ToyaB

ToyaB

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ToyaB works as a Registered Nurse.

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  1. What nursing task do you loathe???

    Uh, yes! I had a woman who had just delivered using the bed pan and when I went to get the thing out, I came so close to being splashed with bloody urine that I yelped! I always have trouble with that. God forbid, one day it's going to happen. I'm go...
  2. What nursing task do you loathe???

    I hate feet flakes! Oh and chunky vomit! Aaaahhhh! I also hate watching other people put in IVs where they can't get the vein and the catheter is sliding in and out... in and out... I swear I get faint watching that. Lol!
  3. This week, I learned (7/18).....

    This week I learned that after you take and pass the NCLEX you have to re-learn how to have a life. I also learned that putting in applications is tedious!
  4. Test on July 15 2015 HELP

    Congrats! I also passed! Now onto the tedious applications! YAY!
  5. Test on July 15 2015 HELP

    I took my test today too. I got so many SATAs that I had to laugh. I could not even believe it. I'm not even exaggerating half of my test was SATA. All of the other questions seemed so foreign. Like, I cannot even reconstruct the questions they were ...
  6. It's not my job to pray with you.

    These types of post always make me feel sad for humanity. We, as nurses, have chosen a career in which we are charged with helping people of various cultural backgorunds. If you don't believe in God, that's ok. But if your non-religious attitude caus...
  7. Failed, nclex rn 5 times! Help?!?!

    Well if the clog fits:sarcastic:... In any case, I'm not saying that the OP does not have a problem testing, but how some of you managed to make the leap to the OP having a lack of knowledge of basic content and not being cut out for nursing with the...
  8. I'm terrified

    Congratulations on getting in! The best thing you can do for yourself at this point is get organized with family life and work. To prepare for school, I would just brush up on A&P. Go over the body systems- you know cardiac, GI, and all of that j...
  9. Failed, nclex rn 5 times! Help?!?!

    You took the words right out of my mouth! The OP asked for help, not for anyone to jump all over her confidence with both freaking feet! She may be an excellent nurse. She may be a horrible tester. You all keep saying that the NCLEX test basic knowle...
  10. Most appropriate degree to work as an NP

    I'm happy to see that I'm not the only person considering getting both. The way the program I'm planning to attend works is that you can either start with the ACNP or the FNP and it would take an additional year for you to get the other. That's the w...
  11. To tell or not to tell!

    I agree the OP has to choose her battles, but the reason you wear that gown in a precautions patient's room is not just to protect yourself, but to protect every other patient that you come into contact with. And we can all argue that those yellow go...
  12. My Nursing Future

    I have 2 kids- 8 and 4- and I go to school and work. IT IS ROUGH! Luckily, I have support and also a 24/7 daycare. I make sure that my kids see my face everyday and we spend time together doing family stuff at least once per week. I take it one day a...
  13. That's actually a good question. From what I understand (or at least what I see in the system I work in) a patient goes on contact precautions if they have EVER tested positive for MRSA wether or not they have an "active" infection. Seems to me the ...
  14. Does Everyone Actually Hate Nurses?

    It could be that... or it could be that they're sipping a little something called HATERADE. Not everyone has it in them to be a nurse, but if you do, go for it! Your options are endless in this field and when you enter school you're going to be amaze...
  15. Came across this gem...

    I was just talking about this yesterday- how nothing can stunt my appetite anymore. I was telling someone the despite cleaning up a guy who did a big smelly poo- I could not stop considering my options for lunch! The article tried it's best to turn y...