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  1. RN tattoo

    I have Betty Boop as a nurse with my name,RN and my graduation year. I got Betty about 2 yrs ago and my name added last year when I graduated and passed boards
  2. CNAs or no CNAs? Primary or Team? What do you think?

    As a CNA i have wondered the same thing. CNA's usually have 15-20 patients (noc shift) and are under 3-4 nurses. I have gotten asked on more than one occasion where I was when I was helping another nurse because that nurse needed help too. Don't get ...
  3. Correct me - MRSA

    When I first started my CNA classes my instructor would always talk about an infection called "Mercer" we needed to be aware of. Not having any education, I kept googling and trying to research Mercer to no avail. I did not know what she was talking ...
  4. OB Clinicals in 3 weeks!

    Hello, I am doing my OB rotation now and I wouls say be prepared to know the different standards of vitals signs for the newborn and also about fetal heart tones. I don't know if you have had an OB lecture yet, but these nurses assume you have some k...
  5. Respiratory Rate

    When I am doing an apical pulse rate, I listen to the breaths after I am done counting the heart rate. Same theory as the previous poster, the pt thinks you are counting their hr, but with a stethoscope on, usually they don't speak to you. Hope this ...
  6. For Peds Nurses

    Thank you so much for your time. I really appreciate it. It is easy to teach them out of a book, but helping me to share real life treatments is invaluable information. Thanks again.
  7. For Peds Nurses

    Hello, I am a sophmore nursing student and I am doing a presentation tomorrow on femur fractures in children for my clinical group. My question is I have all the general infomation dx, tx and such but I was wondering if there were any hints or tips t...
  8. Can Your Nurses Stop a Surgeon

    As an employee of Advocate Health, I work as a CNA on a post surgical unit and I can tell you that we are very committed to doing the timeouts everytime. We do them 3 times, on the unit, in the holding area, and right before the procedure begins. The...
  9. CNA input please

    1. I really admire someone who doesn't talk down to me and that teaches me things. As a nursing student, I appreciate that. Also, someone who can tell the supervisor or whoever needs to be told no. When you have 2 nurses 18pts and one aide, we really...
  10. i couldn't have said it better myself...thanks for this comment!
  11. Chicago ADN programs

    Hello, I attend Prairie State College in Chicago Heights and right now I can say that there is a waiting list to get in there. I had to repeat second semester with about 30 others, and we had to do a lottery system to see who would get in and the re...
  12. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    As a CNA myself, I can not fathom the idea of taking on a position such as this one....very scary. As a mother, be a thorn in the school districts side and continue to follow up. If you don't get answers soon, go to the state. This is such an unsafe ...
  13. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    I am not a nurse, yet, but when I was in clinical this past Wednesday my instructor told me I charted too specifically. I put that the pts wound was on "the right side of his abdomen."
  14. Quick help, please.

    This was my first thought, too.
  15. Anyone sew their own scrubs?

    My dear mom made some scrub tops for me using a "Sew Easy" pattern...however either she made the head hole too small or I have a big head because my head did not fit in them..lol. After some adjusting, I got many compliments on them because they are ...