whichone'spink

whichone'spink BSN, RN

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  1. Things that make nursing better...

    whichone'spink replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    At one hospital I did my externship at, it was really helpful when a confused, unsafe patient had a sitter. At another hospital where I did clinicals, I had one patient that needed a sitter, but...

  2. Too young to be a nurse??

    whichone'spink replied to eschoolgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am 23 years old, will be 24 when I graduate. I have worked at my current job for 2 1/2 years and I am a trainer. In addition, I am a mentor to a younger nursing student. There's a lot this 23...

  3. Nurse Career Battery Test

    whichone'spink replied to MILESTONE11's topic in Nursing Career

    I hope I don't have to take this sort of test. It's just as bad as a personality

  4. DOH showed today while I was out playing.

    whichone'spink replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Not even the comfy

  5. Posting your Exam Grades on Facebook

    whichone'spink replied to Kateoh82's topic in General Students

    I am usually vague about my grades. It's either "I did better than last time" or "This was the worst I've done". No one needs numbers from

  6. To ENA membership or not?

    whichone'spink replied to nnl erRN's topic in Emergency

    I am a student and I became an ENA member. The Journal of Emergency Nursing is worth the membership; if I were to get that by itself, it would cost much more than ENA membership

  7. need help with a question...

    whichone'spink replied to pamhlpn's topic in Emergency

    Poor questions. All too common in nursing school, and looks like employment tests too.

  8. New Grads Doomed for years to come?

    whichone'spink replied to MusicEMT's topic in General Nursing

    As long as we have people in Congress loyal to an outdated ideology instead of their country, we are never getting out of this

  9. New Grads Doomed for years to come?

    whichone'spink replied to MusicEMT's topic in General Nursing

    New grads are doomed no matter what their field. We're in a depression at this point, although no one wants to acknowledge

  10. I work on a busy med/surg unit.....really???

    whichone'spink replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I try not to ask people the stupid questions (like how was your day), but it's a force of habit to make small talk. I wish more people would not ask these stupid

  11. The Right Way to Collect a Urine Specimen from a Patients with an Indwelling Catheter

    whichone'spink replied to thehipcrip's topic in General Nursing

    I have been taught to aspirate from the port with a sterile syringe after scrubbing the port with an alcohol swab. What were the nurses

  12. Will I even be hired??

    whichone'spink replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Nursing

    In some states, you can challenge the CNA exam after your first semester of clinicals, so you don't have to go through a CNA

  13. Thank you to all the experienced ED RNs

    whichone'spink replied to RHF RN's topic in Emergency

    What is the Versant program? I've got one more year and I'm looking at new grad residencies in various specialties, especially the

  14. Your one stop for all the most popular pressing questions on allnurses!

    whichone'spink replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dig stimulation with long acrylic

  15. What is the one thing you will absolutely not tolerate from a patient?

    whichone'spink replied to Yiggs's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Assault and battery, as well as sexual

  16. What's an IO

    whichone'spink replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    My instructor talked about IOs briefly. She mentioned it is only meant for immediate access and that it can't stay in for longer than 24 hours. After that, either peripheral or central access should...

  17. What is fecal texture?

    whichone'spink replied to kainos's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to find

  18. Most Embarassing Moments During Clinicals!!!!!

    whichone'spink replied to NurseBunky's topic in General Students

    First day of clinicals, I had trouble drawing out 1 mL of heparin, and while drawing out, I accidentally pushed the plunger of the syringe too hard and the needle retracted. After I drew another 1...

  19. 1/3 of my paycheck goes to tax!

    whichone'spink replied to pale_pilsen's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that the more hours I put in for a given pay period, the more is taken out. I don't make much more than if I worked less hours in a pay period. It also burns my butt that taxes are taken...

  20. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    whichone'spink replied to shhhh's topic in Nursing Humor

    I got the full explanation of the sperm and egg coming together at the age of 8. I didn't get it in school until middle

  21. Phrase of the Night

    whichone'spink replied to ErinBSN's topic in Emergency

    I work in a clerical role in the ER. I like to think of stupid people as my job security. As I'm sure it is for the doctors, nurses, techs, unit secretaries, and registration clerks

  22. How much experience makes a good instructor?

    whichone'spink replied to KayRN910's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I wouldn't want a CI who had no more than 1 year of

  23. How much experience makes a good instructor?

    whichone'spink replied to KayRN910's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Maybe 5 years minimum to be a clinical instructor, and perhaps 10 years minimum for

  24. FYI for CO nurses - UCH and PVHS are merging

    whichone'spink replied to klone's topic in Colorado Nursing

    And it seems that PVHS is looking to merge with Memorial Health Systems in Colorado Springs

  25. Syringe sq vs auto-injector (epi pen, etc)

    whichone'spink replied to dthfytr's topic in General Nursing

    I have given Lantus in a pen-like device. It sucks for both me and the patient, because I have to push harder on the skin to get the needle to go into the skin