vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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  1. High amounts of flatulence in Psych

    vintagemother replied to funnypharm's topic in Psychiatric

    Are you sure that the smell isn't simply Body Odor due to the negative symptoms of schizophrenia (i.e. Refusing to bathe) or the side effect of the meds -- fatigue-- causing them to not have much...

  2. 7 Social Media Posts That Will Destroy Your Nursing Career Before It Begins!

    vintagemother replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes! Don't wear your scrubs / ID anywhere that you are buying alcohol or doing anything else that's somewhat questionable. People like to tattle on nurses. I heard about it from students in LVN/LPN...

  3. Possible hippa violation

    vintagemother replied to Trama_junky's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You hit the nail on the head! While HIPAA in its strictest sense means not divulging another person's protected health care info, I've seen different schools and instructors interpret it differently....

  4. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    vintagemother replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks!!!!!!!

  5. Possible hippa violation

    vintagemother replied to Trama_junky's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    ^^this! Skip FB pretty much completely when it comes to school. Instead, vent/explain here, under the cloak of

  6. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    vintagemother replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I don't watch nurse jackie much. Which character on TWD is Zoey? I looove

  7. Planned Parenthood nurse

    vintagemother replied to annetlins's topic in General Nursing

    You might try walking into a clinic with your school scrubs or business attire plus your badge and asking politely if there's any way that you could possible have a few minutes of time from a nurse....

  8. what does being written up really means ?

    vintagemother replied to Ness25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think: It's not your job to prevent falls!! You did nothing negligent per your post. As a former CNA, I know that we can be blamed for a lot of stuff outside of our control. I think you did the...

  9. Final Stretch Fatigue

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

    Final semester is always rough! I think that's where the term "senioritis" comes from. Hopefully, you'll remember these difficult times once you are working and it will make you appreciative of the...

  10. lvn scc 2016 applacaints

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

    I had a friend about 3-4 yrs ago who had applied 2x and hadn't been admitted, yet. Some things have changed recently so that GPA and test scores and experience are partially weighted into the RN...

  11. The Puberty Talk

    vintagemother replied to schoolnurse2015's topic in School

    Hilarious!!!

  12. The Puberty Talk

    vintagemother replied to schoolnurse2015's topic in School

    This^^ When I was in 4th grade in the 80s, in 4th grade "sex-Ed", we learned about our own bodies physical developmental changes and discussed menstruation. When my own daughter was in 4th grade, I...

  13. Professor Grades My Exams Slow

    vintagemother replied to tbird88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just wanted to post an update my situation, I turned in basically my last clinical paperwork today and I received my other paperwork from the first 4-5 weeks. I did earn full points. [emoji3] One...

  14. Professor Grades My Exams Slow

    vintagemother replied to tbird88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My assignments don't depend on the other assignments. However, I would have liked to know the professors expectations before submitting future assignments. I've decided to let it go at this point...

  15. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    vintagemother replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    But then she went back to nursing! There was a good episode when she explained why she chooses to be a nurse, rather than a doctor, to Goran. Yes that man is

  16. Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    vintagemother replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I use unit equations/ the ladder method/ dimensional analysis. Not the algebraic

  17. Have any tips for foods that will keep your energy up longer?

    vintagemother replied to SouthernBelle85's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Make sure to eat a good breakfast! I typically have coffee with cream or soy milk. That's a ton of calories! Fat is good for your brain, too, as is protein! I also eat protein and conplex carbs for...

  18. Students - How to study and survive LPN school

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

    Ditto to commuters post! I am an auditory and kinesthetic learner. Some people watch me study and presume I'm visual. I'm not. Charts and pics don't help me unless I can put the chart/ pic into...

  19. Statistics class

    vintagemother replied to mago8388's topic in General Students

    I want to chime in for any nursing students looking for a STATISTICS / Stats class, that there is a class called stats for psych majors, or applied stats that is much better suited to us...

  20. Nursing is my passion but I feel like I am too dumb.

    vintagemother replied to Katlin1315's topic in General Nursing

    ^^this! Especially if the teacher uses those slides for tests. Some teachers use book pics, one teacher said she likes to take the test tissue slides from multiple sources to help us really learn to...

  21. How did you get started in Nursing?

    vintagemother replied to Go_Hawks_girl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    When I started, I considered private schools, then decided against them because they were soooo expensive. I also considered ADN through community college and decided against that because we only have...

  22. Successful Orientees Vs Unsuccessful Orientees

    vintagemother replied to purplegal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ^^this! This is a key part of fitting in so that they like you and tell the supervisor that you perform well. I learned to say, "thank you for showing me that way of doing things." And making sure to...

  23. other non traditional students / moms

    vintagemother replied to KThurmond's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went from being an at home mom to starting school to become a nurse, too. The transition was very hard on me, because of mommy guilt. I eventually learned to let it

  24. Need help with crisis intervention training

    vintagemother replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Psychiatric

    CapeCodMermaid, I read your post when you first posted it. I wanted to tell you that there are other programs besides CPI. I heard CPI is awesome because you can actually defend yourself with...

  25. Professor Grades My Exams Slow

    vintagemother replied to tbird88's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I asked my professor about the status of my paperwork during pre-conference. She had no pts to care for. Plus, I observed her hand back many students paperwork, but I hadn't yet received mine. She is...