LydiaGreen

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  1. RN Students

    LydiaGreen replied to RN760's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Dustin.... Yay to 3rdshiftguy and others who support students. I haven't had a bad experience with nurses yet during clinicals but, I know there are a lot of students who had. I keep...

  2. Who does the chart reviews at your hospital?? Now that you are "computer charting?"

    LydiaGreen replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital that I am preceptoring at (and have done all of my clinical time), the nurses are supposed to review and update all of the computerized charting for each of their clients on each...

  3. I Hate Nursing School

    LydiaGreen replied to ADNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, not a slam, just an observation. I really don't think the OP is a slacker or he/she wouldn't be in their last semester of nursing school. There are times when you simply cannot do it all....

  4. Quicky poll

    LydiaGreen replied to koan's topic in General Nursing

    koan, I will be graduating from nursing school in May. Math is HUGE. You will use it everyday. We received Cefzil suspension and the dose is 125mg/5ml. Well, whoever figured it out and put it on...

  5. Speaking of pregnant nurses...

    LydiaGreen replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    Any client requiring a methotrexate injection (used to treat RA and CA). I'm still a student but had to give weekly methotrexate injections to a client while in community placement. I was surprised...

  6. OT.. Did you all know that your PET can become diabetic?

    LydiaGreen replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    We had a little poodle with diabetes when I was child. It wasn't due to obesity... no idea what the pathology was for him... he just had it. They didn't treat with insulin in those days and the poor...

  7. What is the start wage for a GN in your province?

    LydiaGreen posted a topic in International Nursing

    The start wage for a graduate nurse in Ontario is $22/hour. Seems wonderful to me (my highest wage was $10/hour with my high school diploma), but I have heard others that think this is low. What's...

  8. 2 nurses arrested in CA.....

    LydiaGreen replied to sarahr5's topic in General Nursing

    It was my father, and he was dying, when a nurse (tired of his constant agitation and confusion) gave him a "sedative" so he would stop trying to climb out of bed. The "sedative" had the opposite...

  9. Did You Hear About This One?

    LydiaGreen replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, hence my name LydiaGreen, I am GREEN. I will graduate in May but am certainly not experienced and have not yet taken ACLS. But, the little bit of instruction I have been given made me think that...

  10. whats the weather like????

    LydiaGreen replied to jeanna's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... right now it is -41 and we have hit -50 once in the last seven days here in NWOntario... but I shouldn't complain... Yellowknife has been -53 for several days. I don't mind the really cold...

  11. For OR Nurses with Peds patients?

    LydiaGreen posted a topic in Operating Room

    My six year old has been having difficulties with obstructive sleep apnea since forever. I have been discussing this regularly with our family physician since she was at least two. The entire time,...

  12. What's going on with this kid?

    LydiaGreen replied to LydiaGreen's topic in Pediatric

    Thank you for your replies and concern. I looked at the above posted websites and while the CVS at first seemed like it was it... my son has no abdominal pain and he only vomits once and then he's...

  13. Antibiotic bone head question

    LydiaGreen replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital I am doing my consolidation in in Ontario we have ONE source for information on how to mix IV meds... The Ottawa Civic Manual. It is our Bible for IV meds and it is the one to be...

  14. rotating/night shifts-how do you do it with a family?

    LydiaGreen replied to hartsbur's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital that I am at does not allow anyone to choose either straight nights or straight days. You have to work both. To avoid the daylight trigger, get yourself a really good room darkening...

  15. Hell has no fury like an RN scorned.(ER)

    LydiaGreen replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty sure it was a rerun... I looked at the little description box and it said that it was the one about John sending Abby a "dear john" letter and the guy (as you said, not jerry) passing it around...

  16. Wages

    LydiaGreen replied to LPN04's topic in International Nursing

    I would double check your figures. I have a friend doing her preceptorship right now in Manitoba and they have offered her a job... starting wage for an RN...

  17. Sex of unborn child?

    LydiaGreen replied to wcu_nurse's topic in General Students

    This stuff is fun, but sorry, none of it is true. Well, I guess it is true... 50% of the time. LOL. I carried my son extremely high (couldn't breathe) and my daughter way too low (felt like she...

  18. rotating/night shifts-how do you do it with a family?

    LydiaGreen replied to hartsbur's topic in General Nursing

    Give and take is exactly how I would describe it. I am doing my preceptorship right now (graudate in May) and we must work a total of 600 hours with a nurse... in other words, we work his/her...

  19. hiring a student nurse?.......

    LydiaGreen replied to n8isgr8's topic in General Nursing

    At our clinical placement hospital, they have hired student nurses (in their final year of school) on a casual basis. They work 12 hour shifts (covering for people who are off sick, or if a nurse has...

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    LydiaGreen replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    This one's personal and I can laugh about it now. If you are a new OB nurse, or reorientating after not having been in OB for ten+ years: #1 - believe the woman in labour when her previous labour and...

  21. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    LydiaGreen replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Something to go along with this one. Never drink ANY liquid you find in the garage, no matter how hot you are, no matter what kind of container it's in. One gent guzzled the contents of a sports...

  22. Patient's Suicide

    LydiaGreen replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    This might be hard to hear, but first - don't feel guilty... you did what you should have done. Second, he wasn't fooling you, he HAD worked through his feelings and made a decision that he was...

  23. childs burn

    LydiaGreen replied to luvbbs's topic in General Nursing

    Please don't put ice on it. The tissue is already damaged and will not react like normal healthy tissue (the 20 minute rule) to the ice, it will cause more damage than good. Before nursing school,...

  24. How to call a code?

    LydiaGreen replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    All rooms at our hospital have a wall pad over each patient's bed with buttons for code blue, staff needs assistance, etc. When one of those buttons is pushed, it sounds a special alarm over the PA...

  25. unwelcoming clinical sites

    LydiaGreen replied to BSNgrad2004's topic in General Students

    Please don't misunderstand my post - I am sure that there are some nurses out there who are not very nice to students but, it has been my experience that often times, it is a misunderstanding or a...