Halinja BSN, RN

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    I am so confused..Nursing Research Class

    Halinja replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Students

    Um. Sorry, but no. With the incredible brouhaha over plagiarism these days, my papers go nowhere but into my professor's hot little hands. (Or, as happens more often, to turnitin.com) I...
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    I know nothing!!

    Halinja replied to JennBoston's topic in General Students

    LOL, I once asked my clinical instructor if I could do that. Follow a nurse the whole day, every single step, with every patient (med/surg floor). Her answer? "you wouldn't understand what she was...
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    NO way! Narcan deal part III!

    Halinja replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    UnBELIEVEable! the part that freaks me out...no, wait, it ALL freaks me out. But aside from documenting opinion in the chart, it just seems horrendous that she discussed you with the patient! That...
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    I don't WANT to be a doctor

    Halinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just want to vent a little. My family seems to have this thing about doctors. When I called my folks to tell them I was getting a divorce, the very first thing my Dad said was "Oh good, now you...
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    I am so confused..Nursing Research Class

    Halinja replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Students

    I read the assignment over again. Boy, I dunno. I can see your point. Trouble is I can see it both ways. One read through and I think one thing, then I tilt my head and read it again and come up...
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    I don't WANT to be a doctor

    Halinja replied to Halinja's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly! Why would anyone do that to themselves ON PURPOSE! Thank you! It is sooooo nice to hear other people feel that way
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    I don't WANT to be a doctor

    Halinja replied to Halinja's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    I don't WANT to be a doctor

    Halinja replied to Halinja's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, Yep! Distance is a wonderful
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    I am so confused..Nursing Research Class

    Halinja replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Students

    I agree with Augigi, you've been given a very clear outline of what the prof is looking for. And Augigi has given you great advice for each section. I would only disagree a teeny bit with what you...
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    I am so confused..Nursing Research Class

    Halinja replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in General Students

    Are you supposed to interpret the findings, or are you supposed to do a peer review type article? If you are reviewing, then exactly what they discovered isn't as important as how they did it. Did...
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    Most RN's first borns?

    Halinja replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Third, sixth, or ninth, depending on how you count. (It's a long story) Anyway, I'm the youngest. No alcoholism in my family, but dysfunction
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    Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    Halinja replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm in a BSN program right now, and we had to learn all the sites, plus give each other IM's in the ventrogluteal. In clinicals all I've ever given is subQ. (oh, and vitamin K in the vastus...
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    Lost in careplans

    Halinja replied to kdrex's topic in General Nursing

    I use Wilkinson (nursing diagnosis handbook) and a couple of others. Wilkinson has a section in the back that suggests diagnoses for different disease processes. I use Maslow for rationales as to...
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    Pinning ceremony, now that you're an RN, was it worth it?

    Halinja posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering how you experienced nurses feel about your pinning ceremony now that you are out in the working world. I'm a single mother. Money is tight. Our class wants in the neighborhood of...
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    Lost in careplans

    Halinja replied to kdrex's topic in General Nursing

    Help
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    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Halinja replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with that one too! Sounds
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    Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

    Halinja replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a young mom, I found out I was pregnant. I had one other child, and had miscarried once. While I was in the doctor's office, the nurse was taking a history, and when I said I'd miscarried...
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    You'll never make it in California

    Halinja replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

    There's a nice relocation wizard at: NowHiring.com Salary Wizard Put in how much money you think you'd be making as an RN where you are, and then see what it would take to have a comparable disposable...
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    Care plans

    Halinja replied to MRSLEAN709's topic in General Nursing

    Mine have been anywhere from 6 to 50. Depends on the instructor, the patient, the specialty (or not, my longest ones were in med/surg) Often OB ones were fairly short as there were no complications....
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    ready to quit school, almost

    Halinja replied to catnip's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like business as usual to me. If they didn't change the requirements in the middle of the semester, then they have the right to change their grading system. In fact, each teacher in our...
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    Psych RN's, being phased out???

    Halinja posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I'm going to be graduating in 2007 with my BSN. Psych nursing is one of the three specialties that intrigue me. (I know, I'm going to have to make up my mind pretty soon!) I was talking to a friend...
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    Psych RN's, being phased out???

    Halinja replied to Halinja's topic in Psychiatric

    I think that's true here in the US as
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    Ageism in Nursing School..

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

    I have to say, I haven't run in to any ageism. I have friends who are in their early 20's, up to close to my age. The trick, I think, is that to me they're all my compatriots/colleagues. Yes, at...
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    any hope of passing chem. 101

    Halinja replied to o2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This may sound silly, but do you have kids? Are any of their old chem books hanging around? when I was in chem, I got out my son's old chem book. For some reason, his book was easier for me to...
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    Nurses/Office Staff who Smoke in the Office, it's Killing Me!

    Halinja replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    If everyone but you smokes, then you aren't likely to get them to change their behavior and if somehow they got reported and had to stop, they're going to resent it like crazy. I'd say this isn't a...