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  1. how do you improve morale in a unit?

    Thank you all for the suggestions. :) I like the idea of planting seeds about supporting each other. The other night one nurse was very upset at the other for "spending too much time in a pts...
  2. does anyone know what elkhart and goshen start new grads at? I would think memorial in south bend would be comparable to st
  3. in south bend st joe starts new grads out at $19.50 an hour. There are night and weekend diffs though. I'm not sure how I feel about that being adequately compensating. Nurses have back breaking...
  4. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    omg you
  5. Nurse Assistants are vital to our health

    it is so nice to read a thread where nurse assistants are "vital". I wish that some of the RN's realized this. I think every RN should work at least a month as a nurse assistant before they become...
  6. amyl nitrite

    I am trying to learn about drugs. i was wondering if Amyl nitrate is still used in any of your facilities or do you use nitro more often? I guess it can be used to stop a contraction that wont stop?...
  7. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

    no unions around here. I agree it sucks but ...ya know. I still love
  8. giving my liver a
  9. Do Students Get Breaks In Clinicals?

    ha ha...welcome to nursing. Wait til you work 12 hour shifts and it was pee or take care of your patient.
  10. throw me to the wolves

    is this normal? I am in my first year nursing. I have had fundies, psych and now med-surg. Our professor has 4 people divided onto 4 units/2 floors. I saw my teacher all of 5 minutes today. That...
  11. throw me to the wolves

    Thank you all for your replies.. it was another rough day. I did see her though when i got ready to go to lunch. I went to get my lunch out of the fridge in the break room and lo and
  12. throw me to the wolves

    we've only been on the units 2 weeks. The problem is the units only have room for x number of students. Some of us go to observation which does not require the instructor. others are on med surg or...
  13. throw me to the wolves

    there is another instructor from the same school on the floor. She is with the upper level students. I see her ALL the time! but she cant help us, well we dont ask. We know she is there for all her...
  14. throw me to the wolves

    she was late this week. We had to wait an hour before starting clinical. We were not even allowed to get vitals until she was under the roof. Not sure why since we never see her. She brought her...
  15. please help

    First off i'm sorry this isnt directly nursing related. I'm just not sure where to turn and I'm not ready to involve my friends or family. I have some questions and I'm hoping you all will be able to...
  16. please help

    thanks for listening everyone. I had a bad first day orientation and i'm super stressed. He has no idea what to say and doesnt understand since he is not in the med field. A lot of this strain is we...
  17. shift diff

    i just got a job as a nurse tech. I will get 10% more on second shift and 12% more on 3rd. I think my staggered shift goes into 2nd and 3rd...not really sure. Anyway, i was wondering what most...
  18. is this abuse?

    Let me start off by saying this is my first semester in nursing school. The other day I went into a nursing home and was sitting there doing my care plan. A nurse went up to a resident that had...
  19. is this abuse?

    The women was alert and oriented. I'm not sure what i should of done in that situation. I am going to talk with my instructor about it. Thanks for the reply
  20. what does SA mean?

    I am working on a care plan and it says Potassium Cl 10 Meq SA Can someone help?
  21. what does SA mean?

    Thanks! :) It probably stands for the company. I will double check with my instructor tomorrow. I wish they would of at least put PO on there though. Thanks so
  22. what does SA mean?

    hmmm it was on the mar..not the lab. I thought it was weird but i've only been in nursing school about 12 weeks.
  23. No She/he Did Not!!!

    You could of told him "if you find it stick it in my
  24. Do you have all the facts? I have a 2.99. I also have a four year degree in another area. I took a lot of chemistry, physics and biology classes. I'm pretty proud of that gpa. It got me into...
  25. This question is coming from page 205 in the Perry and Potter clinical nursing skills and Techniques book. When placing a client under isolation precautions, it is important to: 1. Consider that...