mitchsmom

mitchsmom

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  1. I think it's lead II? - at the top of the strip (the part not in photo of course), it has "II" after the date, I thought that ID'd it as lead II??? Dextrocardia... heart on the wrong side? No, it's...
  2. how to pick a pt. for clinicals?

    I'd be having a heart attack if I had to do our current pt care worksheet on 4 or 5 patients!!!! It takes hours just do to it for 1. Now I must pre-worry about
  3. how to pick a pt. for clinicals?

    Off topic: Moving right along girl! I can't remember, do you graduate in the spring also? We still haven't moved beyond 1 patient; but I think we are going to move up to 2 soon (like in the next few...
  4. Florida Hospital - Altamonte

    I am in our Fl hospital at least once a month but I can't remember if they have caffeine or not, I'll have to look when I go tomorrow night! I know that they only have vegetarian food in their...
  5. WRITING ABOUT Nursing Philosophy!

    :yeahthat:
  6. how to pick a pt. for clinicals?

    We also pick our own patients, although many of us ask the charge nurse for recommendations (for various reasons but in large part b/c we don't want someone who is going home). Our instructor doesn't...
  7. I saw something new and scary

    My husband flies medevac & they had a poor, diabetic, migrant worker patient once who was drinking his urine for this reason. This was
  8. Thorazine for hiccups

    Here's another one: http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic252.htm Keep scrolling all the way down for the drug
  9. Abdominal assessment/auscultation

    Don't know if maybe this will be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borborygmi Here's part of another page: "... I thought our stomachs rumble when we're hungry. Y: They do. When our brain tells...
  10. sex education in school

    I think it is healthy to consider it, I just don't think most people end up doing it. I don't know anyone who did. Personally I think it would have been disastrous if I'd waited for marriage... it...
  11. when to start NCLEX reviews

    I'll be done in about 6 months too.. I try to do a set of questions each day... that book that Suzanne mentioned has a CD ROM with it that will give you a study set of 10 to practice on. Like...
  12. 5 items

    I carry all kinds of crap as a student so I like a lot of big pockets. I'm sure later on I will whittle down what I keep on my when I have more knowledge & a locker :) I was going to say that some...
  13. OB or Peds...which did you find harder?

    Personally, they both were pretty easy for me, but that was because I knew a fair amount about both already. Within that, I'd say OB was easier for the same reason. But for the other people in my...
  14. Salaries/Job opportunities for Nurse Midwives

    You can check out job postings here: http://www.midwifejobs.com You can check out salaries here: http://www.salary.com/ I asked a CNM at a university school of midwifery a similar question a couple of...
  15. When circ's go bad...

    I have read that many or perhaps most of the "have to get it done when they are an adult" cases are from mistreatment; i.e. back in the day (and sometimes still now), moms were advised to retract and...
  16. WRITING ABOUT Nursing Philosophy!

    I included my desire to become a CNM, to use evidence-based practice, etc. You could talk about combining caring & technology, combining a certain interest or experience with nursing (for example,...
  17. As with any drug or procedure, different people have different effects from them. Here's the Google results for "sex after hyterectomy" - lots to see:...
  18. HELP! Can't decide! ED or Cardiac

    Sounds to me like you answered your own question. I am a chicken though and I like to stay with a good thing. I always hear how hard the first year or so is, I would stay where I know I am happy! At...
  19. Prioritization Question

    I have no idea, I was going to say c also... some side effect could have kicked in... then again if he was too sedated he probably wouldn't be hitting the call button... he could be barfing or...
  20. I know this may sound beside the point of "med surg first", but would ICU before L&D serve sort of the same purpose? I don't even know if our ICU hires new grads (the L&D does) but I've heard...
  21. Nurses: Delighted or Annoyed by Nursing Students?

    I am so glad our BSN program isn't like that! Our instructors would have our a$$ if we tried to skirt something... we are responsible for ALL of our patient's care & the CNA's should not have to...
  22. I was FIRED today!

    I am so sorry to hear that! I hope something works out for you.
  23. RE: Preparing for L&D

    Do you guys think that it would be detrimental to say "I plan on getting my MSN (or CNM) in a couple of years"?? ..because you may
  24. sex education in school

    The one I was referring to only discussed abstinance - no other birth
  25. sex education in school

    :balloons: Sex ed all the way! :balloons: LOL As long as it is factual, I can't think of anything I would mind my kids being taught. I'm in my "community" class right now, and I was interested in...