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    Anyone work on a med/surg floor that cares for post op bariatric surgical pts?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi everyone! So I am graduating from a diploma program next month. I work in the hospital that my school is associated with as a PCA on a med/surg ortho floor and really had my heart set on working on...
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    Can someone tell me what exactly a VEC surgery is?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not sure if i spelled it right. I am guessing it stands for lady partsl something? I'm precepting on a floor that takes gyn surgeries and i've helped care for a few pts who've had this. i know it is...
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    Can someone tell me what exactly a VEC surgery is?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i know, thats why im trying to find out on my own time. when im there everything is so busy, i get the general rundown of what they are there for but no one goes over the complete details of the...
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    Donating Scrubs

    ashleyisawesome replied to LadyBugLass's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    i buy a lot of scrubs at salvation army and goodwill (for like 2.50 a piece!) so i know they take
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    Nursing schedules

    ashleyisawesome replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in General Nursing

    schedules i am aware of at my hospital: 7-3, 3-11, 11-7, 7a-7p, 7p-7a, 11a-11p, 11p-11a, 3p-3a, 3a-3p, 9a-7p. some office jobs might be 9-5 or 8-4 m-f... it differs a lot from facility to
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    Can someone tell me what exactly a VEC surgery is?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Ob/Gyn

    hmm.. that could be it. interesting. im not completely sure though. some of the pts have had trochar sites, but some have incisions in the pubic region. they seem to have a lot of pain in the pubic...
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    Anyone work on a med/surg floor that cares for post op bariatric surgical pts?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Medical-Surgical

    cjcsoon2brn, that was great! thanks! i absolutely dont have a prejudice, and think very highly of people who are motivated enough to jump through all the hoops they have to go though to even get this...
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    Unsure about applying to ortho

    ashleyisawesome replied to Aeterna's topic in Orthopedic

    you'll see lots of things! its definitely not boring. im just a newbie, precepting nursing student (almost done!), on an ortho/onc floor but i can tell you a bit about what i see from the ortho pts....
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    Should i work as a dietary aide while in nursing school.

    ashleyisawesome replied to Pre-nurseTiff's topic in General Students

    at my hospital a lot of dietary aides and housekeepers got jobs as PCAs a few months later. sounds like it could be a good way to
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    I feel so unprrepared

    ashleyisawesome replied to Jessicias85's topic in General Students

    wow sounds like a horrible place to work. i might have stopped my charting to go change the pt when he was done, then charted, knowing i was going to be there longer than i had planned, but people...
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    Priority: Allergic reaction or toxicity?

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Students

    I was doing some practice questions, getting ready for NCLEX , and came across one that was something like: Pt is recieving Gentamicin, which is MOST important to respond to? I had it narrowed down to...
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    New grads & CNA experience

    ashleyisawesome replied to lalopop86's topic in First Year After Licensure

    im a pca at a hospital, and about to graduate in about 23 days.. ok exactly 23 days. but ive already got 3 interviews at the hospital i work at for different units, while many of my classmates have...
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    Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

    ashleyisawesome replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a nice gem of a pts wife the other day literally lurking over my shoulder as I fed her husband who has pretty advanced dementia his pureed food. wife: "he doesnt like this liquid stuff, i feed...
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    Priority: Allergic reaction or toxicity?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    that actually really helped.
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    Whats the point of a LPN license

    ashleyisawesome replied to FurtureR's topic in General Students

    seriously.
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    Summer term students

    ashleyisawesome replied to Jack245's topic in General Students

    21 days and my summer semester is over. it is also my FINAL semester of NS so I am especially pumped.
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    Priority: Allergic reaction or toxicity?

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    exactly what i thought.
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    How'd you choose? Because I don't know how!

    ashleyisawesome replied to on eagles wings's topic in Nursing Career

    just the opposite at my hospital! New grads are ONLY hired as part time evening or nights to start off.. but they have to give you at least 24 hrs a week, and your orientation is full time. as for...
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    I'm freaking out here.. I could fail clinical and i dont know why!

    ashleyisawesome posted a topic in General Students

    so the semester is over. depending on what i got on my final on monday, my grade will probably be a mid B, which is not bad at all.. however, this wont mean anything if my instructor decides to fail...
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    I'm freaking out here.. I could fail clinical and i dont know why!

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    hah, no. i made a meeting with the dean, told my side of the story, cried my eyes out and all she had to say to me was "this is what everyone says when they fail.", dropped a tissue in front of me and...
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    Refusing a Clinical assignment

    ashleyisawesome replied to SheldonCooperPHD's topic in General Students

    not the case at my hospital. pediatricians do all the circs on site in the well baby nursery, as well as visit the newborn/mother in their hospital room the day after
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    I'm freaking out here.. I could fail clinical and i dont know why!

    ashleyisawesome replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    UPDATE! I wanted to track down this old thread and let you all know that I am finishing up my preceptorship (AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL) in about 2 weeks and graduating! Somethings that make me smile a...
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    When did wearing a stethoscope become popular

    ashleyisawesome replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    i wear mine around my neck sometimes. sometimes i shove it in my scrub pocket, but it has a habit of falling out or getting caught on things. sometimes i leave it on the computer on wheels hoping it...
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    What will you do with your RN license?

    ashleyisawesome replied to Katie71275's topic in General Students

    I would love to work in PICU or NICU. However, I am graduating in August and already have a job offer on a med surg ortho floor. Ill take
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    Refusing a Clinical assignment

    ashleyisawesome replied to SheldonCooperPHD's topic in General Students

    I am anti circ as well, but would never impose my views on a patient.. You will not be performing a circ, a pediatrician will. I was asked to observe one and "assist" by comforting the baby and...