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  1. Nursing Shoes

    cschoppe replied to AlleycatLPN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    In our program our shoes have to be all white and have backs on them so I decided that I wanted a clog-type shoe for clinicals. I used to be a teacher and I knew that even wearing tennis shoes after...

  2. Mental Health Nursing

    cschoppe replied to ag.wade's topic in General Students

    I just took my mental health lecture final today (thank goodness)!!! I strongly disliked lecture and I even minored in psych in college so this was very unusual for me. The class was boring and I'm...

  3. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    cschoppe replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    I just wanna say to that one person in class who everyone somehow believes is God...that you are NOT! Butt sucking is not attractive and while it may get you somewhere with the professors and fellow...

  4. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

    cschoppe replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    That was pretty cool! Don't want to imagine the smell though...but overall very

  5. Was this a A Violation of Hipaa?

    cschoppe replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    The doctor was afraid of the dog? seriously, that's ridiculous...unless your guide dog was foaming at the mouth looking like Kujo...then I don't see the problem. I saw a lady and her guide dog in the...

  6. Medical words that make you cringe.

    cschoppe replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Students

    I hate the word 'angina' lol...everytime I hear it I mistake it for lady parts lol...can't you just say chest pain? lol Also, the textbook description of the smell of lochia (earthy, musty) grosses me...

  7. What did you do on your MedSurg I clinical?

    cschoppe replied to SummitRN's topic in General Students

    In med-surg I, I pretty much gave meds, did assessments, assisted with dressing changes and did a lot of observing in addition to a lot of butt wiping lol. Our main focus for med surg I was to refine...

  8. Pediatric Dosage Calculation Question

    cschoppe replied to crissik's topic in General Students

    We were told in our class to not round up with pedi cases since the smallest amount can have an effect on the kid and you want to be more precise...unless it's a gtt and you can't cut a gtt in half...

  9. First day of clinicals .. does this get easier?

    cschoppe replied to Neldavi's topic in General Nursing

    Weird that I had exactly the opposite reaction to my first day of clinicals 3 semesters ago. I found myself very nervous but when I walked into a patient's room I kind of went on autopilot and just...

  10. No gloves ever?!?

    cschoppe replied to dizzyray822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In my very first clinical rotation I got paired up with a nurse who also told me she was "old school" and she didn't believe in glove wearing either. In fact she had a patient with MRSA and...

  11. Failed a Med Pass Today

    cschoppe replied to Chris189's topic in General Students

    So while you were preparing the injection was your instructor in there w/ you? Did she see you get prepped and everything and let you go at it w/o gloves? I know the instructors want you to learn...

  12. Discouraged in nursing school now

    cschoppe replied to Nicole74's topic in General Students

    I am in my 4th semester of a 5 semester ADN program and I must admit that this idea of no jobs be available when I graduate to be very disheartening. The more and more I thought about this and asked...

  13. Maternal / Neonatal Clinical

    cschoppe replied to madfowl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Another brain fart... last 'e' is for Emotional

  14. Maternal / Neonatal Clinical

    cschoppe replied to madfowl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Ha, had a brain fart, the other 2 b's are Bowels and Bladder

  15. Maternal / Neonatal Clinical

    cschoppe replied to madfowl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When you find out (get a clue) let me know b/c I have my first OB clinical tomorrow eeek!!! I will be on antepartum and postpartum...so I'm assuming I will be doing a lot of checking fetal status and...

  16. Making coughing more comfortable post op?

    cschoppe replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, have her place a pillow over her incision to splint it while she is coughing and make sure she is well medicated to help stay on top of her pain. I hope that she is also using an incentive...

  17. Teaching Infection Control to Preschoolers

    cschoppe replied to chinacatSN's topic in General Students

    My daughter did this science experiment the first week of kindergarten this year where they had potatoes and they had 3 different groups...the first group did not wash their hands at all and were...

  18. Where are you doing clinicals this semester?

    cschoppe replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Students

    I will be starting my 4th semester of an ADN program on the 18th...this semester is our specialities semester where we will be doing OB, pedi, and psych. The first 8wks I will be doing mental health...

  19. Why Lactated Ringers in Postpartum?

    cschoppe replied to BKnurse44's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm a student (4th semester) and just read something in my OB book about how women in labor use up lots of fluid and after delivery their body is trying to rid that fluid, and as a result they may...

  20. Encouraging students

    cschoppe replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    I am in my 4th semester of NS and something I've really valued from the few instructors who have been helpful thus far, is when they treat us like the responsible adults we are. For most of us this...

  21. Infant Circumcision in Nursing school

    cschoppe replied to AmberLB's topic in General Students

    I am about to begin my 4th semester of NS which entails my pedi, ob, and psych rotations....when I think about this position, many thoughts come to mind. Firstly, in my past 2 semesters of clinicals...

  22. Prospective Nursing Student

    cschoppe replied to LovingHeart789's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if you've already completed the pre-reqs for a traditional bsn program than you most likely have completed the pre-reqs for an ADN program (RN is an RN)...you can always go back to get your bsn...

  23. confused about warm/cold antibody anemia

    cschoppe replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    Jessica, My son was diagnosed at 4 months with warm antibody hemolytic anemia and from what I understood, it was whenever his own body temp reached a certain level, then that would trigger the...

  24. Facebook and Former Patient Friend Request

    cschoppe replied to us2uk4u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My son was in the hospital for several months undergoing chemo when he was 4 months old...I have since then added several of his former nurses and even docs to my FB list...they all like to see how...

  25. Mnemonic for cranial nerves

    cschoppe replied to KR's topic in General Students

    Oh, Oh, Oh, To touch and feel very good