Metody

If the patient doesn't even want neighbors knowing they receive care, I bet they think our disconnected and private society is just fine, and don't want to reach out to the neighbors for help. I don't know if it rises to the level of a HIPAA violatio...

I think my level of patient care and job satisfaction would go up if I was allowed to physically assault whoever decided that you can't turn off the lower limit on our breathing rate. I work at night. A sleeping patient who is on their side or obese ...

If I had my ideal, outer aspect of the non dominant fore arm, 20 or better. That only seems to happen on the mostly healthy 20 year old makes, though. I hate AC because they kink constantly and I've had patients refuse iv anti biotics because they're...

Sometimes I open napkins a fast food places like I'm setting up a sterile field, if they're folded right.I like to do dressing changes as quickly as possible, so I set everything up before hand - a piece of plastic for the old dressing, pre ripped an...

Just because a patient is calm doesn't mean they've stopped being suicidal. Sometimes it means they've finally figured out how to do it, and all their worries are going to be lifted. It's very soothing to think that soon, you won't be in any more pai...

The woman who was allergic to all citrus fruits, who told me this while drinking her orange juice. When I snatched the box out of her hand, she angrily told me that she wasn't allergic to that OJ, just most OJ. "Can you push that Dilaudid faster?" "O...

I'm sure that if it damaged the machine, you would have heard ALL about it! It's kind of impressive that they can handle that much sugar!

Oh, wow. Did they have to recalibrate the machine?

This kind of idea might appear good on the surface, but is the start of a very slippery slope. Once you start forcing your nurses to be healthy, well, why not the patients? Shouldn't we hold them to the same standards of self-care as we hold oursel...

Left inner pocket, in an organizer my sister got me: pen, penlight, scissors, credit card, ID, bus pass. Hair pins, too - I slip them through the holes in the accudose envelopes, so I can pin together all of a patient's next meds. Left outer pocket:...

It's a big deal because it's seen as being disrespectful to the person the placenta came from. It might not matter to you, but what if it matters to them? There are people who would be very uncomfortable with a part of their body put up on display ...

I currently weigh 250 and I'm 5'4, which puts me well over a BMI of 40. I'm a 200 level student, which means I'm only halfway through. I've been going to clinicals for about a year. So. Some things I've learned: Get some really good sneakers, and g...

My school allows lab coats. I wear mine to every clinical, just in case - its nice for the warmth, too. It's long enough that it covers my bum, which makes me feel much more secure. Beyond that, I wear a night-time tampon and a great big boat of a...

Because of a nasty combination of weather and miscommunication, I missed a test in pharmacology. I've done very well otherwise - I got a C on one test, but all the others are high Bs and low As. I'm pretty good at pharm! But. I missed that test. ...

If it helps any, accomodation looks kind of like the eyes are slightly crossing and the pupils are getting smaller as the finger or pen moves closer to the bridge of the nose. It's best to wait a second or two after shining the penlight before testi...

I've never heard of drug testing with a buccal swab and I can't find much information on it online. Do you know what they were testing for? It sounds a heck of a lot nicer than getting blood drawn or peeing into a cup. I will never be used to han...

We peed in a cup. Then they tested it right in front of you by dipping a sort of sheet of different strips into it. Instant results! It was kind of cool, actually, despite the embarrassment of oh-my-god-that's-my-pee.

I think I would consider why the person is struggling first. There is a big difference between having problems because you have no grounding in science or haven't taken math since the early nineties, and having trouble because you genuinely can't co...

What the heck are you supposed to do for books for the first 2-3 weeks of class? If you've got a 12 week semester, you can't spend 1/6 of the entire class doing review!

If you can't get the ISBN number from the bookstore, you could just ask the teacher for it. All the teachers I know care more about their students getting the books than they do about the bookstore gouging them. You can also ask previous students. ...

That'd be sort of great. Lots of personalized attention, plus when we look for jobs, we can look interviewers in the eye and say, "I was one of the top ten students in my graduating class. That's right. I'm that awesome."

I can't find the page now, but I remember it said Nutrition and A&P I and II (only transferable as a pair) and some other stuff. I think Microbiology was there too. Guess I'd better call them on Monday to make sure they still accept everything....

I'm going full time. I've already taken A&P and Nutrition. Do they let you take other classes in the slots that would have been filled by those, or do you just have some extra study hours free? Boy, it's going to feel really strange to not have...

I got in! I got in! It was dated the 22nd, so they've *just* started out sending them. Mine was held over from last semester, so I think I might have been right up at the head of the line. Any advice from alumni on stupid mistakes to avoid when sta...

Oh, good! And thankyou! I think I'll do well if I don't panic the night before and stay up until 5 am, sitting in a corner and wheezing. I'm kind of at the point that I want to just get the darned thing over with. I wish I hadn't decided to take t...