victoriaphibes replied to lulu rn's topic in Emergency
a good one from over 20 years of customer service work: "thank you for letting me know!" smile, then walk away. it works, every time. most of the time what people want is to get a rise out of you. don't give them that satisfaction. as long as you est...
victoriaphibes replied to talker1584's topic in Career Support
I just failed my final nursing exam today, too. I had to retake Med/Surg II this term. At this particular school, the normal passing standard is 78; if you repeat a class, the passing standard is 85. I made an 82 on my final exam, and an 82.53 for t...
You know, that's a very real medical condition, having problems with vasovagal syncope. I was diagnosed about 6 months ago as having a positive tilt-table test for vasovagal syncope. My triggers are extreme heat and noisome smells...so I make sure to...
Give yourself time to adjust. My first semester of nursing school, I had the opportunity to shadow a wound/ostomy care nurse (WOCN). She went to the ICU to fix the colostomy bag on this rather large patient who had had two other colostomies go bad. T...
Sterlink: Hey, I did just flunk out of my senior clinical......The reason was that I tried to do TOO much (carrying 16 credit hours, trying to finish microbiology as well as Med/Surg II and Clinical Decision Making). At my school, you're allowed 3 un...