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  1. How can someone even be like that?!

    dannyc12 replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in General Nursing

    No, you need to stop talking to your parents about life decisions. They are not mature enough to handle

  2. Addicts!!! NURSES How do you seperate addicts from pts. who really are in pain?!

    dannyc12 replied to chasemelony's topic in General Nursing

    What rationale are these nurses and doctors giving you for labeling you an addict? Addicts of all types tend to show similar behavior patterns - recognizing those patterns is how you separate them...

  3. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    dannyc12 replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    I dunno. My first semester we had: 1 student failed Theory and flunked out. 2 students got severe cases of baby rabies and dropped out to continue next year after their infestation clears up. 3...

  4. Lazy coworker

    dannyc12 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    she gets away with it because the management at your facility is incompetent and spends even less time working than she

  5. Career Change

    dannyc12 replied to RedRage00's topic in General Nursing

    At 27 you may be too young to jump into nursing school! Do you still put a lot of value on a vibrant social life? Just kidding. You are fine agewise. The accounting and MBA degrees are not going to...

  6. When asked "what meds are you giving me?"

    dannyc12 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You can always use the approach implemented at a nursing home I used to work at: "JUST TAKE THEM!" Actually, you cannot do

  7. Feeling Wronged

    dannyc12 replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    That sucks. I would think that school's graduation and NCLEX rates would suffer from that policy. What are the statistics for sitting and passing rates for that institution? I chose a school that...

  8. Feeling Wronged

    dannyc12 replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't work that way. What incentive does a community college nursing program have to preferentially accept unemployed people who qualify for tuition

  9. Feeling Wronged

    dannyc12 replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    What is the attorney general going to do, prosecute the community college for accepting people with documented levels of academic achievement into a challenging

  10. Feeling Wronged

    dannyc12 replied to ScrubMan0416's topic in General Nursing

    i think you are wrong. nursing school is competitive; if the people running the programs look at the success rate of returning students holding other bachelor's degrees and find that it is high then...

  11. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    dannyc12 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    When a friend of mine's family put their mother in hospice, they didn't tell her. They instructed the staff to attach her DNR bracelet when she was asleep. My friend laughed about her waking up and...

  12. Getting Pregnant: Middle of Nursing School or first year as RN

    dannyc12 replied to misslolalady's topic in General Students

    In my first semester of a 2-year program, 5 (out of 80) students either showed up pregnant or got pregnant early in the semester. 2 of them are taking a year off and are going to pick up with the...

  13. Why are things so tough on older nurses to get jobs

    dannyc12 replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    The reason older nurses can't get jobs is because other older nurses won't quit

  14. is nursing school harming your relationship too?

    dannyc12 replied to j772's topic in General Students

    I swear guys are such freaking babies. At least women have the decency to just leave you and find someone else when they can't deal with the lack of

  15. How prepared were you for your first clinical?

    dannyc12 replied to D.R.A.'s topic in General Students

    If you haven't worked as a CNA, tell your instructor this and take whatever advice he or she can give you to heart. They are going to know your clinical site and patients a lot better than anyone on...

  16. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    dannyc12 replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    Some nights I got 3 1/2 hours (staying up late before clinical doing 20 freaking drug sheets for my polypharmacy stricken residents), and some nights I got 10 hours. (The first chance I got to sleep...

  17. Anyone have anything positive to say about nursing school?

    dannyc12 replied to AllThingsPink's topic in General Students

    there are tons of great things about nursing school. sure, it's challenging and we vent about those challenges, but the feeling of satisfaction you get from applying yourself and doing well is so...

  18. no wash cloths!!!!

    dannyc12 replied to NurseEmRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's my take too. I don't go throwing them away willy-nilly but some are definitely going in the trash. My old facility didn't help itself by not stocking the damn plastic bags we needed to do...

  19. The single best piece of advice you've gotten/gave

    dannyc12 replied to HumorHeals22's topic in General Students

    Could not agree more. I found a new job the same

  20. The "I HATE IT WHEN..." thread for students!!

    dannyc12 replied to shescoolie's topic in General Students

    My peeve on these machines is when you arrive on your shift and EVERY cord - BP tube, O2 sensor wire, AC Cord, and thermometer lead is twisted into a unworkable snarl. So, I unscrew everything so I...

  21. no wash cloths!!!!

    dannyc12 replied to NurseEmRN's topic in General Nursing

    Did your facility include a large population of total care residents in briefs with q2h check and change? If so that would mean a lot of excrement soaked pillowcases to be rinsed and scrubbed by...

  22. no wash cloths!!!!

    dannyc12 replied to NurseEmRN's topic in General Nursing

    My facility refuses to buy the wipes. Here's the deal: Sometimes you need the washcloths (to wash your face), and sometimes you need the wipes (to wipe your butt). Just like sometimes you need a 1...

  23. confused...legal to not feed patients?

    dannyc12 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    After you spend some time working with patients whose suffering is being needlessly extended by g-tubes (and there are a LOT of them), you will know exactly how you feel about this

  24. confused...legal to not feed patients?

    dannyc12 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a way to think about it: Not using a g-tube is not "speeding up" anything in the situation you mention. There are many ways we can extend someone's suffering. Individuals or their proxies...

  25. Two step blood preasure????

    dannyc12 replied to newway's topic in General Nursing

    If they make you palpate the brachial in checkoff, make sure you know your victim's usual systolic and go from there if you lose it. Get good at finding the brachial pulse in any case. I practiced...