AZirish

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1. Private duty patient orientation

   AZirish replied to middleagednurse's topic in Private Duty

   Agree with JustBeachy. I'm experienced PDN, but not trach/vent. I would ask for either in office training before or to be met at the pt house for orientation.

2. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

   AZirish replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Private Duty

   I'm also a private duty nurse. If you are being asked by the family to do something outside the written protocols in the plan of care, then document that in your chart and contact your clinical supervisor in the agency. It may be possible for new ...

3. It Ain't Like The Movies!

   AZirish replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

   That actually happened to my Mom during surgery to remove a huge tumor. Surgeon owned up to it, saying it was his decision to do that rather than replace it with PMMA or another prosthetic flap. Eight years later and she's doing great! We never did...

4. It Ain't Like The Movies!

   AZirish replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

   My husband puts the show on pause to say "okay, what would really happen?" and he is already indoctrinated to yell "that's not a shockable rhythm!" at the screen. Good times!

5. Do you dream about work?

   AZirish replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry, it's not at all unusual to dream about working. When I sold jewelry at Christmas (way back when) I would sell jewelry all night in my sleep!

6. Nauseous vs Nauseated (another grammar lesson)

   AZirish replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   This made me laugh aloud! (Out loud? Discuss. ). Love it!

7. mature student

   AZirish replied to weebarra73's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm 49 and a new grad! Look at it this way... you're going to turn 45 someday. Turn 45 as a nurse, or still dreaming of being one. Go do it!

8. What to wear to lab/clinical training.

   AZirish replied to studentnursemon86's topic in General Students

   We had to wear our scrubs for lab... we had to dress for lab exactly as we would for a clinical day. Badge and all.

9. So Frustrated I Could Cry..

   AZirish replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

   So happy for you! Happy for the time off and happy for you that you spoke up and were respected!

10. Help with Nursing diagnoses

    AZirish replied to aimes.k559's topic in Student Assist

    Just wondering....are your clinical experiences completely separate from the rest of your program? If not, I think you should let someone know that you are being told NOT to use NANDA diagnoses. I doubt your school wants the students confused that ...

11. What is a "passing grade" for your nursing program?

    AZirish replied to aspiringrn1987's topic in General Students

    Ours is a 76% on exams and a 76 overall. We cannot use non-exam grades to boost our exam grade.

12. Conducting a group in psych clinical

    AZirish replied to LoriRNCM's topic in Student Assist

    We had to lead groups also. We were allowed to do art therapy, so we had our group do art journaling and we brought the supplies. Some people did relaxation exercises, written journaling, aroma therapy, etc. our had to be relating to coping with str...

13. First Clinical Jitters

    AZirish replied to ellaballet's topic in General Students

    You will probably have jitters every single clinical day from now on, I know I did, but that's okay! From what I understand, the jitters get worse when you start your first job as a nurse! Lol Do everything you can to help your nurse and other nu...

14. Block 4 maricopa community college advice

    AZirish replied to Spunj13's topic in Arizona

    I am finishing Block 4 now. We only had two days between block 3 and 4, but knowing what I know now, I would have taken an ACLS class. I had a difficult time reading the EKG strips and distinguishing the different rhythms. I can also suggest readi...

15. Which MCCCD Nursing Programs?

    AZirish replied to e_mac682's topic in Arizona

    There is a lot of information on the AZ BON site. Here is a multi year comparison of schools. http://www.azbn.gov/Documents/education/Statewide%20NCLEX%20Results%20%202008-2013%20WEB%20Amended.pdf