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1. What to do when your patient adores you?

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   This is more of what my previous post was directed to. This sounds like I have been continuously doing something that I should be getting in trouble for. Like I keep putting my hand in the cookie jar not caring that I shouldn't do it. Which is why I ...

2. What to do when your patient adores you?

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   Ok, this topic needs to be closed by a moderator. Honestly, I do feel these posts are being very judgemental. To answer your questions, NO, it was never discussed with my clinical instructor or any other faculty member. So I did not know protocol or...

3. What to do when your patient adores you?

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   I appreciate everyone's feedback. It gave me some ideas to bypass sticky situations. I think I will tell them something, as mentioned above, in a matter of fact tone of voice, something like "I'm sorry, it is against our school policy to give out any...

4. What to do when your patient adores you?

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   Elderly is generally defined by many definitions; some will say 60 is the magic number, while others will say 65, and others will say 80. Everyone has their own definitions of what they consider it to be. It is also not based solely off of a specific...

5. What to do when your patient adores you?

   dsf43 posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my first semester of nursing school and I have my clinicals on the Med Surg floor of a hospital. So far I have had 3 different patients and they have all absolutely loved me; I do not say this in a cocky way. I am just super nice to them, I'm...

6. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

   dsf43 replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

   "Yesterday you said you were feeling blue. Tell me more about how you are feeling green today." Therapeutic communication.. haha

7. Question on giving a full bed bath

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   Thanks everyone for the quick replies. I'm gonna make sure to wear them for now evertime I give a bath now. I would rather wear them than not anyway so it's good to know.

8. Question on giving a full bed bath

   dsf43 posted a topic in General Students

   In lecture, we were told to not wear gloves when we perform bed baths unless coming into contact with bodily fluids or feces, or open wounds. So basically no gloves giving the bed bath until we are about to give perineal care/change the brief. The re...

9. First day of Nursing School..

   dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

   Thank you Esme12. I am glad we can refocus on the initial topic. To answer some questions on the app Notability- It is a great app, although I have only used it this once so far. But I have played with it for a bit. Basically the whole gist: Kinda h...

10. First day of Nursing School..

    dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone for all your positive feedback. I did let the negativity momentarily bring me down, but I bounced right back! To everyone that hasn't had your first day, I wish you the best of luck! Go in with a good attitude, be organized and ready ...

11. First day of Nursing School..

    dsf43 replied to dsf43's topic in General Students

    Sorry, Nursing_Mamacita and triquee, I think you guys got my post mixed up with another that wanted your negative feedback. You're sarcasm/jokes are in a negative light which are not really appreciated nor amusing. Contrary, I find them a bit offensi...

12. First day of Nursing School..

    dsf43 posted a topic in General Students

    ...and it was a SUCCESS! I enjoyed every minute of it, even the parts where the lecture got boring haha. For the first half of the class, I was taking notes by hand even though I had brought my Ipad to take notes. The second half after my hand was ti...

13. "Over studying"

    dsf43 replied to britthohenbrink's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I think you can over study. As in, if you study for like 8 hours straight and you're studying because you know you need to study. You eventually reach that point where the information isn't sticking anymore, but you're still studying because you know...

14. Who's getting EXCITED!!??

    dsf43 replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    I have already reached this point. I had orientation two weeks ago and it feels more real now. I still had the 'this isn't real' feeling as I was purchasing all my supplies and doing the vaccine requirements before orientation. Now I am just super ex...

15. What is the average of a nursing student?

    dsf43 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    I am 22, but when I went to my orientation, I noticed a lot of people probably in the age range between 25-45. To put it in perspective (granted that having kids does not in anyway shape or form give an accurate read of the ages of anyone!), but when...