vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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  1. How did you get through nursing school?

    vintagemother replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students

    2nd semester was hard, so I've been told because you move away from basic fundamentals to more "nursey" stuff. I'm doing a bridge to RN and term 3 was super hard because I wasn't aware of the schools...

  2. tattoo or no tattoo?

    vintagemother replied to BRing914's topic in General Nursing

    I would wait until I obtained a job and could ascertain the "culture" of the unit. I actually see lots of tattoos on nurses in clinicals. As OC said, I worked in psych and all tattoos were A-OK....

  3. 3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    vintagemother replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Viva.... I haven't noticed that your posting is erratic. I often wonder if my posts are, though! Then I wonder if my dx is wrong and I'm actually paranoid with schizophrenia. Then I remember all of...

  4. 3/12: what I learned this week: ALWAYS taper your SSRI

    vintagemother replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yes we do understand. And it's so helpful for us with these challenges to know we're not alone!

  5. How to Get a 4.0 In Nursing School (The Easy Way)

    vintagemother replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

    Wow! You earn a 4.0 by doing these things?' That's awesome. As for me, we have write ups that take approx 6/12 hrs once a week or 2. I do come to class prepared to participate. No tutoring is offers...

  6. Saline locks

    vintagemother replied to nfeese's topic in Patient Medications

    Blood doesn't come back up the catheter, usually, and I think that's due to the pressure of the blood in the vessels keeping the saline in place. I typically see the catheters to be filed with NS,...

  7. Weird/ Dumb Nursing School Rules

    vintagemother replied to Randy RN ASN's topic in General Students

    My LVN/LPN school had lots of rules I made sure to follow: No panty lines, no panty designs showing, no thongs: So I bought "clinical undies" in a flesh tone brief style. All white wipe-able non...

  8. Have you ever worked with someone who had such a nasty attitude that it was almost hostile

    vintagemother replied to 1Jessie86's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I could go on and on about this! I'll leave that for another time. I'll simply say that I've observed this many many times, as

  9. Time Management Concerns

    vintagemother posted a topic in General Students

    I'm heading into my preceptorship soon and I have a problem I'm hoping other nurses can help me with. It affects me during clinicals and is probably my biggest concern r/t precepting. I'm concerned...

  10. Words You Hate

    vintagemother replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Productive cough. Wet cough. Those are better. Juicy cough makes me

  11. Words You Hate

    vintagemother replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Pendulous? This accurately describes a certain part of my anatomy![emoji23] I looked up pulmonary toilet to confirm the meaning. We use pulmonary hygiene a great

  12. Time Management Concerns

    vintagemother replied to vintagemother's topic in General Students

    Moderators: One more pleeeease to the Mods and Adri. I tend to overshare on AN at times. But could you please remove the school name mentioned in Adris post.

  13. Time Management Concerns

    vintagemother replied to vintagemother's topic in General Students

    Adri0418 and javaRX, Thank you for your quick responses. Adri, you made a good point that I know is true: working as an RN is not the same as being a student. I truly hope and believe that focusing...

  14. Correct AIMS Assessment Procedure

    vintagemother replied to digitalgirl's topic in Psychiatric

    You will see many assessments performed on the fly in the real world. Good nurses assess their pts all the time without the pt even knowing they're being assessed. Sometimes, nurses do 1 part of an...

  15. Am I setting myself up for failure?

    vintagemother replied to Princezic's topic in General Nursing

    Good study habits still require a lot of time. I say this as a "good student". I do school well and tend to pass all of my tests. I am a good test taker and "naturally smart". In spite of all of that,...

  16. Apps for HTN, DM?

    vintagemother replied to MILOBRI's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    So I see that you are a new student. These conditions are very prevalent. As one teacher told me about 6 yrs ago, these pts suck up the health care dollars and so much time / money is spent taking...

  17. Drowning because I failed

    vintagemother replied to Bananaman82's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My advice: forget that you failed. People do sometimes fail. The important thing is to get back on the horse! This time, make time to study. Complete as many NCLEX prep Qs as you can. (Target is...

  18. When does staff rights start

    vintagemother replied to Sniper06's topic in Psychiatric

    I also recall that while orienting in a psych facility, during med pass, a pt with an axis I dx grabbed the water pitcher and threw the water on us while calling me an n@gg@r and calling her a "commi"...

  19. When does staff rights start

    vintagemother replied to Sniper06's topic in Psychiatric

    Lots of people have mentioned that they personally aren't bothered by racial or otherwise discriminatory slurs. The OP is talking about a different issue, which I understand to be related to the...

  20. Sending res to hospital- did I make the right call?

    vintagemother replied to suzw's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good call. We used to say, "she in doubt, send 'em out". The resident does meet SIRS criteria. This is a very serious problem because it has a very high mortality rate if not treated early--like ATB...

  21. Computer for Nursing School?

    vintagemother replied to hedyis's topic in Arizona Nursing

    My school utilizes power point for all lectures. My studying is based upon printing and reading the power points. Our school offers the option of purchasing the power points at the beginning of the...

  22. Per-Diem to Full-Time Position

    vintagemother replied to mren0707's topic in Nursing Career

    When I was a new grad Lvn in this region, about 2 years ago, I wanted prn work. The facility I worked for (not acute) required basically full time orientation- 3-4 8 hr shifts on nocs, PMs and days on...

  23. Clinical lesson learned

    vintagemother replied to Cruz.Cookie's topic in General Students

    Forgive me for quoting the whole post. I can't delete portions I'm not addressing because they are relevant. I want to say thank you Jose Qunones for utilizing the phrase "dark chocolate". I use the...

  24. Students - How to study and survive LPN school

    vintagemother replied to Slycooper4u's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    One more study suggestion for auditory learners, such as you, Slycppper4u: I utilize YouTube to reinforce concepts. Specifically, songs related to a particular issue and "Simple Nursing" and "Remar"s...

  25. LTC Charting: A Beginner's Guide

    vintagemother replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yaaaaaassss!!! This! When my LTC facility moved to electronic charting of meds..... My life became much easier! I became so much faster at the super huge med pass! Who would have thought my slowness...