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Vsummer1

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  1. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    LEGSMALONE -- you go to Bakersfield? Are you going to their campus or a satellite campus? How is their program? I was actually thinking of looking into it, but ended up in an ADN program... dh is...

  2. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to suggest seeing a doctor, but this is better cuz it is FREE and so passive aggressive at the same

  3. Do you wear gloves

    Vsummer1 replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    Having already contracted hep c, and having spent 48 weeks fighting it and winning the battle at serious cost to my health, sanity and livelyhood, not to mention that the medication cost as much as...

  4. Vital signs? How often do you take them on your LTC unit?

    Vsummer1 replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is how it is done at the facility I am doing my clinical rotation at. Of course, as a student, our instructor wants us to do VS and a complete assessment every day. I do not intrude on my pt in...

  5. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    It floors me that you had to get a doctor to justify your illness in order to call in sick! But, your point was made and you then had no reason to feel the guilt that your DON was trying to give you....

  6. itching?

    Vsummer1 replied to shay's topic in Emergency

    How is your liver? Those symptoms (fever, itching, n/v, flu-like) are also hepatitis symptoms... Just a

  7. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    My bad then, sorry. I didn't know that agency nurses booked assignments that far ahead. That is why I love this site, I learn so much

  8. Student Nurses in ICU for clinical

    Vsummer1 replied to New CCU RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I thought of this post today in our clinical conference. The instructor mentioned that when we do our next rotation we WILL BE the nurse. We will assess the patient and do ALL that is required,...

  9. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    Vsummer1 replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    And one other note... the CNA who is the caregiver for the patients I have been assigned to in my first clinical rotation is a wonderful, caring, excellent, HISPANIC woman who treats her mixed...

  10. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    Vsummer1 replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound horrible, but my clinical instructor happens to be of a different race than I. She is the BEST instructor I have had so far!!! Kudos to all the minorities for going to school...

  11. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    DITTO -- with one addition: you are agency, you could have turned down the assignment if sick? Why would you accept it

  12. Is anyones facility so short staffed that they feel guilty calling in sick?

    Vsummer1 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT CONTAGIOUS? Food poisoning is CAUSED by BACTERIA!! Emesis will contain that, and now you have a potential spread of the bacteria to other surfaces etc. etc. Call in...

  13. opening up nursing the profession to spanish speakers?

    Vsummer1 replied to brown rice's topic in General Nursing

    Today in clinicals I did a head count of the students, caucasion and minorities -- not including the men who I feel should be a minority when thinking of nursing -- and the minorities outnumbered the...

  14. School and Housework!

    Vsummer1 replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    If I don't get the cleaning done, it will still be there tomorrow. If I don't get the studying done, it won't be there tomorrow cuz I will have flunked out of school!! Deadlines at school weigh in...

  15. opening up nursing the profession to spanish speakers?

    Vsummer1 replied to brown rice's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with a girl who was originally from Mexico. She speaks fine english, and is married to an American. She even took care of her mother in law, who was bed bound and required total...

  16. tube feeding dye?

    Vsummer1 replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was just studying and did a search for tube feed and this thread came up. According to my book, "addition of blue food coloring to enteral formula (0.2/250 ml) assists with the detection of...

  17. are doctors more valued then nurses?

    Vsummer1 replied to brown rice's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what you mean by "valued". If you are talking about pay, Doctors have a much higher overhead. Their schooling alone costs $$$ then the costs of office personnel (including nurses)....

  18. Holistic Nursing Education

    Vsummer1 replied to Shanti's topic in Holistic

    I looked at the site, and was wondering a few things... who recognizes the degrees conferred by this program? For instance, if I take my Bachelor's program and then want to go to a University, will...

  19. Hospital pays for education?

    Vsummer1 replied to TootyFruity's topic in General Nursing

    Our school offers this in conjunction with the local hospital. The deal is they will pay you up to 2K per semester with a promissary note stating that after you graduate you will work for them for a...

  20. Bed bath skill check

    Vsummer1 replied to nrselisa's topic in General Students

    We use each other for skills. In fact, I wore my all time favorite shorts today -- bicycle shorts half down the thigh and a baggy shirt. For the bandaging since I was in the shorts, I had my legs...

  21. Want to be a nurse...but too stupid?!?

    Vsummer1 replied to Worthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Here is another good site:

  22. Want to be a nurse...but too stupid?!?

    Vsummer1 replied to Worthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should get a book on dimensional analysis (the factor method I think is the old name). They have two I have heard of "Math and Meds for Nursing" and "Dimensional Analysis for Meds". Frankly,...

  23. Want to be a nurse...but too stupid?!?

    Vsummer1 replied to Worthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I read that you are in payroll.... then I read you aren't good at anything mathematical. If you are doing payroll -- you are doing math! So, don't sweat it and just think that you ARE good at that...

  24. RN Clinical Teacher- no teaching experience?

    Vsummer1 replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    This thread really interested me as I am about to start my core courses on the 26th. We don't go to the hospital for the first 6 weeks until after we are checked off on things they teach us....