scarcrimson

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1. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

   scarcrimson replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

   So i took the test yesterday in OKlahoma at 8:00 I got cut off at 75, and my friend got cut off at 130, so I found about this trick and we both tried it, we both got the pop up, but im still freaking out, it does help with some anxiety, but in the ba...

2. Needle stick injury HELP!!

   scarcrimson replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

   The scissors had been soaking in a solution called PD 64 and it is (i think) a high level disinfectant. I was just worried because there were about 15 instruments soaking in the solution with these scissors. The Dr. I was working with told me that no...

3. Needle stick injury in Health Care

   scarcrimson replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

   Any suggestions for me on my stick from scissors? Im freaking out as well!!

4. Needle stick injury HELP!!

   scarcrimson replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

   I was recently stuck by a pair of scissors that came from a suture kit. I am an er tech and part of my "responsibity" is to put the non disposable instruments in water and disinfectant and scrub them and prepare them for sterilization. Well the sciss...

5. Dirty needle stick...and I'm 20 weeks pregnant...

   scarcrimson replied to tbr96's topic in General Nursing

   I am an ER tech in a small hospital and one of our duties is to scrub the suture kits that have been used previously, they usually put them in this basin of water with disinfectant to let them soak and then I go in and scrub them with a brush and put...

6. Needle stick injury in Health Care

   scarcrimson replied to mnt0121's topic in General Nursing

   Im a nursing student and I also work in the ER as a tech. One of my responsibilities is to clean instruments that have been used for suture removal or for suturing itself. After the dr. is finished we place our non disposable instruments in water tha...

7. luck just ran out - contaminated needle stick

   scarcrimson replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

   :sniff:I was recently stuck by a pair of scissors that came from a suture kit. I am an er tech and part of my "responsibity" is to put the non disposable instruments in water and disinfectant and scrub them and prepare them for sterilization. Well th...

8. Dirty needle stick...and I'm 20 weeks pregnant...

   scarcrimson replied to tbr96's topic in General Nursing

   I am an ER tech in a small hospital and one of our duties is to scrub the suture kits that have been used previously, they usually put them in this basin of water with disinfectant to let them soak and then I go in and scrub them with a brush and put...

9. question about RSU

   scarcrimson replied to iwillact's topic in Oklahoma

   I just recently finished my 1st year of nursing school at RSU and it is fabulous!! You can get in the program with C'S!!!! I know a couple of girls that got in with c's in dosage and c's in a&p. I don't suggest that you get c's because your the l...

10. RSU nursing program

    scarcrimson replied to babygirl1115's topic in Oklahoma

    :)I am currently in the nursing program at RSU and I love it!! I just finished my 1st year and it was surprisingly not as hard as I thought it was going to be. Don't get me wrong, it's not easy, but not super difficult. I recommend that once your in ...