kater_92

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1. Missed first day of clinical

   kater_92 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am in an accelerated program. My first day ever of clinical was yesterday and I'm pretty sure I came down with the norovirus the night before. Violent vomiting and diarrhea until 7am the morning of my first shift. I emailed my instructor and she sa...

2. Always being told to "ask questions"

   kater_92 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I'm starting nursing school in September. I've been reading these forums to give myself a better idea of what to expect. One thing I see a lot is "don't be afraid to ask questions" and "it would be irresponsible if you didn't ask when y...

3. Lucky he was constipated, or he'd be dead

   kater_92 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   Two years ago on vacation in the US, my dad's blood pressure was dangerously high and he was complaining of a massive headache. I freaked out and forced him to go to the hospital. He has been suffering from some sort of sinusitis for years, and we th...

4. How can a tweet destroy your life.

   kater_92 replied to Eru Ilúvatar's topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to share a story of someone I know who got fired. She worked in an office, and had to run a machine on a patient in a dark room for 30 minutes. She took a selfie of herself, with flash, and posted it on fb saying, "another boring day at m...

5. Starting school at older age! :(

   kater_92 replied to Lessh's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm 23 and got into an accelerated program and I'll be 25 when I graduate. I was upset that I didn't figure out I wanted to do nursing straight out of high school like some of my friends did. But honestly, nursing deals with life and death. You're go...

6. Seeking advice from all you Introverted nurses out there...

   kater_92 replied to jk2185's topic in Relations

   I'm not a nurse yet, I haven't even started school yet, but I'm an introvert as well. I work in a doctor's office currently and I do enjoy interacting with patients. It's funny because the doctor always gets rave reviews about how personable and frie...

7. What sort of physical labour do nurses do?

   kater_92 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I was accepted into an accelerated nursing program starting in September. I've always heard that nurses do a lot of heavy lifting and it's hard on their backs and lots of nurses get injured but I've never known exactly what kind of lifti...