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  1. appropriate to befriend an instructor?

    uscstu4lfe replied to mzattitude's topic in General Students

    a friend from class became really good friends with one of our instructors during nursing school. so good, in fact, that the instructor went to her wedding and bought her a really expensive gift! They...

  2. (vent) Group projects

    uscstu4lfe replied to SoloWytch's topic in General Students

    i had a study group, which i loved. we'd go out to lunch all of the time and quiz ourselves. however, group projects absolulely sucked! i was paired with the laziest people and we couldn't agree on...

  3. Can I do nursing school with full time job??

    uscstu4lfe replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    that sounds really difficult. HOWEVER, is this a job that would allow you to study on the job? Then it might work out because you'd be able to get things done at work, then only have to worry about...

  4. Do you always have an RN waste narcotics with you?

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Of course you know we are all supposed to have another RN watch us waste narcotics, like morphine, dilaudid, etc. Do the nurses at your facility actually follow this policy? At mine, I find that most...

  5. Blood transfusion question

    uscstu4lfe replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    The previous poster is right. The NCLEX will NOT ask you a question about blood transfusion when it's not clearly known and accepted across the board. You'll find that it'll probably be a lot easier...

  6. Just thought I'd share something gross

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I got an admission last night. The guy is diabetic and as a consequence, is legally blind. He comes in for left foot cellulities with a gangrenous, necrotic toe. Upon closer inspection, the toe...

  7. Just thought I'd share something gross

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    He wasn't homeless! He was the nicest guy ever. He even had a wife with no medical problems. I have no idea why she didn't bring him in sooner - I didn't have the balls to ask that. You would think...

  8. Just thought I'd share something gross

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    You know, another nurse brought that point up! She said she had a patient a long time ago that came in with maggots too, and the only thing that saved his foot were the maggots because they ate all...

  9. Falling asleep at work

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you ever fall asleep at work? I'm a nighter, and it's so funny because I'll see nurses with their pen in hand with their head against their hand, and I'll go look at them and they'll be asleep....

  10. Any nurses you dread giving report to?

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nighter, and there's this very short unassuming asian lady that works days. She has been there for like 35 years. She's an absolute nightmare to give report to. She drills you like a boot camp....

  11. feeling bad... pt died

    uscstu4lfe replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm feeling the same way about a patient I have, except the patient isn't dead yet. About 2 weeks ago I cared for this patient. She was fully alert and was making crafts, but was very sarcastic and...

  12. The teacher from hell!

    uscstu4lfe replied to keno138's topic in General Nursing

    sounds like one of the teacher's that you'll back on years from now and say "glad i don't have to go through that

  13. The economy and your job

    uscstu4lfe replied to StephanieS321's topic in General Nursing

    we're hiring. sometimes we're really busy, other times we're really

  14. Shaky hands? Nervousness in clinicals?

    uscstu4lfe replied to spuropathy's topic in General Nursing

    go to your physican and ask for a prescription for propranolol (a beta blocker). propranolol is used by a lot of people to stop the physical signs of nervousness, such as shakey hands. if your BP is...

  15. Nursing Student annoyed me

    uscstu4lfe replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i was assigned 3 students at the same time! this was absolutley hilarious to me because as a new nurse, it was like the blind leading the blind. i had a lot of "ummm, ok, that sounds good." i was also...

  16. Getting Fired or Resign?

    uscstu4lfe replied to trustsupplyguy's topic in General Nursing

    type your resignation letter right now! resign. you have a ton of different options - you don't need to work in a hostile environment like that anyway. just on a personal note, i'm still very new,...

  17. Would you come in during an epidemic?

    uscstu4lfe replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    during our last staff meeting we were informed that as we are exiting a patient's room for the first time after your shift assessment, we are REQUIRED (not encouraged) to say "Is there anything else I...

  18. Have you ever missed a pressure ulcer during assessment?

    uscstu4lfe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Several days ago I admitted a post-op lady from surgery (I work in med-surg). She was relatively young and looked in good health. I got no report of a pressure ulcer. So during my assesssment, I very...

  19. Have you ever missed a pressure ulcer during assessment?

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    if it redeveloped at our hospital, then i assume it's my hospital's fault. however, since my assessment wasn't thorough enough, who is to say it was not there when i admitted her, only to be...

  20. Flunked my test today. I'm so tired.

    uscstu4lfe replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in General Students

    that's retarded, especially if you're new to it still. anytime i screwed up during a simulation, the instructor would say something like "well, what you're doing is right, but what other important...

  21. Incident Report-yes/no?

    uscstu4lfe replied to ~'JesusRocks'~'s topic in General Nursing

    ditto to what murphy and pagan said. they will use them against

  22. Have you ever missed a pressure ulcer during assessment?

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Her husband said that he saw it while at the other hospital too. Which, by the way, is a huge county hospital in the middle of Downtown

  23. OB clinicals for males

    uscstu4lfe replied to NursingIs4CoolPeople's topic in General Students

    The poor males in my OB clinical group didn't get to see any lady partsl births! Funny though... the laboring mothers didn't give a crap who saw their vajayjays... it was always the fathers who...

  24. Does anybody had seen a nurse with tunnel earrings?

    uscstu4lfe replied to Hacker-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any problems with piercings, but those hoop things are gross looking. And I am one of the young people! I think it looks scary, and if I were that 80 year old in the hospital bed, I would...

  25. Have you ever missed a pressure ulcer during assessment?

    uscstu4lfe replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my! 8 hours? I had no idea. I always thought it was something that took much longer. Anyway, I walk into the break room and there on our board is a big announcement that says, "effective Oct 1st...