NurseDixie

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  1. Student nurse Jack MacFarland... Discuss

    NurseDixie replied to PlanetCaroline's topic in General Students

    I don't have a lot of time to watch TV, but when I do, my favorite shows are Will & Grace, Scrubs, ER and Frasier. I, too, love the episodes of Will & Grace with Jack as a SN. Is Karen in...

  2. spooked out

    NurseDixie replied to nursey1's topic in General Nursing

    Me

  3. spooked out

    NurseDixie replied to nursey1's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have posted the county that I live in, but I don't think that someone would come looking for me. At least I hope not! I'm like most of the rest of y'all, I lurk on here and read the posts...

  4. How many IVs....

    NurseDixie replied to linfull's topic in General Students

    Our program doesn't teach IV insertion either. We have to learn after we graduate, on the job. My friend who graduated last year started her first IV on her nursing supervisor. He knew she had to...

  5. Sewing your own scrubs?

    NurseDixie replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    I think it's great to make your own scrubs. I don't have time right now, but after I graduate I plan on making most of my scrubs. It saves lots of $$ and your can choose your own material, etc. I...

  6. Clinical Instructor Didn't Show Up

    NurseDixie replied to geekymomma's topic in General Students

    Geekymomma, ~Did you ever find out why your instructor didn't show up for clinical? Just

  7. Nurses are underpaid in WV

    NurseDixie replied to Nutty RN's topic in General Nursing

    I will graduate in Dec and the hospitals in my area are paying new grads about $17.50 an hour. I will probably stay in Mason county or go across the river to Ohio, not sure yet. I'd hate to think of...

  8. Hair style poll: Long or short?

    NurseDixie replied to S.N. Visit's topic in General Students

    I am 46 and even though I'm on the heavy side, I wear my hair short, and the top is fluffed up, so I think it looks good on me, I don't really care what others think about it. It is convenient,...

  9. The "menthol" nursing school trick

    NurseDixie replied to SnowieRN's topic in General Students

    Here's something funny I remember from a long time ago. I worked with an orderly, back them the orderlys did the enemas, preps, etc on male pts, anyhoo, when he had to give an enema, he rolled up...

  10. Parking during clinical/work hours?

    NurseDixie replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    We have to park across the street from the hospital about 3 blocks away, then we have to walk up-hill to the hospital. There is a shuttle bus we can ride though, there is no charge for the parking or...

  11. Subjective or Objective?

    NurseDixie replied to bedpan's topic in General Students

    I vote for subjective, for the same reasons the rest of the group

  12. ADN Level 2 Nursing Students

    NurseDixie replied to ST_NURSE_MLD's topic in General Students

    I start my 4th semester on 8-18. I will graduate in December. I have pediatrics,OB, and mental

  13. pharmacology in nursing school

    NurseDixie replied to juji fruit's topic in General Students

    We had pharm in our first year of nursing school and the first semester of our second year. I feel that this is not enough. I think we should have a separate class. When we were in clinicals, there...

  14. Concepts maps / patho maps

    NurseDixie replied to JB CC-RN's topic in General Students

    I also have the book by McHugh Shuster, it has helped me a lot. Our instructor gave us a few samples because a lot of us didn't have a clue how to do a concept map (we were used to careplans). After I...

  15. Cranial nerve mnemonics

    NurseDixie replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Students

    Has anyone ever seen a drawing of a face w/the cranial nerves representing the location of them on the face. For example--an 8 as ears on both sides of the face and the tongue is sticking out with a...

  16. Nursing perspectives class

    NurseDixie posted a topic in General Students

    Do any of you have Nursing Perspective class(aka Trends)? We're havin our first test Monday. Most of our material consists of common sense stuff, but don't really know what to expect on the test. Any...

  17. Time you can miss in your program (absence)

    NurseDixie replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Students

    We are allowed to miss 2 clinicals, but we have to make them up. As for lecture, they don't like for us to miss more than

  18. Websites...

    NurseDixie replied to FutureRN~Pookie's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all for these sites, I'm sure they'll be very helpful to us

  19. How old are you?

    NurseDixie replied to Rhona's topic in General Students

    I'm 45, the oldest in my class is 52, there are lots in their early

  20. Need ideas for pinning ceremony

    NurseDixie posted a topic in General Students

    In our nursing school, the first year nursing students have to plan the pinning ceremony, from the refreshments to the decorations (flowers, candles,etc.) I could use some ideas for this, as I am not...

  21. stress of being "inferior"

    NurseDixie replied to mrosie2681's topic in General Students

    Mandy, I have felt like that before, but not anymore. I have 15 years of nursing assistant experience, back then we put in foley caths, did sterile dressings, cleaned tracheostomies, etc. I always ask...

  22. What Freaks You Out?

    NurseDixie replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    The post from Chucky reminded me of one...Years ago when I was a CNA, we admitted a little old lady who had fallen several days prior to anyone finding her and she had a fractured hip and she also had...

  23. What Freaks You Out?

    NurseDixie replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Vomiting!!! I can clean it up, but just to hear the patient gagging gets to me. The same thing goes when inserting an NG tube, when the pt. starts gagging, I do, too! I just can't help

  24. Funny Names for Nurses

    NurseDixie replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    There is a dentist in our area named Dr. Doctor. My ex husband had a teacher named Richard Head, you guessed it...his nickname was

  25. Letter of intent

    NurseDixie posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all, I am in need of some help in writing a letter of intent to return to nursing 112. I failed pharmacology and had to sit out a semester, will start again in Jan.2002. I have to write a letter...