enviragirl

enviragirl has 1 years experience and specializes in MICU.

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1. Descripton of tracheal secretion

   enviragirl replied to Vikingnurse's topic in MICU

   We use computer charting and have a few options for the amount of secretions. Scant, Small (100ml/day) or copious. Our secretion description options to choose from are: thin,watery, thick, frothy, tenacious, purulent, clear, white, tan, green, brown,...

2. Oddest things found in a patient!

   enviragirl replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a little girl I stuck a ***** willow up my nose when my sister was babysitting. She told my dad who is a doctor and so he looked up my nose with the otoscope. He couldn't find anything so he said it must have come out. Well about a month l...

3. Question?? Tender hearted

   enviragirl replied to MsKris24's topic in General Nursing

   I am a very tender-hearted person (cry at tons of movies) and am in my 3rd semester of clinicals. There have been many clinical days where I have gone home and cried. However, the farther along I have gotten in the program I have started to notice th...

4. Ethics Question

   enviragirl replied to NeuChrisRN's topic in General Students

   I just finished a ten page paper for my nursing ethics class and I wrote about mandatory genetic testing in adolescence (before childbearing age) for Huntington's Disease. There was a lot of information available about the ethics of genetic testing i...

5. croc shoes

   enviragirl replied to mxs84's topic in General Students

   I love my crocs because they are so comfortable. However, they do like to stick to the floor sometimes. I fell at work because my croc stuck to the floor and I fell over. It was funny because my patient came out into the hall and asked if she could h...

6. I am starting my first round of clinicals.. any advice.....

   enviragirl replied to BreeEmmy's topic in General Students

   When I went to my first clinical I had never been an aide so it was my first time walking in the room to see a patient. If this is the case for you my advice would be to go in there with a plan. Picture in your mind how you are going to take vitals e...

7. Nursing Instructor Dispute....scared!

   enviragirl replied to enviragirl's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for your advice. This morning I was really freaked out when I got that e-mail but it turns out that she wants to meet with everyone in my clinical group. Our clinicals are pass/fail and she has already given me a passing grade. I was ab...

8. Nursing Instructor Dispute....scared!

   enviragirl posted a topic in General Students

   I just finished my 8 week peds rotation and was really dissapointed by my instructor. She showed up late, didn't have our assignments graded on time, wasn't clear about her expectations and so we were reprimanded around week 3 for not knowing what to...