JuneBug1868

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1. How hard was nursing school?

   JuneBug1868 replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

   A&P is tough, but it's not impossible. The hardest thing is, it's ALL memorization, you have to have time to study! Actual nursing programs differ from this, in A&P you have to memorize everything in order to learn it, but nursing programs ar...

2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

   JuneBug1868 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Humor

   Not as funny as some of these, but on the maternity unit I work on the Dad's get a wristband too. When one of them asks me why they have to wear a wrist band I reply, "If you leave and come back show us your wristband we get super annoying if we can'...

3. Do moms ever get upset when they have to leave baby to be monitored in the nursery?

   JuneBug1868 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   It stinks that you were put in a situation like that... A few weeks ago we had a couple of people laboring, delivering, and getting ready for a c/s in TRIAGE.. no good! We felt so bad for them, but there wasn't much we could do. I work at a small hos...

4. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   JuneBug1868 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   I was a patient in the hospital and there was a frequent flyer that was in the room down the hall from me. He wanted someone to take him to smoke a cigarette every two minutes and he would walk around the unit looking for someone to take him. Sometim...

5. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   JuneBug1868 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   Oh boy.. that ones even better!

6. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   JuneBug1868 replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   In the maternity unit I work in on the night shift if we have a c/s in the middle of the night we have to call the resident, in order to get the resident in the middle of the night we have to call the house officer. We have a board that has the docto...

7. OMG, just please kill me now!

   JuneBug1868 replied to *Andrea*'s topic in New Nurse

   I am a student nurse and a secretary in a hopsital unit, I felt the same way when I read some of the thread in here. My biggest question was Why do I want to be a nurse when all of these people hate what they are doing? Then I realized that this is a...

8. Difference between CNA and Nurse tech?

   JuneBug1868 replied to Flaird's topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital I work in the positions are one in the same, however I think the biggest difference is the CNA position is a Certified position while in most places a Nurse Tech does not have to be certified. Where I work both are certification requi...

9. Do moms ever get upset when they have to leave baby to be monitored in the nursery?

   JuneBug1868 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

   This has made me think. Next time I work I'm going to have to ask this question... I'm not sure what we do if the mother refuses to supplement a baby with glucose issues. If the baby has glucose issues first the mother/baby nurse asks if we can suppl...

10. Do moms ever get upset when they have to leave baby to be monitored in the nursery?

    JuneBug1868 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In the hospital I work in we have our own OR, if there is an emergency and we have to use the main OR normally the problems are pretty extensive and the patients stay on med/surg floors for telemetry. It's unfortunate, but we also do not allow those ...

11. Do moms ever get upset when they have to leave baby to be monitored in the nursery?

    JuneBug1868 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I would definately take a tour of the hospital you plan to give birth in. I am a secretary on a maternity unit and in our hospital the policy is as long as the baby is fine at the time of birth the baby can stay with the Mother. The labor nurse is us...

12. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    JuneBug1868 replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

    I would totally recommend one of those foot bath's and some foot soak powder to put in it. My favorite thing in nursing school was coming home and soaking my feet in mine and studying. It was a great way of relaxing and felt great on my feet that I s...

13. Which is better, handwashing or hand sanitizer?

    JuneBug1868 replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital that I work in the rule of thumb is if you use the restroom or can see something dirty on your hands wash them with soap and water. If those two do not apply use the hand sanitizer. I've never heard which works better, but I have hear...