Natkat BSN, MSN, RN

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    Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    Natkat replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    Any advice on prioritizing diagnoses? I know the basic abc - airway, breathing, circulation, but after that, what is more important; Elimination? Safety? Pain?
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    starting ADN clinicals soon...COLD FEET?

    Natkat replied to JenniferRDH's topic in General Nursing

    As a student you will never give a medication STAT. As everyone has said you won't give a med unless your instructor is right there with you. As you learn more and get more comfortable you'll be able...
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    Hello Mr. VIP! I'm your servant nurse for the night!

    Natkat replied to SICU Queen's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh! I had one in clinicals last week. Put my head up Put my head down Take my oxygen off Put my oxygen back on Take my socks off Give me the urinal Empty the urinal Put my head up Take my oxygen off...
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    HD access security

    Natkat replied to auntiedebe's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Some people butterly first, then put tape across the needle. I put tape across then needle first, then butterly. In my experienc when it comes time to take the tape off, if the butterfly comes off...
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    Do nurses only "eat their young" in certain departments?

    Natkat replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    As a nursing student I've had experiences similar to the OP. Here is how I handle it. Ignore it. I try and work as independently as possible when I'm in clinicals. I wait to ask questions when the...
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    The 'Image' of Nursing

    Natkat replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Just what is a disturbance in an energy field anyway? What were they smoking when they made that one up? I get the same response when I tell people I'm a nursing student. They talk to me like I'm...
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    Are students in the way?

    Natkat replied to MelodyRNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Since a student doesn't have a license to do patient care, they would have to work under someone's license. My instructor says we work under her license. Maybe it varies from state to state As for...
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    Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Natkat replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad to hear someone else say that. When I tell people I don't enjoy working with elderly patients they try to make me feel guilty for that. I know lots of people who love working with the...
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    Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

    Natkat replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP, I wouldn't give up on the idea of Med-Surg until you try it. It's a good experience and you may find you like it very much. Now having said that....... My classmates and I all hate...
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    I am stressed out !! And I know why now !!

    Natkat replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in dialysis now, not as a nurse but as a PCT. The nurses in our unit are responsible for all 15 patients, not just one. However, the work is a lot less stressful than medsurg. The downside is...
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    Orientation question!!!!!

    Natkat replied to luckyduck7's topic in Operating Room

    I heard that now they mostly use scrub techs instead of nurses. That makes me sad because I am more interested in being a scrub nurse than in circulating. Ah well. As long as I'm in the OR I'll be...
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    I posted this in general discussion as well.

    Natkat replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I think these kind of playground games happen everywhere. Some places I'm accepted right away. Some places I'm given a hard time by the "in" group. When that happens I just keep to myself and do my...
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    observers/students and pt rights

    Natkat replied to MissJoRN's topic in Operating Room

    I did my rotation this week, and at the hospital I'm in, every patient is asked if they want to have photos or video taken or if a student or intern can observe their procedure. They ask this on the...
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    Advice for newbies in the OR

    Natkat replied to umakemesmile's topic in Operating Room

    I had my OR rotation this week. The nurses I spoke to in the OR encouraged me to go right into OR if that is what I'm interested in. One of the nurses said everyone kept trying to tell her to go to...
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    Applying for OR Job

    Natkat replied to Mandya22's topic in Operating Room

    I loved what you said about not wanting much patient contact. I feel guilty for not wanting much patient contact, yet that is exactly the appeal of OR nursing for me. I love medicine and I am...
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    Internet at work?

    Natkat replied to Kait's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't risk it. If it were me I'd keep a magazine or novel tucked away
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    What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

    Natkat replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    I know the title includes "lived to tell" but this one is too bizarre to not share even though the guy didn't make it. A man went to the home of his daughter's boyfriend. Evidently he told the guy to...
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    what did you do in your former life?

    Natkat replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Another former medical transcriptionist here. I love it and would love to do it for the rest of my life, but the job gets harder, the dictation gets worse and I was tired of watching my paycheck...
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    Large hospital=worse care?

    Natkat replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in lots of hospitals in lots of cities. It didn't matter what hospital I worked in, in casual conversation when someone found out I worked at XYZ hospital, there was always someone who...
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    Advice for 1st semester in Nursing School?

    Natkat replied to earthangel141's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember, don't memorize. Try to learn the nursing process and focus on the nursing part of whatever topic you cover. Don't try to remember lists - like all the steps in the inflammation process....
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    Schools without waiting lists

    Natkat replied to P_RN's topic in General Students

    My college doesn't have a waiting list but it usually takes a person more than 2 years to get accepted. North Harris
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    Do you have to write a lot of papers?

    Natkat replied to tofutti's topic in General Students

    It couldn't hurt to take a writing class. In a writing class you'll have lots of chances to get it right. You'll get lots of help from your professor with making sure your references are done...
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    Lost in careplans

    Natkat replied to kdrex's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a whole discussion about care plans.
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    Please stop the blank v.s blank debates.

    Natkat replied to mydee's topic in General Nursing

    How about Coke vs. Pepsi? Beta vs. VHS? Mac vs. PC? Rolling Stones vs. The Beatles? Some people enjoy debate. I don't personally, but as Eric said, if I don't want to participate I skip over
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    Ageism in Nursing School..

    Natkat replied to MQ Edna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm so sorry to hear you feel rejected by your classmates. I think I experienced a touch of this in the beginning (I'm 45) but I shrugged it off. I just worked really hard, tried my best to learn fast...