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LOL. I have had several pts ask me where the nurses sleep at night.

Two different pts.... two different hospital stays... same room. Both pts pushed the Code Blue button claiming they were looking for the light switch.......... (it looks NOTHING like a light switch!) Another pt, continuously presses the call bell th...

Congrats! I have an interview tomorrow... wish me luck! *says a little prayer*

There must have been something about the night of the 23rd/24th... because my shift was he77 too. Had one that was ripping out IVs, climbing out over his bed rails, pocketing his meds.... added to the others that I swear had to get up to go poop/pe...

It feels like eternity sometimes.... and I could swear I have aged 10 years over a 2 year time span!!!!!!

People with PD can walk you through their procedures, too. Some of them are VERY particular about how you do it. Which is completely understandable. I'm still a student, but my instructor was helping another student with one while I observed. The...

Hey! You just described our school's scrubs!!! *Less than two months... can't wait to get to wear real scrubs!*

I get irked with students that have been dismissed from the program for unsafe practice... and then they turn around and blame the instructors. I'm sorry, it's obviously the instructor's fault that you have been on probation for the past TWO semeste...

I'm in school now. I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed in the fact that we only have clinical ONE day a week and it is only an 8 hour day. I still hear classmates complaining about how exhausting clinicals are. HELLO?! This is nothing compare...

I live near Pensacola. I won't graduate until May, but from what I've been hearing, they are only hiring GNs that have already been a tech or LPN at that facility. Which means I might be S.O.L. A couple of the nurses I have worked with have been t...

I wonder if anyone tried 'watering' the flowers...... Ok, I admit, that was a bad joke.

I guess I didn't get my point across. The OP was worried that IF her doctor divulged that she may be bipolar, that it would affect her getting into nursing school. I was trying to help reassure her that if a state board of nursing doesn't have a pr...

Go ahead and start working on ABGs and Acid-Base Balance. I don't know about other schools, but mine has this stuff on EVERY test. It affects EVERY system! As far as care plans go, I use All-in-One Care Planning Resource by Swearingen. You still n...

As part of our nursing program, we have to attend a board of nursing hearing. At the hearing, a nurse that was in front of the board for drug use had to tell them that she was Bipolar. She is compliant with her meds, and her doctor as well as the s...

We have a few hospitals where I live that do not employ CNAs. They feel that the RNs need to actually assess every inch of their pts body to make sure they don't end up with pressure ulcers. They ensure this happens by having the RNs do the bed bat...

I think everyone has at least 1 bad clinical experience, some of us more than others. Try to stick with it and stay calm. Trust me, by this time next year, you will laugh about how nervous you were to give a pt a bed bath. Things will not always ...

My instructors explained it like this... they are in 'YOUR' home (meaning your hospital, your rules). Don't be rude, but explain that these interventions must be done. It doesn't matter if you are a student or not. If you have a lack of confidence ...

I'm in my 4th and LAST semester (for my ASN). I was also an A student going into the Nursing Program. Since then, I've made B's consistently... but I kind of had rollercoaster grades last semester. I either made A's or F's on my tests. Luckily en...

BUN can be elevated from dehydration. It's not the best test to determine kidney function.

Here is how I would rationalize this... Yes, babies have immature thermoregulation. BUT they can maintain their temp if properly kept warm. (Swaddling, heat lamps, etc.) IF, a baby is placed on a cool surface or kept unwrapped and not under warming...

Is it bad that my 11 yo son is doing my laundry? LOL. Only sometimes...

Ugh, Go-Lytely + Big lady + Active GI bleed + measly ER curtain = Really stinky ER. Just wait until you need to roll a 300+ pound person on a stretcher to clean them up. FUN times!! Oh, and funniest poo story was from a LOL with pneumonia and diarrh...

It used to be a commercial. I think there was one with a guy in surgery and another man smiles down on him... I'm not a doctor, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night! Cheesy...

This is an absolute MUST!!! You will get hard core burn out if you don't take time for yourself. I am in my last semester (Thank You, Lord!!). I take either Saturday or Sunday as MY time. Sometimes, I don't even get out of my PJs. LOL. Also, if ...

Our school has us do a 'mock' bed bath on each other. We keep our clothes on, but we were asked to wear shorts so that we could practice putting on TED hose. I was uncomfortable with the TED hose thing just because I have very ticklish feet. And ...