Kayauhs

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1. Pregnant in nursing school

   Kayauhs replied to AMJ17's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much. I cry when I think about it all. I was a single, new mother and just trying to do my best. Now that I know what I know, these babies are just far, far too important to be considered a nuisance or an obstacle in the way of our "S...

2. Can I succeed in nursing school with no previous medical experience?

   Kayauhs replied to oneday_nursepoundcake's topic in General Students

   Word of advice, when you get out of nursing school head to the nearest medical surgical floor and stay there at least 2 years even though you will want to cry every day when you come home. You will then become one of the most employable nurses out th...

3. Can I succeed in nursing school with no previous medical experience?

   Kayauhs replied to oneday_nursepoundcake's topic in General Students

   Yes. I did. I was in a completely unrelated field and went to nursing school and became a successful nurse.

4. Is $40 Grand too much for an Associate Degree...

   Kayauhs replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Students

   P.S. Go to your state's Board of Nursing site and look under either FAQs or something along those lines and they will have a list of board approved education providers. Keep the board happy and you will always be happy.

5. Is $40 Grand too much for an Associate Degree...

   Kayauhs replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Students

   DON'T DO IT. In the very rural area where I live, nearly all the RN's are ADNs and it puts us all at a major disadvantage. We are continuously unable to apply for a wide variety of jobs because we don't have BSN's. A major care provider in our area ...

6. Pregnant in nursing school

   Kayauhs replied to AMJ17's topic in General Students

   I found out I was pregnant in nursing school after only being there 2 months. (My baby is 27 years old now). Here's the thing; being a new mother is an enormous responsibility and you are FOOLING YOURSELF if you think you can give birth and get to ...

7. I have a misdemeanor now

   Kayauhs replied to Tiffani3116's topic in Criminal

   All due respect; there is something fishy about the details of this story. If you left your children in the care of an adult and that adult turned out to be negligent, the state isn't going to charge YOU. So, this begs the question about just who you...

8. Is there a "nursing for dummies" type book?

   Kayauhs replied to knittygritty2850's topic in General Nursing

   Gather up all your data and call the doctor on-call. Do a thorough assessment, vital signs, lung sounds and then paint an accurate overall picture of the patient for the doctor. Nurses are pressed into a position well beyond their scope on a daily b...

9. What's your best catch?

   Kayauhs replied to beekee's topic in General Nursing

   Working in a very small, rural ER one night. Family comes in with several kids in tow, the youngest about the age of 7 had a big bloody bath towel on his head that mom was holding in place. The story was the kids were rough housing just before bed, t...

10. Just got the passive aggressive CC email. Advice please!

    Kayauhs replied to SNAMATT's topic in General Nursing

    You are giving this person far too much power over your own reactions. Ignore it and move on.

11. Suspension

    Kayauhs replied to stasiastar's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed you had to ask if this was wrong.

12. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    Kayauhs replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Well, here is an update: In order to remain employed and not quit in the middle of the shift and run off screaming down the road; I had to lay down some rules. 1). I never go in this patient's room alone anymore. Not once, not even for something sm...

13. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    Kayauhs replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this post. I agree, I shouldn't have shared my sensitive information and that is exactly what this narcassist was looking for. This particular patient has become somewhat of a professional laying there and listening to everything the ...

14. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    Kayauhs replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Free speech does not include hate speech, racist statements, threats of violence. Those are and always will be illegal. I decided at the time this was said to me not to react, not to give this patient the satisfaction of seeing me react. On the out...

15. Patient going to send nurse to Concentration Camps??

    Kayauhs replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I didn't exactly "report" it to anyone like the police or the health department. I just wrote a note to my administrator and also my DON. Both of which are very aware of the behavior of this patient. I took a low tone with it all because I kn...