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Your patient is floridly psychotic with extremely delayed responses. He's got the word salad, flight of ideas, tangential, etc. He was dropped off by someone who doesn't want him around. He's paranoid and responding aggressively. He looks sick! NOW: ...

It's the rare day that we have "core coverage" = 1:8 for techs, 1:18 for RN, 1:24 for LPN, 1:3 for line of sight, 1:1 and 2:1 for :-) Numbers are lower for night, weekend, and holiday shifts. As far as I know there is no state standard.

You'll have a much better shot at getting into an accelerated program with strong pre-req progress on your application. My plan B was public health classes while waiting for a nursing school slot. With A's in pre-req classes, I didn't have to wait an...

I recommend rounding as soon as possible after coming on shift so you know what you'll be dealing with. Ask patients how they are feeling and if they need anything. I suspect there is some sort of patient assessment flow sheet you need to complete on...

When asked to work my off Sunday mornings I ask for the next Friday off in exchange. Management would rather pay someone else overtime on Sunday than try to fill my Friday slot ;-)

from the EMTs: "nutted up" = decompensated usually with a groan: Cluster B or Axis II

I wear scrubs.

I get called so many things I don't bother keeping track ;-)

I've recently graduated and am pushing 60. Nursing is not difficult. The real challenge is working with women.

You're young. Go work in the refinery for a while. You can always return to nursing.

I'm twice your age, already had a BS, and just completed an accelerated program and boards. Curriculum for accelerated and traditional programs is the same. The main advantage of traditional is that it will give you time to work as a tech and you can...

Hell. Done. Pinned.

0) patient feels good, I feel good...kind of addicting 1) the captive audience 2) fun playing with guts 3) female nurses share A&P knowledge 4) work schedule

If that poop had any more yeast in it, the flies would all be drunk.

What about NOT dating, just casual sex? Student? Instructor? I've got a psych project :-)

Have any of you dated or considered dating your instructors?

The only two times I've been asked to step aside during clinical... 1. Muslim woman, because her husband was going to be there soon. She was OK with a male nurse. 2. Little old lady...said she was too old to have a young man looking at her(embarrasse...

Yes, but it's blocking their way...not yours.

Do not read into the question. Go with what you are given. Weigh my advice carefully...I'm just beginning my final semester :-) 5,4,2,1,3 Based on information given and "safety first". 5. Diabetic is the most likely to die in the shortest period of t...

No interest in sports here... Bikes, cars, fishing, hunting, computers, math, physics, women, dogs, airplanes, farming, working out, ...there's plenty to talk about aside from sports. Women like to talk about fishing, motorbikes, etc. too...

I switched(nth career) for purely selfish reasons... The captive audience, lack of cubicles, preponderance of female co-workers, amazing variety of odors (perhaps I was a dog in a previous incarnation), but mostly the feeling I get when I can make so...

Nursing school academic adviser or entry screening person can tell you. I'm a strong advocate of finishing what you start and say...before making a radical change, finish what you started. FWIW, I flunked calculus and then got an A in it. Unlike alge...

If that's your spring schedule...suggest you try to find someplace to take the nutrition in fall. It's easy but time consuming and you'll appreciate NOT having it in the spring. If you're good with analytical thinking, A&P 2 is easier than A&...

You'll never finish if you don't start...

Hold for everyone...but if it's been a while and a young guy is passing through, I'll pass the torch For women...open their doors, tend to their coat, bag, and chair, wait until they are seated, tell them they look good (make a point of noticing hair...