Preemienurse23

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  1. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    Preemienurse23 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a nurse tech, I would get called a nurse by some of my pts, and didn't always correct them. Sometimes the pts were confused just by the number of people that they saw daily, and we all...

  2. I made her cry?!?

    Preemienurse23 replied to one breath at a time's topic in General Nursing

    She was asking your co-workers about you?!? It does sound like she was looking for something. I know my manager has never gone asking about me. I hear when things get reported to her, good or bad, and...

  3. I'm looking for a few nurses to help me

    Preemienurse23 replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    Infection control is always the most important thing to remember. You don't want to take the bug from one pt to another, or take it home with

  4. Nursing with a major disability

    Preemienurse23 replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who has only one arm, and is an awesome nurse, and there is one girl who should be starting the program in the fall who is a "little person" (for lack of a better term.) I do wonder...

  5. As nurses are we just Trained well behavedMonkeys

    Preemienurse23 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    My very first clinical, I went to give up my seat to a Dr. and my preceptor stopped me, and told me that I didn't have to give it up because I had just as much right to sit there and chart on my pt,...

  6. To Filter or Not to Filter

    Preemienurse23 replied to ScammRNC's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Our lipids and TPN are mixed and we have a filter on

  7. MA's please stop letting school practice on you !

    Preemienurse23 replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing program wouldn't let us practice on each other. We used hot dog weenies for TB and sponges for IM, then in clinicals we used the pts. They told us it was too much of a liability to stick...

  8. Did I do the right thing, or did I not do enough?

    Preemienurse23 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Tazzi, I didn't think of it being condescending. I probably would have walked out and told the nurse what he was doing and that if she wanted the blood glucose, come help or get it herself! I...

  9. 265?s anyone pass with that?

    Preemienurse23 replied to mdavis2278's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have had several friends take all 265 and pass. Some unfortunate souls get all of them. They are the validater

  10. help ?

    Preemienurse23 replied to Fancy Face's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I tip I got from a preceptor: If your hospital uses the kits with the tube of lubricant instead of the little packet, you can put a little on the catheter, and then use the rest to aim at the area the...

  11. Did I do the right thing, or did I not do enough?

    Preemienurse23 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious.. But why do you say that "we" wasn't the best choice of

  12. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Preemienurse23 replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If the skill required a license (IV's, Meds etc) we were not allowed to do them. I got to do more, because I proved to my nurses that I was competent in doing it. Most of the teaching I did, was...

  13. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Preemienurse23 replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Nurse Techs (NT)were nursing students that worked at the hospital. Some facilities call them nurse externs. I usually referred to us as glorified PCA's (CNA's.) We were not CNA's though. We were...

  14. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Preemienurse23 replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    At the hospital we worked at, we the nurse techs would do all the jobs on the floor from being a PCA to actually taking a pt load as a nurse and doing everything for those pts except for

  15. Insurance

    Preemienurse23 replied to jcicelyj's topic in General Nursing

    I am paying 110 for my health and dental. That is for the highest plan with the least out of pocket. I am single with no kids, but its not much more to add husbands and other dependents on

  16. CNA: Krappy attitude

    Preemienurse23 replied to FinderKeeper's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked as a nurse tech during school, and we were the "rung" above CNA's on some days and lower the next. I have seen the nurses treat their support staff like dirt, and I valued them when I was...

  17. Staff taking pictures...weird question

    Preemienurse23 replied to rnin02's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The NICU I am in, the parents can leave a disposable camera for the staff to take pics. But I don't think that we can take them for another personal reason, That to me would be a HIPPA violation. If...

  18. Refusing "Hospital Protocal"

    Preemienurse23 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Contact your legal department and ask them, or call your nursing administration and ask. They would be able to tell you what forms/documentation needed to be

  19. New Grad in the NICU!

    Preemienurse23 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I absolutely love this website! I have just started at a Level 3 NICU and I have my first day on the floor next week. I am so excited but then again extremely nervous because I have never been in a...

  20. New Grad in the NICU!

    Preemienurse23 replied to Preemienurse23's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks. I will defiantly check that book

  21. 205 Questions Passing???

    Preemienurse23 replied to mustangmollie's topic in General Nursing

    On the NCLEX, the questions do start easier and then get harder. That is how the computer tests to see if you are a really good guesser or you actually know your stuff. All it does is test for...

  22. Can I challenge the LPN Boards?

    Preemienurse23 replied to LiLSouthernAngel's topic in General Nursing

    I was in a BSN program and we could take the LPN boards after our 3rd

  23. How do YOU check a temp in an orally intubated person?

    Preemienurse23 replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    During clinicals and at work we would take the temp in the between the teeth and the gums. I have never done or seen a rectal temp done on an adult and I have floated to all the ICUS at my old...

  24. What has Nursing become?

    Preemienurse23 replied to vonxojn's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I used to work at, I hated our ER. I wouldn't work down there for anything. They hired 12 new grads, and there was no expansion.... Now I would go there for treatment if I needed it,...

  25. How many got only 75 questions?

    Preemienurse23 replied to cindib's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took mine Tuesday the 12th, and had 75. I only had one drug calc, maybe one choose all, some drugs on there that I had not heard of, but not all the drugs have to be "real" drugs either. Most of...