Wicked Wahine

Wicked Wahine

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  1. Can an instructor do this???

    Wicked Wahine replied to tele jelly's topic in General Nursing

    It really is frustrating how it's so accepted that nursing schools treat their students like crap. I feel like it just plays into the whole young eating

  2. nonsterile gloves to do wet-dry packing? This according to a doc!

    Wicked Wahine replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still in NS (graduate in December, yay!) and my fundamentals book just calls for clean gloves for packing a wound with wet-to-damp dressing. Sterile gauze and sterile saline of course, but just...

  3. New grad situation in RI

    Wicked Wahine posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! Mass seems to be having issues with new grads not being able to find employment, so I was wondering what the situation is like in RI. Are the hospitals through the state still actively hiring...

  4. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    Wicked Wahine replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for keeping us all up to date! I'm really curious to know exactly why the college would be interested in this issue. It seems like a cut and dry employer/employee issue so I'm not really...

  5. Thank you notes to patients?

    Wicked Wahine replied to darkblue's topic in General Nursing

    I am laughing so hard at the sad, pathetic Thank You notes that must have come from ivana's ED. It's like, you know the total apathy everyone felt towards those dumb (and inexplicable and weird)...

  6. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    Wicked Wahine replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    Unhealthier by what definition? You mean that the daycare kids (breastfed or formula fed) who get exposed to all the regular childhood diseases and therefore get tons of colds and flus and rotavirus...

  7. What would make you say "I could never do that"

    Wicked Wahine replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    Holy sweet mother of pearl. I had a list of areas in my mind of what I would not be able to do but now I have to say that this tops the list! NO EYEBALLS THANKS Also, I love L&D and I'm fine...

  8. Bringing diseases home to your kids from work?

    Wicked Wahine replied to abbabask's topic in General Nursing

    If the immigrants are from Mexico, then exposure to Hep A may be an issue. Homeless may be bringing in TB. So perhaps adding the Hep A vaccine to the list of shots for your little one may be...

  9. Pima Community College

    Wicked Wahine replied to Staragate's topic in Arizona Nursing

    They stressed to me that GPA did not come in to play with regards to the waiting list at Pima. And really, I didn't think my wait was any shorter than anyone else's and I had a 4.0. Note the word...

  10. What should I get?

    Wicked Wahine replied to SNIXRN's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I love my PDA and it's much easier to carry around and use than a big drug guide book. So that would be nice, but I think that my fancy steth is more useful to me in ways. I just could not hear well...

  11. Last semester nursing student...Help !!!!!!

    Wicked Wahine replied to healinghands201's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm getting ready to start my 4th and final semester and I've also heard that it's the hardest semester. I printed out all of the powerpoints that we're going to be using over the next 10 weeks and...

  12. Where is the "nursing shortage" still going strong?

    Wicked Wahine replied to Kingfish72's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As far as I can tell, Arizona is still hurting for nurses all across the board. In Tucson it looks like the average starting wage for new grads is $24/hr-ish but of course the cost of living here is...

  13. getting up early

    Wicked Wahine replied to shrimpchips's topic in General Students

    Melatonin might help you get to bed at a reasonable hour the night before. The morning of, COFFEE! Also, I really try to streamline my morning routine so I don't wake the rest of my family up. I...

  14. OR oreintation and contracts??

    Wicked Wahine replied to idahonative's topic in Operating Room

    I am still only a nursing student, but wow, I don't think I'd ever sign a contract like that. I realize that they're putting a lot of money into orienting someone new to the OR but come on... The...

  15. Typical OR RN schedule?

    Wicked Wahine posted a topic in Operating Room

    What is a typical schedule for an OR RN? Do you all generally work 8s or 12s? What about nights and weekends?

  16. Typical OR RN schedule?

    Wicked Wahine replied to Wicked Wahine's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks! I was wondering if OR RNs usually work 12s like most other floors or if their schedules were usually different due to all the scheduled procedures. I'm scheduled to graduate in December and...

  17. this website....

    Wicked Wahine replied to dylansmama's topic in General Nursing

    I think that most people have a tendency to be more argumentative and maybe more straightforward on forums than they are in real life. So yeah, the responses you get online are often a lot more, um,...

  18. Midwifery?

    Wicked Wahine replied to marshYO8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Next time you see him, point out the fact that most pregnant moms are cared for by midwives over in the UK. As far as I can tell, they only use OBs for high risk pregnancies. Old fashioned yes, but...

  19. Baby #2 while in Nursing?

    Wicked Wahine replied to Euphoria17's topic in General Nursing

    Oh your poor thing. How DO you manage to carry around a 9 month old while pushing your walker? Well, at least you're close to retirement age so you can eat dinner at 4pm and watch Matlock with your...

  20. Baby #2 while in Nursing?

    Wicked Wahine replied to Euphoria17's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, I know that this is an incredibly useless post but: just cracked me up, bigtime. I remember a time when I thought people in their thirties were old too! Your perspective will change a...

  21. Summertime in the Valley!

    Wicked Wahine replied to RainDreamer's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Come on monsoons! I hope we have a good season this

  22. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    Wicked Wahine replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    MassEd, what about all of the info linked to that clearly states that once alcohol is metabolized by the body, it no longer remains in the

  23. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    Wicked Wahine replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    By breast infections, I assume you're talking about mastitis? If so, mom does not need to stop breastfeeding while treating the mastitis, even if she's on antibiotics. In fact, continuing to...

  24. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    Wicked Wahine replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    The possibility of adverse effects from eating broccoli while breastfeeding hasn't been ruled out either. Pretty much the adverse effects of anything hasn't been ruled out while breastfeeding because...

  25. Drinking while breastfeeding?

    Wicked Wahine replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Great, of course you are welcome to your opinion. What I'm saying is that the risk you are referring to is not based in fact and a nursing mom should not be educated that she needs to abstain from...