2bnurselovescoffee

2bnurselovescoffee has 1 years experience.

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1. Very upset.

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

   I think she meant to talk to your clinical instructor about the incident and how it made you feel. You have two options you can sit around and feel bad about what happened (which is easy to do), or...

2. Medical Dx UTI, can't seem to find Nsg Dx

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to 2bnurselovescoffee's topic in General Students

   I actually think I'm going to go with safety. This patient was admitted not b/c of the UTI but b/c they wanted to further observe. It was stated that the condition of the patient on admission they...

3. Medical Dx UTI, can't seem to find Nsg Dx

   2bnurselovescoffee posted a topic in General Students

   So I'm looking for a little help today, I'm always lost as far as nursing dx after taking care of someone for a few hours and then they are discharged. I always ask myself to find my priority "what...

4. Anyone ever get off "the" List?!

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

   This may sound stupid but I'm just a student and not an expert nurse but what is agency nursing? IS it similar to home health care...just curious?

5. Small Bowel Obstruction? Perceived CP Help.

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to 2bnurselovescoffee's topic in General Students

   Thanks, I just got so hung up on the fact that how can someone who had a BM 2 days ago be constipated? So I was going all around the issues that I could use and none of them made sense, and I kept...

6. Small Bowel Obstruction? Perceived CP Help.

   2bnurselovescoffee posted a topic in General Students

   I can't seem to prioritize for this patient I worked with on Friday for my care plan. Here's situation: 62yo, admitted for abd pain, n/v, and dehydration. Has hx: of SBO, and pt thought s/s were the...

7. LONG scrub pants

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to fit2nurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   URBANE SCRUBS has petite, regular, and tall sizes. I'm 5'7'' and the regular are perfect for me (I wear danskos so they are long enough to cover the shoe.) The tall inseam claims it's 32.5 but I've...

8. Anxiety/Depression Med PLEASE HELP!

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

   You already took the first step and that was recognizing that you do need help. Work with your doctor in finding the right med that doesn't give you bad side effects. When I went through severe...

9. Best bookbag on wheels?

   2bnurselovescoffee replied to RbLegend's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   LL BEAN! You get what you pay for. It's one of the only ones that is sturdy as heck, and the wheels are rollerblade wheels so it's silent rolling. I hate to draw attention to myself like other...

10. Working/Going to School

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to nurseontheway's topic in General Nursing

    It's different for everyone... I worked first year about 15 hours a week and found that hard. Some people can work part time and still do good in nursing school. You will have to feel it out and see...

11. How much waste do you see?

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    It's an ethical debate... would it be ok with you for someone to "waste away" if they were a millionere and could pay for the healthcare? How does that change things in your eyes? Just a...

12. I need a good rolling bookbag

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to shoebottom's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i've had the l.l bean rolling bag for 2 years now it is amazing! it's survived treacherous conditions the first year of nursing school, and it still looks great. (starting second year in a month)...

13. I don't know if I can do this-again (long)

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to fifi2323's topic in General Nursing

    I'm beginning my 2nd year of nursing in august and this is not the first or last time to see or hear of an instructor doing this sort of thing. Nursing instructors come in all forms, a few are nice...

14. AMAZED at what some students get away with!!!

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished my first semester and have the summer off before completing the second semester, and I just have to say "I'M GLAD MY INSTRUCTORS DON'T ALLOW US TO DO THAT" From what I'm finding out...

15. Getting CNA job w/out cert while in School

    2bnurselovescoffee replied to 2bnurselovescoffee's topic in General Nursing

    Yes 2 semesters actually. One of the semesters at one of the hospitals, that I applied at. I thought it was strange that they all turned me down when our instructors told us how much the hospitals...