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. Sh...

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,...

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 no...

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...

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 hierarc...

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...

You will make friends! Put your hair back in a ponytail and hold your head high. I think you do your classmates a disservice by not giving them the benefit of the doubt, that they will accept you AS YOU ARE. If someone sitting next to you is stari...

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....

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 Meghan...

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 o...

The Outsiders! plus you get to see a very young Matt Dillion, Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Ralph Macchio, and Patrick freakin' Swayze. That movie takes me back to 8th grade when me and my friends thought we "discovered" it. :chuckle ...

When I was pregnant, my (female) OB suddenly had a male OB-GYN in her office. He'd just finished school, and when I went in for my monthly checkup she asked me if he could sit in on my exam. I said "no". the reason I said no is because I'd spent (...

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 op...

I work in a group home for developmentally disabled adults... It's very flexible, I get to work part-time, and coworkers are always willing to switch shifts or pick up one of my shifts (because I try and do the same for them). the downside is it's ...

I work in a group home for developmentally disabled adults... It's very flexible, I get to work part-time, and coworkers are always willing to switch shifts or pick up one of my shifts (because I try and do the same for them). the downside is it's ...

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 readin...

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'...

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...

Well, the cool thing about the school paying for such a service is that the person receiving the notes doesn't feel like s/he is asking any favors. (not that that necessarily applies to your specific situation) Bethany

Hey, that's really cool they have a service like that available to her! That's a nice compliment to your note-taking skills as well. ) 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 experienc...

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 complicat...

Having never experienced a clinical, I had a hard time understanding, but what you described does make sense! thank you, MLOS and llg, for explaining it... :) Bethany

I'm not in nursing school yet, but it seems to me that an instructor is there to instruct, not to weed anyone out or pass judgement... I assume the dynamics are different for nursing school than other college programs, but it still doesn't make sens...

does the grade school have a morning latchkey program? you may be able to drop them off an hour early on the way to your school. call and ask. also, call local daycares and see if they have a morning latchkey program, w/a bus stop in front of the ...