NiteNurseRN

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1. Memories of nursing school.....

   NiteNurseRN replied to wv_nurse 2003's topic in General Nursing

   Boy, do I remember! For one thing, I am HOH, wear hearing aids, and had a hard time in class taking lecture notes. I had to wait til the teacher moved away from the board to see what she had written, plus she had her back to me so some of the word...

2. Christmas Carols For The Psychiatrically Challenged:

   NiteNurseRN replied to kmchugh's topic in Humor

   Way Too Funny!!!

3. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

   NiteNurseRN replied to deespoohbear's topic in Med-Surg

   Deespoobear, YES, YES, Yeeesssss, I feel that Med/Surg is the dumping ground. I got an admit from a NSG home that was passed on to me (hello, is it gonna be a bad night or what???) with decubs, bleeding out in his urine (f/c bag is full of kidney ...

4. Crappy car, crappy house, sacrifices

   NiteNurseRN replied to gordi24's topic in General Students

   Gordi, Hang in there! I lived in Oak Cliff (the Hood) in Dallas when I was in Nsg. School. There was gunfire every night, my car got broken into, search helicopters flying over the house looking for felons, etc. But Now, I live in a very nice sub...

5. I Quit!!!!

   NiteNurseRN replied to NurseDianne's topic in General Nursing

   ^5! To Granny! I quit smoking 'cuz I started having bronchospasms. I still sometimes miss it, but the habit is not worth the sicknesses and eventual deaths it causes. When people tell me they want to quit smoking, I ask them if I can pray for them. ...

6. RN School is tough !!

   NiteNurseRN replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

   Mario, RN School is tough, you're right. You do possess many skills helping you make it, though. One of the things you are already comfortable with is the hospital environment itself. You know basic assessment skills, such as taking vital signs, ...