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  1. Light at the end of the tunnel and OB clinical Rotation

    CareteamRN70 posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    well i am in the last phase of my program. i am currently finishing up my l/d rotation and i have to say it has been a wonderful experience. my instructor asked me at the start did i plan on a career...

  2. Light at the end of the tunnel and OB clinical Rotation

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in Male Nursing Students

    okay one quick update, my last day in l/d didn't go so well. i was given a patient, went in and introduced myself. pt was polite, her hubbie was, everything looked good for a fairly quick birth. then...

  3. Light at the end of the tunnel and OB clinical Rotation

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Wish we had done a seperate geriatric rotation but with limited clinical space they combined our medsurg with geriatric, even tho most of my medsurg patients had been between 45 - 55 yrs old, not what...

  4. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your response to your first code blue?

    CareteamRN70 replied to Nuieve's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So far I have participated in 2 codes as a patient tech, and one almost code as a student RN during my med surg clinicals. First code I went in to take vitals on my patient and in the middle of that...

  5. Student loans...how much do you owe?

    CareteamRN70 replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    So far I will owe about $20k when I graduate in September 2010. The program was around $45k total for a two year ASN program and I paid half in cash and the rest in student loans. There are a few in...

  6. Is nursing REALLY for you?

    CareteamRN70 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Still a student RN (Grad date 09/10), but I had to admit that the first half of my education in the classrooms had me wondering if nursing was for me. I had to learn and be able to apply knowledge at...

  7. Do people really need a bloody mobile at work?

    CareteamRN70 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a student with 10 months to go and it amazes me at the amount of my classmates that have cellphone/text devices out during class. The instructors have told us numerous times that texting...

  8. Student update 4 quarters down 4 to go

    CareteamRN70 posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well guys (and you gal lurkers) completed my 4th quarter as of Sept 8 and am currently enjoying a 1 week respite where I am not going to look at a book, watch any nurse/hospital themed shows (well...

  9. Muslim Nurses Administering Haram Medications

    CareteamRN70 replied to CaribMuslimah, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the dilemma, and several of my classmates and I have debated it in ethics class, but unfortunately I am afraid our answers would not apply to the OP. I would never knowingly administer a...

  10. Anyone going to MEDTECH COLLEGE?

    CareteamRN70 replied to triciapage's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Currently I go to Medtech Greenwood campus. I am 1/2 way done with 4 quarters to go. I'll play the devils advocate and try to break down what I know vs what I've heard. Medtech imho is expensive, very...

  11. If healthcare reform resulted in salary caps of $40k for nurses would you stay?

    CareteamRN70 replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    One of the blessings of being ignorant I guess is that you don't know what your missing. I have one year left of school and only have the vaguest idea of what an RN earns. I've had figures from $31k...

  12. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    CareteamRN70 replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    I showed this thread to my wife and got some nervous chuckles from her and a few questions on how close I was to my fellow nursing students..and after telling her for the nth time that this thread...

  13. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    CareteamRN70 replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    There was a thread on allnurses ealier asking about nurses and sex on the job and 99% of the replies, including my own, staed in the negative...and then I found this "A nurse in Great Britain has been...

  14. Tattoos all over!

    CareteamRN70 replied to tigertjc's topic in Men in Nursing

    I have tattoos on both arms from shoulder to just above my wrist on one arm and my ol Eagle, Globe, and Anchor with Uncle Sam's Misguided Children emblazoned below it on my right arm. I was told by an...

  15. CNA trainees peforming peri-care in class on each other? Is this true?

    CareteamRN70 replied to Dream Girl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This week in my class we were going back over inserting and placement of indwelling caths on female mannequins for review. well female is subjective as our mannequins look very male but have...

  16. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    CareteamRN70 replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    In all my time as a patient tech I never saw any nurse/nurse ,nurse/doctor, or nurse/patient hookups....but several times in neuro behav caught patients in the act after hooking up with other...

  17. Where are all the nurses?

    CareteamRN70 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In Indy where I live we have three tradional RN schools plus a new bunch of new technical adn schools so jobs look tight with the amount of nurses being churned out. I "want" to get into a hospital,...

  18. Did taking Chemistry really help you become a good nurse?

    CareteamRN70 replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered the exact same thing at first about Chemistry and Microbiology I and II...I tried to convert them into "nursing classes" in my mind but it just seemed a huge waste of time...until I took my...

  19. Considering nursing school, but I have a slight problem

    CareteamRN70 replied to schmalcine's topic in General Nursing

    I never let body parts bother me...My mind either goes to one of two places A: That could very easily be me needing care and how would I want my nurse to provide that care. B: I kind of shut it off...

  20. Accused of cheating by instructor

    CareteamRN70 replied to BWebb99's topic in General Nursing

    We had an incident a few weeks ago where the instructor knocked points off of a homework assgnmt for quite a few in the class. His reasoning was that too many of our answers looked alike, and yes we...

  21. Working with mostly women. Heaven or Hell?

    CareteamRN70 replied to lsvalliant's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well my perspective may be abit biased. I have worked in direct care for over a decade and 90% of my coworkers have been women, almost all of my supervisors were women, and now in my RN program 29 of...

  22. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    CareteamRN70 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    No, I don't think it's a good idea trying to get our Instructor (who is also going to oversee some of out clinicals) fired by running to the Office staff every time you think they are being unfair....

  23. Question about Injections and who can give them

    CareteamRN70 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I live in Indiana and my Mother called wanting to know who can legally give various injections from flu shots, tetorifice, to PPD skin test injections. I fired off an email stating to the best...

  24. Question about Injections and who can give them

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    Okay again....yes things vary State to State...why I asked my original question which seems to keep getting lost in people wanting to correct me on what LPN's do. As for bringing up my schooling? why?...

  25. Question about Injections and who can give them

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    Okay...since I seem to keep putting my foot (or Keyboard) in my mouth.... I was not specificly talking about delegating to an LPN...in all honesty I was trying to find out the minimal (maybe I should...