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My first IV starts were bad. I was like, maybe 15/70. One day it just all sorta clicked and I've only missed 2 in around 50 attempts or so. It just takes practice :)

Preventing needlesticks in your feet: What shoes do you wear to prevent this? I was thinking of wearing the Sika Footwear shoes because they look tough and a lot of nurses wear them. http://sikafootwear.ca/ What shoes do you wear to prevent needl...

lol Thanks guys. A used needle in a Hep C, HIV positive patient dropped near my feet last weekend. Scared the living cr*p out of me!

Any links to the SBAR thing?

When people ask "what should I do to stay regular?" I say "eat more fiber! A couple bowls of All bran will have you going pretty regular!" I hope I don't get sued or something.

So I'm thinking of getting a nice gift for the ER staff in my hospital as a thanks because they have mentored me. What would you guys recommend? I was thinking a box of chocolates perhaps, but that's quite mundane. Suggestions needed!

You know how nurses make a difference in their patients and their families lives? And that we save lives albeit we don't see it the immediate results? Last night, working as an undergrad in the ER, a patient on my team coded in front of me. I start...

Big thanks for all the teaching and the patience you do and have for students. Your kindness may go unthanked sometimes for whatever reason, but just know you are making the world for us students! I just went through my first trauma code and everyon...

I've met some incredible doctors to work with and some others that are devoted to the care of their patients. I've also met some real prick doctors too. Same thing for nurses, too. Goes the same way for police officiers. And dentists. And custom...

A nurse that specializes in infection control in my hospital says that we don't have to wear gloves when we have no chance coming in contact with bodily fluids. She said this includes from changing linen to doing vital signs to bed baths (that doesn...

Anyone ever work as a student in the ER and feel absolutely inept, stupid, and incompetent? I sure do! To all you nurses out there, what do I, as a student, need to do to become successful? I can only review the common diseases so much but there's ...

I jsut think how funny it is that the 2nd poster wrote that gas prices were 90.4 c/L in 2004. Albeit it has dropped dramatically (today 89.9) from earlier in the year when it was 155.9. Things sure change quickly when you travel.

Let the manager or supervisor know. You need to be protected!

In Thailand nurses still wear the nursing caps. I think it's quite attractive

Thank the dear lord someone posted this. I feel the exact same way as the original poster.

Hi, 3rd year BSN student from Canada here. When working in acute care, we were taught to help patients in a systematic way. Assess, develop a plan, implement it, evaluate your interventions between goals and the actual outcome. It seems as if I'm mi...

Thanks for clarifying everything up for me! I thought I was missing a critical step in my education. It seems as if we're all taught the same thing just differently. Thanks!!!

Through 46 pages of excellent conversation, the "against" side for universal health care is stemming from an unwillingness to have more taxes taken from citizens. Understandable, I hate taxes too. BUT, are human beings so selfish for the dollar that...

Wow, I don't even know what to say. That is quite possibily the most misleading, biased, and uninformed blanket statement I've ever read. Yes, people do have the ability to make choices... but have you ever considered how people come to make their...

To the individuals saying that "UHC = more government control" need to use their ability to vote and elect a party you can trust. Our Canadian government is corrupt and idiotic at times, but if they attempt to pull a major change on our health care...

I am seriously offended. How can ANYONE put a price tag on someone's life??? We are human beings, not a freaking super value meal. How can anyone not find that offensive?

So, let's say my wife goes into labour and has our child. When we leave the hospital, we'd have to pay for that delivery?

Wait, what? Americans have to pay for childbirth???

I've been posting in this topic quite frequently in the past few days, so I thought I'd share this story which is kinda ironic. A friend of mine went to Seattle for a daytrip. She ended up in a car accident in which she sustained a fractured tib/fib...

In British Columbia, private health services are starting to pop up. There are at least two private surgical clinics in my town that accept fees just like the American health care system. The wait times are, indeed, much shorter, but the quality (a...