job, and if I don'...

12. Inept Supervisors

    Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I asked when the hospice nurse brought it, and she told us to keep it in the narc box with the rest of the narcs. I was under the impression that it had to be refrigerated as well.

13. Inept Supervisors

    Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much. As I continue to look for a new job, I will document every infraction that I see. I'm not sure going up the chain of command will help, but I will definitely try it. Thanks, you are all awesome :-).

14. Inept Supervisors

    Plasticgloworm replied to Plasticgloworm's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your input, it means a lot to me. Unfortunately, the company I work with is rotten to the core. The area supervisor hangs out with my area supervisor on a regular basis. They have created a "paper trail" on me, by writing me up for trivi...

15. Things that patients say that make me smile!

    Plasticgloworm replied to ninaricci's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient that was born in 1909. He only passed a couple of weeks ago. Whenever I asked him to transfer to the W/C, he would say, "get in the buggy?!". I finally asked him, "when did you get your first car?" "1922". "what kind of car was it?" "...