GeauxNursing

GeauxNursing

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  1. not enough students, class gets held back?!

    GeauxNursing posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We're at the end of 2nd semester. Last week, we had 28/45 students left. Last night, down to 21. After the final Tuesday, we may be down to 10. Our contract states if the class falls below 6, they...

  2. dry hands

    GeauxNursing replied to qpmz's topic in General Nursing

    oh! an overnight tx! my nurse makes that same concoction and it is just pointless trying to use it during the day...slimy, greasy, justs makes for icky hands after getting washed. maybe i'll try it...

  3. not enough students, class gets held back?!

    GeauxNursing replied to GeauxNursing's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    not sure I'm allowed to say the name, don't want to give them a bad name. but it's not Concorde, and it's not

  4. not enough students, class gets held back?!

    GeauxNursing replied to GeauxNursing's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    IMO, some of the failers didn't apply themselves. Others tried and tried and tried, but were obviously held back by ineffective teaching patterns clashing with individual learning styles....

  5. Questions Fluid Restrictions Hemodialysis

    GeauxNursing replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    wow. my patients aren't afraid. We have steady 4, 5, 6 kg weight gains on a daily basis. Sometimes

  6. Davita is doing what?!?

    GeauxNursing replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    oh i know. i work for davita. i was just saying that I could potentially get 10,000 for referring someone! that's

  7. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    GeauxNursing replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    you ask all your friends, coworkers, family members what meds they are taking...then run and look them

  8. Behavioral Problems:Patients in Outpatient Clinics

    GeauxNursing replied to amartin2516's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    we have some pts on "behavior contracts", they got in a yelling match one day, right across the bay from eachother. they would've thrown down if it hadn't been for those handy needles in their arms...

  9. Baylor Plan?

    GeauxNursing posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Can someone explain to me the concept of this Baylor Plan? A classmate tells me this is how she will work once we are out of school. What is it? Commuter, I know you got something for me on

  10. Do anyone in healthcare in the US wear these?

    GeauxNursing replied to newlpn08's topic in General Nursing

    that is the neatest idea! I want

  11. MedMath answer a med error?

    GeauxNursing replied to jackson145's topic in General Nursing

    yes, but the order was for 1000mL. that's it. unless the order was renewed or repeated, I would think that means the pt only gets 1000mL, what is ordered. hmmm. so did you get that one right? what...

  12. Fundamentals V/S Med-Surg

    GeauxNursing replied to KPolk RN2B's topic in General Students

    well i'm in an LVN program,

  13. Fundamentals V/S Med-Surg

    GeauxNursing replied to KPolk RN2B's topic in General Students

    i agree with some of the above posts. Ppl thought fundamentals was a breeze, no problem, I can do it. then BAM here comes MSI and pharm. half my class is failing both. only a handful of us are...

  14. Dialysis Staffing

    GeauxNursing replied to CocoaGirl's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    yea we are doing work without pay in the morning as well, how else can we have everything ready? the clock-ins are closely monitored to the second. so silly. i know our CEO can afford and extra 15...

  15. Whataburger - a Texas gem!

    GeauxNursing replied to TheCommuter's topic in Texas Nursing

    got a whatachicken (fried of course) with some fries and a coke yesterday on lunchbreak during clinicals. (btw, I LOVE white

  16. How back friendly is Dialysis Nursing?

    GeauxNursing replied to nurswiss's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    tell me about it! I am 27, and some days I feel like its 57, or 67! The angle at which you have to bend over to cannulate (or access the catheters) is tough on the ole back. at 10 minute intervals,...

  17. Stopping smoking? What helps you

    GeauxNursing replied to Silverdragon102's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I've been smoking for 12 years. It sucks when i read that statement. I started when i was 15. I quit, using Zyban, for 2 years when I was 18-ish. Then I got a job in a bar. College, out drinking...

  18. Peritoneal Dialysis monthly Clinic visits

    GeauxNursing replied to chatty-rn's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    well, crap! i can't believe you have HD pts to begin with. Are you a PD nurse or a kind of in-the-middle nurse? we have separate wings of the clinic for our PD and home-hemo. Our PD dept has 30...

  19. DaVita Academy

    GeauxNursing replied to sicurn07's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    academy was silly. reinforcing the idea that Davita is a "village" and we all wrk together for the common good. yea right. how bout giving me some of that common good as a bonus, KT? I know you made...

  20. I'm sad :( Nursing is Hard!!

    GeauxNursing replied to cyncopia's topic in General Students

    sterile fields are just something you have to train yourself to "see". imagine 4 poles coming up, one from each corner, and there is an imaginary tent covering your field; you cannot cross over the...

  21. Drugs and the Autonomic NS

    GeauxNursing replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Students

    well, what irks me is this: we are taking a test that another instructor made, using ANOTHER textbook. so far, the material in his "study handouts" pretty much follows our chapter. But, what if we...

  22. Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

    GeauxNursing replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    Well my understanding of latex allergies goes like this: if you are allergic, you CANNOT be near it, right? risk for severe reactions? My clinical sites have actually been the only exposure I have...

  23. Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

    GeauxNursing replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    this is a great thread! I knew, of course, that there are those with latex allergies. A girl in my class is slightly sensitive to it. But i had no idea it was so common, or that it can come on...

  24. Dimensional Analysis Math Problems Website For Nursing Math

    GeauxNursing replied to onduty23's topic in General Students

    i Googled "med math pharm", "nursing math", etc. and found lots of good sites with practice

  25. Single patient use BP cuffs

    GeauxNursing replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    in our dialysis unit, the MRSAer's have their own cuff, stored in a plastic bag, in a separate