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1. Nurses and narcotics

   mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you SO much for the advice, guys! Honestly, for a while, I felt like this was all in my head, and maybe I was reading too much into the situation. But one thing I was taught as a kid is if someone is in a constant accusatory mindset, more than...

2. Nurses and narcotics

   mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you guys for your advice. I feel a little better knowing maybe I'm not crazy thinking this way. Another thing I forgot is last Thursday, when everyone in the office left to go home, the other nurse and I stayed after a little while longer to g...

3. Nurses and narcotics

   mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I am, believe me. Especially after yesterday when I do believe I caught her off guard asking about the Adderall. Thank you for the advice!

4. Nurses and narcotics

   mdiada posted a topic in General Nursing

   My apologies for this being such a novel! There's a lot on my mind and I'm not sure who or what to do at this point, so I'm going to let it out here and maybe one of you wonderful people can offer some advice. I've only been a nurse for about a year...

5. RN to MSN online programs

   mdiada posted a topic in Online Learning

   Does anyone know of any good RN to MSN online programs with decent tuition?

6. Feeling like a total screw-up

   mdiada posted a topic in New Nurse

   So I am going into my second week off of orientatjon, and I literally go in every night preparing myself for the day shift nurse or night supervisor to list all the things I had done wrong the previous night. I had 6 weeks of training, but honestly t...

7. Graduation coming soon -- low self-confidence

   mdiada posted a topic in General Students

   I'm sure I'm not the only one to ever go through the wide range of emotions that come with graduating nursing school. But honestly, I don't ever remember being this scared about anything in my life. In just a couple weeks, I will be graduating from ...

8. Practicum learning objectives

   mdiada posted a topic in General Students

   I'm doing my rotation on the cardiac floor and need help with thinking of at least three learning experiences and activities to achieve those objectives. I'm kind of at a stand-still and any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

9. Kind of nervous about practicum

   mdiada posted a topic in General Students

   So, I've FINALLY made it to the last semester of nursing school!! So far my classes are going really well, but what a long road it has been... In about 2-3 weeks we will be starting our practicum hours. Does anyone have any advice on what to expect ...

10. Silly question about CPR

    mdiada posted a topic in General Students

    I know the steps to CPR have changed -- compressions first, then give breaths. But we just had a test in my Med Surg class that had a particular question that, to paraphrase, said: "you come across an unresponsive person lying on the floor, what is t...

11. Outpatient vs Inpatient Tracheostomy Care

    mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    Thank you for the help! I appreciate it so much! But to be honest, I've already done the Google search with inpatient vs outpatient, and like I said, I may just well be overthinking this (which always seems to happen!), and I've found nothing. Litera...

12. Outpatient vs Inpatient Tracheostomy Care

    mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    Please? :-)

13. Outpatient vs Inpatient Tracheostomy Care

    mdiada posted a topic in General Students

    So I'm working on a paper regarding trach care, and one of the questions asks to compare outpatient and inpatient care. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but can anyone tell me what the differences are and/or provide a link where I can find the correct i...

14. Always failing skills!

    mdiada replied to mdiada's topic in General Students

    Yes, we practice quite often. But another thing that got me was the doctor's order I used to check off with simply had two medications that were IV. Neither one said IVPB, so right off the bat, and as silly as it may be, it confused me so much that I...

15. Always failing skills!

    mdiada posted a topic in General Students

    Please tell me there are other nursing students who fail their skills the first go around!? First semester, I failed only one skill, but this semester I've failed every one. I don't know what it is. This past time was over IV push and IVPB. I did rea...