Mell Bell

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1. Seriously hating clinicals - please help

   Mell Bell replied to Mell Bell's topic in General Students

   Thank you guys so much for your replies, it honestly made me feel a lot better, I needed it. I'm going to go in there today and try to be assertive and find things to do. I feel prepared, so hopefully today will be better.

2. Seriously hating clinicals - please help

   Mell Bell posted a topic in General Students

   I am in my second semester of a RN program, on a basic med-surg floor. I love my clinical preceptor, my group, the hospital, but I feel as though whenever I am there that I am sort of "bothering" my patients and the nurses on the floor. Today I walke...

3. Was I Inappropriate

   Mell Bell replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

   I think that it is inappropriate. If the patient is not under your direct care, I do not think you should call them or check up on them. There needs to be boundaries, I don't care how much of a connection you feel you have with a patient, there is ab...

4. Nursing interventions for patient with hip replacement dislocation?

   Mell Bell posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nursing student, doing a clinical on an ortho floorr. My patient is in traction, history of COPD, GERD, asthma, diabetes, hypertension. So I'm trying to think of simple interventions, like cough and deep breathe every 2h. I just don't know...

5. You walk into a pt room & they are not breathing, whats the 1st thing...

   Mell Bell replied to student_nurse24's topic in General Students

   OMG, they just left the room and hid!? I am pretty scared about haivng to call a code as well. I have been on the hospital floor for only 2 clinicals, and I got home and realized that I don't even know what button to press if my patient codes. Nobod...

6. Am I approaching this in the wrong way?

   Mell Bell replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a little confused, there are only 6 of you in the program? Or is it just 5 girls in particular that are in this little clique? Either way, you should NOT let them get to you, at all. You are there to learn, not to be best friends with these women...

7. Question about head to toe physical assessments

   Mell Bell replied to Mell Bell's topic in Student Assist

   Thank you for your reply, I really like checking cap refill by leaving a ring with the stethoscope - I will definitely use that.

8. Question about head to toe physical assessments

   Mell Bell posted a topic in Student Assist

   I am in my first hospital clinical rotation (orthopedic floor), and the main things we are doing is passing PO meds, physical assessments and vital signs. My question is, when you start working as an RN, do you actually do things like PERRLA and test...

9. What is your routine to clean-up and decompress after your shift?

   Mell Bell replied to kelsn's topic in General Nursing

   This is the best.

10. Extremely nervous and intimidated by first hospital clinical - Help!

    Mell Bell posted a topic in General Students

    I just finished the long term care rotation, and tomorrow is the first day on the hospital floor. I am so nervous, I feel like I'm just not going to know what to do. I really just need some encouragement, tips on what to do and what NOT to do. Or any...

11. How to study effectively

    Mell Bell replied to MsGreenBeauty's topic in General Students

    You have to find out what works best for you. I'm not a study group person, I have to have silence and I have to read everything. What I usually do is read and highlight the chapters first. Let that sit for about a day, and then go back and take note...

12. Please tell me your typical week in nursing school....

    Mell Bell replied to Addy3's topic in General Students

    I'm in my first semester of an "evening-track" program: Mon: fundamentals lecture 5-9:30 Tues: pharmacology 3-6 Wed: Lab 5-9 Thurs: clinical 3-10 Fri: clinical 3-10 We have to go during summer, but the "day-track" at my school has summers off.

13. Embarrassed myself today

    Mell Bell replied to Do-over's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely don't beat yourself up about it, you handled it perfectly by apologizing.

14. Question about when to hold G tube feeding

    Mell Bell replied to Mell Bell's topic in General Students

    Got the results, I got an 84%, and I got the question wrong The answer that I forgot was "Patient complains of nausea", and that's the right answer. If you administer a feeding to a patient who says their stomach hurts, there's a high risk of them v...

15. Question about when to hold G tube feeding

    Mell Bell posted a topic in General Students

    This was a test question yesterday, and it's really bothering me. You go to administer a patient's g tube feeding, for which situation would you hold the feeding? A. patient complains of constipation B. you ausculatate swoosh of air over abdomen when...