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  1. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    "There/their/they're" bugs me, too. My daughter had a high school ENGLISH teacher misuse these, claiming that the usage rules changed in the '70's. But "your" still tops my

  2. Does "your" instead of "you're" drive anyone else nuts?

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Years ago, I was extremely annoyed by grammatical and spelling errors in print, but with the internet, texting, maturity, and bigger fish to fry, I've pretty much gotten over it. But the misuse of...

  3. HCC really screwed us big time!

    *ac* replied to jinjinweiwei's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    These are NCLEX-style questions. Even nursing school doesn't adequately prepare you for them, but you have to get the hang of them to get your license. First, think ABC's: airway, breathing,...

  4. Is my dosage teacher correct?

    *ac* replied to nurturer's topic in General Students

    I'm surprised that dosage tutorials still use "cc" in examples when this is considered a dangerous abreviation - JHACO has advised us to use "mL" for a long

  5. I need a different specialty

    *ac* replied to lovethebabies's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.

  6. admits at shift change

    *ac* replied to hds51403's topic in General Nursing

    We have no cutoff time - an admit could come DURING report! But we stay to do the whole thing. It doesn't really take that long, and there's no way I want that dumped on me when I start my shift, so...

  7. Do new graduates RN's get ,easier patients?

    *ac* replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    They're going to smell your fear and eat you

  8. Does it bother you to address MDs by their title of Doctor?

    *ac* replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The interns and residents, first names. Attendings, last name. That's just our culture. I work in peds. I call my patient's parents "mom" and "dad" as they often have different last names than...

  9. NG/G-tube administration videos?

    *ac* replied to moncj66's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not sure where to find this, but be aware that an NG and a G -tube are two completely different things. The NG goes thru the nare, and the G is accessed through the

  10. help, short staffed, at wits end

    *ac* replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work at my hospital? To add insult to inury, we are constantly getting emails about how we need to step up customer satisfaction. This is a joke! How can I when it's all I can do to meet...

  11. How to make management happy!!!!!!!

    *ac* replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly don't give a rat's you-know-what about management. I do my best, my very best, and I have cards and letters and positive surveys from patients that prove it. I try to do what they ask and...

  12. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    *ac* replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

    Personally, I wouldn't do it without versed. I mean

  13. Pyxis as the problem? You decide.

    *ac* replied to vicarious's topic in General Nursing

    With E-Mar, you'll still wander around with the med trying to find that person, but then you have to drag them back to a computer to look at the order. Then you have to find them later and remind...

  14. How much do you make? I make

    *ac* replied to marylandRN77's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I am in Maryland, with a little over one year experience - recently got a raise/promotion. I will just say that I make less than you. At my next eval, at two years, it is very unlikely I will be up...

  15. Air in I.V. tubing

    *ac* replied to hds51403's topic in General Nursing

    What if running the air out also runs out a lot of fluid - and you don't want to lose it, such as with a blood transfusion. There is a way to pull the air out of the tubing with a syringe; I just...

  16. Air in I.V. tubing

    *ac* replied to hds51403's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to know this,

  17. Thinking outside the box.

    *ac* replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Case management jobs want 5 years of

  18. Thinking outside the box.

    *ac* replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to know how to find ANY of these non-bedside

  19. On what could of happened

    *ac* replied to bthsp's topic in LPN to RN

    What exactly does your write-up say that you did wrong? I feel like something's

  20. in my first term, now I know what you all were talking about

    *ac* replied to chnc1024's topic in General Students

    OP, your writing was just fine. We aren't writing term papers are charting here.

  21. Opinions Please

    *ac* replied to PennyNickelDime_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That would be an incident report at my hospital. No way he wouldn't have had portable O2. If they didn't want to give up their IV pump, the bags would have been hung on a pole that comes up out of...

  22. School refuses to medication math to students

    *ac* replied to evadeni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, we got it in algebra and chemistry, not nursing school. If you didn't, then pick up a little book (it's little 'cause there's not that much to it) and get it on your own as most

  23. Nana forced preemie newborn (less than 9 lbs at the time) to suck on a lollipop.

    *ac* replied to a_new_grandma's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be way more concerned if it was honey or cow's milk. But a little bit of sugar never hurt a baby. Sweet-ease, formula, breast milk, IV fluids, all have sugar in

  24. School refuses to medication math to students

    *ac* replied to evadeni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think it's pretty common. We had the exam in the first week of the first semester of school - 90% requirement. In the following semesters, we had the med math exam the first or second day and less...

  25. Any advice for smoking/non-smoking relationship?

    *ac* replied to thetravellertoplaces's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel like I've been dealing with this issue my entire life. I grew up with it, took it up, put it down (while watching my mother die a painful death following a miserable 10 years), now live with...