vashtee

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  1. What are Nursing Implications?

    vashtee replied to sbgrace's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Mine are in the textbook. If you read the sections thoroughly, they tell you what needs to be done. You can also look at the suggested care

  2. Husband Trying to Discourage Me from Nursing

    vashtee replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe he's only just recently found out about the handsome male nurses.

  3. chest tube drainage

    vashtee posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can someone please tell me if cranberry-colored drainage coming from a chest tube would be described as "sanguineous" or "serosanguineous" drainage? The problem is that when I think if sanguineous, I...

  4. chest tube drainage

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes, thank you. I KNOW what the words mean, which is why I am stuck; neither one fits the description. Aww, never

  5. Pseudo-seizures

    vashtee replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    :D:D

  6. Alcoholism: disease or choice?

    vashtee replied to HonestRN's topic in Addictions

    As the daughter of an alcoholic, I say alcoholism is a choice that results in disease. I can feel the flames

  7. WOOOOOOOOOO!!! Now I have to change my user name!

    vashtee replied to WickedRedRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations! Now tell me: was it easier or harder than you expected? And how did you prepare

  8. Can i have a social life while in nursing school

    vashtee replied to NursingStudent-Tati's topic in General Nursing

    No kids and no job? I think you will be fine. Your social life probably won't be what it HAS been, but if you organize your study time, you should still be able to spare some time for your

  9. RN vs. LPN clinical rotations

    vashtee replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you are any less likely to be dropped from an RN program than you are an LVN program. We have lost about 1/3 of my RN class from the time we started, and I hear that is about average. We...

  10. I cringed on the inside

    vashtee replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    My sister did the "no TV" thing until her kids were 7 and 5. Boy, was that obnoxious! They were so fascinated by TV at everyone else's house, we would have a hard time getting them to go play with...

  11. I cringed on the inside

    vashtee replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter went through a phase where she was overweight (though not obese). She was always a skinny little girl, but her weight went up when she went through puberty. It turns out that once we...

  12. Race during report.

    vashtee replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    It might prevent the nurse from questioning orders for higher or lower-than-usual dosages of certain medications though, don't you

  13. How Much Did you Make as a Student Nurse Tech??

    vashtee replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I just saw at a hospital close to my house (Los Angeles), the rate is a little over $13/hr, but you have to have been in RN school for at least a

  14. what about these sign on bonuses???

    vashtee replied to rnnursesandy's topic in General Nursing

    How does one check the turnover rate and patient ratios? I mean, I am assuming the person interviewing will give the best-case scenario. Is there a way to find out the truth? And what would one...

  15. Question about nursing school

    vashtee replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    We dissected cats, pigs, and select cow parts. However, one of the neighboring schools DO use cadavers for anatomy. I wish WE

  16. When to NOT give insulin?

    vashtee replied to natrgrrl's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Talaxandra - thanks! I tried to thank your post, but it's not showing up on my

  17. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    vashtee replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree that to equate smoking with child abuse is to minimize the suffering of kids who are being physically/sexually abused in some way. Parents who smoke around their kids shouldn't do it,...

  18. When to NOT give insulin?

    vashtee replied to natrgrrl's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    talaxandra - What I am usually seeing is long acting plus regular insulin on a sliding scale. (Is that what you mean by salvage scale?) Perhaps what classicdame meant was that regular insulin ALONE...

  19. Any health benefits of hot and humid climate?

    vashtee replied to Nuieve's topic in General Students

    Yeah, that ^^ Old people move to Florida because they are coming from New York. By comparison, the weather is fantastic. As a California girl, I think the humidity in Florida is

  20. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    vashtee replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really understand the vitriol of some posters about their parents smoking when they were growing up... mine did, too. ::shrug:: It was a different generation and people did things...

  21. Easterners, Waterbirth?

    vashtee replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    How does it work for water births? Do the physicians and nurses actually climb into the water to

  22. Body Worlds

    vashtee replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

    There were allegations about no informed consent and use of executed prisoners, I

  23. Body Worlds

    vashtee replied to missingunc's topic in General Nursing

    They are fantastic! The only awkward thing was that when I went, I took my daughter who was eye-level to all the male genitalia. She was quite surprised! haha You should know that there is some...

  24. Would you ask a patient's child to dress his or her parent?

    vashtee replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you feel your father would have been humiliated at having his daughter dress him, it was appropriate for you to say no. I believe in preserving a person's dignity whenever possible, and...

  25. Medical Assistant or CNA

    vashtee replied to Kjukich10's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be surprised if you