jesa

jesa

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  1. Faking high FSBS?

    I think it is just using food or sugar rubbed on the fingers. at our hospital we are taught to scrub fingers really well because of the false high readings. I would guess that he probably did something like that, although it is disconcerting that he ...
  2. Least strenuous unit to work??

    I would say the least physical would be psych - if you work in a VA you probably have a great psych facility there, most do!
  3. Psych patient teaching for class assignment..HELP

    I loved my psych rotation, we did our teaching in the inpatient lock down highest level acuity unit. we decided to do our class on art. I talked about some artists who had been diagnosed with significant mental disorders (schizophrenia and bipolar si...
  4. Question about capillary blood glucose testing

    could you not use the left hand?
  5. did you try to find a job before you left? the bay area is especially saturated with nurses, there are several schools in the area that graduate nurses 2x a year. there are people in this area that have been looking for 18 months. I graduated from an...
  6. LVN Program? Bay Area College of Nursing

    have you looked at their website for more information? I think you should at least have done that before attending any college. just fyi - there is NO school that will guarentee employment after graduation, if you are attending a school that does the...
  7. So... How real is the show ER?

    HAHA! we had a little girl the other day who I was doing a straight cath on, her anatomy was a little different, her labia minora looked almost fused together, I asked the MD if she wanted to take a look, she was like "sure, but I wouldn't know how t...
  8. So... How real is the show ER?

    agreed, totally different. I work in the ED. 99% of my day is looking at people with stomach aches, headaches, "back pain", and various other NON emergent problems. car accidents and falls. as pp said, things don't run that smoothly. you are just sta...
  9. Schizophrenic Sleep

    I hope you start getting enough sleep! when I was working 7p-7a I came home home and took a lunesta if I had to go back that night. I need need need my sleep and, for me, it worked, I got a full 7-8 hours of sleep before going back to work. I'm worki...
  10. New Grad thinking to start career in the ER

    kf15 so sorry to hear about your experience in the ED! that is not my experience, either, and I hope that is true for others on here. I am a new grad started in the ED and also love it. every day I learn something. every day I see a disease or proced...
  11. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Francisco

    I got a call around 3pm. odd because last night my wife had a dream I got my acceptance today and I was taking a nap when they called and thought about the other person who had a call around 3 yesterday! I also had my home number on my application, s...
  12. Samuel Merritt ABSN San Francisco

    I have been reading this thread over the past weeks because I've been waiting, too, I'm writing under my wife's user name now. just wanted to say not to give up hope! I got a call today for the SF cohort! apparently they had my OLD cell phone number ...
  13. I think you have a good base, and I think that by the time you actually become a nurse you will have a great base! I believe that as people in recovery, we have insight into some things that normies don't. I work in the ED. yesterday I had a patient ...
  14. I think most nursing school clinicals are similar, we had 2 semesters of med-surg, psych, OB, pediatrics, public health, and our final semester. I don't know if any school that would have a standard ER rotation, you may request that for your final pr...
  15. Samuel Merritt ELMSN Fall 2009 Interviews!

    Donna how did they notify you? congrats!!