cherryames2008

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1. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   cherryames2008 replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   That's a pretty bad poop story. In nursing school, I had to help turn a 600 lb patient while the doctor digitally removed stool. The pt's son was wondering why their home health care CNA (who worked alone) didn't use the same measures to get poop ou...

2. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   cherryames2008 replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   Ronnie, I have changed so many diapers I don't even know if I could give you an estimate. If I have kids, I'm totally hiring a nanny because between babysitting and working peds, I have changed enough diapers for one lifetime. Actually, let's see: if...

3. Learn from mistakes

   cherryames2008 replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

   Background: I have been a nurse for slightly over a year. I am on a float team and sometimes have to switch floors during my shift. For that reason, sometimes the first few hours of my night shift are busy, since I may get moved. Three days ago, I ma...

4. Starting Nursing At 40...am I Too Late???

   cherryames2008 replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in New Nurse

   Diversity only strengthens us as a profession. Think of how great and different your experience is and how that will be an asset to your profession. Of course, there are some people who will point and whisper (not really, but let's face it, there ar...

5. Afraid of giving report, need adivse please!

   cherryames2008 replied to ImShelly31's topic in New Nurse

   We do the live, face-to-face reports. My orientation was 5 months and I don't think I did my own complete report for at least the first two months. My preceptor was way to nice and I was a nervous wreck. Even now, a year later, I still feel like hal...

6. Should boyfriend help me out?

   cherryames2008 replied to QUEBEBRAN's topic in General Students

   Two words for you: Student Loans. Take them. Your new job after nursing school may give you a sign on bonus (put it towards the loans) and my have some kind of loan repayment program. Just ask yourself this: when you're making more money as a nurse, ...

7. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   cherryames2008 replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   Nobody likes poop. It smells and it comes from people's butts. But, it's a part of life. If you really hate it that much, there are many types of nurses and maybe you'll just be one that has a job that doesn't involve physical contact with patient's ...

8. Am I a complete idiot?

   cherryames2008 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I'm a first year nurse (almost at that one year mark--one more month to go). I work on the float team, so I go to all of the floors, except ED and ICUs. Last night, I thought everything was going well. And it was. Except that I did an enema wrong. Pr...