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Feb 20, 2005 10:37 PM

Things nursing school FAILED to tell us


Wouldn't it have been great if they told us this stuff in nursing school?

NOTE: A LOT OF MINE WERE MEANT FOR LTC NURSES

The human body is capable of holding 200 cups of H2O/coffee in your bladder....literally.

We were always instructed "Your body needs sleep to heal, rest, ect...",yeah that's funny.

Practicing sterile procedures for EVERYTHING is a waste of time(except catheters).

Of the 40 pts I have, I know what all the side effects of their meds are(yeah, all 50 meds per pt!!!). Oh yeah, and I know the GENERIC-TRADE names too.

Remember calcuating drip rates for G-tubes??? I don't.

They won't tell you what a med-cocktail is in school.

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Old Feb 20, 2005, 11:00 PM

More stuff they never told you about in nursing school........

The amazing ability of drunk and/or drugged people to get out of four-point restraints despite being held down by eight full-grown adult human beings

How much poop one little, 80-lb. elderly lady can produce when the Dulcolax kicks in

The incredible variety of colors different bacteria bring out in the sputum of an ordinary COPD'er

The distance a two-year-old with gastroenteritis can projectile-vomit

How many really disgusting aromas you'll encounter during the course of your career.

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from A476
Old Feb 20, 2005, 11:42 PM

I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT IS NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION. HOW DARE THEY NOT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STUFF. WHEN I START SCHOOL I WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE I SET FOOT IN A CLINICAL . BUT MAYBE NOT. I HOPE I NEVER RUN INTO PROJECTILE VOMMITTING OR TOO MUCH POOP.
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Old Feb 21, 2005, 05:47 AM

How fast a 7yr old boy can run when he has to have sutures

How to clean up a confused patient who has used poop as body paint

How to remove a sweet old lady who has fastened her teeth into your arm

How not to laugh when sweet old man's family are shocked that he now uses foul language.

How not to laugh when a 90 year old streaks into the private wing and shocks all residents

How to be diplomatic when the wife and the mistress turn up at the same time

How to be diplomatic when a clients husband blames you for the STD he passes onto his pregnant wife!!

How to keep straight face when newly delivered mum tells you it is not her husbands child when he out of room.

How not to slap a patients face when he pinches your bottom whilst you are sorting out his IV machine
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Old Feb 21, 2005, 11:09 AM

The difference between nursing school and the real world. WHAT AN AMAZING DIFFERENCE!!!!
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from Debbie_LPN
Old Feb 22, 2005, 12:53 AM

Here's a couple more after my night at work tonight:

How not to laugh when an escapee gets his/her wheelchair stuck in a muddy ditch across the street.

How not to laugh when a resident says "I'm going home" and another resident in a wheelchair yells "You stupid a**, you're not going anywhere! You're stuck in this hole like the rest of us"(while 3 family members walk by)!

Not to turn red when a patient who is pleasuring himself moans and says inappropriate things while his roomate is staring at him.

AND FINALLY MY FAVORITE:
They do not teach you what to do if a combative resident hits another resident in the head with her cane and says "That'll knock some sense in ya!".

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from dbsn00
Old Feb 22, 2005, 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Debbie_LPN
Here's a couple more after my night at work tonight:

How not to laugh when an escapee gets his/her wheelchair stuck in a muddy ditch across the street.

How not to laugh when a resident says "I'm going home" and another resident in a wheelchair yells "You stupid a**, you're not going anywhere! You're stuck in this hole like the rest of us"(while 3 family members walk by)!

Not to turn red when a patient who is pleasuring himself moans and says inappropriate things while his roomate is staring at him.

AND FINALLY MY FAVORITE:
They do not teach you what to do if a combative resident hits another resident in the head with her cane and says "That'll knock some sense in ya!".

ROTFL

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Old Apr 11, 2005, 10:55 PM

bump please!
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Old Apr 12, 2005, 12:13 AM

you guys are too funny!!
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from AMY30
Old Apr 23, 2005, 11:44 PM

Default Poop
Originally Posted by A476
I THINK THAT ALL OF THAT IS NEED TO KNOW INFORMATION. HOW DARE THEY NOT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT STUFF. WHEN I START SCHOOL I WILL HAVE ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED BEFORE I SET FOOT IN A CLINICAL . BUT MAYBE NOT. I HOPE I NEVER RUN INTO PROJECTILE VOMMITTING OR TOO MUCH POOP.
Honey, I just finished my third year of my BScN. I am here to tell you that poop is everywhere all the time so hold your breath and get used to it.

For instance, I worked in a LTC in between 2nd and 3rd year. One guy had to be supped every 3 days cause he didn't go on his own. Well I have him on the sit-to-stand and am just pulling down his brief when he starts to go. Had poop down my arms, legs and shoes - cleaned up as best I could and finished my shift that way.

What is really funny is that you get used to it, not to long ago I was having a quick snack and a friend needed help. Here I was washing an enormous amount of poop off of this little old lady and realized that I was still chewing the last bite I had taken - and I wasn't grossed out

Now, even when family has complaints, one of my first questions is "When was your last BM and what was it like - hard, soft, colour?
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