dudette10

dudette10 MSN, RN

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  1. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    dudette10 replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Viva, if the sex via stoma is only in your top 3, you have to tell us what the other two

  2. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    dudette10 replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, you have seven pages of people saying the same thing: reconsider the vet tech. If what you posted was the only thing "wrong" with her, you could probably do a LOT

  3. Grossest thing that you've experienced?

    dudette10 replied to dirtyhippiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    There is gross in the nursing profession and there is gross at home. The gross at home is what makes me wretch. My MIL, dementia, ambulatory, on and off continence, not a safety risk (at that time)....

  4. Why HR would call to do a general interview?

    dudette10 replied to SurrenderDorothy's topic in General Nursing

  5. Why HR would call to do a general interview?

    dudette10 replied to SurrenderDorothy's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like they are seeking to interview candidates for available positions, rather than only placing the interviewees in the positions applied

  6. Nurses eat their young - now I understand why.

    dudette10 replied to RN_Marie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Lordy. If only it were that easy... Get used to it, dude. Ok, this one. I can't imagine that IV med preparation for animals would be that much different than for humans. Could it be that she...

  7. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    dudette10 replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ill at ease about what? Maybe they should do a swab on the aprons of the cooks in the kitchen. Now THAT would make people ill at

  8. Fixing occluded peripheral IVs

    dudette10 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen nurses slam 'em. I'm not comfortable doing

  9. Leadership Question

    dudette10 replied to Connie1109's topic in General Students

    My school referred to that rotation as a final practicum, and we had to complete 180 hours in six weeks. It's an intense, tiring, and ultimately rewarding clinical experience. Kudos to the RNs who...

  10. patient privacy

    dudette10 replied to naftali216's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm torn on this issue. I was in the same position as the OP when I had my first baby. A gaggle of people--I don't even know why they were there--watched as I pushed out my first baby. I remember...

  11. No IV Practice / Little hands-on practice in clinicals

    dudette10 replied to SlyFoxRN's topic in General Students

    In my state, nursing students are not allowed, by regulation, to do venipuncture, hang blood, and transcribe MD orders. Only licensed nurses can. (Of course, phlebs can do venipuncture, but I'm...

  12. No IV Practice / Little hands-on practice in clinicals

    dudette10 replied to SlyFoxRN's topic in General Students

    I have posted many times on what an ABSN program really is. Accelerated because the first 60 hours of general education are not part of the ABSN program. Accelerated because there are no significant...

  13. No IV Practice / Little hands-on practice in clinicals

    dudette10 replied to SlyFoxRN's topic in General Students

    My opinion: The typical hands-on skills can be learned fairly easily, and even if you spend hours upon hours in a skills lab at school, you need practice on real people, which may not happen in...

  14. Fixing occluded peripheral IVs

    dudette10 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in General Nursing

    I have only "fixed" one, on a guy that the off-going nurse warned me that it took a handful of nurses to stick him and to guard the site with my very life! She told me that the site was sensitive to...

  15. ACLS

    dudette10 replied to kujomonster's topic in General Nursing

    From what I understand, the online-only ACLS courses will not earn you an AHA ACLS certification. Some online providers will be very upfront with that information on their websites, while others...

  16. Dilemma in clinical?

    dudette10 replied to mursetudent25's topic in General Students

    OP, what you did wasn't a big deal. Just a few things: 1) You said nothing in your posts about the depth of knowledge you have on the patient's personality and behaviors. Possibly the patient had a...

  17. Hanging 0.9 w/ antibiotics on pts with no IVF ordered.

    dudette10 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    On those types of units, how do they ensure that all the abx has

  18. HR drop/rhythm change during sleep..Would you call Doc?

    dudette10 replied to BandaidBunny's topic in Cardiac

    You need to clarify. You said it dropped and was irregular, but it was SR, but it was bradying down. So, which was it? Irregular (which to me means that the R to R measurement was not consistent...

  19. GPA Resume Advice

    dudette10 replied to nsstudent5286's topic in General Students

    With a 3.797, go ahead and round to 3.80. If you had a 3.793, I would say keep it at 3.79. Make

  20. Feeling incompetent...need advice

    dudette10 replied to WantAccel.BSN's topic in General Students

    About the BPs. Sometimes, it's not that you're getting the reading wrong, but that you have no confidence that you're getting it right! I was not confident at all about my BP readings in clinicals,...

  21. Wiping off IV ports

    dudette10 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Gtubes? What do you wipe and

  22. Feeling Bullied By A Preceptor

    dudette10 replied to mrsrosstobe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have no help for you, but your preceptor sounds like a manipulative, vile

  23. In need of a serious butt whoopin I am.

    dudette10 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't sell yourself short. There are too many other people waiting in line to do just

  24. How Much Do You Remember???

    dudette10 replied to USANursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm one of the weird nurses who feels that my education set me up well for nursing. No, I didn't have the skills when I graduated, but those come quickly. Show me once, observe me once, and I've got...

  25. Nurses and nursing students i have a important question?

    dudette10 replied to futurenurse1248's topic in General Students

    I don't think so. The reason I say that is because so many nursing students are not traditional, i.e. they did not enter nursing school immediately after high school, so it would be odd for nursing...