El Centro students Spring '06

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i know some of us have received our letters so i was wondering who else i will be making this journey with for the next 2 years.

my name is allison shaffer and it's nice to meet you. i know we will all be close because it's a small group. it would be nice to get to know some of you before november 17. :)

Specializes in Nephrology.

I had IM check-off today and got a 97. She took off 3 points because I rubbed the alcohol too hard on my patient's injection site. lol. I hardly think that's worth 3 points but at least I got an A.

My teacher was really funny trying to challenge me in the patient's room. She hid the armband! I had to go searching around the room for the dang armband hahaha. I was just laughing because that was so crazy! I wasted precious time looking for that thing! LOL But I have run into many patients without armbands in the hospital and had to get the RN so she could take care of it so I guess these little challenges will keep us constantly on our toes! :D

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Specializes in ante/postpartum, baby RN.
I had IM check-off today and got a 97.

Congrats. :balloons: My IM check off is on next week. Do you use tubex for narcotics or you just draw up everything into a syringe?

Katie

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Specializes in Nephrology.
Congrats. :balloons: My IM check off is on next week. Do you use tubex for narcotics or you just draw up everything into a syringe?

Katie

Thank you :D

I gave an antibiotic so I had to reconstitute and use a syringe. Other people who had a narcotic used their tubex. When I was practicing, I tried to draw into the syringe and there was just way too much pressure in the tube because it's like a vacuum. The tubex injector was just much easier to use than drawing into a syringe, in my opinion.

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Specializes in Postpartum/Nursery.
I had IM check-off today and got a 97. She took off 3 points because I rubbed the alcohol too hard on my patient's injection site. lol. I hardly think that's worth 3 points but at least I got an A.

Congrats!!! That's a great score.... You did great!

Brianna

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Allison,

Way to go - good for you!

Amy

I had IM check-off today and got a 97. She took off 3 points because I rubbed the alcohol too hard on my patient's injection site. lol. I hardly think that's worth 3 points but at least I got an A.

My teacher was really funny trying to challenge me in the patient's room. She hid the armband! I had to go searching around the room for the dang armband hahaha. I was just laughing because that was so crazy! I wasted precious time looking for that thing! LOL But I have run into many patients without armbands in the hospital and had to get the RN so she could take care of it so I guess these little challenges will keep us constantly on our toes! :D

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

Woo! Awesome job :)

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Specializes in ante/postpartum, baby RN.

Wow, I have just had a great L&D clinical. :D The best part was seeing a C-section standing next to the circulator. Hope you all have great clinicals, too.

Katie

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Specializes in Operating Room.
Wow, I have just had a great L&D clinical. :D The best part was seeing a C-section standing next to the circulator. Hope you all have great clinicals, too.

Katie

That is so cool! :monkeydance:

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Specializes in Nephrology.

Thank you everybody for your support :) I didn't even know these posts were in here! My email didn't notify me so I thought nothing was going on in here haha.

That's awesome Katie! I am so excited about L&D that I can hardly stand it! Were you at Parkland for this?

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Very cool! How did you feel? I think I would feel a little queazy after seeing something like that for the 1st time.

Amy

Wow, I have just had a great L&D clinical. :D The best part was seeing a C-section standing next to the circulator. Hope you all have great clinicals, too.

Katie

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I'm glad I'm not the only one - the same thing happend to me (on both ECC / NL threads) a few weeks ago.

My email didn't notify me so I thought nothing was going on in here haha.
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Specializes in Operating Room.
I'm glad I'm not the only one - the same thing happend to me (on both ECC / NL threads) a few weeks ago.

I don't have that feature on. I'd get too many e-mails. HAHAHAHA

I just have the UserCP page on my favorites, and go to the site that way. It tells me if I have any that I haven't read yet.

Coming here is therapeutic.....I do it when I take a few minute break. lol

It's also a habit to check this site when I first get on the computer.

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