bols27

bols27

Hopefully ICU one of these days.

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bols27 specializes in Hopefully ICU one of these days..


I was a general manager for a mid-sized car dealership making money hand over fist, until I realized cleaning up vomit was more my speed.

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  1. Worried about my nursing supplies!?

    I have a master cardiology with my initials laser engraved, no one has said anything cross to me about it. I have had a few instructors and even a resident comment on how nice of a scope I have but mostly just in passing. Who cares what people think ...
  2. 9th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    I know the punching bag was installed to help us de-stress, but she has been in here for 3 days straight...
  3. Not impressed and depressed

    Just think of nursing school as boot camp. They break you down, try to convince you that you don't know anything about anything, make the smallest of tasks considerably more complicated than they need to be, harp on you about things that seem to be u...
  4. People that enter nursing school with the goal of immediately continuing on to a non nursing or expanded nursing role are forced into going through nursing school first to enter that position. The only way to become a CRNA or NP is to become a nurse ...
  5. I just finished the LPN portion of an ADN program. I also just got a job as a PCT in an ER instead of as an LPN in LTC making considerably more money because the PCT position actually allows me to practice MANY more skills, see many more diverse case...
  6. PCTs giving injections!

    I work as a PCT in a ED and we insert and d/c foleys, do wound care, splint, EKGs, some patient teaching such as crutches, d/c IVs, and so on. About the only thing we don't do is start IVs or draw blood but our nurses RARELY draw blood either it is g...
  7. I don't understand the animosity towards students who wish to become advanced practice nurses. I understand that some will not be able to accomplish this for a variety of reasons but honestly it is just like any other profession in my opinion. Do you...
  8. Getting accepted into nursing school

    Don't worry, once you are actually accepted then you get to go through the gut wrenching glory fest of skills returns, exams, clinicals, and then the wonderful NCLEX. Oh but the fun doesn't stop there, oh no. After all of the hard work getting in and...
  9. Shocked...Confused...& Terminated=SAD "(

    I am sorry if this is a silly question, but why was administering atropine IV per the doctors order outside of your scope of practice and IM is not? I am a nursing student so this is of interest to me.
  10. How many people did you lose?

    We have our final for our first semester on Wednesday.It is a 2 year ladder program. We started with 42 in August, lost 2 after Fundamentals, 1 so far a couple of weeks ago, and probably 3-5 more after finals unless they pull off miracles. Our NCLEX ...
  11. What would the IV rate be...?

    Nashgirl, it sounds like you go to the same school as me lol. Our current instructors are terrible at writing questions but will have none of it if we try to explain why the questions are improper.
  12. Dx Cardiac Output - these crazy NANDA's!!

    I think there are some crazy nursing diagnoses...one of which being "disturbed energy field"... i mean come on. someone had to be laughing when they wrote that one, or "impaired religiosity" rip me apart all you want but these just sound silly.
  13. Urgent! Case study of the child with a burn

    I'm with Grn Tea, that dark brown urine is a classic presentation of myoglobinuria, particular attention needs to be paid to her I/O to make sure she isn't having a renal insufficiency issue. And with a burn "from the nose..." and a scratchy voice I...
  14. Question about a care plan for post-op T& A

    wouldn't the fact that the patient is 4 put them at risk for ineffective protection in and of itself? deficient knowledge seems like another one you would be able to use a lot with children.
  15. What would the IV rate be...?

    it seems to me that there is a lot of information missing in this question.