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  1. I am being too anal?

    As a little background.. I work in an LTAC in a very rural area. My situation involves an elderly man who has a terminal illness and is vent dependant. His family wants him to take "herbal medications" in belief that it will cure him. Now I really ...
  2. I don't think I want to be a nurse

    I have gone through the ADN program, waiting to sit for the NCLEX and I really don't want to be a nurse. I haven't liked any of my clinicals except psych , L&D, and newborn. I had a close call needlestick incident (I don't "think" it punctured ...
  3. Hep C needlestick injury - please help!

    I had a scare with hep C + patient 5 weeks ago. I was giving insulin and I felt the needle when I injected it into the patients arm. I milked my finger and didn't get any blood and I think I only cought the side of the needle not the tip end, but its...
  4. Hi, I'm a new graduate and I have an interview tomorrow for an internship in L&D. I'm excited, but I am not sure what questions to ask and I am not sure what questions they will ask me? Can somebody give me some tips on interviewing for this po...
  5. Aack, I failed the exit Hest

    We got the case studies free through the school. Although, I'm sure we paid for it at some point in time:) I also found out that the school offers a review course to prepare for the HESI. I'm trying to get into that if they can squeeze me in. I'm ...
  6. Not to long ago, I gave insulin to a man who was extremely thin. I pinched up the skin on his arm and literally felt the side of the needle when I injected. I didn't scratch or puncture myself, but he was shaking so I think thats why I felt it. Th...
  7. Aack, I failed the exit Hest

    I have heard two different things on the retakes. The first is that we can take it up to three times and if we still fail, they will look at the case studies we have done and our overall percentage on them to determine whether to let us graduate. T...
  8. How in the world did I fail this thing? I did the case studies and made 85%, I did well on all the other HESI's given, I have a 3.5 GPA and I managed to fail the exit test. Whats worse is I have a job interview for a labor and delivery internship t...
  9. Okay, I need reassurance

    I felt the needle after I went in. I pinched up the skin on an emancipated patient and apparently the needle was longer than the fatty skin I pinched and the needle went all the way through. I really thought I was being careful when I pinched, I act...
  10. Okay, I need reassurance

    Just to give a recap if you didn't see my post earlier, I was giving a sq injection of insulin and I felt the needle touch my glove while injecting the insulin. I wasn't sure if I pricked myself so I took off my glove, milked my finger and there wasn...
  11. Should I worry about possible needlestick?

    Well, I have contacted everyone under the sun and it is unanimous that we are not going to do antiviarals because I am pregnant (sorry forgot to mention that) and they do not think there is any risk of exposure. However, for peace of mind blood draw...
  12. Its crazy, you would think I would know if I had a needlestick, but I don't. I was giving insulin and while pinching the skin, I felt the needle. I don't remember flinching, but I withdrew the needle-took off my glove and milked my finger. There ...