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  1. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    Biogirl4 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am a first year nursing student who just finished a class about pain management. We were taught, that everyone has an individual pain tolerance and it should be treated if the patient expresses...

  2. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks everyone for your advice and well wishes. Just an update. I found out that one big part of my pain was damage to the perineal branch of my sciatic nerve which can happen if someone...

  3. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  4. Not staying on top of pain - confusing orders - myths?

    Biogirl4 replied to Biogirl4's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My doctor didn't get there till day two and by then I was told my meds were taken care of. He didn't really react to my recount of events except to say he was sorry. Crazier still, both residents...

  5. HELP!! My husband is killing my study schedule...

    Biogirl4 replied to ginmarada's topic in General Students

    Wow! I just started a MSRN program. Before I started I and preached to my hubby for 6 months about what he would be doing while I was studying. And darned if my first week didn't come around and I...

  6. No one thinks I can do it!

    Biogirl4 replied to MKO90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you really like nursing, you will find a way to make it happen. If you have a good support system to help with your little one it will be easier. My advice - do what works for YOU. Everyone does...

  7. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "Talking to her is like trying to nail jello to the wall. May seem to stick at first, but then it will all be gone after a min" That's a hysterical analogy:yeah:. It is crazy to think that everyone...

  8. ADVICE...? Please help me think of a way to solve this issue.

    Biogirl4 replied to babymason2008's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even a nurse ---yet, but the idea of using a bar code scanner was a godsend in my former job. We had to count thousands of toys everyday and record what was wrong with them. We had a sheet...

  9. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Another thought. I am an engineer with a QA background going for my Master in Nursing as a second degree. I see administration making decions all the time based on 'numbers' and the 'bottom line'....

  10. Safe PT to Nurse ratio, what is yours?

    Biogirl4 replied to rudeRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I start my nursing program this fall 10'. I am currently working as a part time cna in a nursing home on a dementia floor. One night we had 27 patitients with one nurse and one cna. I don't know...

  11. Dear future nursing students,

    Biogirl4 replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    :) I agree and think the post was GREAT - we can all admit that that at some point someone just gets on our last nerve in one or all of the ways she described - OR - realized at one time or another...

  12. Dear future nursing students,

    Biogirl4 replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    :) Unfortunately I fall into the category of a know-it all but funny enough I have to study constantly and I hate the people who seem to sleep on their books and by osmosis (I'm convinced of it) they...

  13. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I really do understand what you mean because that is my attitude normally. I am just dumbfounded with what I encountered on my job this week that I can't imagine keeping up. The problem is very...

  14. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It was third shift overnight - which you would think would be easy. But all of the residents were dementia and totally dependent and all had to be changed every two hours (or when we could get to...

  15. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    "....I think maybe its your attitude towards your job.Can you maybe try to get to know your residents a little better,take the time to listen to them and maybe this will help.I know CNAs have lots of...

  16. Already burned out...

    Biogirl4 replied to eveningsky339's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I totally agree with you about feeling like we are prolonging their misery. We are there cleaning and moving them, they are miserable. Very few families are there to help, visit, or love them. They...

  17. I have a B.S. degree, what would it take to become a CRNA?

    Biogirl4 replied to NYMOM83's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can get your RN without going the full 4-year nursing program from scratch. If you have a bachelor in an unrelated field already completed, I've found three paths in the Ohio/KY area 1) community...