clemoi

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1. RNs that have children aging from 2-18 years old

   clemoi replied to kalin's topic in General Nursing

   Are you thinking that an ADN isn't intense?? Plan that any nursing program-especially a shorter, more condensed version- will be very intense.

2. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

   clemoi replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

   Right on! If you can't get out of bed and support yourself, I'll get you a walker. If you can't do it with a walker, I'll get you a bedpan. No one is falling on my back!

3. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

   clemoi replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

   I say be compassionate and encouraging while providing the education. I don't see where guilt should come into play in the nurse-patient relationship. I do think that providing the education in a straightforward and objective way is appropriate and r...

4. Looking for some feedback and/or ideas from Nurses

   clemoi replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a nursing student and I work on a med/surg floor. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to watch an organ harvest happen at work one night. I think if you bring it down to basics, a dilemma for the nurse is the delicate situation of respect...

5. No jobs or nursing shortage-- Nursing isn't in demand!

   clemoi replied to bree*'s topic in New York

   I've said this a thousand times and I will always believe it. People who don't love nursing for nursing shouldn't be nurses. There is no amount of money that a nurse could be fairly paid to compensate the mountains of emotional and physical loads car...

6. Confused on how to start a career in OB

   clemoi replied to clemoi's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I wish my hospital had an L&D floor. We are all adult care. The company has a few hospitals in my city so I can stay with the company and transfer to another hospital but right now there are no positions open. I'm hoping to get an externship in O...

7. What should I do?

   clemoi replied to MisterSimba's topic in General Nursing

   Call before another applicant gets the chance, ask for a tour of the facility, ask about volunteer opportunities while they make their decisions. Let them know this is the position you really want, not just one of many you sent out into the world. Em...

8. Confused on how to start a career in OB

   clemoi posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   So more than half of my mentors, teachers and friends are telling me to start in Med/Surg (which is where I work now as a tech while I finish school), because it's good experience. However, a handful of trusted advice is coming in that I should go r...

9. baby to the nursery please

   clemoi replied to jennifers's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I don't see why nurses think its an issue of being lazy or mothers not wanting to be with their babies, so i appreciate your non-judgmental attitude. I've had three babies and am a very involved mother. I nursed all of them and was always happy when...

10. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    clemoi replied to dreamer827's topic in General Nursing

    Listen, we need nurses who love nursing and who want to be there for people in their sickest and darkest hours! If you have the drive and compassion to be a nurse, to make someone feel comfortable when their grossest of the gross is leaking all over ...

11. Lots of threads on tattoos but....

    clemoi replied to dreamer827's topic in General Nursing

    I have a tattoo on my thumb that i cover with a simple silver ring, but you can still see it. During my first nursing class i wore bandaids over it to cover it but they came off every five minutes when i washed my hands and i realized it was more haz...

12. Preparing for Nursing School?

    clemoi replied to luvnhim's topic in Pre-Nursing

    The best thing to study on your own is reactions to disease process and how to respond. What would you do for a patient experiencing X,Y,Z? That's the main point of nursing school and the information is out there and available. Look up common disease...

13. how do you deal with disappointment?

    clemoi replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

    1/2 Faith in yourself 1/4 Courage to discover what you really want 1/8 Love for what you're doing 1/16 Support of those who love you 1/16 Knowing you'll adapt to whatever life leads you through. Good luck :)

14. Better communication, Better Approach to Overall Care...I need idea's/examples

    clemoi replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside report seems to work really well in the clinical sites I've seen it used. I'm a PCA on a large med/surg floor and the nurses don't do bedside report but I think it would help. I think it's important for a PCA to get report from a PCA because ...

15. CNA issue

    clemoi replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric

    I am a PCA and a student nurse, and I've read all of the replies to this question. I'm wondering why not just be straight with her? "I'm getting the impression by the way you are coming across when you ask me these questions that you think I'm not ac...