mcs1505

mcs1505

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  1. TV in the ED

    mcs1505 replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    The remotes where I do clinicals are part of the call bell. Call bell + volume + channels + room lights. Awesome. I think the TVs are great for keeping them from bugging us about their test results...

  2. *Weird* Patient Allergies

    mcs1505 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure it's really an "allergy" but I at least have an extreme reaction to Benadryl: It's gotten worse over the years and the last time I took one I "passed out" for several hours, only I wasn't...

  3. New grads on the Floor.

    mcs1505 replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

    I'd rather them speak up and say they don't want me than spend all day following a silent robot. You generally don't learn anything if they don't want you

  4. Have you helped/saved anyone while off duty?

    mcs1505 replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    Absolutely. I was an EMT for 1.5 years before starting nursing school and the witnesses were extremely valuable. The patient was usually confused/didn't remember/didn't want to talk etc. (you know)...

  5. New grads on the Floor.

    mcs1505 replied to LVN2010M's topic in General Nursing

    Many of my favorite nurses to follow have been new nurses. They tended to process things outloud and ask their preceptors/older nurses lots of questions. It helped to see their thought processes and...

  6. Floats are "REAL" nurses too!!!

    mcs1505 replied to NewWayofLife's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a student but I love being paired up with the float nurses because, like you said, they have experience in different areas. I always get a lot of extra information from

  7. ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    mcs1505 replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I'm wasting my time getting a degree in something I could do when I was in grade school... If you don't think nurses are responsible for people's lives do a google search for med errors and see...

  8. Each job title wears it's own color.

    mcs1505 replied to borzoilady's topic in General Nursing

    Good lord, I'll be ticked if I'm ever MADE to wear white again. I'm paying my dues wearing them for clinicals.

  9. Accelerated BSN? Associates? HELP!

    mcs1505 replied to novanurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know of any ABSN programs that don't require chem. I know you don't want to take a year off but you have to consider that a lot of ASN programs put you on a waitlist anyway, and will take...

  10. Only ER?

    mcs1505 replied to leapfrog16's topic in Emergency

    I too only want ER, but I'm still in school so we'll see where it gets me. I don't see anything wrong with it. Also, like you, I had a BA and my EMT-B certs and wanted a speedier route to nursing....

  11. nurse doesn't believe in life-sustaining measures for herself

    mcs1505 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I was homeschooled until 8th grade (to redeem all the homeschoolers out there who were just lumped into this "abnormal scenario" ) and it really really bugs me when people won't...

  12. The 10 Commandments for Healthcare Professionals

    mcs1505 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Of course, you don't want the "smart" people running around popping out more kids than they can handle, either. I'm sure we all know of wealthy, smart people who had kids and then never spent any time...

  13. The 10 Commandments for Healthcare Professionals

    mcs1505 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    But, to be fair, it's clearly a Catholic article and they believe birth control is wrong because they believe sex is only for procreation. (Or at least that's what they taught us when I was growing...

  14. nurse doesn't believe in life-sustaining measures for herself

    mcs1505 replied to shelly304's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: But I have a living will too, even though I'm only 22, because I don't trust my parents not to try and keep me around even after all hope is gone. We had a kid at my college who went...

  15. inappropriate comment made by RN in front of patient

    mcs1505 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a student and I would have opened my big mouth right in the hall and said "I'm sorry, what?" What she said was RUDE and it deserved a rude response. And if she was joking it was certainly...

  16. How hard is nursing math?

    mcs1505 replied to MisterSimba's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing math is way more straightforward than Chem math IMO. It's a little bit of basic algebra, if you aced stats you should be

  17. Ever heard of fomites, doc?

    mcs1505 replied to Scooter321's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I saw this my mouth literally hung open. I had just gloved up and suited up, walked in the room and the doc walks in behind me, with no protection, comes in physical contact with the...

  18. Med passing

    mcs1505 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ok, so this happened about a week ago and the more time goes by the more it worries me: An RN handed a fellow student (who wasn't allowed to pass meds yet) a little cup of meds for a pt with...

  19. Med passing

    mcs1505 replied to mcs1505's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's a surgical floor, not LTC. I didn't mean it as I'd be tattling, I was more or less worried that if this sort of thing continues (it's not the first time this nurse has told us to do things we...

  20. Med passing

    mcs1505 replied to mcs1505's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks, the only reason I was thinking about telling my instructor was because this RN is also the nurse over me and I didn't want a similar incident happening to me. Though I suppose the liklihood...

  21. please proof me wrong

    mcs1505 replied to SummerAngel1985's topic in General Nursing

    firstly, i love caring for my patients. the touch on the arm, the hug, the chatting about their families, i love it. but, unfortunately it has come to a point where we have to jump through a bunch of...

  22. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    mcs1505 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok guys, I don't think they were trying to bash people with higher GPAs, just encourage the ones who don't have 4.0s I know where you're coming from bc I was told throughout High School that I would...

  23. How long do germs live on a surface?

    mcs1505 replied to Simpleplan's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on their structure. My microbio prof told us acidfast bacteria like TB can last for months, even after you wipe over them with alcohol etc. The CDC website has a load of information and...

  24. Does GPA matter in terms of getting a job?

    mcs1505 replied to firstyearRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it depends on how many people apply for the job you want, obviously, and also what dept you want to work in. I believe the high acuity areas (ER, ICU etc) are more likely to have GPA...

  25. Pain scale is missing a key element

    mcs1505 replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    My dad got third degree burns on his hand one Thanksgiving (*rolls eyes at the memory of stupidity*) and he told the nurse in the ER "Well, it can't be a 10 can it? I mean, if it was a 10 I'd have...