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  1. You know you're Old School when...

    My teacher once told me that back in her day that to test for any UTI's, the nurses would boil the urine, and if it congealed, it meant infection was present ?
  2. Nursing School Must Haves??

    * Laptop - I take mine to school with me and connect to the schools internet. I can google anything I need more infomation on in class. My school also put things up on the network such as medical...
  3. Chlorhexidine and dematitis (contact)

    The hospitals in my area use Chlorhexidine as hand sanitizer (you just put it on like hand lotion and it dries if you get what I mean...). I get the same as you Jeremy, and went to my doctor as I...
  4. Nurses that you remember

    At a nursing home where I used to work we had an "old school" nurse whom I really looked up to. She was always very calm and collected, even in an emergency she was extremely levelheaded, methodical...
  5. All you do is brag about how you went to a private school, and therefore that makes you the smartest here No one cares, and guess what ? My grades are better than yours. ALSO... Its not a good idea to...
  6. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    "Oldzeimers" "SUPER pubic
  7. I never really got social with other PCA's/Nurses/etc at my old work place....but the people that would go out places with each other would always ***** about it later.. ie " So and So and I went out...
  8. * Yes you have kids. I know it can be hard to look after them and study. But most people in the class have kids... Yours is not a special case. You don't get special privileges. * I don't want to...
  9. Ooooh I'd love to work at the Alfred when I finish ! I'm currently finishing my Div 2 at TAFE....Would like to go on and do a Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Emergency Medicine (Paramedic) but I...
  10. How do you know if you are ER material?

    Reading this thread makes me want to become an ER nurse even more now
  11. did your job give you a holiday gift??

    Lol RB2000 !!! Last year when I worked Christmas eve, we got pizzas delivered for dinner by the management. For Christmas day a lot of the workers brought it chocolates and biscuits so we were...
  12. I was a CNA for 2 years before I started Nursing School.. I learned so much about the profession and what to expect, it also made me more relaxed in clinicals....I felt since I knew the basics I could...
  13. I find itunes have some good nursing stuff for students...If you just type in what you are looking for (ie "Anatomy") a list will come up with podcasts and "itunes U" which is basically videos and...
  14. How do you protect your back health?

    Although I feel like this is an excellent point, I have found some instances where a slight manual lift was necessary...for instance working in a small nursing home where there was not a lot of...
  15. Working in a nursing home I have seen that done so many times...Nurses would come to me and say they just walked into so-and-so's room and their blankets need pulling up or something trivial like...
  16. Drastic change in appearance

    The only problem I have had with my hairstyle at work was elderly men and women with bad eyesight thinking I was a boy 'cause my hair was short !
  17. You know you're a student nurse when...

    - You find latex gloves in all your pockets and even shoved down your bra - You suddenly carry a pen everywhere - You don't bat an eyelash at blood / poo / vomit etc anymore - When your friends get...
  18. First Semester Clinicals--anyone else need to vent?

    I feel the same I did my first placement in Aged Care and it was fine, I worked in a nursing home for 2 years so I had the hang of it.. Second Placement which finished today (went for a...
  19. My hands need a good hand cream!

    Thanks. It's not so much the petroleum I am worried about, it's I have heard many people rave about it and don't wanna buy something that is pretty much glorified Vaseline. Thanks for your info
  20. My hands need a good hand cream!

    I heard that Lucas Paw Paw was just Vaseline with Papaya extracts ? Just a rumor I heard. Can anyone verify
  21. My hands need a good hand cream!

    I heard Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream is really really good, however I haven't used it yet ! Avon makes a product called 'Silicon Glove' which apparently is another great
  22. Help with Sterile Dressing Change

    I was taught this too, because you could drop an unsterilized item on the sterile field, also because your clothing or lanyard or something may brush against the sterile field, and because of gravity...
  23. Maybe you could put aside a time each week where you can cook a lot of meals then freeze them so when it comes to lunches or dinners you can just reheat. You could also spend a little while each...
  24. Advice to Students: say "thank you"

    Great thread I always make sure I say thank you to the nurses teaching me, and at the end of my clinical placement made sure I told the D.O.N that I really appreciated the facility letting us come in...
  25. 24 Things ER Nurses Know All Too Well

    I was just interested, that's all. My apologies. And no, I don't care if people on the internet think I'm an ass...It's the internet after all, I don't give a damn what a chunk of text in another...