gillytook

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1. Rough Night

   gillytook posted a topic in New Nurse

   My last shift was the closest I have ever come to quitting in my life. I arrived on shift to 8 patients. The 9th came up while I was getting report. A patient who had been on the floor for two hours was scheduled for a CT and the previous shift hadn'...

2. Whats the deal with all the crying?!?!....

   gillytook replied to morningland's topic in General Students

   I cried three times. The first was the second week of my first hospital rotation when my patient who had just decided to become DNR had a stroke. I told the nurse my findings (one pupil 7-8 cm the other 2, neither responding to light, absent speech, ...

3. Sad..lost another!

   gillytook replied to risa426's topic in General Students

   We lost a student the day before graduation on the final. She came to pinning to pin a fellow student and we gave her a standing ovation. She is back in school this semester and since she missed by 1 point, I know she will be pinned this time.

4. Your best clinical hints, tips, etc. AKA- How to be a clinical superstar

   gillytook replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

   1. In the morning greet each patient with a smile and a warm washcloth. 2. Remember Maslow's heirachy. If you aren't meeting there most basic of needs, then it doesn't matter to them if you are meeting the more complex needs. 3. Step up and volunteer...

5. New job at rural hospital

   gillytook posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am so excited. I begin my new job at a rural hospital Monday. They just added a new ER so instead of 2 rooms they have 8 rooms including 2 trauma rooms and 4 isolation rooms. There is a 27 bed med/surg unit, a 4-6 bed PCU/ICU units, 10 bed geri psy...

6. Great Review Book through Nursing School??? PLEASE respond :)

   gillytook replied to Sl1011's topic in General Students

   I used Saunders Q&A and Pearson. Saunders was great for focusing in on NCLEX style questions for each topic. However I loved Pearson's review materials. I got it late in my program and we studied from it for our tests. You can't sort their questi...

7. Catheterization problems

   gillytook replied to Nightingale11's topic in General Students

   Practise and figure out which side of the dummie works for you. I am right handed so I stand with my left hand toward the patient's head because it is the hand I am going to contaminate when I go to insert the catheter. My right hand is toward the pa...

8. Digital Textbooks?

   gillytook replied to keithjones's topic in General Students

   New textbooks come with a code and/or infomation about their online resource. Most of mine had full content online so could copy picture, illusrtations and charts directly into my notes. A couple of my texts, I only opened the book to get out the cod...

9. What Helped you Survive Care Plans?

   gillytook replied to nrenteria's topic in General Students

   Other than time consuming, they were relatively easy once as I understood them. Just remember what consumed the most of your time or was your primary focus while you were caring for you patient. That and good assessment skils and data collection will...

10. Organization Help

    gillytook replied to kalley's topic in General Students

    I had all my reference books on PDA. It was alot easier to carry to class, lab and clinicals. Plus I had it right at my patients bedside to look up any questions. All my reading, assignments, exams, projects, etc were scheduled into the calendar and/...

11. should a person work if they don't have to while in school?

    gillytook replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in General Students

    As a new grad of a ADN program, I just interveiwed for a staff nursing position and they counted my time as a PCS in the hospital as experience because it gave me the knowledge of what goes into caring for a patient, how to interact with the patient ...

12. Can I get into Nursing school with a 3.47 overall GPA?

    gillytook replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

    Depends on the program and the competition to get into it. My local BSN program required a 3.0 but rarely admitted anyone with less than 3.5. The community college had a waiting list and as long as you meet the requirements, you get in. Check with th...

13. What makes Nursing school hard?

    gillytook replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Students

    Most programs will not let you take just one nursing class at a time. In each semester they are usually all require to be taken at the same time. Even with all my core classes completed before I began the nursing program, there were weeks when I was ...

14. Drug Testing Question, new student

    gillytook replied to kingwoodhopeful's topic in General Students

    Yes programs do test randomly throughout. Every week or so a handful of students would be held after class for random drugs tests. My name was never called. But it could have been so I was careful to only take what I had a rx for or OTCs. Random drug...

15. When a past patient passes away

    gillytook replied to kfarinato's topic in General Students

    It would also be appropriate to give a donation in is name especially to an organization that he received support from. It is perfectly nature to feel to way you do. There were certain patients that I took care of that I grieved when they passed. Aft...