nurseleigh

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1. "Thats not my patient"

   nurseleigh replied to nurse2002's topic in General Nursing

   I am in the minority here. . . Although I don't necessarily use that phrase, if the aide comes to me and says room 24 wants ________ and it is not my patient, I will tell them that they need to find...

2. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

   nurseleigh replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing home blues by D.R.I.

3. For those of you that are a nurse and those of you who call yourself a nurse!!

   nurseleigh replied to StaceRacer1's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone have the actual law that states impersonating a nurse is illegal? Because I see some grey areas here. Most of the people you describe aren't going in to a room and stating " hi, I'm your...

4. Stay Away From Texas

   nurseleigh replied to parisgirl's topic in Travel

   Please, don't hate Texas because of one bad city!!!!!!

5. Do most pass NCLEX the first time?

   nurseleigh replied to mom2rosebudbaby's topic in General Nursing

   I am just assuming that the RN boards have the same rules as the LPN boards and you can take the LPN boards up to 12 times in 3 years. If you fail it the 12th time you have to go back to school. At...

6. Do most pass NCLEX the first time?

   nurseleigh replied to mom2rosebudbaby's topic in General Nursing

   Can I add a second question to this? I am wondering whether ya'll took the NCLEX-PN or the NCLEX-RN. I have heard more people say they failed the NCLEX-RN on the first try, i have only heard a small...

7. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   nurseleigh replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   I have two, but they pale in comparison to some of these. The first is similar to another. This lol had gotten a suppository earlier in the evening and was well know for "playing" in her BM....

8. Blood Glucose Monitoring

   nurseleigh replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   I asked this in the other thread and I will post it here as well, why are the CNA's doing Accuchecks? I am a CNA and that was never a part of my training(until I got into the LPN program) and where I...

9. Checking residuals

   nurseleigh replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was taught (in school) that if the residual is twice the hourly rate or more than you do NOT return it to the patient, you throw it away. Anything under twice the hourly rate gets returned to the...

10. School and Housework!

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

    OMG!!!!! I thought i was the sloppiest, messiest, worst housekeeper on the planet because i dont have time to do the vacuuming, dishes, and laundry every single day. When I get home after a long...

11. a few more abbreviations?

    nurseleigh replied to frappachino's topic in General Nursing

    First, i really think nurses should stick together and help each other when necessary. However, I have only been in nursing school for one month and i knew every abbreviation she needed to know....

12. New Nurses Poorly Educated

    nurseleigh replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is so sad. I am a student and am scared enough going into college, much less getting to go to work. I hear stories of nurses that don't want to help out the "student nurse" or "new hire."...

13. Unsafe future nurse! What do you think??

    nurseleigh replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I dont envy the position you are in. Fact is, she needs to be reported over and over until someone listens. I too have been trying to decide what i would do. The problem with reporting her...