flyingchange

flyingchange

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  1. Career Pathing

    flyingchange posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if anyone might be willing to share their own career path, as I am trying to envision my own without much success. At this point I believe I might want to transition into an acute...

  2. Lung sounds and breasts

    flyingchange replied to ObstreperousYoungLad's topic in General Nursing

    JMO, but women are usually a lot more comfortable with their breasts being moved around than you might think. A male friend of mine was trying to listen to cardiac sounds on an older woman with...

  3. I'm so embarrassed

    flyingchange replied to nursingishard's topic in General Nursing

    Are you serious? It was your fault? Please see the thread about how many nurses are abused in the workplace. It's because actions like this one are enabling the abusers. Please, learn YOUR rights - or...

  4. Need Advice

    flyingchange replied to procrastin8r-RN's topic in General Nursing

    The data supports you, OP.

  5. bookstore = constant PAIN

    flyingchange replied to anonymousstudent's topic in General Students

    I haven't purchased any textbooks this year because I discovered the wonderful invention that is the Reserve Desk at the library. All of my course textbooks are available as in-library loan so I just...

  6. Graphing calculator for school?

    flyingchange replied to digitiminimi's topic in General Students

    Yes, I do my nursing math by hand as well. The only reason you might need a graphing calculator is if you need it for

  7. Calcium alginate rope...help!

    flyingchange replied to Neener_RNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    From an article I found: http://www.pilonidal.org/pdfs/alginates-questions.pdf Seems to indicate they go in dry into wounds with heavier exudate and can be moistened to reduce trauma on removal. I...

  8. Can your employer call you back after you called off sick and demand you come in??

    flyingchange replied to princessnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I think I understand where the OP might be coming from. When I worked in home health there was a "mandatory 2 staff" policy (often broken). 2 staff needed to be on during certain hours. If the team...

  9. A question about specimens...

    flyingchange replied to Sadieanne7's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding was that for bacterial cultures they should be sent off ASAP to get an accurate representation of the bacterial populations before they grew too much. But yes for things like occult,...

  10. Do I need to know this for nursing

    flyingchange replied to Darkpk55's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You should probably know most of this as a life skill already.... but if you don't, yes you will need to be able to comfortably convert minutes to hours and back for your drug calculations. Also you...

  11. Dressing up on Halloween... unprofessional?

    flyingchange replied to agent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    We boring Canadians enjoy Halloween too

  12. "under the table"

    flyingchange replied to natalia13's topic in General Nursing

    JMO, but the wording is what indicated to me that the physician was suggesting an illegal arrangement. "Under the table" is not what I'd expect to hear from an employer who simply meant I'd have to...

  13. One bad egg...

    flyingchange replied to OttawaRPN's topic in General Nursing

    I hate, hate, hate the "anything goes" idea. Our school does that. Drives me crazy. I would LOVE to have uniforms, or even just tops, like the ones you suggest. No one should have to stop what they...

  14. Nurses not speaking english at work

    flyingchange replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    If I left out my impressions of ethnocentricity there wouldn't be much of a thread left. I agree with you that the sentiments in this thread are real. Doesn't change the fact that it makes me cringe...

  15. to aspirate or not while giving insulin and flu vaccines

    flyingchange replied to ginger43's topic in General Nursing

    I have a slightly different perspective on this. I wonder if not aspirating IMs would change pain perception. For you nurses that have given a zillion IMs you're probably so good that it wouldn't...

  16. Nurses not speaking english at work

    flyingchange replied to Guest296136's topic in General Nursing

    Ironically I just had a class about "Cultural Safety". This thread, and in particular the kind of omg-its-an-uprising attitude that has somehow singled out nurses of Filipino descent, is everything we...

  17. Traveling for school??

    flyingchange replied to heathert_kc's topic in General Nursing

    I've done this, as a single person with no dependents, throughout the 2 years of college prior to nursing school. It is possible, but be alert for burnout, and see if you can get the odd weekend off....

  18. Is this okay/legal?

    flyingchange replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Nursing

    This was in Alberta. I worked for a small homecare outfit and a big one in the city after that. Both of them followed the same procedure. So long as you could read the label and say the 5 rights, and...

  19. Is this okay/legal?

    flyingchange replied to CRNBSN18's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in home care with only a high school education, and I passed meds all day long to the clients there. I had to take a 2-day "med admin" course. Looking back on it I think it was...

  20. Is this legal?

    flyingchange replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing

    so, if you did have a mood disorder, then what? gotta love that mental illness stigma, in the one industry that should be trying to change

  21. Non Compliant Wound patient

    flyingchange replied to Katwel's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering, is this person choosing noncompliance because she wants to die? It seems glaringly

  22. Nurses Deserve More Respect!

    flyingchange replied to natasharostova's topic in General Nursing

    Interestingly, I've only gotten "why would you want to be a nurse?" from nurses, and one mild acquaintance who was in-between chemo tx with a poor prognosis. Everyone else in my life has been...

  23. Attending my first conference

    flyingchange posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I applied for and won a sponsorship to attend an out-of-province conference happening at the end of next week. I have never been to a conference before and I don't know how they work. Can...

  24. Attending my first conference

    flyingchange replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the help

  25. To drink or not to drink

    flyingchange replied to ArmyMomJo's topic in General Nursing

    One of my clinicals I had a pt in with a laundry list of bad news. She was the sweetest old woman with a terrible prognosis. Her MAR had "1 glass Port, PRN". It was brought in by friends since she had...