LittleCatB

I have a friend who got her BSN this way through MCCC in Monroe... She said it was one Tuesday class a week for 2 years. There was a semester of clinicals- I think she said any community-based nursing job- she did clinicals with a home-care RN. She had all positive things to say about the program, and that it was nowhere near the stress of getting her ADN. I'm definitly looking into it, I think I'd prefer one class day a week to online courses. Sorry this info is second-hand!

Honestly I think in the scheme of things that's a pretty small error... If I make a mistake I try not to freak unless it could hurt the patient- and there are so many things that could go wrong, undetected, or forgotten that could! I've precepted, too, and if my student or new RN did that I would still consider it my responsibility. BTW I just sent a patient home with a hep lock... luckily the family caught it before they left the parking lot and called the floor. I went down to their car armed with some gloves, tape, and 2x2's... I was embarassed but they were really gracious about it. When i first started another nurse sent a patient home with one and a home health care nurse had to be sent to the patient's home to remove it. whoops!

OMG, nursefancy, I've had sooo many nights like this... I've had every incident you describe happen! and yeah, I'm a crier, big time... this first year of nursing has been the most emotional year of my life. If I didn't shed a few tears at work now and then I'd implode and there'd be just a little smudge of me left on the dirty linoleum floor. :nuke:

Don't be afraid to call your unit and pass on info like that, I do it quite a bit and always feel so much better. (and then I can fall sleep, too- I work a night shift and my brain goes through every move I made that night and possible mistake before I can drift off- argh!) What's funny is half the time I passed the info along but report was such a blur I'd forgotten. and, hey, I've gotten a few calls from seasoned nurses to tell me info they'd forgotten to give during report, too. It happens.

hmmm.. OK, from the question it seems like her values and beliefs regarding weight are already centered on weight loss right now... OK I'm lost so the first thing that ran through my head was, "ABC's aren't involved so you'd go with Maslow's hierarchy..." so you'd go with physiological... D? No, A! This is why I'm getting C's on tests LOL... I can't make up my mind...

Was it stress keeping the bag below the bladdar? I have my theory instructor's "doctor's treat the illness! nurses are best at prevention!" rant running through my head right now...

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! mtnmom, I mulled over dying a lab coat but doing stuff like that tends to lead to disaster for me. :chuckle I decided to get her a cotton candy pink jacket-y type thing from lydiasuniforms.com. (thanks MeghanRN!) and I got her name embroidered on it. :) It's cute! thanks again! Bethany and :chuckle @ Angie O'Plasty's suggestion!

anyone? I've looked (what seems like) everywhere online, I called a few stores, and I did a search here... My MIL mentioned wanting one, so I thought it'd make a nice Christmas present. I did actually find pink lab coats at http://www.sassyscrubs.com- but holy cow! $65.95! plus shipping! I was hoping to pay about half that. I'll go to sassyscrubs as a last resort but I feel like there's probably a really obvious place that I overlooked. (and I tried ebay!) thanks to anyone who can help! Bethany

I'm in the same situation... I already have violently gagged in front of a patient and since I managed to turn my head and stay out of their line of sight they didn't seem to notice. Breathing through my mouth just makes it worse, I have an image of all those molecules being IN MY MOUTH! At least it's dry heaves and not actual vomiting. I wish I could just "get over it". I'm getting Vicks before my next clinical, but there are a few other non-smell related things that start me gagging, too. I wonder if I could get hypnotized or something? :chuckle I know it's all in my head.

Aquafor helps... Slather it on at night. Also, it sounds gross, but clip and/or file the dry skin on the tips of your fingers, around where the skin cracked- and then keep up with lightly filing it every day. It's like once it splits, it stays open because the skin is dry and hardened around it. If you get rid of the dry skin and keep slathering it with Aquafor at night it'll heal. How long are your nails, Cathy? I haven't had much of a problem with my fingertips cracking in the past few months, since I forced myself to grow out my nails. (not long, just to the tips)

I'd love for my husband to do that! He's way better at cooking, cleaning, and just about anything domestic-related than me. He's also a darn good father. But right now, he's an auto worker for one of the big three and he *hates* it... I'm reading this thread for ideas, I've been trying to get him to go to school, or get trained to do something else... but they don't call a factory job in MI the "golden handcuffs" for nothing... Bethany

I work in a group home with developmentally disabled women... one woman there is verbally abusive, so I have a lot of replies that head her off at the pass... like she'll say "you SMELL!!" and I'll reply, "like roses? oh thank you!" so now she's starting to say it out of the blue, but she says it *so* gruff and hatefully it has a hilarious effect- "you SMELL! like ROSES!!!" :rotfl: she also swears like a sailor, but it's funny how sweet-talking her or doing something special for her will snap her right out of it. I'm not sure how I would handle someone who knows better speaking to me like that. It's gotta be tough. Bethany

I've asked people similar things (not "are you real nurse", though!! ack!) like "what's your degree, what do you do", etc.- because I'm a wannabe nursing student (BSN or ADN- wherever I can get in at this point actually ADN would be better) and i just like to pump people for information- I pity the people in healthcare who get me for a patient, LOL. I hope I've never offended anyone when I've asked about their education- it's never a "credentials!" thing, just sincere curiosity... Bethany

I used to waitress at a bar and if I had to card someone in a group, I'd card everybody in the group if they looked under 35-ish. This started when I had a bad experience and inadvertantly offended someone, LOL. After that, I had a few bad experiences where people thought I was an idiot (or trying to be a jerk) for carding them when they were obviously over 21. :chuckle Age is such a touchy thing sometimes, the thing I was trying to do was not offend... I know I would be a bit upset if my friends got carded at a bar and I didn't. The only time I get irritated about being carded is when the cashiers at Rite-Aid card me for smokes. They should know who I am by now, I go in there all the time. I think they do it just to **** me off. Bethany (I realize I won't be carded for very long if I keep smoking :uhoh21: )

Oooh, I feel the same way... I do think that legally women should have a choice. But I don't understand her reasoning. Why would she deliberately become pregnant when it sounds like she didn't want a baby at all? And knowing that if any complications arose that she wouldn't be willing to deal with the consequences it would have had on her employment/life? I do think one of the reasons her story is so disturbing is that she doesn't share any emotions she may have had, she sounds like a robot, not a new mother. reading her article I can see her, in my minds eye, shrugging. ho-hum, c'est la vie, them the brakes, see ya twins. Like it was a video game in her uterus. I'm a twin and I think having twins or multiples (w/o drugs) is a blessing. I would have loved for my son to have been twins or triplets, LOL. (but I would have had a ton of help!) So I guess I'm biased. bethany