IaCountryGirl

IaCountryGirl

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  1. Playing with fire...

    I would not. It can quickly become a mess you don't want. And let's say they really were interested....it would involve them cheating or breaking off their current relationship and who's to say they wouldn't turn and do it to you?
  2. Nursing Home: Tips on how to be faster in med pass?

    Certain meds do have to be given at certain times, but if you have a lone vitamin, I would see about changing the time on it. We can change the times provided the doctor doesn't give specific orders like give at bedtime, etc. I regularly go through m...
  3. I'm my own worst problem

    Cookies and water are something the CNA's can fetch and I would delegate that. We do keep pudding packs and a few things in the med cart, not only because we use pudding and applesauce for crushed meds, but I will hand those out if the snack cart isn...
  4. Bombed my second shift on my own

    Don't be yourself up- we can not be every place at once. It took me awhile to get used to this, but I have learned to prioritize. Safety is always number one, med pass comes second. This is my DON's mantra too. The med pass will get faster, but don't...
  5. Losing respect for nursing students

    I think a lot of things are to blame. I'm a new nurse but I think when you look at society as a whole, they've become more relaxed. I'm 34 and I hate what cellphones have done. I hate that you go to a wedding and people show up wearing jeans with hol...
  6. Des Monies vs Iowa City

    I live in Cedar Rapids so my beef with IC is having to pay for much for parking all the time and Des Moines is foreign to me because it's so large. I can't speak for NICU's either, other than one of my instructors is a nurse there and loved it. I als...
  7. New, unexperienced RN

    I'm in Cedar Rapids. I don't know what it's like for the area of Washington. CR is iffy. Several of my classmates from my previous class didn't get a job until 6+months after passing the NCLEX. I had to repeat a semester so that's why I say previous ...
  8. I remember it being "cool" when I was younger to snort pixie sticks. I never did, never saw the point in it (it would have to burn!) but many classmates did it. Also know a couple younger kids who both took Seroquel for fun. They both ended up in the...
  9. NCLEX-PN this morning, got good pop up

    I am not sure what to think. It shut off right at 85 questions and the more I progressed, the harder questions got. I got some questions on meds I had never heard of and a couple diseases (or they might be disorders for all I know!) that I couldn't e...
  10. I was yelled at by my nurse yesterday

    Never had a nurse flip out on me in front of people, but had a nurse flip out about me behind my back to my instructor until my instructor set her straight. Short story- pt had surgery, was post op day 1, o2 sats continued to drop steadily. When they...
  11. Im here to complain. you can too:)

    There's a shuttle bus here too but it's so dang confusing! Besides, with my luck, if I were to take the shuttle bus, something would happen and i'd end up late. And it's 17 bucks a day to park in the ramps. I have yet to find street parking nearby be...
  12. Im here to complain. you can too:)

    I hate waking up at 5 am. I hate having to drive to the next town for clinicals where they charge for parking that i can't afford so a church has been nice enough to grant me permission to let me park there for free but I have to walk half a mile one...
  13. Test strategies I've learned

    Thank you so much for posting this as I was trying to find something like this a couple weeks ago and could not!
  14. How do I know what to do and what not to do in clinicals?

    I wouldn't take the direct, blunt comment from the one nurse personally. She was doing meds and that is generally a time you don't bother a person just because it is prime time for errors. As a rule of thumb, you should be doing most of your patient...
  15. did anyone here have to do this in nursing school?

    I feel for you.......and I don't know if there's anything you can really do. Chances are the dean will tell you "Too bad". However, it couldn't hurt to try. I have been fortunate enough that my instructors have been understanding regarding childcare...