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  1. Ultimate Nursing Bag

    imanedrn replied to ididitrn's topic in Home Health

    Does the bag come with anything in it or is it just a bag with lots of pockets and stuff -- designed for a nurse to fit anything s/he needs in it? Also, anyone who's bought one, can you give me more...

  2. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    imanedrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both sides. It doesn't make it any easier when you're in the middle of a long, hard day, and you have 1 (or more) difficult patients. As with any career, it's hard to perform in the ideal...

  3. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    imanedrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup... but this also stems from my belief that healthcare should be a non-profit industry (which I've saved comments for on another thread). In any case, I am working at a for-profit hospital and...

  4. Must learn to love the chaos!!!!

    imanedrn replied to Virgo_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did the same thing yesterday! I had sooo much to do before lunch. I'm normally able to get my charting done after my AM meds & assessments, but I had NO time at all yesterday. I was totally...

  5. Intake calculation

    imanedrn replied to tmax8272's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was taught not to include it if someone's on a fluid restriction... but maybe that's to be generous to the person. In reality the body (kidneys, more specifically) isn't processing ice cream as a...

  6. How does everyone feel about nursing theory

    imanedrn replied to allaboutthefamily's topic in General Nursing

    I think some instructors become sooo disconnected from real-life nursing. Theory is so far from

  7. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

    imanedrn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you have other options? I've encountered a couple nasty nurses but nothing that sounds as heart-breaking as your situation. When I don't know how to do something, I ask and receive the help I...

  8. Do family members injuried bother you more than patients?

    imanedrn replied to Marie-SC's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting because I definitely couldn't handle the deer and goat

  9. are they supposed to know this by now?

    imanedrn replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just to illustrate what a joke I think all of this is... My last semester preceptorship was coupled with my critical care course. DUH! What kind of placement is that?? I had 3 shifts (actually, it...

  10. are they supposed to know this by now?

    imanedrn replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with you based on my experiences in a BSN program that taught a LOT of theory. We had very few clinical hours compared to the community college's ADN program. There is actually a big debate...

  11. are they supposed to know this by now?

    imanedrn replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I found out that my school was doing all this critical thinking and theory education because they wanted to subliminally encourage us all to go right into the master's program. That's why we spent so...

  12. welcome to nursing???

    imanedrn replied to inthesky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! It is still rough a lot of the time! I seem always to feel better the day AFTER I work. I guess just knowing that I have a break from it all for a few days makes it better -- temporarily,...

  13. Back to nursing, have low confidence

    imanedrn replied to MommyandRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm amazed at how some nurses are so unwilling to support each other... which ultimately leads to our own disintegrating self worth. I'm a new nurse, so I don't have any worthy advice to offer, but I...

  14. Intake calculation

    imanedrn replied to tmax8272's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Look at it this way, if someone's on a fluid restriction (for renal failure, for example), ice cream isn't included. I think it's one of those gray area

  15. welcome to nursing???

    imanedrn replied to inthesky's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Been there, and I thought it could NEVER get better. But, to my surprise, it has -- on some days. There are always bad days. I still cry at least once a week. If I do something wrong, I'm so hard...

  16. Intake calculation

    imanedrn replied to tmax8272's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've learn that it counts as food. Something more liquid (like a popsicle) would count as fluids though -- esp. if they're on a fluid restriction or taking in very

  17. Hospitals SUCK at orientation!!

    imanedrn replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would love that. I may not hold the same responsibility that a doctor does, but I'm still responsible for the well-being of my patient's. I have a license for crying out loud! 8 weeks of...

  18. Must learn to love the chaos!!!!

    imanedrn replied to Virgo_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know exactly how you feel! While precepting, I had so much trouble with time management that all I wanted to do was get a formal system down that I could follow to the minute! After being on my...

  19. Do family members injuried bother you more than patients?

    imanedrn replied to Marie-SC's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I was the only one! I've never had a problem with blood or anything medical. Mucous makes me want to gag and the smell of vomit turns my stomach, but I can handle them. But, a few years...

  20. How does everyone feel about nursing theory

    imanedrn replied to allaboutthefamily's topic in General Nursing

    I had "theory" courses, but nothing like what's contained in this

  21. Time to Come Clean,,,,slips of the tongue

    imanedrn replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    i kept

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    imanedrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm guessing (no, I have no statistics to back me up!) most children who behave this way are the result of poor and lax parenting than the result of a medical condition. It's rather normal for humans...

  23. First Year--Gain Weight or Lose Weight?

    imanedrn replied to kellyo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I gained 15+ lbs in nursing school. I was so stressed all the time, I never wanted to exercise. Now that I'm working as a RN, though, I make sure to exercise on most (if not all) of my days off....

  24. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    imanedrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    90 y.o. male patient who picked off his scab and was bleeding (all down his forearm!). CNA goes in to take VS, notices the bleeding, and tells me. Pt's in the middle of eating his ice cream. I move...

  25. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    imanedrn replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sadly, this is a good point. Poverty in America is like the middle class in other countries. My husband and I went to Mexico with our church several summers ago to build house for needy families. Mind...