intothecosmos

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1. Texas Tech FNP Fall 2017

   intothecosmos replied to jvasqu02's topic in NP Students

   I was wondering if anyone had been admitted into the spring PNP program for 2018. I wanted to know what the booklist was, can you send me an email? [email protected]. I know the book list will change, but I wanted to start reading ahead and I don...

2. Texas Tech FNP Fall 2018

   intothecosmos replied to mcnini77's topic in NP Students

   Hi, I was just excepted into the Peds NP program in spring of 2019. Was wondering about the book list. I wanted to get ahead in my reading. I'm going to send you an email...oh and I'm from the DFW area. I work in Fort Worth, live in Crowley.

3. What prompts you to suction a trach....?

   intothecosmos replied to bella14k's topic in Student Assist

   Snot rocket was my favorite answer. If you've ever been hit by wads of phlegm, you know exactly when you should suction, or duck. :) And I agree with everyone else. Wheezing is associated with constriction of the bronchial passages, what every person...

4. Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

   intothecosmos replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   I went to the ER once for the worse abdominal pain I had ever had. Felt like someone was stabbing me in my right ovary. I thought maybe I had appendicitis. I was at work at the time of the initial pain and my supervisor told me I needed to be seen. A...

5. Fake crying and bad acting in the ER

   intothecosmos replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   My favorite was when I was walking a woman to the bathroom to collect a urine sample, and she decided to "pass out" directly in front of the nurses station on our way back to her room. It was all I could do to catch her, the urine and her IV bag.

6. Buffets in emesis basins?

   intothecosmos replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   One of our main water mains broke in a hospital I used to work in, so we had to fill up a bunch of urinals with water for the employees to drink from while they fixed it.

7. Death at Clinical

   intothecosmos replied to NICUnurse21's topic in General Students

   Sometimes death is hard to deal with. When I was in school for my paramedic license, I was on a call that involved a drive by shooting. The teenager was flailed out on the couch with blood coming out of his nose and mouth, multiple gunshots to his en...

8. Buying from co-workers (never again)

   intothecosmos replied to Emergent's topic in Relations

   Heh, I bought Girl Scout cookies from one of my co-workers. I bought 5 boxes and somehow only got 4 and a half. Seems her kids got into one of the boxes and ate half of it before she realized what they had done. I let it slide, but I did have a good ...

9. Patient Entitlement

   intothecosmos replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   I worked in a clinic once and there was a traffic accident in the parking lot that dumped 3 teenagers out of the bed of a pickup truck. Most of the employees ran outside to help so of course it stalled the people who had come to the clinic to be seen...

10. What to do about a classmate that is a pathological liar?

    intothecosmos replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    There's tons of reasons he might not show up in registration... misspelled name, changed his name, he goes by his middle name but registered under his real name, etc. For awhile you couldn't find me either because I had gotten married and it took the...

11. What to do about a classmate that is a pathological liar?

    intothecosmos replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    Not illegal for him to call himself a paramedic or even a nurse for that matter. It's only illegal if he tries to work as one when he's not. Since he has a job as a medic he most likely is a medic. You can't just get a job anywhere without showing yo...

12. Top 10 Reasons We Get Fired: Sleeping on duty

    intothecosmos replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work for a nurse manager that had everyone do this. If we sat down for half a second, she would find something for us to do. It was torture. I can understand productivity, but to force people to rearrange the supply room or get on all fours...

13. Burnt out on studying - how to recharge?

    intothecosmos replied to Baubo516's topic in General Students

    Definitely, as someone said, making a bad grade on a test will light a fire beneath you. :)

14. Why do they always start with IV fluids?

    intothecosmos replied to rosemary_petals's topic in Student Assist

    RobtheORnurse, you hit it exactly. I work in peds, and if they come in with infection, they will most certainly have an IV running for at least most if not all of the stay. For one, infections can go septic fast in kiddos and you want to always have ...

15. Non-traditional Nursing Hopefuls

    intothecosmos replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Good luck guys! 39 y.o. with 3 kids and a half-time job in a hospital. I'll be graduating in August with my ADN! It can be done!