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  1. Getting kids to take premed

    Hi allnurses. What are some tips and tricks that you use to get young children to take oral premed? So far I say something along the lines of "I made some goofy juice for you" and give it to their parents to give to them in either a small plastic cup...
  2. I had a guidance counselor in high school tell me I could not be a nurse if I wasn't good at chemistry, which was devastating for me to hear as high school student. I had to re-do it, but so what? Goes to show she knew nothing about nursing other tha...
  3. Help! Do I have to do this?

    My unit has two RN staff on day shift, one with a pt assignment and one in-charge. Today my unit's regular charge nurse phoned me asking if I could take a shift for her. I accepted under the impression that I would work the floor and the other RN who...
  4. tell me about your most embarrassing job interview!

    I had a one-on-one interview for a CNA job while I was in nursing school. The interviewer asked me something along the lines of "Tell me about a difficult situation and how you managed to over come it". The only thing I could think of was how a few d...
  5. The Nightmare known as Psychiatric Care Part One

    An interesting read, thanks for the post. I've never heard of the wet sheet treatment before. -onthejourney
  6. probably something in the health care field- dental hygenist, registered massage therapist
  7. What are you really good at?

    I'm a new nurse so i'm not the best at IVs or phlebotomy, but I'd like to think I give good care. I always try to lotion up those dry legs and take care of those chin hairs on the little old ladies!
  8. What makes nursing stressful for you?

    -having to search for things to do my job (the med isn't here- gotta call pharmacy, have to search the unit for the vital signs machine) -different disciplines adding work for nursing (nursing now has to pass out boost drinks with medpass, oh now you...
  9. Online ACLS certification?

    I took the AHA online ACLS certification in March 2011 as a fourth year RN student. The material was challenging since it was my first time working with ECGs strips and heart rhythms and advanced cardiac pharmacology. There were some modules where yo...
  10. Would you do this for someone else?

    I'm a new grad. I just realized I forgot to sign off on a 0600hr g-feed that I gave. I just phoned and spoke with the nurse who came on after me and asked her if she could just put my initials beside it for me on the MAR. She said ok, but what I am w...
  11. quick PICC questions

    1) Should you always choose to infuse into the large PICC lumen vs the small? and what is the purpose of having a small and large lumen, why not just have two lumens the same size? 2) Also, can you access and flush one of the lumens while an infusion...
  12. nursing etiquette question

    Hi all. I am a brand new RN on a slow stream rehab floor. I just thought of an interaction that I had with a patient and was wondering your opinions on it. I entered a patient's room to administer some afternoon meds. A family member was visiting and...
  13. Very Strange Question

    wear sunscreen
  14. Pre-grad blues :(

    Hi allnurses. I'm in my last semester of nursing school on a medical floor and so far I've cried twice on the floor, both during the morning medpass. One time was with my preceptor when I had to give a medication through a sc butterfly and I was conf...
  15. Hi all. I'm a nursing student doing my final practicum on a medical floor. Today I was helping a nurse change a pt's brief and I saw a trick I'd never seen before. Not sure of the pt's dx, but he was not alert to person place or time and I knew that ...