FowLaf24/7

FowLaf24/7

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

    FowLaf24/7 replied to shescoolie's topic in General Students

    I hate it when I have prepared all the patient's 10 medications, only to be met with the patient's comment that if he takes all those pills he is going to "throw-up." "and it will come out the other...

  2. trouble pronoucing some medical words

    FowLaf24/7 replied to aflac381's topic in General Students

    Medical terms are taken from Latin. The pronunciation could be causes some of the issues. Another problem is the length of some medical words. What I have found helpful is hearing the words over and...

  3. HESI's unfair practice of holding nursing students back after completing the programs

    FowLaf24/7 replied to bbrown6's topic in General Students

    HESI exams are used by the schools to determine if the student has the ability to pass boards. One must keep in mind a nursing school's student pass rate on the NCLEX determines if the school will be...

  4. Help!! Math Question

    FowLaf24/7 replied to dietcoke2010's topic in General Students

    Your first answer would be correct. With the second answer, you are thinking too much. No where in the question does it suggest to avoid getting air in the

  5. Scared to go to work, no self-confidence, worse every year

    FowLaf24/7 replied to zacarias's topic in Health, Stress Management

    The symptoms which you describe are related to depression/anxiety...without the proper assistance from the professionals, you will be posting here forever of your lack of progress. You have no choice...

  6. Do nurses have an advantage in becoming a doctor?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to jesse_james's topic in General Nursing

    I wish more nurses did have a better medical understanding and critical thinking skills. But a lot of nursing students just want to make through school and then learn-on-the-job. Believe me, this is...

  7. Do nurses have an advantage in becoming a doctor?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to jesse_james's topic in General Nursing

    One should realize that one would need a strong chemistry background and good understanding of biology to make it through medical school. I personally do not believe a nurse would have an advantage. I...

  8. restraints and JCAHO

    FowLaf24/7 replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    This is an excellent question. It may be a question which one should ask for advice from JCAHO. The use of restraints in a psych. unit would be dealing with a patient with very unique set of symptoms...

  9. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is one of those jobs where one may not get a break. I personally do not have an issue with this. One should be able to have a lunch break though, or one may pass out. One should also take...

  10. Young adults and MI

    FowLaf24/7 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is an excellent question. One would suspect with a young heart it would be a possible congenital factor; or due to a weaken cardiac muscle from not eating

  11. How do you protect your back health?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to Silas's topic in General Nursing

    One should focus on staying in shape with exercise. Try to choose an exercise program that focuses on the total body. One should also pay attention to form. One of the most important areas is to ask...

  12. Strong personality not good for Nursing?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to Leesha's topic in General Students

    It may not be that you do not handle stress, it is how you choose to deal with stress. In the past, when your environment was chaotic, you let others know. You handled stress by being vocal. Maybe you...

  13. I work with some immature nurses.

    FowLaf24/7 replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the next step the management will take is to block those websites. It takes just a few people to ruin it for everyone

  14. nursing Is So...

    FowLaf24/7 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    needed.

  15. I was questioning whether I wanted to be a nurse from the threads on allnurses.com

    FowLaf24/7 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    This is a forum. A forum is a discussion upon a subject area and in this case it is nursing. One will find about every attitude, perspective, comment, and concept in a forum. I do not believe that...

  16. Sick Of Co-workers Calling In ALL the Time

    FowLaf24/7 replied to skittlebear's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a universal problem in the workplace. Workers in general are not concerned of their absence from the workplace. The older generation would have one believe this is a new phenomenon and perhaps...

  17. minimum passing grade

    FowLaf24/7 replied to sugarmaple's topic in General Students

    The school I attend is a BSN program. The school has a 75% required test average

  18. Faculty evaluations

    FowLaf24/7 replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Students

    Well, usually if the instructor has been there for 20+ years, most likely it won't matter. The instructor is not going to change the way of doing things, nor is the school going to give much thought...

  19. How old is too old for NCLEX review books????

    FowLaf24/7 replied to esteiner88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe the older ones if less than 5 years would be fine. Information in books does not change that much in that kind of time frame. If one reviews the dates on their recent text books, they most...

  20. Studying...neck & back aches....

    FowLaf24/7 replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    Actually exercise helps me with aches and pains. I actually stopped exercising for about a month. I developed the same type of pain, and I attributed it to studying and sleeping positions. Nope... I...

  21. got stuck with a needle at work

    FowLaf24/7 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I like the safety syringes, which have a sliding

  22. Med.Administration Error.

    FowLaf24/7 replied to DJ Trance AZ's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital, insulin is considered a "High Risk" drug; therefore, the insulin which is drawn up needs to be checked by another RN prior to administering it. Correct drug, right dose....! Double...

  23. To my future patients

    FowLaf24/7 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    You forgot to say "Amen" at the

  24. Do people really need a bloody mobile at work?

    FowLaf24/7 replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    I am behind you on this one. People need to realize it is a phone. No one would leave the floor to make a phone call without at least asking for permission. A cell phone is a phone- one should not be...

  25. Flirting at working????

    FowLaf24/7 replied to coffee4metech's topic in General Nursing

    Hee