TakeTwoAspirin

TakeTwoAspirin MSN, RN, APRN

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  1. I really want to be a nurse, but......?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to futurenurse1710's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, there are a lot of people who go home from the office each night in tears and dread work the next day. Nursing is no different to any other profession. You will have good days and very...

  2. embarrassing (& funny) problem..HELP!!!

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to mooneyes65's topic in Operating Room

    Try using the de-fogger that you use on the scopes (brand names vary, but I know it as FRED) and see if that does anything. I had the same problem when I was a scrub so you have my sympathy. I used...

  3. should you tell your classmate/co-worker about body odor

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to PEBBLES1's topic in General Students

    There are some really good "prescription" antiperspirants available now in grocery stores. I use them for extra coverage when we are on 12-hour shifts and they work really well. Perhaps you could...

  4. Before and after character changes when you become a nurse?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to MamaFrenzy's topic in Operating Room

    I learned to let go - mostly of trying to be perfect. I learned that it is OK if my house gets messed up every now and again. I learned I cannot control what people think - of me or anything else. I...

  5. Letting a pt on suicide precautions out of their room to ambulate.

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    You were right. If the sitter was hired by the hospital/facility, I would report them officially. There is no possible way they could control the environment 'on the street'. Was the patient on a...

  6. I feel like I'm being singled out VENT

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    I am truly not saying this to be antagonistic, and I feel your current frustration. Clearly, you have worked hard, but don't develop a chip on your shoulder about it - it will be the only thing...

  7. Nothin' like pulling out your pt's old crusty bellybutton crud!

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I call them BBMs = Belly Button

  8. Thinking About Surgical Technologist

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    If you are interested in finding out more about being a surg tech then the following site has all the information you will need: http://www.ast.org Of course, you gotta do what you gotta do, so if...

  9. Against vaccines:

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to Gavsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Even if you can get around the whole vaccine thing and get into a school, have you considered what you will do if you get an accidental stick, or exposure once you are on the job. Will you refuse the...

  10. A Doctor lied to make me look bad!

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds awful. The worst thing for me is that your supervisor (the one you were helping out, presumably) wasn't more supportive. It sounds from what you wrote that they threw you to the wolves....

  11. LPN Supervisor Position

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to ocb_dave_ocb's topic in General Nursing

    Well, listen to her. She if obviously a very intelligent

  12. poor people get poor tx?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    This was just over 5 years ago now. The doctor was a middle-aged, white American. The hospital I was in was a suburban hospital in wealthy town. His only problem appeared to be with the fact that I...

  13. poor people get poor tx?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my point is that all the insurance and money in the world can't cure

  14. poor people get poor tx?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    Michigan, Honestly, at the time I was too stunned (and sick) to respond. Had I felt even a little bit better than I did, I would have ripped him! His bottom line was that I was "statistically...

  15. LPN Supervisor Position

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to ocb_dave_ocb's topic in General Nursing

    Can you repeat after me? SET

  16. poor people get poor tx?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to be poor to be subjected to stereotypes and poor practice. For example, I was once discharged from the ER by a doctor who told me to my face that if I was a man I would have been...

  17. lost mom during the first semester

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    My mother died over 18 years ago, and there are still days when it is tough. I don't think you ever truly get over such a loss, whatever it means to "get over" such a tragedy. Even though I had the...

  18. Surgical Nurse??

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to militarytonursing's topic in General Nursing

    Basically, you become an RN first and then specialize to OR, ICU or whatever. However, if you only want to be scrubbed in (as you describe), nursing may not be the way you really want to go. Although...

  19. Acls...

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to fostchri's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a BSN Student and just took my ACLS by paying myself. Like someone said above, you have to have BLS first, but you do not need to be an RN to take the course. I'm going to take PALS next, again...

  20. Newbie with Questions

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to bfwdesigns's topic in Operating Room

    OK, I am not asking this to be mean, and no question is a dumb question, but how do you know you want to be an OR nurse if you don't know what either an OR nurse or medical-surgical nurse actually...

  21. Vultures

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    Just my two cents, but I think that as a culture we have to get over the notion that nothing bad is ever supposed to happen to us, and if it does then by-gosh somebody is going to have to pay....

  22. To code or not to code, that is the question

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto everything said above, but I couldn't help thinking that you wouldn't have second-guessed yourself if the OR nurse hadn't come in to "check on her". Correct me if I am wrong, but the lady was...

  23. Question for OR Nurses???

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to playbanjogood's topic in Operating Room

    I agree with above. Unless you have spent some time in the OR, and I mean real time, not just a couple of days shadowing, it is very difficult to know if it is really for you. It is also impossible...

  24. Anyone ever have to do CPR outside of their job?

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my. This a position nobody wants to be in, and it sounds like you and the rest of your "team" really did everything possible. I am sure that the family appreciates your efforts, and bless you all...

  25. "My Nursing Lab" and supplemental software...

    TakeTwoAspirin replied to uniscore1's topic in General Students

    Check with your school. We were "required" to complete assignments that the school could confirm on-line that we had completed. Some students, who purchased used books like you, had to purchase...