MattiesMama

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  1. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    MattiesMama replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

    You know, I was told this so many times by so many people..."just ignore them", "they are just jealous"-and I DID ignore it, for a very long time. I tried to take the high road and not let it get to...

  2. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    MattiesMama replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of OT but I was watching Nancy Grace (my remote was broken, lol) yesterday and they were doing a story about a NURSE who had poisoned her husband. Only she wasn't a nurse, she was a CNA. At one...

  3. Are You Being Bullied in the Classroom

    MattiesMama replied to Jayfa's topic in General Students

    I was the target of bullying in the beginning of nursing school, to the point where I literally had a nervous breakdown and had to change campuses. Actually, to be more accurate, I was initially...

  4. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MattiesMama replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    You know, it's interesting that you mentioned this because I just did a presentation for my class about how the theory of all COPDers being CO2 retaining/hypoxic drive is innaccurate, especially in...

  5. Would YOU accept this position?

    MattiesMama replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The RN is responsible for the actions of the LPN as far as ensuring that the tasks assigned to the LPN fall within the LPN scope of practice. But it is likewise the responsibility of the LPN to know...

  6. Would YOU accept this position?

    MattiesMama replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are aware that LPN's are nurses, right? A RN is NOT responsible for the actions of an LPN. The LPN works under his or her own license. It seems like you are confusing LPN's with CNA's-I suggest...

  7. So many mixed feelings... how about you?

    MattiesMama replied to gpatry's topic in General Students

    The time absolutely flies...It seems like just yesterday I was having those same butterflies in my stomach, and now I'm 2 weeks shy of graduation. It's natural to be nervous-and you will be in good...

  8. One week to go

    MattiesMama replied to cmonkey's topic in General Students

    I'm right there behind you...2 weeks for me! OK so 2 weeks and 3 days...well technically I have 4 classroom days, 4 clinical days, and my last 3 days are reviewing for and taking my exit exam......

  9. Do you think you'll/have you put on weight in NS?

    MattiesMama replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    I not only gained weight in nursing school, I picked up smoking again-as did a LOT of my peers. I have no reasonable explaination-other than countless hours sitting on my butt writing care plans and...

  10. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    MattiesMama replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    I have a hard time garnering sympathy for this woman. First of all, the statements she made regarding the care of both patients (cop and the alleged cop-killer) just seem like an attempt to draw...

  11. Bloody secretions from trach-normal or no?

    MattiesMama posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm a nursing student with a patient who has a continuous trach (she's had it for 3 years or so) The tube was changed to a different model during her last hospital stay which was around...

  12. Bloody secretions from trach-normal or no?

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to respond...I was hesitant to post here since it wasn't the student board but there's really nothing like getting the opinion of the "vets", you guys are...

  13. Bloody secretions from trach-normal or no?

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Nursing

    Oh boy...lol...thanks for reminding me about the placement thing, I would've looked pretty dumb if I brought that up! She is on fragmin but her platelet count and RDW are very high. She's had a number...

  14. Bloody secretions from trach-normal or no?

    MattiesMama replied to MattiesMama's topic in General Nursing

    mamamarlee I'm not asking for a consult I'm just wanted to hear from those of you who have experience if this is a common thing... 2ndwind-she has a cuffless trach-it's reusable, and she gets it...

  15. Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    MattiesMama replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't said to me but today a nurse at the facility where I'm having my clinical I overheard a doc telling a nurse that she was a "f**** idiot". I don't know the full story behind it but I was...

  16. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MattiesMama replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    During my psych clinical, as our CI was giving us a tour of the facility, a man who was in his wheelchair in arm restraints wheeled himself up to our group and asked if any of us had a knife. One of...

  17. My Review of Lincoln Tech

    MattiesMama replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    It really depends on the instructor. Some are better than others, which I'm sure is the case in any program. There is definately a lot of self-study involved, but I think you are going to find that in...

  18. Lets get a current salary thread going for 09/10

    MattiesMama replied to Finallydidit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't have a salary to post yet (graduating for LPN in August) but I just gotta say its an absolute travesty that a NURSE in America would be paid so little ($11 an hour??!) that they can't even...

  19. How to deal with slack students

    MattiesMama replied to SummerTimeCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    Oh wow...I'm a lowly LPN student and as soon as I read your post my first thought was-"MAP=Mean Arterial Pressure, important when dealing with pts. who have head trauma because cerebral perfusion...

  20. My Review of Lincoln Tech

    MattiesMama replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    I got to Lincoln Tech and do not recommend it. I'm not going to beat a dead horse with all of the reasons as they have been stated ad naseum here before...the biggest issue for me, though, is that...

  21. Nudity?

    MattiesMama replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    The issue for me is not that you aren't a nurse yet...it's that you aren't a nurse yet but already seem to be perpetrating the condescending "eat the young" mentality that is so rampant in the nursing...

  22. PBS:Frontline: College Inc

    MattiesMama replied to SmilesNoir's topic in Florida Nursing

    Forgot to add-I saw the Frontline doc and it's available for viewing online. It was very good. I was cracking up when the 3 nursing students talked about going to a daycare center for their peds...

  23. PBS:Frontline: College Inc

    MattiesMama replied to SmilesNoir's topic in Florida Nursing

    This was supposed to be passed by congress this week, but it looks like they backed down. Once again, our gvt. proves that it is in the back pocket of the lobbyists and special interest groups....

  24. Nursing podcasts!

    MattiesMama posted a topic in General Students

    I don't know if this has ever been talked about on here but I had no idea this was out there...I just typed in "nursing" in iTunes and there are 300+ podcasts! Also in iTunes U tons of audio from...

  25. Nudity?

    MattiesMama replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    OP I think your friend is mistaking "nursing school" for the plot of "naughty nurses gone wild 3"...or he/she is exaggerating just a lil bit! Although after reading the replies I gotta say, I...