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I could never in my life wear the same scrubs more than once or wear my shoes in the house. My stuff is laundered seprately and I take a shower as soon as I get home. I do work LTC and between suctioning and pumping even my glasses look disgusting. I...

When my son was getting his 1st blood draw, it took the doctor, his three nurses, myself AND my husband to hold him still enough for ANOTHER nurse to draw on him. He was 4. He gets blood draws every 6 months now and is just as scared as the first tim...

So.... I just started my 1st position as an LVN in a LTC facility. In school we were taught to auscultate before feeding and flushing; this is the way that I do it at my facility (as well as all other nurses). If this is the improper way to do it, I ...

the best so far tonight...

I agree with others... ya gotta learn it on your own!!! Momma won't be there holding your hand when it's time for the show down!

Hey everyone :) Well, I have been posting about my excitement of being newly graduated and having a job even before I graduated. Welllllll, I had done my interview, orientation, I am even on the payroll, but now it seems they are crawfishing. At fir...

I just got a call and I start full time tomorrow morning! I just had to get something straightened out (simple misunderstanding) and now the pieces are all falling into place!

Hio all! Just a simple early morning question... I was hired by a facility before I graduated school and already had a day of orientation (being told there are many more to come). I have not heard from them in almost 2 weeks and they said that they w...

I said fri***in not the other word!!! I thought it was allowed

WOW...... I have NEVER heard of this! I would NOT have done it had I been asked and we did as you did in school. We practiced with DRY cloths on the maniquin. We got our practice out in the field when doing it for real. Maybe they have a new retro in...

The ATI books will prepare for the ATI test. The others books have different values for like labs and such. Are you taking RN ATI? If so IM me and I can give you practice codes.

I wish we had those uniforms to graduate in!!! Some of my classmates would have fit right in

GET THE BOOKS!!! Then once you do, read them. The MedSurg book makes a GREAT paperweight but seriously, it may look a little intimidating but once you get into it you may find it easier to comprehend than your school books. Take the practice quizes l...

Nursing is GREAT... I graduate this Friday and SO ready! I already have a position and they are training me for three months before I hit the floor alone. I might be wet behind the ears but I have this feeling that I will be able to make a differenc...

What an awesome feeling!! Congrats!

If you owe a hospital money, are they able to look at your finacial records and see that you owe money thereby denying you a job d/t to that?

That is something I would LOVE to do is pay them back. It is the ONE thing that looms over me all the time is that bill. It's called no insurance and in school. Sad but nothing I could do

Wow, that brings tears to my eyes... how touching for a parent with young children...

Don't worry, I am not asking for advice on a drug I am actually giving I need to know something in pedi medication administration When figuring a dose, would you round to tenths like you do for an adult or would you go with the hundreths? We have be...

Thanks to you! The hard part is there are three instructors and two have different answers and the other was fired. I have been tutoring classmates and just trying to get a grips on the little things Thank you though!

as usual, we americans have taken things above and beyond to an extreme. our country was based on the rights and freedoms that others craved and wanted. did they have any idea it would turn out like this? i think not. so, as a nursing student, let me...

Wow...

Don't worry, I am not asking for advice on a drug I am actually giving I need to know something in pedi medication administration When figuring a dose, would you round to tenths like you do for an adult or would you go with the hundreths? We have be...

I just wanted to thank everyone for answering!!!!!!

I am also a student nurse and was caring for a pedi pt that had a appendectomy. I was ambulating him down the hall, taking it slow. My fellow student was about 10 ft behind me, walking with my pt's mother. Earlier in the day, the mother had asked me ...