Mell Bell

I understand that before each feeding, you check that the tube is in the stomach by air bolus and pulling out stomach contents. In the lab, my instructor had us pull out ALL of the stomach contents, and then put it back in the patient's stomach. I d...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

This is the best.

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...

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...

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.

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

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...

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...

Death bothers me too, you can go insane thinking about it. You have to just accept that it's a part of life, everyone dies. But that's easier said than done. It might be helpful to do a little research on different religions and how they view death, ...

Aw, come on, we do have lives!!:)

I am just finishing my first round of clinicals. It was at a long term care facility, and the first couple of days I was absolutely terrified, uncomfortable, nervous...I didn't know how to talk to actual patients, I felt like I didn't know ANYTHING. ...

Honestly, I would stay out of it. Yeah, she shouldn't be telling her daughter that stuff, but when it comes down to it, it's all just heresay. I don't even think it would be investigated. Like the poster above said - it's your word against theirs.

Ask someone that you're fairly close with what's up. Do you think you could have done something to offend someone? Being friends with the charge nurse doesn't make people not like you unless you're sucking up or talking about them. Just watch what yo...

I'm in my first semester of nursing school, and to tell you the truth, I'm breezing through. I'm rarely stressed and I have time to go out and have fun. It all depends on you situation. I'm 21, no kids, and I'm living at home until I'm done with scho...

You're not the only one! I'm finishing up a clinical rotation at a LTC facility right now, and I can't believe how sad I am to leave. The first day I almost cried I hated it so much, I got so depressed. But now I look forward to going and seeing all ...

Yeah, it sucks that they sort of mislead you like that, but it really will help you in the long run. Now you will always check and re-check, and I bet you won't ever fail another lab due to something like this.

I think the best reaction is no reaction. If you're not being threatened or verbally abused, just let them talk, and let it roll off you. It seems your patient was just making some ignorant observations, I think you acted appropriately. You're not go...