1970butterfly

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1. I apologize..

   1970butterfly replied to letsbefriends's topic in New Nurse

   Oh my Lord, my hearts breaks for you reading this. I believe every nurse who wants to give 100% all of the time feels the exact same way you are feeling right now. There is not one sentence you have written I have not felt. Please forgive yoursel...

2. IV flulids/solutions and WHY??

   1970butterfly replied to Tsatalstrana's topic in General Nursing

   Good Morning, Gil Thanks for taking the time to explain this!! One thing about nursing that I tell people all of the time is......"You don't know what you don't know." It can be simple things like making sure the IV line is not open when you are g...

3. Nurse as a patient...

   1970butterfly replied to Brian's topic in Rock

   I have had a few nurses as patients, and I will tell you it has been a 50/50 split. If there are 2 on my unit, one will be thankful for everything down to warm wipes. Now, the other is right in line with going thru state boards, and has the DON on ...

4. Did I cause my patient to die faster?

   1970butterfly replied to lou_tango's topic in General Nursing

   OMG!!!! You did nothing but care for that Pt. Please PLEASE PLEASE.......do not beat yourself up. Each day we care for and possibly lose someone when it is their time to die. The fact that you wonder IF you did all you could do makes you a wonder...

5. I'm about to lose my MIND!!

   1970butterfly replied to kemkem's topic in NCLEX

   OMG!!!!! I AM SOOOOO THERE! I got my ATT yesterday via email, so I scheduled my test for the ONLY day available this month.....this Saturday. I can sooooo completely feel every word you said. Infact I could have written it. I am scared to death...

6. Tips for Student Nursing

   1970butterfly replied to angelchick's topic in General Nursing

   HI! I am right there with you! I wanted to be an LPN when I graduated from high school 20 years ago....but "life happened" and here I am in my first semester of my 11 month program. It is sooooo funny to be back in school from 8am to 3pm every day. I...

7. Newport News/ Norfolk Waiting Lists???

   1970butterfly replied to sunshine327's topic in Virginia

   Hi! Welcome to Hampton Roads! I have just completed the New Horizons Regional Ed Ctr's CNA program. I will tell you the instuctors are WONDERFUL! Riverside School of Health Careers has both a day (11 month) and night/weekend (15-18 months??? not su...