snazzy-jazzy BSN, RN

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    New L&D nurse advice

    snazzy-jazzy replied to LDRPNurse7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for sharing that tip Misstvlgirl, I'm going to do one of those up myself now. Great idea and its really going to help me as well. I'm still a student but I'm doing 4 years, with the extra...
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    OBs doing unnecessary C-Sections and inductions

    snazzy-jazzy replied to a_wallace4's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I also have some references from articles for your study. We had a great Obstetrician give lectures just last week about induction and the risks. Ofcourse if there is a medical reason for the...
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    Do you ever sit and wonder.....?

    snazzy-jazzy replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Students

    Like in the last week of our studies on liver, pancreas and diabetes we are doing a case study on someone with pancreatitis and a girl in our class asks 'so can't they just whip it out, what is the...
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    Am I overreacting?

    snazzy-jazzy replied to annaRNC's topic in General Nursing

    I love getting nurses like you in prac , I've been lucky enough to have quite a few and they are the reason that I'm getting more confident in my skills and hopefully will hit the floor running when...
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    How does it work in your school when you have to miss clinical?

    snazzy-jazzy replied to knittingmonster's topic in General Students

    Mine is the same, we have one make up day given to us. Last semester I used mine because it was my daughters birthday, I happened to mention it to my instructer as it was an afternoon shift and I...
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    First week of Clinicals

    snazzy-jazzy replied to jcolli01's topic in General Students

    I remember when I was in first semester and felt like there was nothing else I could do. I ended up tidying up, putting ob machines away, going into patients rooms and cleaning up (don't throw away...
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    Student nurses do the darndest things

    snazzy-jazzy replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    When I was doing my 2nd year the nurse and I were walking with an enema that I was going to give to the patient. She told me to make sure I put gloves on, I laughed and said ok, I'm thinking well...
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    TO ALL the student Nurses !!!!!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    I do clinical prac 2 days a week throughout the first 2 years of my degree, the last year is full time clinical prac so we get a lot of hospital based training for a University and get to know the...
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    No She/he Did Not!!!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No!!! while doing maternity obs she didn't chart the Mums nipples as 'good'.... Yep I did, and gave the Midwives a good laugh. This was my first year and first clinical in maternity, I remember...
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    No She/he Did Not!!!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    The RN I was training with on clinicals as a 2nd year student did not just tell the patient that I was giving meds to that her Simvastatin tablet was for her reflux.... YES she did I had already...
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    Horrible delivery the other day

    snazzy-jazzy replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Very sad
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    Horrible delivery the other day

    snazzy-jazzy replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My third child was face presentation, oblique lie which was only identified when she became stuck. She was pushed back up for the emergency CS. The DR went to get the forceps, when luckily a midwife...
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    help with fetal monitoring

    snazzy-jazzy replied to mommy2BCD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Baseline is determined by the mean FHR, find an area that contains no accels or decels and take it over a 5 to 10 minute period. Preterm will have a baseline near the upper end of norm while full...
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    Very upset.

    snazzy-jazzy replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    I hope you have the strength to get through your class today. I know I'm not good at handling stress when I've not had much sleep so I'll be thinking of you today. What you described was...
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    How long are you clinical days?

    snazzy-jazzy replied to JHansen's topic in General Students

    2 days a week at 8 hours a day. Just clinical prac, we don't have to do care plans or patient assignments. We just buddy up with a RN and off we
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    Are you forced to practice IV's and injections on each other in nursing school?

    snazzy-jazzy replied to kroegerk's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't be impressed if we had to stick each other. We practiced on a dummy (Fabio :uhoh21: ) and for IM we used an uncooked roast. Then we got to do it on real patients in clinical prac, I did...
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    WANTED: smokers and smokers that have successfully quit!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to annful24's topic in General Nursing

    How long have you been a smoker?........25 years 2. How often and how much to you generally smoke cigarettes? every 30 minutes to an hour, would smoke around 20 to 25 a day 3. What is your reasoning...
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    Stool sample for Micro class?????

    snazzy-jazzy replied to RXtech's topic in General Students

    We did our own urine samples, but when it came time to stools and taking samples our instructer crafted 3 diferent types of faeces out of chocolate (hard, soft, runny) and put them in bedpans.......
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    So stressed out :(

    snazzy-jazzy replied to Jamie-Sue's topic in General Students

    Don't worry, you'll get used to it. It will always be overwhelming but eventually being overwhelmed will become your normal state.
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    what do i do in this scenario? i need help with so many things!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    Heres my advice, but I'm still a student like yourself. ansferring patient i know i cannot lift...., but no one else wants to help me carry her, but the patient is complaining and needs to go to the...
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    what do i do in this scenario? i need help with so many things!

    snazzy-jazzy replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    I understand it can be difficult being a student nurse in clinical prac because I'm almost at the end of my first year and 4th month of clinical practice. After 3 months though you should have some...
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    what uni did we all go to

    snazzy-jazzy replied to melnq79's topic in International Nursing

    Hey Ausnurs(AM) and Deni, another 1st year UQ student here. I met Ausnurs on here before we started and then found out we were both doing the dual degree. Deni I live out at Ipswich also, and nearly...
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    worst night i have had in a long time

    snazzy-jazzy replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    I read it all as well, not like it was a tedious read as it was quite inspiring and funny as hell in parts. You would think the new nurse would want the experience of being shown incase one day she...
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    freaking out

    snazzy-jazzy replied to pinkrose01's topic in General Nursing

    Good on you for reporting it and worrying more about your patient than your own butt (for lack of a better
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    inappropriate comment made by RN in front of patient

    snazzy-jazzy replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Forgive me for not jumping on the bandwagon, but the nurse may have been having a bad day. And the last thing she needs is somebody that doesn't know what was going on that day reporting her behind...