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  1. Need Advice on Head to Toe Assessments

    blackdog posted a topic in General Students

    Hello. I am an LPN student just starting hospital (med-surg) clinicals after completing nursing home clinicals. In the nursing home we only needed to do 1 complete head to toe assessment of all the...

  2. I forgot a step in catheterization...

    blackdog posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I am about to start my third semester towards my ADN and while reviewing some videos and procedures I realized that I forgot a step/detail in the urinary catheterization process. I only did...

  3. Patient Complaints

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all of your replies. My support network is pretty good, however since my best friend quit to attend a different program it's got a bit of a hole in it. This site is great for "support" and...

  4. Patient Complaints

    blackdog posted a topic in General Students

    It came to my attention today that while on clinicals last week, a patient I was taking care of was unhappy with me to say the least. The funny thing is, I was very, very considerate to the guy, and...

  5. Patient Complaints

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    PickMePlze, I said that exact same thing to my 2 instructors as they took me to task. My main instructor had a look on her face like I said "I will destroy you" or something postal like that. I'm 36...

  6. Patient Complaints

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    Bala Shark, That definitely is a bunch of bull. It's as though we are not worthy of decent and fair consideration in these matters. As a student it makes me wonder if it'll even be worth it to be a...

  7. Patient Complaints

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    Thank you, Daytonite, Lizz, and rehab nurse. Your experiences and ideas on why this thing happened to me sound right on target... Unusually stressed out client, can't pinpoint my name, oriented x3 but...

  8. Patient Complaints

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    allthingsbright,Coopergrrl, Thank you for your insights. Coopergrrl, I basically did what you suggested would be good to do, i.e. ask for details, and allthingsbright my instructors did inform me as...

  9. Need Advice on Head to Toe Assessments

    blackdog replied to blackdog's topic in General Students

    Thanks for all of the replies. They have all been significantly more helpful than what I was told by my instructors which was basically "you'll have to develop your own system". I feel much better...

  10. Need help/advice on Head to Toe assessments

    blackdog posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I just started med-surg clinicals and am having trouble with head to toe physical assessments. The problem is that I am not quite sure of the best way to do a head to toe full physical assessment...

  11. NLN Accreditation vs. non-accredited

    blackdog posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would like to find out how important NLN accreditation is. The director of the nursing program at the technical college near me (let's call it "college A") tells me with grim foreboding in her voice...

  12. Groped on the job...

    blackdog replied to Tony35NYC's topic in Men in Nursing

    Tony, listen to teeituptom. His response would get you the best results. I was beginning to wonder how many replies it would take before you got one that actually had some teeth in it. Oh yeah, and...