LydiaGreen

LydiaGreen

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  1. Hospitals discourage use of abbreviation "Q"

    LydiaGreen replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

  2. What do you bring home with you?

    LydiaGreen replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I purposely bring stuff home with me. No, it's not what it sounds like! LOL! I always make sure that I have lots of powder-free gloves in my pockets because the powdered gloves make me...

  3. Peircings

    LydiaGreen replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your college or university's dresscode for clinicals - my school allowed only one ear piercing in each ear lobe. NO other piercings. Our clinical instructor was fine with those who had...

  4. Peircings

    LydiaGreen replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your college or university's dresscode for clinicals - my school allowed only one ear piercing in each ear lobe. NO other piercings. Our clinical instructor was fine with those who had...

  5. Clinical Hours in Relation to Graduation/Preparation for the Workforce

    LydiaGreen replied to angelicaparki's topic in General Nursing

    I know you are looking for the opinions of practicing RN's but, I feel that I can contribute something to the answer you are looking for. I am graduating from a three year diploma RN program in...

  6. Drug Testing

    LydiaGreen replied to perfer2Banonymous's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and hair isn't actually lifelong, but it is the life of the hair. Typically, hair grows for an average of five years before it falls out and is replaced with a newly growing hair. The longer the...

  7. Drug Testing

    LydiaGreen replied to perfer2Banonymous's topic in General Nursing

    If she bought it in Canada, she must have had a prescription. T3's require a prescription in Canada. Any narcotic is regulated by the RCMP (three copies of paperwork, one for the pharmacy, one for...

  8. Bathing a 7 y/o

    LydiaGreen replied to Nurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    I have a seven year old girl and I can tell you that she is aware of the differences between boys and girls and does not want anyone other than mom, grandma seeing her naked. It is only natural. A...

  9. Vasectomy and pregnancy

    LydiaGreen replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    My fingers are crossed for you. I have heard so many stories from couples where one had surgery, and even of one story where they BOTH did! That's right. Had two, Daddy had a vasectomy, #3 was born,...

  10. Sharp pains in my heart! Help please!

    LydiaGreen replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Have you had an EKG with these visits to the ER? I know a woman who was told repeatedly over the course of nine or ten days that her symptoms were a GI problem... they weren't. She had had an MI. I...

  11. Ritodrine and Bicitra

    LydiaGreen replied to LadyT618's topic in General Nursing

    google works wonders and provides links to all of the information you are looking for. MedLine plus is an excellent internet

  12. diciplined nurse, please read

    LydiaGreen replied to Blondeblaze2's topic in General Nursing

    Just my opinion, but I thought teeituptom's advice was appropriate and uplifting. Once you have successfully completed the probationary period you should have nothing to worry

  13. Can you believe this?

    LydiaGreen replied to LolaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a smoker and I think that member of management was nuts. I love how our hospital deals with this issue. Staff does NOT take patients out to smoke... period. Even if staff members are smokers,...

  14. Patients We Love to Hate

    LydiaGreen replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    MG My experience is limited as I am just about to graduate from nursing school but after two and a half years of practicum placement in the medical/surgical setting I can tell you that MOST families...

  15. quick question

    LydiaGreen replied to emmy's topic in General Nursing

    There was a really good article about intuition and health care in Reader's Digest about six to eight months ago. The article was about a study that was done to investigate this topic and the...

  16. disciplinary action

    LydiaGreen replied to sjc's topic in General Nursing

    GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT is more like

  17. Abusive Cna!

    LydiaGreen replied to Louisepug's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The patient has the right to refuse care from any individual! If the patient is A&O, tell her that she has the right to refuse care from that CNA. If that CNA is continuing to work while...

  18. question for you... this is really bugging me .

    LydiaGreen replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Jnette, With the increase in BP, a visit to your GP is in order. Because your BP is elevated, I doubt the problem is similar to mine but I have been in remission from pseudo tumour cerebri for about...

  19. You know you're canadian when...

    LydiaGreen replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Canada

    That was hillarious... I have copied it for both my work, and my

  20. Gifts from Patients?

    LydiaGreen replied to C'wing's topic in General Nursing

    Don't just check your facility's policy on this issue, check your governing body's rules and regulations on the issue as well (governing body being whatever board of nurses oversees your particular...

  21. If I hear 'C Nurses make the best nurses' one more time I will scream!

    LydiaGreen replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Students

    I am just about to graduate from nursing school in May. I was on a waiting list to start the program and got in at the end of the fourth week... just a day or two before the cut off. I had to work...

  22. provocative undergarments

    LydiaGreen replied to kathys's topic in General Nursing

    Before our first clinical rotation at the local hospital, our clinical instructor met with all of us at one meeting that was mandatory. She covered the usual things and then got around to dress code....

  23. I hate that I have to ask this.

    LydiaGreen replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently studying for the Ontario version of NClex. What a nightmare! All of the nurses where I am doing my consolidation say that I know what I'm doing... I know my patho, medications, psych,...

  24. Question from test today, need your opinion PLEASE!!

    LydiaGreen replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    Just wait until you get boards! I know what I'm doing, have to write my pregrad exam in aprroximately three weeks and my boards in June, but the way a question is worded or overthinking the question...

  25. What's going on with this kid?

    LydiaGreen posted a topic in Pediatric

    My eight year old son has been having bouts of vomiting. Always at night, just once, and usually two to three hours after he goes to bed. We have ruled out junkfood (my kid is actually very much...