kcstudentnurse06

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1. Learn from mistakes

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to LisaJanae's topic in General Nursing

   Ok.....Here we go. In my first clinical rotation I was passing meds to my patient. I had taken my MAR to the pyxis and retrieved the meds that I needed from there, and then I returned to my...

2. Most interesting Micro-organism!!

   kcstudentnurse06 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I need to write a 10 page research paper on a microorganism. Has anybody happened upon a very interesting one? I was thinking trich, and ofcourse there is the dreaded C-Diff. Do you have a better...

3. Please, Please, Please, Any Other Very Tall Nurses Out There?????

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to *Andrea*'s topic in General Nursing

   Cherokee!! They make Talls, and they are actually too long for me, a problem that I rarely have, as I also have a 35" inseam. I love them, because are slightly flared, and they have a little slit at...

4. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   As a fourteen year old girl was being prepped for her c-section....."You can't shave there....I just got those" A really cute one from my days in Med/Surg...an elderly lady called in the middle of the...

5. Do you use filtered needles for Im injections

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to ceen's topic in Emergency

   Filtered needes have a blunt tip, at least all of the ones that I have seen. They are used for drawing medication out of glass ampules, the needle must be switched before giving the

6. Post mortem photos and ethical issues.

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to kcangel's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   I work in mother baby and when we have an IUFD, we ask the parents if they would like photos. We also have photographers that participate in "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" which is a group that...

7. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

   kcstudentnurse06 replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

   I am a nursing student in an ADN program, and we are required to know all injection sites and the landmarks used to find them. We also were taught not to give more than 1cc in the