mb1949

mb1949

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  1. How My Instructor Affected My Life

    mb1949 replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    I love it, revenge a dish best served cold, congratulations, your a nurse in spite of this

  2. How My Instructor Affected My Life

    mb1949 replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    Isn't that sad, I have met some really nice, kind nurses while on clinical but the other stuff I have seen has really changed my opinion of the whole profession. As an outsider I had a totally...

  3. The Nursing Math Thread

    mb1949 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Thanks. that is the type of information I

  4. How My Instructor Affected My Life

    mb1949 replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Students

    Personally I am almost finished with school and csn't wait I am so sick of thier attitudes and crappy rules, I have witnessed and been on the recieving end of too much crap for the past 3 years to...

  5. The Nursing Math Thread

    mb1949 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Ok so then I will never say never, but in most cases you run up to the tenths for po med, I think I understand, thanks for your help, more helpful than my

  6. The Nursing Math Thread

    mb1949 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    The label is just my stinky typing skills, I still don't understand why you would round, and in real life if I was to give 375mg would i draw up 10.15 or

  7. The Nursing Math Thread

    mb1949 replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    Ok this was on my last pharm exam, and I got it wrong, unforetunately no one can or will explain why could someone enlighten me order 500mg acetaminophen 500mg po prn for fever over 100.2...

  8. When do we learn how to start an iv

    mb1949 replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    The scope of practice and educational requirements in NYS or anywhere for that matter are completely different. In NYS nursing students are not allowed to start IV's no nursing school in NYS allows...

  9. HIPAA violation by another student

    mb1949 replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    Actually, you shouldn't feel bad about it, she did violate your hippa rights, and reading over the posts I have to agree that she probably had some kind of brain freeze, looking at your file...

  10. Question about PCA on my pharm exam

    mb1949 posted a topic in General Students

    I had a pharm calculation exam today, one question I don't remember the exact wording, but it was fentanyl, infusing I assumed through a PCA, we were told by professor not to round up fentanyl,...

  11. Question about PCA on my pharm exam

    mb1949 replied to mb1949's topic in General Students

    Isn't it confusing usually we round to the tenth, unless its mL/hr than we round up to whole numbers, however I still don't understand this fentanyl and pca thing, oh well I quess I will find out...

  12. HIPAA violation by another student

    mb1949 replied to Dianacabana's topic in General Students

    i understand your concern, however, i would have spoken to her directly, or perhaps had the Professor speak to her, calling her job will get her fired no doubt in my mind about that, and this is...

  13. Anyone Required To Take ERI?

    mb1949 replied to RainDreamer's topic in General Students

    Yes we have to take ERI, just finished taking the pharm and passed (barely) most of my class failed, have to retake next week, we have about 4 to take this semester, but we usually just take...

  14. When do we learn how to start an iv

    mb1949 replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    That's correct in NYS you cannot start an IV without a License, not even on your professors license, however we are allow to hang Piggy Back and IV fluids and flush the lines as long as there is a...

  15. Should I go to clinical w/strep throat?

    mb1949 replied to ~FutureNurse~'s topic in General Students

    Smart move after 48 hrs on abx if you are feeling up to it,

  16. Should I go to clinical w/strep throat?

    mb1949 replied to ~FutureNurse~'s topic in General Students

    I have a problem with that, clients are sick already, some immunocomprised, not to mention that you are sick already yourself, a hospital is no place for a person with an active strep infection....

  17. Can I make it in Nursing school?

    mb1949 replied to KT08's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Here is an article I found that might give a hint to what I am talking about, good luck to you, do some research If this applies to...

  18. Can I make it in Nursing school?

    mb1949 replied to KT08's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Have you been in the middle east, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, have you thought about gulf war syndrome, it seems there is some type of syndrome among our brave vets that might have something to...

  19. New grad application timeline

    mb1949 replied to cjthegreat's topic in New York Nursing

    Where have you been networking, I don't know where to apply first, do you just call the nurse recruiters, how about references from your clinical instructors, I am sure I will get one from all...

  20. Life and Nursing School.

    mb1949 replied to motivated2nurse's topic in General Students

    I am 51 yo senior in nursing school, and believe me we are all going through it, OK, my three grown children 31, 29, 27, all live at home and they give me nothing but drama, and it seems...

  21. Should I go to clinical w/strep throat?

    mb1949 replied to ~FutureNurse~'s topic in General Students

    Try to get in touch with the instructor , let your fellow students know, but please stay home and take care of yourself, PS a note from your doc will be a

  22. Don't wear gloves when doing vitals on post-partum mom

    mb1949 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    We were specifically told by our MedSurg 1 professor not to wear gloves during vital signs for the reason posted above, gloves give a false sense of security, gloves are for exposure to body fluids,...

  23. What grade did you achieve in Chemistry and/or Anatomy?

    mb1949 replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

    I got an A in chem, an A in A&P 1 and a B+ in A&P 2, I can't agree more with the poster above, read your chapter in chem, do all the problems at the end of each chapter, take...

  24. help-i'm a student who failed a drug test

    mb1949 replied to chloe79's topic in General Students

    Happened to one a friend of mine, bad back, took a pain pill from a friend one night when she couldn't take it anymore, a few days later shows up for clinical orientation and is drug tested, she...

  25. When do we learn how to start an iv

    mb1949 replied to VampRN's topic in General Students

    we don't learn to start IV's in our program, we actually did IVPB, and IVSS in Med-Surg 1 and 2, but I am going to graduate in May and have never started an IV, we don't even practice it in...