yetanotheramanda

yetanotheramanda

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  1. How far can a patient go?

    yetanotheramanda replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    That is a skill I am soooo trying to develop! I truly admire nurses who can do this and come across as assertive instead of

  2. Terrible infection in pts foot

    yetanotheramanda replied to diane227's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    ok, I have absolutely no advice for you...but I just wanted to say you sould like a GREAT nurse. Your patient is lucky to have you. I hope someone gives you some good

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

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

    1. Wow. those pretty pink sheets you brought to put on your bed are real nice...did I mention that a 500 lb incontonent man was in this bed yesterday? 2. You are a healthy 30 y.o. man in the...

  4. No She/he Did Not!!!

    yetanotheramanda replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    well he/she is going to have GREAT bedside manner someday.

  5. Advice from the new grads...HELP.

    yetanotheramanda replied to Oshie85's topic in First Year After Licensure

    told to me by a nurse manager when I was interviewing: the nursing shortage will return when the economy gets better. Right now older nurses are afraid to retire, and nurses who had quit to be stay...

  6. what to ask during an interwiew

    yetanotheramanda replied to june2009's topic in First Year After Licensure

    -do you hire a lot of new grads? -will I have 1 preceptor or more than 1? -how long is the orientation/preceptorship? -do your preceptors have a lot of experience? -is call time required? -what...

  7. New Grad, St. John's?

    yetanotheramanda replied to Jgb7f7's topic in General Nursing

    just wondering if you got the

  8. Too young to be a nurse?

    yetanotheramanda replied to guiltysins's topic in General Students

    if you can make it through the he** that is nursing school then you are old enough to be a nurse! good for

  9. New Grad, St. John's?

    yetanotheramanda replied to Jgb7f7's topic in General Nursing

    I think it varies by department, but you get at least 12 weeks with a preceptor. At least that is what I have been

  10. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    yetanotheramanda replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    1. quit hogging the clinical instructor. My patient needs meds, and just because you don't know how to dial up an insulin pen (which you should have done roughly 1000 times since first semester) does...

  11. Scared to death of doing a foley insertion.

    yetanotheramanda replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Students

    Well, all I can say is that it isn't as bad as you seem to be making it out to be. Not fun, but not that bad either. Maybe you could volunteer to take some out just to ease yourself into it. We...

  12. New Grad, St. John's?

    yetanotheramanda replied to Jgb7f7's topic in General Nursing

    awesome!! good luck with the interview, keep me informed. The nurses I work with on med-surg are great. The only other areas I am familiar with are L&D, NICU and Peds. Those are from the...

  13. question

    yetanotheramanda replied to burnett24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    unfortunatly they have probably had someone who didn't know those things....and you are paying for it!:angryfire I swear, I don't know how some of my classmates have made it almost to graduation, I...

  14. New Grad, St. John's?

    yetanotheramanda replied to Jgb7f7's topic in General Nursing

    hey, we are going to be competing for jobs there in May! lol I go to the OTHER nursing school in Springfield, but I work as a PCA at St. Johns. I have only good things to say about the hospital. If...

  15. NBN nurse looking for job in NICU... need advice!

    yetanotheramanda replied to babynursejacque's topic in NICU, Neonatal

  16. My professor did what?!??

    yetanotheramanda replied to darthgirl's topic in General Students

    sending a green and scared nursing student in to do postmortem (when you didn't even know what it was!) was mean an cruel. AND it was very very disrespectful to the deceased patient. Postmortem care...

  17. Extremely frustrated @ clinicals!

    yetanotheramanda replied to miss_pitty_pat's topic in General Students

    livetolearn you sound like great

  18. Extremely frustrated @ clinicals!

    yetanotheramanda replied to miss_pitty_pat's topic in General Students

    it certainly would not hurt these nurses/pca's/unit secretaries to just be POLITE to us. I don't expect them to baby-sit me or hold my hand...but how about responding when I say "hi" or saying "excuse...

  19. Resume sample

    yetanotheramanda replied to nancyro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    http://www.bestsampleresume.com/nursing-resumes.html this page has a link to 3 sample nursing resumes. Hope it

  20. Pinning Ceremony Music Suggestions

    yetanotheramanda replied to m1m2givens's topic in General Students

    oooh so glad to see this post bumped up! Our school's graduating class is using "Time of My Life" by David Cook. I love some of the other ideas

  21. Finally finished with Peds!

    yetanotheramanda replied to OBGYN*RN's topic in General Students

    I also hated peds. I thoought I was going to enjoy it but a few factors really made it awful. 1. it was RSV season and for 3 of my 4 weeks that is what my patients had. I felt so sorry for the...

  22. Back rub program

    yetanotheramanda replied to jer053171's topic in General Students

    Wow, I guess I'm the only one who thinks it's not a big deal that you are a little uncomfortable with giving back rubs. I mean, we do a LOT of things in nursing school that we are initially...

  23. Tyrant Nursing instructor

    yetanotheramanda replied to Goodyear's topic in General Students

    see that...in the red? now that was constructive. good

  24. No She/he Did Not!!!

    yetanotheramanda replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    oh lawd...I did this. It was just a

  25. HELP! I got dismissed from my nursing school

    yetanotheramanda replied to basid786's topic in General Students

    dude, I feel for you...assuming everything you say is the truth. Observing days SUCK especially after a long night of paperwork. Now, if this really was your only real infraction, I think it is...