LogCabinMom

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  1. Needlestick last night from +HepC pt

    LogCabinMom replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    My instructor just called and was wondering the same thing... I'm not sure if they've done a HCV RNA or not... I know his LFTs looked very good, but that's it.. Another question for the Occupational...

  2. Needlestick last night from +HepC pt

    LogCabinMom replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, all. I just got news that the patient was HIV-, so TG for that... now I just have to wait and see about the HCV... I know it's not always a death sentence, but it's not something I'd like to...

  3. Shocked at Surgery

    LogCabinMom posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a freshman nursing student in an ADN program and yesterday I had the opportunity to observe in OR for the whole day. It was very cool, but I came home with my eyes wide open, I tell ya. It is...

  4. Nursely Peoples! Please help me with a stats project by answering a few simple Qs

    LogCabinMom replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Students

    1.yes 2. n/a 3. yes 4.

  5. Shocked at Surgery

    LogCabinMom replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    No, I wouldn't say it was "disenchanting" - just eye-opening. It would not make me say no to a surgical job, but it would make me be an RN who kept my eyes open and mouth shut (about anything...

  6. Shocked at Surgery

    LogCabinMom replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    Yup - we've been told in class to watch what you say when pt are under anasthesia - but from my observation yesterday it seemed that once the person was under, it was a piece of meat they were...

  7. I failed dosage and calculations

    LogCabinMom replied to keldel's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry you didn't pass - we have just taken our math test and quite a bit of the class failed, but they can re-take 1 time. We're using "Calculate with Confidence" - it comes with a CD which was...