kenni

kenni

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  1. Do you correct your professor?

    remember that theory (textbook) is far different from practicum (real world). you might even find textbooks that contradict eachother. also nursing practices are constantly changing. I say this because rarely is anything in nursing concrete. so b...
  2. Patients and the race card

    I hate when ppl make accusations of "pulling the race card". no one pulls the race card. if they say something it's because they feel they have been wronged or mistreated. we sometimes do things we aren't even aware of. but I guarantee you don't k...
  3. Young Looking Nurses

    if you work in pediatrics, the teenagers will DEFINATELY test you!
  4. LVNs training RNs???

    she may be an LVN and you're an RN but guess what: an LVN with years of experience can do more than an RN with no experience. you may not get to utilize all your nursing skills, but no one will do every skill everyday. things like not wearing glove...
  5. as long as they are not referring to themselves as RNs or LVNs, there is nothing wrong or illegal. nursing has been around long before it was recognized as a profession and regulated. mothers and grandmothers have been nursing their families withou...
  6. Is anatomy one of the toughest courses for nursing?

    learning the parts of the body is the easy part. learning how they work together and when they are sick, THAT'S the hard part!
  7. I find it kind of odd to call an instructor by their first name. even when I was taking courses for another major I only called professors by their first names if they requested it. IDK it's a certain level of respect.
  8. What a blow to my ego

    I totally feel for you! there are a few nurses at my facility that like to eat new nurses. I thought it was just me until I talked to other nurses about it. I guess it made them feel smart that their 20 yrs of experience knew more than someone with n...
  9. just like any insurance, it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. however, I think a nurse working for an institution is less likely to be sued. contrary to belief, nurses are NOT rich and a complaintant could get mor...
  10. Well, No Nursing for Me

    most schools do require an exit test, like HESI. most require an 850, but my school requires a 900! all students who fail it are usually in between and find it unfair because if they were in another program they would be walking with their friends. ...
  11. What is so bad about STATS?

    I am VERY good in math, algebra, trig, calculus, etc. I would make 100s in math, especially drug cal. I struggled with statistics! IDK what it is... for some reason I just couldn't get it! I called my uncle, a college math professor, to tutor me a...
  12. Do you see a generational gap in nursing?

    I completely understand and agree. a lot of them are just in it for the money. I finished school in my late 20s, but even in school I saw how the barely-legal students always complained about the work, why do they have to do care plans, why do they ...
  13. I believe this site says it is open to all nurses, nursing students, nurse aides, and ppl aspiring to be nurses some day.
  14. I hear this and this discussion all the time. we are all NURSING, that is our job. not until the days of florence nightengale did it become a "profession". nurse midwives were around long before there was a curriculum for it. I personally don't h...
  15. Fluid restrictions vs Patient rights

    one of the most important things I learned in nursing school was how quick we are to label a pt. noncompliant. noncompliance comes with a stigma. let's try to find the root of why a patient is not complying with medical advice and see if there is a...