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  1. Hygiene Queen

    Do YOU enjoy nursing school?

    Hygiene Queen replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    I hated every blasted minute of it.I love to learn, but I felt so stifled!I was never so happy to be done with anything in my entire life.I still do my own studying, but it's enjoyable because it's on...
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    What's the best care plan book

    Hygiene Queen replied to MORO0617's topic in LPN to RN

    The best care plan book... is the one you can toss in the fire after 2-4 years of h***. To be honest, I used several. When I started nursing school, I had recently graduated friends who could not...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Hygiene Queen replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I would like to express my awe and admiration for the immense fuss, whining and ignorance you displayed at the nurse's station. Next time you try to accuse me of shoddy care, it would be nice... if...
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    My nursing program was terrible and I was too incompetent but I still graduated

    Hygiene Queen replied to Matilda191's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been graduated since July and working as a nurse since October. Every night I fall asleep with my drug book and texts from school. I, too, get this horrid panic that I did not learn enough. I...
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    Do you think about...

    Hygiene Queen replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    We make it a point to tell each other, "FYI... Mr. So-and-So just had his finger up his nose/in his ear/up his bum/etc..." just to give a heads-up to beware... Yes, we think about it all the
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    Why RNs cannot say 'That's not my job'

    Hygiene Queen replied to Dramqueenie1's topic in General Nursing

    Amen! We also look up stuff in the charts for dietitians, clinical therapists, doctors who are two inches away from the chart and everyone else who are too lazy to do it
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    Dealing with conflict?

    Hygiene Queen replied to dplocher's topic in General Students

    Just ignore
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    Are shy and quiet people not allowed to be nurses?

    Hygiene Queen replied to sunnyskies2's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm no extrovert, but when I have to call the doc or pt's family, I have no problem. It was hard at first, but I just forced myself to do it until I don't think twice about it now. As for my pts, I...
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    Nurses - favorite part of your job and nursing school?

    Hygiene Queen replied to hmadden12's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite part of nursing school was graduating. My second favorite was interpreting labs. Call me kooky, but I enjoyed putting the puzzle pieces together with everything else going on with my pts....
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    Adventures in Psychiatric nursing-

    Hygiene Queen replied to Guest717236's topic in Psychiatric

    You know you share our joy! What you don't keep, you send to
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    Adventures in Psychiatric nursing-

    Hygiene Queen replied to Guest717236's topic in Psychiatric

    I had to put slip-on heel protectors on my lower arms to keep a pt from biting through my skin. She had rotten jagged teeth. Yes, she repeatedly bit the protectors and even had a second staff...
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    do you make sure your pts

    Hygiene Queen replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, h*** yes. That's why I'm called The Hygiene Queen.
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    does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    Hygiene Queen replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs do learn some critical thinking as they gain experience, as does anyone in any type of a position over time. We were taught not to be robots and to think. It comes easier to some than others,...
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    does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    Hygiene Queen replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    It was nothing but a benefit to me. I
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    Johnson & Johnson commercials

    Hygiene Queen replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    It's the song. It's stupid. It makes me
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    Failing, and it'sall my fault

    Hygiene Queen replied to Ayala's topic in General Students

    I know some people thought I was playing Russian Roulette but I would have rather went down in a blaze of hard-core trying than heaving the sigh of a quitter. If you quit, you can be 100% sure nothing...
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    Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

    Hygiene Queen replied to clandestine-approach's topic in General Students

    Hmmm. Maybe the OP has struggled. I don't know. I do know that, as a former struggler, myself, I had a lot of concern and patience for those who were failing or failed. It was dreadful to watch...
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    psych tech to psych nurse?

    Hygiene Queen replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm living proof of this. School paid for. Psych experience. Foot in door. Full-time job offer on graduation. Working now and love it. Sweet. Do
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    How can I make up clinical hours?

    Hygiene Queen replied to girlwith1eye's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Holy cow. You can make them up? Crikey. Missing clinical was like Instant Fail... just add water. What the
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    Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

    Hygiene Queen replied to clandestine-approach's topic in General Students

    I do find it frustrating when students, who fail, do not take responsibility. I do believe it it normal to have a period of grief and denial. I mean it is a loss and we all know about Kubler-Ross and...
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    Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

    Hygiene Queen replied to clandestine-approach's topic in General Students

    I agree that: concepts must be understood class/clinical/lab must be attended hands-on must be satisfactory communication must be satisfactory test-taking strategies must be understood team work is...
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    How Soon after Graduation did you take NCLEX?

    Hygiene Queen replied to starmickey03's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated in July and took my NCLEX in September. I spent about 4 days per week studying at the coffee shop in preparation. Worked for
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    Cried during lab evaluation.... now feeling horrible...

    Hygiene Queen replied to birdinflight's topic in General Students

    It's just the stress that is busting its way out of your poor overtaxed body and brain!!! I almost cried when I was talking to my OB instructor. I was in jeopardy and I remember trying to hold myself...
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    Why are we as Psych nurses seen as bottom of the barrel?

    Hygiene Queen replied to dreamingofbeing's topic in Psychiatric

    Oh heavens! If you can combine LTC, med-surg and enjoy psych, you've got it down. You assess, pass meds, chart, call the doc and interact with the families and help with ADL's on occasion. It's not...
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    crap...am I in huge trouble???

    Hygiene Queen replied to Rnis's topic in General Nursing

    If that's the worst thing you do, you'll be in good shape. Stuff happens. I remember when my ex-husband (who used to work maintenance in my old job, oh... about 20 years ago now) spilled a huge bucket...