heather318

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1. L&D Practicum Question

   heather318 replied to heather318's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you for a reply to my question! I started practicum and I'm having a blast so far! I've been soaking up all the knowledge provided by my preceptor and I'm trying to ask as many questions as I can!

2. Advice for doing vaginal exams

   heather318 replied to smithtip's topic in Ob/Gyn

   My school has one.. It's pretty cool, except it's hard as a rock and difficult to spread your fingers in!!

3. L&D Practicum Question

   heather318 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm starting my senior practicum in L&D next week and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions about what to review ahead of time? If you've had students, what do you expect from them? I'm really excited about it, yet extremely nervous and any t...

4. First night shift!!

   heather318 posted a topic in General Nursing

   This summer I'm working as a nurse tech doing 12 hour shifts in the Family Birthing Center.. I will be switching to nights next month and I was hoping someone share with me how they prepare for their shift. i.e. what times do you sleep before your sh...

5. What's the weirdest baby name?

   heather318 replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The most bizarre name I've encountered so far was the name Aejeh (pronounced AJ).. The poor kid is always going to have to spell his name because people will think it's AJ (like it should be!)

6. What are we allowed to tell patients?

   heather318 replied to heather318's topic in General Nursing

   We have had lectures about HIPAA. But it didn't address exactly what we as nurses are allowed to tell the patients as opposed to what the doctor should tell them.

7. What are we allowed to tell patients?

   heather318 posted a topic in General Nursing

   First of all, I'm a nursing student... This is sort of a double question. What are nurses allowed to tell patients about their condition? Are we allowed to tell their spouses anything (i.e. for a patient that is not coherent). What are students allow...

8. Recapping needles

   heather318 replied to heather318's topic in General Students

   Thank you all for your rapid responses to my question. I was not the student that did this, but as we were discussing this, it seemed that everybody had different opinions and I was hoping to get some outside opinions!

9. Recapping needles

   heather318 posted a topic in General Students

   We were having a discussion about this in clinical today and I was hoping to get some input.. I know that you should never recap a needle, but are there instances which are unavoidable and it must be done? i.e. if you just gave an IM injection in th...

10. No She/he Did Not!!!

    heather318 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    Happened in simulation... She did not just try to do chest compressions with her hands COMPLETELY flat and halfway between the xiphoid and the belly button... (Another student in my group did this.. I'm just hoping that this was because it was simula...

11. First year students What fundamentals book?Anyone use Craven?

    heather318 replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    We used Potter and Perry for our Fundamentals of Nursing book.

12. Mean nurses

    heather318 posted a topic in General Students

    I am in my med/surg clinical this semester and there is a nurse on the floor that I'm on that seriously despises students. She will switch patients with the other nurses so that she doesn't have to work with students at all. She also makes it a point...

13. IV practice

    heather318 replied to Missylee77's topic in General Students

    Straws can work well for practice, but as stated previously, nothing compares to the real thing.. My mom let me practice on her..