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

    BanoraWhite replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Oh heres another one... I had to go to a clinical site a 2 hour drive away. I don't have a car, my sister totalled mine. 4 other nursing students who live near me had to travel to the same site. All...

  2. What a blow to my ego

    BanoraWhite replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in General Students

    Wow this woman sounds so rude... !! Sadly I heard a story like this last week...A student nurse and friend of mine in her final weeks of NS did hand over at a local hospital ER and all of the regular...

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

    BanoraWhite replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Thanks for inviting our whole year level EXCEPT ME to the class party you organised...and then blabbing it all around to made sure I knew about it. So what...you don't like me...act your age for gods...

  4. How do you stay sexy in nursing school

    BanoraWhite replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Students

    At my school we are sent home to "fix ourselves" if we are wearing excessive makeup or nail polish, and told to take off all our jewelery which I think is fair enough. I like to feel feminine by...

  5. Dosage Calc advice

    BanoraWhite replied to doublehelix's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    another handy way to remember this is "sunrise over sunset" sr (stock required) -- ss (stock

  6. For Fun--Kudos 2 Me...The "toot your own horn" thread

    BanoraWhite replied to tammy1974's topic in General Students

    Congrats everyone ! I recently had to retake a subject because I failed the medication calculation exam (which you have to get 100% on) for it. Today, after studying my butt off for weeks...I did it,...

  7. What is the best nursing advice you ever got from another nurse?

    BanoraWhite replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

    Document or it never happened. Say NO if you don't feel comfortable with doing something. So what, you might get glared at by another nurse or doctor, but I would rather that than making a mistake...

  8. Today after clinical I broke down in Tears!!:(

    BanoraWhite replied to believeallispossible's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Finding this thread has made me sooooo relieved ! I am graduating in about 2 months and my class has no more nursing lab sessions left. So far I have performed 1 female catherisation, 1 NG tube...

  9. How to survive clinicals

    BanoraWhite replied to Sjsmith92's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow..just..wow.

  10. Backstabbing/Gossip in Nursing School

    BanoraWhite replied to silverhalide's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow, that is horrible :hug: I have the same problem at my school..everyone ******* about everyone. Everyone HAS to know everyone elses business and add their 2c or speculate. There are times I have...

  11. What is best? Living at home or getting an apartment while in nursing??

    BanoraWhite replied to Stargazn03's topic in General Students

    I would stay at home if practical ! You will not regret it once you come home after a long and tiring day to a nice cooked meal, some company etc, ... Most of my friends in college (around 21-23...

  12. "Graduating & Not Ready"

    BanoraWhite replied to nursinggurl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Don't mean to hijack this thread, but... Did it ever cross your mind that this person could have changed in 6 years and was now a good nurse ? I failed a module at school, and have to repeat. I also...

  13. "Graduating & Not Ready"

    BanoraWhite replied to nursinggurl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    OP, I would just worry about your own license, your skills etc. Let the instructors decide who is ready or not, it is their job. I am sure you already have enough to worry about. At the end of the...

  14. Obnoxious overhead announcements at New Orleans hospital

    BanoraWhite replied to Jbug's topic in General Nursing

    My primary school used to play songs before the school bell to let us know it was time to start making our way back to the classroom. I think if my workplace started doing what you wrote I would think...

  15. Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    BanoraWhite replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    Me: I will have to go to the doctor and get some Lasix Partner: Lasix ? Me: It's a diuretic Partner: Wouldn't my dad have some ?? Me: Why ?? Partner: He's a diabetic

  16. Is extra school needed to become an ER nurse?

    BanoraWhite replied to amandakatherine's topic in Emergency

    Hi Amanda, I am in Australia and after we become RN's you can go on and complete postgrad programs in Critical Care, Trauma, Wound Care etc through some universities if you so choose. Some hospitals...

  17. anything you wish you were told in nursing school that you werent?

    BanoraWhite replied to karyan06's topic in General Nursing

    Well I finish in about 6-7 weeks and have not been told (along with the rest of my class) how to perform a female catheterisation, take bloods, suction a trachea, have not passed a single med to...

  18. What color is your stethoscope???

    BanoraWhite replied to sch1109's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Navy Blue Littmann Master Classic II with my name engraved on it so no-one runs off with it ! My school uniform is navy blue and most hospitals and nursing homes in my region uniforms are...

  19. Leave me alone when I'm passing meds!!!!!

    BanoraWhite replied to debRN0417's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This was a big problem at my old work. They ended up getting aprons saying "DO NOT INTERRUPT DURING MEDS" for the nurses to put on just before the med pass. People finally started getting the

  20. What subjects is everyone taking at the moment?

    BanoraWhite replied to Zoe*aka*studentnurse's topic in General Students

    Complex Care, Acute Care and

  21. I think cutsey scrub tops look ridiculous on adult units

    BanoraWhite replied to AZO49008's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    When I used to work in a Nursing home we would wear all different types of silly shirts to work and hats...we would also go around singing and smiling (this is the nurses and nurses aids, not just the...

  22. B12 injections,can you give it in the arm muscle?

    BanoraWhite replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Well the injections have never hurt me either, so I have never bothered getting them in the butt . I'm just relaying what I've been

  23. What are the worst call in excuses you've heard?

    BanoraWhite replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    I once called in because a family member of mine (suffering mental issues) came to my work the night before and attacked my car with an axe in the middle of the night, totalling it, almost right...

  24. B12 injections,can you give it in the arm muscle?

    BanoraWhite replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Hi, I have been having b12 shots for years because of my perenicious anemia. I have always had them in the deltoid. However I have heard a lot of nurses say they prefer giving it in the buttock as it...

  25. what I wish I could say to my AAOX3 patients!

    BanoraWhite replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and saying " You're really just a glorified waitress, aren't you?" is NOT a good way to earn brownie points !!