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  1. Is this normal for a first semester nursing program?

    quitor1moretry posted a topic in General Students

    Is this normal for a first semester nursing program. The first skills check off was three weeks from the start of the program. It was a head to toe assessment. The skills assessment included heart...

  2. Need some honest advice

    quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Nursing Career

    I did quit that particular program, and I applied to Indiana State University. I have two more prerequisites to complete, and I can apply for admission into the LPN to BSN program this fall. I will...

  3. Need some honest advice

    quitor1moretry posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I need some honest advise. From nursing students, nurses working in the field or nursing instructors. I have been a LPN for over twenty-five years. I never thought I would get the chance to go back to...

  4. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    quitor1moretry replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    And the nurse doesn't have to tell. I am sure I have been given a flu shot or two by nurses who didn't believe in immunizations. Nurses do not have to live by the care they provide. Unless a nurse is...

  5. Nursing Student: Can a Person with a Trach Work in the Hospital?

    quitor1moretry replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    These patients, are just like cancer survivors. Why on-line nursing? Isolating could cause or add to

  6. Need some honest advice

    quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Nursing Career

    I was trying to fly so far under the radar my wings were dragging on the ground. Thanks for the thoughtful

  7. Need some honest advice

    quitor1moretry replied to quitor1moretry's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm not giving up. I started at a community college in Minnesota that had a great reputation in the community. Many medical groups will take a grad from this school over some of the expensive...

  8. Unfriending Fever

    quitor1moretry replied to RobbiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Its about reimbursement. Hospitals will contract with different insurance companies how much money they get for a a lap chole. Aetna will pay 5,000.00. The fastwr the patient is discharged, the more...

  9. Cried during interview. Did I ruin my chances?

    quitor1moretry replied to marrr123's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think it showed your passion for nursing. I would have cried listening to you. You are an inspiration to

  10. I'm a real nurse!!! Thank you!

    quitor1moretry replied to nurseycool's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Me too! But as soon as you make a co-worker mad, the first thing out of her mouth will be, "Are you an RN." Not all RN's are this way. Now that the 2 year RN is fastly becoming the new LPN....

  11. I'm an LPN and I understand.

    quitor1moretry replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    All you have to e is happy with your job. Please do not sell your self short. Look up the nursing act of 1950. We are valued. The medical community recognizes many LPN's are critical thinkers, and are...

  12. "Can I give you report?"

    quitor1moretry replied to future_RN, CNA's topic in General Nursing

    Most cna's see their job separate from the nurse she is working with. I am going to copy and paste your post to my personal notes. Thanks for sharing

  13. IM injection gone subcutaneous?

    quitor1moretry replied to Psychrn6685's topic in Patient Medications

    He probably needs his meds adjusted. what ever dose he was an needs to be increased I have only given z trac for iron, but sometimes a small amt of the drug does leak out if the needle is pulled out...

  14. Hepatitis A Vaccine

    quitor1moretry replied to danceswithducks's topic in General Students

    There is wiggle room. Where are you attending nursing school? Isn't Hep A typically to prevent food born illness? well your set for travel to less developed countries anyway. Every school has their...

  15. Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    quitor1moretry replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well, here is one for the books. On my OB rotation a student, from another country, who didn't quite grasp the difference between Medical Jargon and slang. The patient was agreeable to having a...

  16. Quiting clinicals because of bad work envirnoment

    quitor1moretry replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Many nursing schools no longer require nursing students to take a CNA coorifice. I have mixed feelings about this, but it takes a lot of nerve to try to knock this guy when he is in a program, and you...

  17. Quiting clinicals because of bad work envirnoment

    quitor1moretry replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Wow, that is not how I feel about nursing. If it was just a matter of reading policy and procedures why have clinical rotation. Physicians don't give these types of responses to interns, and...

  18. Quiting clinicals because of bad work envirnoment

    quitor1moretry replied to Matucm's topic in General Students

    Plead to her sense of compassion. A very smart person, who is vice-president of a major company in the U.S. told me, "If someone doesn't respond with a helping hand after you humbly ask for their help...

  19. CAN BULLYING

    quitor1moretry replied to Tiff47's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello Tiff47, How was work this week? Hang in there, and just remember in 10 years, when the next scared kid comes through, and needs a mentor. Pay it

  20. Personal Address Disclosed to the public? what does this mean?

    quitor1moretry replied to Kate.Med/Surg RN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in-patient psych for two years. If a patient is off their meds, and is psychotic, they can react physically, and amazingly very quickly. Never come up to a patient from behind, and certainly...

  21. Personal Address Disclosed to the public? what does this mean?

    quitor1moretry replied to Kate.Med/Surg RN's topic in General Nursing

    Several cases of patients who aattacked nurses was well publicized in the Minneapolis St Paul area. It is not just mentally ill patients, but older confused patients coming out of anesthesia. The...