loquacity

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1. OB Clinicals

   loquacity replied to nrsman1's topic in Men

   hehe, i remember my obstetrics and l & D days last year... is it awkward at times yes....but i got over it... "so hows your flow" "i'm just gonna feel your breast for firmness" and other awkward questions have all been conquered by me one patient...

2. Nurses as SUPERHUMANS!!

   loquacity replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

   "Of course you can't work in the OR, in fact you probably can't be a nurse. Might as well quit now. Nurses don't get acute or chronic illnesses, or injuries. Nurses never injure their backs 'cus of obese patients, we also never get colds, gi bugs or ...

3. What to wear???

   loquacity replied to Mom2Chaos's topic in Career Support

   well, i'm a male....at the end of my 3rd year I suggest you do dress up a bit although for girl i not entirely sure what that is. I know most female peers when applying for hospital jobs this summer tended to wear a skirt/slacks with a blouse with n...

4. Nursin' ain't easy...but somebody's got to do it!!

   loquacity replied to Marvin30's topic in General Nursing

   i found that all that knowledge was very hard to staple down in my brain first year, but after my first summer...which i didn't do work related to nursing for...but come 2nd year septemeber me and classmates found that we all of a sudden knew a whol...

5. Difference between surgical and theatre???

   loquacity replied to ritt's topic in General Students

   terminology can change depending on geography but i'd interpret it to mean surgical as working on a floor with surgical patients pre & post surgery like a mdicine unit but faster and not as sick aptietns...often with higher turnover depending on ...

6. HELP! TWO E.D. job offers for new grad

   loquacity replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Emergency

   im not expereinced but # 1 sounds better.

7. Nurses with A.D.D.

   loquacity replied to propsychrn's topic in General Nursing

   theres a really,really long forum that has tips, along with peoples adhd life stories, ideas on its causes, along with your usual flaming posts of "adhd doesn't exist"...just ignore those...lol....just search for it...it'll be the one with the really...

8. IPODs

   loquacity replied to sissyboo's topic in General Nursing

   when i worked as a porter over summer (transfering pt's, charts, supplies etc. between units) i wore it on night shifts 11pm -7am. But i wore it under clothing & took it off when working with patients. I don't think it is appropriate to wear when...

9. Dear Doctor Imajerk: (vent)

   loquacity replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

   Personally, i thought your post was funny. & if some docs come and quote it and chuck it in there forum, meh, their fault for quoting out of context. Plus those docs should know never to beleive everything you see on the internet. After all If ev...

10. Adhd

    loquacity replied to romiia's topic in General Nursing

    "I know I possibly do have ADHD now and again, especially when on coffee..Oh boy! Flitter flatter and more, can't keep to one topic at a time for too long or when it's early morn during my night shift oh is it ever present. Can't concentrate worth a ...

11. Nursing in Canada

    loquacity replied to kitty catt's topic in General Nursing

    "why in the world do you want to be a nurse in canada, the rate of pay there is crap for nurses compared to some regions in the US of A." "Not to mention quality of life. Much to some people's surprise, some us actually LIKE it here." There is also m...

12. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

    loquacity replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    re: "Just in case you don't want to do breaths, here's a little bit of info that I heard about in my latest CPR class: Apparently, in Europe, compressions are done but rescue breathing is not. Studies have shown that the success rate of CPR is higher...

13. Are all nurses that wear white dorks?

    loquacity replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    personally i think the nurses in all white looks scarier to patients than the ones wearing all black (plus in some asian cultures the "colour of death" is white, not black...so we can't be using those excuses when we live in countries with such diver...

14. Hallucinations in the Elderly

    loquacity replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric

    im not an expert but is it possible that its schitzophrenia (sorry prob. spelled it wrong)...myabe he's just never been dx...? are you sure they only started once he was on meds...

15. I Hit A Bone!!

    loquacity replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    as an instructor she should know (as i do as a fellow student) that even if she is able to quickly dart it in to only halfway, that a student realtivley new to injections probably doesnt have the dexterity, motr control, muscle memory to do such a de...