kelligrl

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1. Partial Birth Abortion

   kelligrl replied to sunnygirl272's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't voted yet. What I'd like to know is, is there a place where a procedure like this would save the life of the mother?? As it stands, I would vote that it's heinous (and I am definitely pro-choice), but I'd like to know if I am not informed...

2. computerized charting

   kelligrl replied to niteshiftnurse's topic in General Nursing

   we use ulticare, I like it a lot. I just wish they would make the MD's put orders in on the computer. Right now they write them in the paper chart and we transcribe them in to the computer. Still have to deal with crappy writing:rolleyes:

3. Question for those who started or currently in Med-Surg

   kelligrl replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   tele/med-surg- 4 if on primary care, six with a team. That's days, though, not sure if it changes on nights. thought about going straight into a specialty unit, but i'm glad i didn't. You really don't know just how much you don't get exposed to in...

4. Question

   kelligrl replied to mbelle's topic in General Nursing

   What the heck, I'll get the first round, now that I'm making aalllll this money.....

5. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

   kelligrl replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

   As one who just jumped from student to RN, I gotta say that being on this end of things is HARD!! Sometimes the students are great, and want to learn and are active and all you gotta do is bat clean up (and make sure everything got done and be a reso...

6. LPN's are Nurses Too? Aren't they?

   kelligrl replied to justjenn's topic in General Nursing

   :chuckle :roll :chuckle

7. I Flunked NCLEX!!

   kelligrl replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

   12/15 So I took the real thing today, too. It shut off at 75 questions.....I dunno....But I enjoyed this one much more.

8. "Kick Me Hard"

   kelligrl replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Um, yeah, that was funny......when I was in third freakin' grade. Boy, the wit, the charm....I'm totally UNDERwhelmed.....:stone If you weren't feelin' done already, I'd say that would be a good note to exit on. People suck.

9. Does health care in general do any good for our species?

   kelligrl replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

   It's also a matter of location: a lot of time really good care can be found for those without insurance, but usually that's in larger towns and cities where for obvious reasons there will be a larger population of uninsured. I'm not sure where you a...

10. Does health care in general do any good for our species?

    kelligrl replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes, that's not deep for 9 am or anything... I think it's a double edged sword. On the one side, we have the means to save people from diseases (whether through treatment or vaccination)that years ago wiped out thousands, some of them young health...

11. Recruitment at clinicals?

    kelligrl replied to dianacs's topic in General Students

    I think it's pretty standard actually. Heck, we even had a whole clinical day where we went down to Children's Hospital in LA and they gave us a recruiting pitch....Nice hospital, but Peds isn't my bag...

12. lowering standards R/T shortage

    kelligrl replied to erezebet's topic in General Nursing

    Tutored a first semester student a few months ago who asked me, "Will her lecture material be on the tests?" WTF?? Nah, she just stands up there and talks so she can listen to her own voice. She enjoys that....Yeah, I'd say that they're letting i...

13. Your favorite and personal intimidators

    kelligrl replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, that's me also! When I'm around someone who's more out there than I am, I'm unsure of myself...I still can't seem to figure out how to deal with it....I also get kinda intimidated by people who are too, kind of, into you....You know, people tha...

14. Are new nurses adequately prepared?

    kelligrl replied to RNGranny's topic in General Nursing

    So I don't know if it's just my program, or just in Cali, or what, but I'm finishing up my ADN program (7 more da-ays, 7 more da-ays:D) and our last portion of clinical is a preceptorship with an RN in which I work her schedule (3 12's) for 3 1/2 wee...

15. NURSING SCHOOL: Your Biggest Challenge!

    kelligrl replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have eight freakin' days left and seriously, my biggest problem is the MAN that I'm married to. I love him, but could he get any less FREAKIN' supportive?? I swear he's threatened by the whole d**n thing!! Today FLIPPED out because I was s...