littlejo replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing
As a nursing student, working a dementia unit for our clinical studies left me in tears all the way back home. The lady I was assigned to was no longer very vocally lucid, needed to be fed, and had no bladder/bowel control. I'd come in to her room, g...
YES!!! my daughter is an LPN in michigan -- bombed the hesi and breezed right thru the NCLeX! i took it today with a 995, while biting my nails to the 2nd nuckle... it's only a tool in our school, so my heart goes out to those who absolutely MUST do...
just took it today as a way to isolate any weak areas we may have to focus on to pass the nclex... no bearing on our grades... the scores i feel are pretty fickle! some of the smartest, highest grade point students did poorly and some did shockingly ...
for me, it was the day i heard my husband actually say aloud to someone "my wife is going to school to be a nurse" (for a long time he didn't like the idea at all) -- also the promise from his sister (a dr) and her husband (a crna) to be at the pinni...
update: a letter was written as per orders from above to submit all thots and feelings in writing which will then be given to the head of nursing in a sealed envelope... one of the students did actually observe unsafe practices, inappropriate behav...
Update: It was not as bad as I imaged, the teacher insisted on only first hand information. However, I feel the group has a vendetta, concerning the other student and personal opinions are tainting the evaluation process. Thanks again for everyone's ...
thanks so much for the advice everyone... i have no problem being just a fly on the wall here, have also practiced "non-accusitory language' skills thru another group near me... which i hope i keep the presence of mind to use! btw, the instructor the...
i got a call from a classmate that rides with me to school asking if we can get there a little early in the morning... i like being on the early side anyway and agreed... when i asked why, as she does not like to be anywhere until the last minute... ...
WOW! (yes, i'm shouting cuz you all are worth shouting about!)... i just copied and pasted and printed out all your encouragements... i've worried about every little hands-on procedure (this IS a real person you're working on) and especially get fumb...
littlejo replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in General Nursing
nursing care is probably one of the hardest jobs ever loved... you are a hero, to your sweet patient, his family, the staff you work with, and now to all of us in sharing your heart and your experience... keep up the great work -- you give the medi...
ours is a navy polo with school name embroidered, khaki pants and any closed toe shoe for school, white scrub pants with white nurse's/tennis shoe for clinical site along with embroidered lab coat (which always gets too hot to wear with the running a...
doing our first level clinical on a dementia unit as a nursing student, we were instructed to determine orientation of the patient... we introduced ourselves to the gentleman dressed in nothing more than a hospital gown, sitting in his wheelchair an...
littlejo replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in Ob/Gyn
there are lots of things to be learned in med/surg that can be applied in any hospital environment... i guess i see all learning profitable as many medical fields overlap and i can even understand doing things other way around... each facility you ...
a good friend emailed me the best nursing jokes i'd ever heard, so in my quest for more more more, i hit up a search engine for nursing humor and couldn't get registered fast enough! found nursetoons which i've shared with, well, everyone in my nurs...