NursePandaBear

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1. CEN Pocket Prep app?

   NursePandaBear replied to twofeets's topic in Emergency

   For the actual CEN the passing score is 70% basically. For practice tests aim for an 80% to give yourself jitter room on the actial exam. Jitter room being nervous / stress brain.

2. Pill packets suck

   NursePandaBear replied to Emergent's topic in Medications

   Ugh I hate handing patients their cup with the shattered remains of morning meds. I'll say I know you didn't need this crushed but the packaging is impossible. Once I told a man if he needed whatever I was opening in a crisis he probably wouldn't mak...

3. Choose Your Favorite TV Nurse

   NursePandaBear replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Nurse Hallie - Doc McStuffins Shes confident, reassuring, and organized in all that stuffed choas.

4. Give me the spoon!

   NursePandaBear posted a topic in General Nursing

   Finishing up my last couple weeks in my current unit. Transferring out of this craziness to another :) Walked into a room with a patient doing some funny business with illegal substances, 2 saline flushes, and a spoon. I exclaimed to the patient,"Wha...

5. Breastfeeding in Nursing School

   NursePandaBear replied to katherineveasey's topic in General Students

   Best advice for nursing school - be flexible! Some things will HAVE to be an option for you. Whether the option be attending nursing school or breastfeeding. Really depends on how motivated you are. Make friends with your OB instructor and maybe you...

6. What are some of the most ridiculous requests you have heard?

   NursePandaBear replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   "Don't throw away those peaches" Sir your food is now growing peach fuzz.... *barf* We get a lot of mini hoarders where I work. I have to go through people's bedside tables and discard perishable items eww