vashtee

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  1. Already off on a bad foot and school has yet to start

    vashtee replied to MidnightRider's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am an RN student with no previous experience, and in some ways I wish I had started with LVN to gain some confidence and experience. Hang in there; I think you are doing everything just

  2. Going Back To Nursing School at 42

    vashtee replied to javertech's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm 41, and in my second semester of nursing school. There are several women my age, and a couple who are closer to 50. Tell your husband you will be a couple of years older whether or not you go to...

  3. Are most nursing students cruel?

    vashtee replied to treeguy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Most of the students in my class are great. What would a student have to do exactly in order for you to find them to not be cold and cruel? I mean, maybe your expectations are a little unrealistic......

  4. Camp Nurses - can you use students?

    vashtee replied to vashtee's topic in Camp

    Thank you all for responding! You have been very helpful. I guess I'll start looking into it, then.

  5. How far do you commute to work?

    vashtee replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I make a 10 minute walk to get to the hospital where my clinical rotation is. I hope to work there after graduation.

  6. cosmetic surgery

    vashtee replied to pinaypower's topic in General Nursing

    I assume you are referring to surgeries not done for medical reasons or to improve health... In some ways, I think it may interfere with the psychological preparation needed for accepting the...

  7. Don't laugh at me for this...

    vashtee replied to mom24boys's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I barely remember taking it, but I remember needing to know basic Algebra and how to read for comprehension. It didn't have any anatomy or physiology at all; it was

  8. insulin question

    vashtee replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    You actually intentionally add an air lock with an IM injection, so I'd say you tap out bubble for

  9. Nursing Clipboards? Are they a go or a no?

    vashtee replied to Syncere's topic in General Students

    I loved my storage clipboard last semester, but this semester's clinical instructor won't allow us to bring them. I honestly don't know how I am going to store all the stuff I

  10. Foul Smelling Urine

    vashtee replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    It might be food supplements/vitamins, but I don't think the lack of fever is sufficient reason to assume it is not a

  11. 1st semester clinical rotation

    vashtee replied to amdale's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I don't use a PDA. In fact, our school never suggested we get one (although a couple of students did). Some of the books I have used in clinicals were "RNotes" pocket guide by Ehren Myers, and in...

  12. Do you have the right to look at your child's chart?

    vashtee replied to CrazyFLBean's topic in General Nursing

    Charting is usually pretty objective, in my experience. Even if the health care provider thinks you are being silly for going against medical advice, they generally aren't going to say so in the...

  13. Explaining: WHY nightshift, to family and friends

    vashtee replied to skislalom's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe he is worried about your sex

  14. How is this possible?

    vashtee replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    I asked my instructor about this today. She said you can't be BOTH Type 1 and Type 2, but you CAN be "Type 2

  15. Pet Peeve: Poor Grammar by Nurses

    vashtee replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a clinical instructor use the word "advantageous" rather than "adventitious" lung

  16. Pharmacology

    vashtee replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We didn't really have to memorize any medications, but rather had to learn about how meds are absorbed, metabolized, and excreted from the body. Also, there was some acid-base balance, fluid and...

  17. ethical delima help please

    vashtee replied to CHRISTOPHERSDAD's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Maybe you can refer them to someone

  18. Are croc shoes white enough??????????

    vashtee replied to RNSacht's topic in General Nursing

    Our school doesn't allow

  19. Plantar fasciitis--it's killing me!!

    vashtee replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't been able to walk barefoot in years. I wear slippers with a built-in arch. They make my feet hot in the summer, but between the slippers and my good (but not pretty) shoes, my feet don't...

  20. GOOD Shoes

    vashtee replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Eek! Those are seriously ugly! Sorry. I guess desperate times call for desperate

  21. NS pack for lab

    vashtee replied to beth66335's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Mine had a sterile wound care kit, a foley kit, IV start kit, central line tray, trach care tray, suction catheter kit, sterile gloves, gown and

  22. We dont have to go and review our pts chart the night before clinical...normal???

    vashtee replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god! That is unbelievable! I really feel I am spared a lot of this sort of behavior because I am an older student, and also I am rather tall. (At least, I have been so far.)Some of the...

  23. We dont have to go and review our pts chart the night before clinical...normal???

    vashtee replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could say all my fellow classmates fared as well, but they didn't. One nurse actually *pushed* one of my classmates one day. Word got around pretty fast about who to avoid. Anyway, I might...

  24. We dont have to go and review our pts chart the night before clinical...normal???

    vashtee replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    The adjuncts helped choose the patients? We chose our own last semester. That system pretty much sucked until I found an RN who was willing to assign me to his patients week after week. After that, I...

  25. We dont have to go and review our pts chart the night before clinical...normal???

    vashtee replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    That is pretty much the system I am on, but I really enjoy this process except for making up med sheets. Does anyone else have to do med