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Kringe38

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  1. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Thanks you guys for all the kind replies. I guess I'm kind of a germ freak anyway, I know I don't know ANYTHING, and some of the other students were saying, "Oh, no, I have kids, I can't take care of...

  2. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I thought there could be spores around the room, depending on if the patient has not washed thoroughly and then touched things in the room, even just the bed rails, with dirty hands (if ambulatory) or...

  3. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Yeah, that's definitely another possibility. I guess that could happen anytime, whether student or nurse. I think one of my instructors said something about having taken care of a patient for a...

  4. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    Oh yes, soap and water is what I will be using. I'm just surprised that the CDC site, which should be pretty reliable, has such a strange recommendation on there that partially contradicts everything...

  5. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    That's the thing. I am trying to be more informed so I know exactly what is recommended. I just don't see much on CDC's website about specifically what a nursing student would do. Seems to talk...

  6. First-semester students taking care of C. diff patients?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    What do you do with your stethoscope? Would there probably be one for use with that patient? I guess I'm just having a mental adjustment but I feel like I'm going to walk out of the unit with spores...

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

    Kringe38 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Funny that I come to this thread and see this post right while I'm ticked about this very subject. I don't have kids (and won't ever) and seem to be in a class full of parents and it gets very...

  8. First Clinical This Week...Any Advice?

    Kringe38 replied to Deeda-Lynn's topic in General Students

    How do you know when the patient would just like to be alone? We will be with them so much since we will only have one patient - how do you know when to just get out and let them be for a bit? Do you...

  9. 1st clinical day!

    Kringe38 replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    I'm in first semester of an ADN program. No prior experience. We had pharm for the first 8 weeks and just did the final exam for that this week. Have to pass that to move on to clinicals, plus have...

  10. What was your first clinical like?

    Kringe38 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm sure every instructor and program was different, but I'm just wondering - my first clinical is coming up soon and I'm a nervous wreck. We will be doing a nursing home the first time out and will...

  11. What was your first clinical like?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I'm at a community college too, a 2-year ADN

  12. What was your first clinical like?

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    eeek, scary! i don't think i will be very smooth with those things. giving someone a bath is so private! i don't want to be too intrusive for what they can do themselves but also don't want to...

  13. Whats your clinical instructor/student ratio? Should I change a program..

    Kringe38 replied to miniangel729's topic in General Students

    Haven't been to clinical quite yet so can't say how it will be, but our ratio is going to be 1:10. However, one of our groups will be 1:9 and the group I am in will be

  14. How are you holding up with school?

    Kringe38 replied to eas78's topic in General Students

    Ha! I'm not in an accelerated program, just in my first semester of a regular old ADN program, but I keep having similar thoughts. I asked to be put through this?! What was I thinking? LOL. Mostly...

  15. Patient or Client?

    Kringe38 replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in nursing school now and our instructors refer to "clients." It sounds odd to me because I've been a medical transcriptionist for more than a decade and any nurses and doctors I've ever taken...

  16. Hepatitis B series problem (student)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Nursing

    No waiver option. I'm going to keep trying but I'm kind of scared. I'm getting squeezed between the school and the doctors! One doctor suggested I go back to my doctor and get referred to the...

  17. Hepatitis B series problem (student)

    Kringe38 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was accepted into an ADN program beginning this August. Got my acceptance letter in May. They accepted me knowing that I hadn't even started the hep B series yet. I've had my first two and now...

  18. Hepatitis B series problem (student)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Nursing

    They are being very hard line about it after I talked to them today. I can't believe this is happening. They won't budge and insist that it isn't harmful to get it before the 6 months and that it is...

  19. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm just not having any luck learning to take someone's BP. I'm not too smooth with counting pulse and respirations, either. Does this mean I am doomed or can I still learn? We're having vital sign...

  20. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    So...theoretically she should have been able to hear it with the larger cuff, which is what she was using. In the classroom, the students who supposedly couldn't hear it on me were using a smaller,...

  21. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I haven't got an extra large cuff at home but the instructor had my classmate use one on me. Does cuff size make a difference in the ease of hearing it? It's my understanding that a too-tight cuff...

  22. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I am going to get hold of some "victims" today and practice what you said. I am pretty obese so maybe this is why, but the instructor acted like she did hear my top number at least once but went...

  23. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I've practiced on my parents and on some of the other students. I never feel confident. I was hoping practicing at home with my own cuff would make me more confident but it has

  24. Apparently a Single Jab Will Do Ya

    Kringe38 replied to indigo girl's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This at least is some good news.

  25. So embarrassed today and nervous (re vital signs)

    Kringe38 replied to Kringe38's topic in General Students

    I'm getting better with the pulses and actually did that part of the check-off okay but did not pass the BP check-off. I'm so mad and sad at the same time. Someone will go over it with me one-on-one...