CeilingCat ASN, RN

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    Milk and Molasses Enemas

    CeilingCat replied to trixie's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a good thread on them: Milk and Molasses Enema - Nursing for
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    To own a pet or not while in nursing school...

    CeilingCat replied to kroyce's topic in General Students

    Get a pet - just not a puppy. Get a tank of fish, a pair of cavies, or some mice. Get something that won't suffer from being away from human contact for 10 hr stretches. Dogs are social...
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    Help! School and work burn out, and I just started!

    CeilingCat replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    Can you postpone joining the class? I've seen pregnant students join a class -- and I see them again the following year REPEATING the same class because they had too many medical absences. If you...
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    Frustrated

    CeilingCat replied to sillyang's topic in General Nursing

    Why can't you work WITH the other nurse? Did you ever ask her with an open mind why she felt the paste was the more appropriate treatment? I am assuming since a doctor and other health professionals...
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    Nursing school sucks!

    CeilingCat replied to utadahikaru's topic in General Students

    Are you sure you're not attending my school? I don't know what to tell you other than find ways to keep from going nuts. You have 2 choices: suffer through it and try to teach yourself to fill...
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    can you be burned out before you finish nursing school?

    CeilingCat replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    thank you. If nothing else I feel better know that I am not alone in feeling like this.
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    Interracial marriage and physiology..this is for a paper

    CeilingCat replied to nvsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you mean
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    Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

    CeilingCat replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    No thank you. In my part of the country there is just too much traffic to make riding one safe. Weather here is also not so good, between rain and ice. And with the cold winters, our roads are...
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    Interracial marriage and physiology..this is for a paper

    CeilingCat replied to nvsmom's topic in General Nursing

    What a difficult topic. The first problem is who defines what a "race" is. And in the US, despite what "race" a person claims to be, almost all of them are mixed ancestry. African americans...
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    Seriously...

    CeilingCat replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm still a student... but let me throw in my 2 cents worth: In some facilities the nurses are so busy, they barely have time to do the mandatory documentation. They sit down for 2 seconds to...
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    Grades don't matter! Are you sure??????

    CeilingCat replied to dinah77's topic in General Students

    Grades matter in the sense they're one yardstick with which to measure your mastery of the knowledge. In my school we get a letter grade for lecture, skills, and Clinicals. No, maybe employers...
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    nurses hide from high-needs pt

    CeilingCat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today I had a bariatric-size patient on med-surg floor. CA pt comes in for BSO. Large vertical abd incision dehisces and resists healing. Her health is not improving after a month in hospital and...
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    What would you make of this?

    CeilingCat replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    That doesn't make it ok. And if your nurse asked you not to, getting defensive with her probably won't help your relationship with her. There doesn't need to be a written policy about not calling...
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    What is expected from ATI TEAS Test?

    CeilingCat replied to Chele415's topic in General Students

    It's a general overview of basic knowledge. If you passed high school, you should be ok. It's English (grammar, punctuation, definitions, spelling, etc). Then there are the sciences (basic math,...
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    Happy Flippin' Nurse's Day

    CeilingCat replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    I find it ironic the people who sell bariatric beds chose to bring not only food but junk food. Are they trying to tell your nursing floor something? Or just hoping they'll have a few of you as...
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    Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    CeilingCat replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    How germy which is? I'd rather handle a gerbil than someone's sticky brown
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    Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    CeilingCat replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    If a kid wanted to get into nursing and kept playing nurse, would the child nurse be a
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    AAP changes stance on FGM

    CeilingCat replied to krimicrat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    FGM in the cultures that use it often refer to it as "female
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    AAP changes stance on FGM

    CeilingCat replied to krimicrat's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    At the risk of stirring up a hornet's nest, why is it wrong for a doctor to nick a female's genitalia to satisfy parents' religious beliefs. But when the tip of the male member is removed entirely to...
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    Pets in the office? (LTC)

    CeilingCat replied to danceswithsnakes's topic in General Nursing

    I might skip out on any pet that a % of the population has a strong fear of. I like snakes, but I recognize that some people do not. Some people are downright phobic. As someone who owned...
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    Doc beings medical student without permission

    CeilingCat replied to BETSRN's topic in General Nursing

    Some hospitals are teaching hospitals, and when patients are admitted one of the things they sign is an acknowledgement this a teaching hospital. Imagine being a Nursing student and having to get...
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    Time of the month in light colored scrubs

    CeilingCat replied to jkmk's topic in General Students

    In cooler weather, I felt safest wearing white long-johns over my panties. Now that it's warmer I'm going with two pairs of panties on. My top is also pretty long, so if there was a smaller...
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    nurses hide from high-needs pt

    CeilingCat replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your feedback!!! On one hand agree with those of you who said she is overusing the call bell and manipulating. I do agree that the nurse's other 3-4 patients are just as...
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    I've been bullied all my life, and it continues...

    CeilingCat replied to asdjkl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While I am very sympathetic of your situation, especially around "professionals" you mention it's been happening all your life. People who push to get their way are pretty much everywhere though....
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    student with fibro + bad shift hours = flare up

    CeilingCat posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I've had fibro for over a decade. I don't tell people about it. I learned how to manage it, and I try not to let it slow me down. I am an A-student, bright, capable, optimistic, and active! :)...