dawn30

dawn30 has 5 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

   dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not the kind of parent who jumps in and tries to solve all of my daughters problems. She's in 10th grade and this is the first time I have felt the need to speak with a teacher. If this was the first time my daughter complained about her and some...

2. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

   dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks everyone for the advice. I do intend to speak with this insturctor. My daughter has recently been on the fence about becoming a nurse and I fear that this instructor is going to push her over. I'd hate for her to make the decision not to go in...

3. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

   dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

   I wrote this here to get some insight from MY peers. I'm a nurse too. I'm not just some schmoe who jumped on allnurses to complain about my daughters NURSING instructor. I thought I might get some helpful replies as to why some nurses like to see the...

4. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

   dawn30 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My daughter is a sophmore in high school. She is enrolled in the biomed. academy at her school and most of what she is learning is geared toward becoming a nurse. Her instructor is a retired nurse and takes great joy in making her students feel inade...

5. I am being written up!

   dawn30 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing is a thankless job. I have been working at my current job for nearly 2 years and I don't believe I've ever heard a "good Job" or you're going great from any of the administration. My fellow floor nurses, now that's a different story. We pat e...

6. I Gotta Learn to Speak the Language!

   dawn30 replied to skwlpn's topic in General Nursing

   I had a pt call sugar diabetis " sugar bata beetus" cracked me up

7. Everyone's laughing except me.

   dawn30 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

   Hey foley placement is not easy especially on women. don't beat yourself up over this. Everyone at one time or another has missed and placed the cath in the wrong "spot". think of it this way... 90% of the procedures you can do with your eyes closed,...

8. Pediatric LTC

   dawn30 replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I was in nursing school, we did our peds clinical rotation in a pedi LTC. It was a very difficult place to work. Extremely sad. you will gain a lot of experience with trachs etc. and that is fantastic if you are planning to make a career of ped...

9. scared out of my mind about tomorrow!

   dawn30 replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

   It wasn't that long ago that I was in the same postion you are in right now. I too was terrified! The biggest tip I can give you is ... the only stupid question is the question you didn't ask because you thought it was a stupid question. The experien...

10. Ever Gag or Vimit While Doing the Job?

    dawn30 replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    I had a cancer pt. with gas once who decided to let go while I was changing him. I gagged through it but finished the job. Some odors get to me much more than others but you do learn to deal with it... try mouth breathing and humming something under ...

11. Failed Drug Test!!!!!!

    dawn30 replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    Everywhere I've ever been and taken a drug test, they ask you to fill out a form with a list of all prescription drugs you are taking on it. If any of them come up on the test, they already know that you've listed it and only have to ask for verifica...

12. Ugh-worst thing I've ever done to a patient...

    dawn30 replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    I've broken ribs during CPR before. It's a terrible feeling. And of course you cringe every time you have to do another compression after you know you've already broken at least one rib. Lucky for you, your pt lived. Unfortunately, the last one I had...

13. Med decisions in LTC

    dawn30 replied to thaddeus2241's topic in Geriatric

    Most of the docs do listen to us. We are their eyes and ears after all. Very rarely do I have a doc argue with me over the phone or completely disregard what I'm saying. They know that we know our patients better than they do.

14. How do I manage difficult CNAs?

    dawn30 replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Geriatric

    I found myself in a very similar situation when I started my job at the LTC I'm currently working in. I have been there for over a year now and finally seem to have earned the respect of the CNA's. I was a newbie fresh out of school and this was my f...

15. So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    dawn30 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the media should be tipped off to this little game. I'd write a letter to my local newspaper and make sure every news station in the country got a copy of it. It is outragous to treat anyone that way. What happened to the right to rectra...