ashleyisawesome BSN, RN

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    medication to dry up breast milk?

    btw, i was born in 1989, so it wasnt that long ago that they suppsedly did this for my
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    medication to dry up breast milk?

    lol thats funny because my instructor told me to tell the mom to do the cabbage thing.. never heard of it, but she said it
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    Have you made good friends while in Nursing School?

    ive made a few pleasant acquaintances.. im not from the area at all so didnt know anyone coming in. im pretty introverted and dont go out of my way to make friends, and i dont really think i have much...
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    bad nursing care rant

    unfortunately its not my place to do that. the family is so heartbroken and distressed that taking legal action against the hospital that may not even do anything is the last thing on their mind.. it...
  5. i was in raccs program for one semester, and changed schools. it is a really tough program, but everyone i know thats graduated said they feel more prepared than some of the other graduates from the...
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    Experiences with going to school with a commute

    i live 45 mins from my school, but it ends up being close to an hour with traffic, and there is usually traffic unless im going to clinicals because not as many people are on the road at 530.. its...
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    Standard Hospital Scrubs National Standard?

    what if the office you worked for dictated the brand of business attire you had to wear and that brand didnt have pants that fit you
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    Fantastic CNA. but...

    correct me if i am wrong, but i dont know that it would be neglect or abandonment unless she had already accepted the assignment and then left without making proper arrangements for someone else to...
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    bad nursing care rant

    My friends dad who the original post was about passed away yesterday. he ended up being transferred to a bigger university hospital d/t getting several super infections, and lastly pneumonia. all i...
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    Being required to do a psychiatric care plan on myself?

    if my presumptions are right, the teacher is expecting you to either lie or leave out some information. im also assuming the teacher may not even collect them... i could be totally wrong, maybe your...
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    Any rad-techs out there?

    you probably wont get very many responses. this site is called ALLNURSES.com... not ALLRADTECHS.com. although there are some non nurse people on here, i wouldnt bank on pages of prompt
  12. go, but get yourself somewhere in the middle... the police are more likely to arrest people on the outsides of the protest mob, simply because they are easy to get to. really it is unlikely you will...
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    Nursing care Plan Help!!

    no. practice better time manage and attempt to do your own homework. where do you live? because, i do not ever want to be cared for by a nurse who had their homework done for them on the internet all...
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    IV therapy skills in nursing school...do they still exist?

    we dont learn how to put them in. i can take them out, hook them up to bags, gie iv pushes, etc but not put one in. ive asked about it and our school basically says well learn it on the job. oh
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    Being required to do a psychiatric care plan on myself?

    possibly this assignment is to teach you something... your patients probably see it as an invasion of privacy when you ask them these questions too, and like every person who responded on here, they...
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    How do you respond??

    i know its not an easy thing to do, but you should set boundaries with them and let them know they are being inappropriate. if they continue to bully you, you could try saying something like "i am a...
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    ever have an instructor just melt down in class?

    you are lucky your dean is trying to correct the problem. i had a clinical instructor--TWO semesters in a ROW-- who has fallen asleep numerous times in the middle of post conference, fallen asleep in...
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    Student really needs help

    thats weird that your instructor told you to make some up. kudos to you for actually doing some research rather than just writing some numbers down. i dont know that i would know what to make up if i...
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    interview with a staffing manager?

    so a little over a week ago i had an interview for a pca job in a ccu. i was really excited about it and i think the interview went well. i got a call from HR yesterday asking if i am still interested...
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    interview with a staffing manager?

    update: interview was awkward. definitely not my best. turns out the original position i interviewed for had been filled but they wanted to reinterview me for a prn float position, which i would...
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    The Made Incredibly Easy books

    i dont find them helpful either.. i feel like its just a dumbed down version of my textbook. just extra unnecessary
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    Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

    really? i thought peds was super easy! my favorite semester so far, and we did it in 7 weeks! i felt like it was kinda a review of med surg with some tweaks. my instructor was pretty cool though so it...
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    For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    i saw my first ever births today! a normal lady partsl delivery and a c section! i didnt pass out!
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    Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

    i thought foundations was cake.. i barely studied. med surg was a bit harder, only because i had to actually put effort into it. as long as you read and study youll be fine, its not too bad. a lot of...
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    Are your nursing school tests timed?

    our exams are usually 50 questions and we get an hour, but i usually finish in 25-30 minutes. some people use the whole