danh3190

danh3190

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  1. Chemistry question

    danh3190 replied to greygooseuria's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Organic chemicals, the ones with carbon like citric acid and ethanol, don't always act like the inorganic chemicals from high school lab. The Ethanol has an -OH group like bases, but it's not a...

  2. A surgeon's perception of nursing education.

    danh3190 replied to Grandy's topic in General Nursing

    "It is far more important in these days of medical litigation to ensure that your back is protected before providing quality care." I was surprised to see this in an article from Australia. I thought...

  3. Chemistry question

    danh3190 replied to greygooseuria's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just wondering, who said that you'd get a salt and water? I'd have expected an organic reaction (esterification) that gives an ester and water rather than a typical acid-base reaction that gives salt...

  4. nurses vs. nursing clinical/class intructors

    danh3190 replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International Nursing

    A number of the instructors at our school have said that they took a big pay cut in leaving the hospital and becoming instructors, but they like that they don't have shift work and can plan on being...

  5. Prayer and patient care.

    danh3190 replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Because I'm a Catholic formal prayer doesn't bother me much. For example when a priest is in the room anointing an unconscious pt. I'll do the "Amen"s at the appropriate time. I have trouble...

  6. Terrified for clinicals because...

    danh3190 replied to MN_NursingStudent's topic in General Students

    Wow. Can any students in the classes ahead of you give you any tips on how to prepare? Good

  7. Pornographic movies

    danh3190 replied to Mrs. M.'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    My former employer (at an industrial research lab) seemed to feel that the laws protected employees from sexual harassment by customers and not just other employees. I don't know if that was true or...

  8. I hate bedmaking

    danh3190 replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    They never really taught us bedmaking in our program. Just a brief video after we were already 16 weeks into clinical. I usually don't tuck in the top sheet, but just tuck in down the foot of the...

  9. Pornographic movies

    danh3190 replied to Mrs. M.'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I was thinking along the same lines. Although the situation is OK now in that none of the employees have filed complaints etc., what happens when the next new employee is offended and decides to file...

  10. Is nursing defined as a profession, practice or simply as work?

    danh3190 replied to 2B_RN_2008's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm in a diploma RN program and we had brief discussions of profession vs practice vs job in our first Intro course before we got into more substantial topics. My question is, do BSN programs spend a...

  11. Terrified for clinicals because...

    danh3190 replied to MN_NursingStudent's topic in General Students

    What's "med

  12. Nursing Diagnosis How to memorize?

    danh3190 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    In our school we haven't had to memorize them. I keep a card with all of them with me at clinical. After you've written some care plans you'll know many of the most common ones even if you can't...

  13. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    danh3190 replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

  14. 1st semester clinical rotation

    danh3190 replied to amdale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm kind of surprised by all the people that bring their own BP cuffs. Aren't BP cuffs essentially diagnostic equipment? And therefore isn't the hospital responsible for ensuring that they're...

  15. "Looping" IV Tubing

    danh3190 replied to RN CRNI's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    My instructor actually recommended "looping" the IV during my last rotation. Some of the floor nurses just replaced the alligator

  16. Tips for dealing with sights and smells

    danh3190 replied to called_to_help's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    One of my instructors said she keeps Halls cough drops in her pocket for just such an occasion. Haven't tried it myself, so don't know how well it

  17. 2-Year Nursing Students

    danh3190 replied to nurz2be's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are a bunch of 2 year hospital diploma programs in the Pittsburgh region of PA, at least four I can think of in Allegheny county alone, not counting the 2 year ADN program in the community...

  18. Male Nurses attending to female patients (morals vrs ethics)

    danh3190 replied to nkmorale's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My last clinical rotation was on a floor with mostly female pts and I was concerned. Most of them didn't seem to care. One of them made some sort of comment that made me think that she was a bit...

  19. 1st semester clinical rotation

    danh3190 replied to amdale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I love my PDA for clinical. I use it mostly for looking up meds. I try to have most of the meds studied before going in for clinical (we have a prep day where we get a list of the pt's meds before...

  20. Microbiology?

    danh3190 replied to mommyjskns's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How did she get the microscope shots? I wanted to do that but couldn't figure out how. At the company I used to work at they had microscopes with digital cameras attached so you could photograph...

  21. Microbiology?

    danh3190 replied to mommyjskns's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I certainly agree with all the above posters about keeping up with the studies. I loved Micro. I think it's been my favorite course so far. Nutrition wasn't all that bad. You just had to keep up...

  22. Anyone else's bookstore doing this???

    danh3190 replied to LMRN10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wow. I guess we're pretty lucky. Our school sends a list with all the info including ISBN. Usually if you have the wrong version of the book, e.g. a cheaper earlier version, and you talk to the...

  23. THUMBS UP to hospitals banning smoking!!

    danh3190 replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The hospital system around here just went non-smoking. It's pretty funny to drive by the urban hospitals in the system and see all the people in hospital scrubs standing on the public sidewalks around...

  24. shoes and uniform question

    danh3190 replied to tigress_8207's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I use New Balance athletic shoes which are pretty much all white. I think they're leather or a reasonable facimile thereof. They have a light gray N on each side and have some tiny ventilation holes...

  25. I failed my driving test! Venting...

    danh3190 replied to Sammygrll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most people I know (me included) failed on the first