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  1. IV push administration

    moongirl replied to Gottago's topic in General Students

    we were taught- as students, yes it is necessary. When you are a grownup nurse,

  2. Know it all classmates

    moongirl replied to FNPhopeful's topic in General Students

    you get them in every class. Some have no medical experience and still act that way. I witnessed a STUDENT correct an INSTRUCTOR once. bout peed my pants. Just ignore them, dont let them bother you or...

  3. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    moongirl replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    yes. our school is the same, but consider yourself lucky. we get 2 chances and it is 100 percent, or you are out, not 90, and we have 20

  4. Help!! Rn Student With 4 Months Left

    moongirl replied to Optimus1's topic in LPN to RN

    it sounds like the test you must take to pass is like ours, a HESI, which is an idicator for the NCLEX. we have to score 850 or we dont graduate. Do you have a mentor.. a student who went thru the...

  5. Cheating on nursing exams

    moongirl replied to MiaNJ's topic in General Nursing

    at my school, they never hand back the tests, which I think I good practice. You can go look at your test to see their rationales for what they said was right, but it is with your advisor,a nd you are...

  6. fed up and set up

    moongirl replied to knockandhello's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    wait.. I am a student.. I thought one of the " rights" before giving any med was to check the doctors orders against the MAR... you dont do that

  7. just venting. (long)

    moongirl replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    These women all have forms of dementia.. and I wonder if some of it too isnt the "old school" in them, thinking that only a woman should be a nurse. We have a wonderful male student in our class who...

  8. just venting. (long)

    moongirl replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    can't help but wonder if they all just weren't acting like naughty children just to get some "action"

  9. Fear ruined my first nursing career. Help!

    moongirl replied to Elisheva's topic in Ob/Gyn

    when its meant to be, doors open. You found a program just when you needed it. Take that as positive

  10. Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    moongirl replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    My first clinical year was at a Magnet hospital. RN only on those name badges as

  11. Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    moongirl replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  12. Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    moongirl replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    this sounds like you are saying that the higher the title- the more qualified. Which turns this into a RN vs BSN war, which the moderator asked you not to do. A BSN is no more qualifed to care for...

  13. Union- good or bad?

    moongirl replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Bala, begalli and Timothy for your replies. I know there has to be ALOT to say about unions, otherwise a vote to go union wouldn't come down to being so close. If they were great, it would be a...

  14. Union- good or bad?

    moongirl replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    ok.. so if it is not to ensure fair wages, what would be the advantage? i am not trying to start a war- seems this is a touchy subject (?). But the votes that put this union into place at this...

  15. Allowing more than RN on name badge?

    moongirl replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    well, at one hospital I did clinicals in, it simply said "RN" on name tags. One girl was dang proud of her BSN and ordered scrubs with her name and then BSN embroidered in HUGE scrolly letters across...

  16. Union- good or bad?

    moongirl replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    ok, so they help keep wages fair. What else? I am ignorant as to the ways of a union. I have never worked under one, or known anyone who has. What else does belonging to a union mean, specifically...

  17. Screw-ups?

    moongirl replied to CH080605's topic in General Nursing

    Didnt happen to me- but saw an RN go to give a Lovenox on a extremely skinny- 82 lbs- woman with skin that can only be described as hide. Not much subq to pinch. She pinched up what she could, popped...

  18. Question for night shifters

    moongirl replied to moongirl's topic in General Nursing

    thank you all for your tips and info! I appreciate

  19. Question for night shifters

    moongirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, if you work say 3 12 hour shifts and have 4 days off.. on your days off do you stick to sleeping during the day and being up at night? That would seem weird, (1) because you would never see the...

  20. Sometimes I hate being the nurse in the family

    moongirl replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    honestly, I don't think its a nurse thing, more of a mom thing. It is just expected that you will deal with it. One time - 3 am, my son threw up all over the kitchen floor, and I mean ALL over. I woke...

  21. What did you sacrifice to get where you are?

    moongirl replied to GTChick01's topic in General Nursing

    time with my children and husband that I can never get back. sleep. free time. watching a movie. reading a book for fun. lost a friend who doesnt understand how hard nursing school is and why I dont...

  22. I don't know how to feel about this

    moongirl replied to sweetcheekers's topic in General Nursing

    If it had been me, and my baby, I would have been very greatful to you. You bought them some time. Each moment is precious. Dont beat yourself up looking at the negatives. Things happen for a reason,...

  23. Drip rate vs Flow rate?

    moongirl replied to Osborne55's topic in General Students

    I had her breathing down my neck expecting me to do it long hand on a scratch piece of paper in front of her !!!!!! and yes, when I re-infused blood from an OrthoPat, I also had drip time, no pump, I...

  24. Drip rate vs Flow rate?

    moongirl replied to Osborne55's topic in General Students

    dont get comfortable with the thought" everything is on a pump". In my second semester on Ortho/Nero, 3 times I started IV infusion of Ancef that was gravity drip, not pump and had to calc the drip...

  25. Best way to deal with rudeness?

    moongirl replied to Gods child's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I generally can fix it by looking them in the eye and saying" I am sorry you feel that