Cinquefoil

Cinquefoil

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  1. Oregon Health Care Reform

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hi y'all. I'm a student nurse right now, but am really interested to hear your ideas about how you think House Bill 3650 and the creation of CCO's may affect nursing practice in Oregon? Here are a...

  2. Is Anyone Out there an Evergreen Grad.? Need advice!

    Cinquefoil replied to RoseyLove's topic in Oregon Nursing

    There are 3 Evergreen grads in my 64 person class @ OHSU alone. Hopefully you're already there or somewhere else wonderful, but if you aren't, don't give up hope. I kind of think the written...

  3. Things that nurses say that may seem inappropriate to lay people

    Cinquefoil replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Not a nurse yet, but had to work soooo hard on keeping a straight face when my Pharm teacher and a classmate got into a big, in-lecture convo about "COX

  4. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

    Cinquefoil replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon Nursing

    That's awesome. Orientation was overwhelming enough without having a training on top of it. Not anything big, just a day FULL of information about the courses and the school and its

  5. Applicants to Portland area schools 2011

    Cinquefoil replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Bloodbourne pathogen training takes place at orientation, and then you sign a list that says you've taken it, and then your program advisor enters the list into American Databank's records...however...

  6. The Quest for the Perfect Scrubs Fabric

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    PS- Thank you to those who replied. The fabric references were helpful, and the others were just

  7. The Quest for the Perfect Scrubs Fabric

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Update; found some great deep green poplin at the very last Portland Area store I looked in, Mill End Fabrics. Bought them out of their whole supply. Made 2 sets already, have fabric and notions for...

  8. Accelerated A&P at PSU

    Cinquefoil replied to RunnerGirl09's topic in Oregon Nursing

    When I took the (non-accelerated) course, the same prof threw out outliers. That's pretty standard @ PSU. Good

  9. OHSU ABSN June 2011 Start

    Cinquefoil replied to lolac's topic in Oregon Nursing

    @ Shinebox: Financial aid reports that they do give aid to students in need, generally about $1,000=3,000 per person. Almost never more than $3,000. So a lot of our cohort is stressing about money...

  10. OHSU vs. Linfield accelerated BSN- thoughts?

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hi. I'm thinking of applying to OHSU and/or Linfield. I've seen all the threads about how these colleges make their decisions etc etc but what I really want is information, from students or former...

  11. A&P at PCC/PSU

    Cinquefoil replied to Annanurse123's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I can't speak directly to any professor there, but I can say I like the website http://www.ratemyprofessor.com I generally found the information there accurate once I read through all the

  12. Who is applying for Linfield this go around?

    Cinquefoil replied to saribeari's topic in Oregon Nursing

    No reason I can name. I got into OHSU as well and for some reason got a strong intuition to go there...for my own personal path...though I struggled with that since Linfield's community spirit,...

  13. About transgendered patients

    Cinquefoil replied to YEGRN's topic in General Nursing

    If anyone would like a link that gives an EXTENSIVE point of view on best practices in transgendered health care, check this out: http://www.transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans?page=protocol-00-00 It's geared...

  14. reamed out for using soft wrist restraints

    Cinquefoil replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

    What I can't believe is that the oncoming nurse was seriously suggesting that you FAKE the O2 sat. And yes, I said FAKE. If you TEMPORARILY hold O2 up to someone's face and then record that as...

  15. Hypothetical New Grad Residency Pregnancy Question

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not yet in nursing school, though I've been accepted to a program that I'll start this summer. Nor am I pregnant. Yet. Nor will I be for years. I'm just trying to get a jump start on my family...

  16. Hypothetical New Grad Residency Pregnancy Question

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in General Nursing

    1) DH chronically ill & not in great job besides 2) My nursing school health insurance is OK for regular preventative stuff, terrible for specialists, and private insurance is too expensive Better...

  17. I made my first med error, stupid me, why report it!??

    Cinquefoil replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Ummmm.....you report it because it's better for the patient if every med that goes into their body is known!!! Even a safe-sounding med can become deadly if it interacts badly with someone's system or...

  18. Who is applying for Linfield this go around?

    Cinquefoil replied to saribeari's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I'm declining my spot at Linfield's Accelerated program, so there will be a vacancy. Hang in

  19. OHSU ABSN June 2011 Start

    Cinquefoil replied to lolac's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Maybe ask our program advisor? She's not a faculty, but an admin specialist, and has said her responsibility is to facilitate a lot of the logistical/administrative aspects of our journey. Plus she...

  20. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    Cinquefoil replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Update on financial aid: although I was correct in quoting the amount of scholarship per average scholarship recipient, only some of that may come from OHSU. Financial aid folks told me today that...

  21. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    Cinquefoil replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon Nursing

    This just in...I was looking at OHSU's pdf about the whole hospital plus School of Nursing, (found on this page: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/schools/school-of-nursing/about/index.cfm ) and,...

  22. Calling residents affectionate names?

    Cinquefoil replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I call residents, "Dear Heart", "Hon", etc......but only if I MEAN it, AND they look OK with it. Otherwise it's just their name. Sometimes I use "Mr." or "Mrs." especially for people who seem like...

  23. Hello I am a new CNA I am 19 Years old and had a question for everyone

    Cinquefoil replied to Anthonyp's topic in General Nursing

    Different facilities have different CNA-to-resident ratios, and also different attitudes towards patient care. Your facilities so far sound like the kind you could stay at....if you wanted to really...

  24. Did any of you NOT take a NCLEX prep course??

    Cinquefoil replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, this is a question from a pre-nursing (soon to be nursing student...YAY ACCEPTANCE LETTER!) Why is it that almost all of y'all passed the NCLEX w/75 questions? Did everyone here get the same...

  25. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    Cinquefoil replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Thank you, kamaboko! It's not over yet. I will truly relax upon getting my first nursing job. I mean, the work won't be relaxing at ALL, but my worries about my future will ~ release~ (unless I get a...