OrlyRose1992

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1. Did you have to brush your classmates teeth?

   OrlyRose1992 replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

   Bahaha We did catheter care on each other. . (using plastic bottles with the catheter taped to the bottle) but a classmate had to have the plastic bottle between their legs so we could learn to drape someone correctly so we didn't expose the patient!...

2. Nurse Call button misused once again

   OrlyRose1992 replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   Hahaha. If a boyfriend of mine (or future husband) showed up at my work to ask for advil I'd give him directions to a CVS pharmacy or a walgreens!

3. Name a stupid policy/idea your facility thought would fly

   OrlyRose1992 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   In an assisted living i worked at the caregivers (who had no medical license or weren't even american citizens and couldn't speak or read English) were allowed to hand out schedule 4 drugs to patients!!! (I'm surprised it's still going on . . . but i...

4. A Father's Tears

   OrlyRose1992 replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. How touching. I don't know what it is like to lose a child, let alone have a child. This can teach a lot of how people act in situations. Although the father was described as "macho" he is still a human being with human emotions. I know people t...

5. "But for me, 98.4 means I have a fever...."

   OrlyRose1992 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   *facepalm* Gotta love the drama queens in this field!!!! haha!!! I wouldve gone to the ICU nurse and had them explain to her that 100- 115 is normal for a child of 3 years!!!

6. Why such high new RN turnover?

   OrlyRose1992 replied to Calder's topic in New Nurse

   I am a CNA and I have worked for almost a year as such. I see benefit because you get to watch nurses in action. I also took an acute care CNA class that allowed me hospital clinic time! I learned so much from the RN's in the Emergency room even thou...