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  1. What is it about Med-Surg that you don't like?

    belfry replied to RazorbackRN's topic in General Nursing

    Call me an oddball, but I love med-surg. I am a fairly new nurse (graduated in June) but I love that I can get such a wide variety of experience each day. If I had to say anything I don't like, it...

  2. Felt so smart...for just a second!

    belfry posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had my first nursing students the other day (I graduated in June, work a med-surg-tele floor) and I was really ready to be a great help to them. I had 2, a guy and a girl, working together to take...

  3. telemetry for new grads

    belfry replied to shyone2005's topic in General Nursing

    Voice of experience here.....3 months of experience so far as a new grad on telemetry, that is! I absolutely love it, it IS challenging, but I am learning a ton and honing my skills to boot. All our...

  4. developing a system??

    belfry replied to mccmaeve's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow....sounds just like me....I was a social worker for years, then an at home mom, and then to nursing school in my 40's. I graduated in June and have a job on a medsurg floor. I love it but I also...

  5. what to say???

    belfry replied to tx2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What I always do is stop whatever else I am doing, sit down and give the person my full attention, and say, "Tell me about it." Often what they are struggling with in the situation is not what we...

  6. Question about the MAR

    belfry replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    We write the blood sugar and also the amount/type of insulin given on our MAR, as well as document it on the diabetic flow sheet. I guess if you are going to give the insulin they need to see...

  7. Scrubs for Thin women

    belfry replied to CSPaddock's topic in General Nursing

    Have you seen the "Los Angeles Rose" brand? They work for

  8. Munchausen's or psudoseizures??

    belfry replied to RN_2_B_2006's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, by definition, Munchausen's by proxy is a problem of another person either making someone sick or fabricating sx to get the other person treated, in order to get attention for themselves....

  9. Pearls anyone? Nursing pearls that is.

    belfry replied to Teachchildren123's topic in General Nursing

  10. No She/he Did Not!!!

    belfry replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    I did this too....the nurse had told me that the patient's lady partsl muscles were very tight but I would still be able to feel the baby's head...I probed and probed, while the patient's eyes got...