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  1. stethoscope for nursing student

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    thanks everyone! i think i am just going to invest in a good one and that way i will have it for a long time. between the littmann cardi ii, iii and ii master which do you think is the best? if you...

  2. Dead bodies?

    meghan91 replied to relgis15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    at the hospital i work at the nurse gets the patient ready for the morgue and then either patient transport or sometimes security will take the patient down because only transport and security has the...

  3. what term would be used for this pelvis injury?

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i was in the ICU last night at work and prior to that we had 3 traumas come into the ER. the newer nurse that was following the actual RN asked what happend with the traumas and the nurse said "they...

  4. interview for patient transport...

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i am a pre nursing student soon to be nursing student in the fall and i applied for a patient transport job. i have an interview tomorrow and i have a few questions. DO patient transporters wear...

  5. what term would be used for this pelvis injury?

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    i want to say it was comminuted. i am not 100% on that but it sounds right because i remember the word started with a C. i tried looking up pictures of this type of fracture but i couldnt find any...

  6. opinion on ICU Nursing Assistant for a student?

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in Critical Care

    thanks everyone! its nice to hear that newer grads werent shut down right off the bat from being hired in a critical care unit. i think i am just going to apply, see if i get an interveiw and then see...

  7. opinion on ICU Nursing Assistant for a student?

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in Critical Care

    thanks. i know i wouldnt get into icu right after graduation although i do know of a lot of people who have that currently work in the icu as RN's but i would really like to start out in the ER...

  8. which stethoscope would fit me best in your opinion?

    meghan91 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    hey guys! i am currently a nursing student as a sophmore (i went to a community college for 2 years after highschool to do my gen eds) getting my BSN. Anyway, i currently am trying to get a position...

  9. different types of ICU

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    what are some of the different ICU units such as MICU, SICU etc and what do they stand for and what do you see the most of in each of these? thanks

  10. cant move a bed?

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Students

    hey guys, i am a nursing student and work at my hospital as a patient transport and a patient companion. i was at my transport job the other night and i have been doing this for almost 6months and...

  11. what are these yellow gowns for?

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i was in the ICU during work last night and the nurse ans nurse extern were wearing these long fabric yellow gowns with stripes down the front of them (if that helps in telling me what they are) the...

  12. nurse extern in ICU

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey guys. so right now i have been out of hs for 2 years i did all my pre reqs for my BSN and i will now start and a 4 year university this fall and complete my last 3 years of actual nursing classes...

  13. nurse extern in ICU

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    it sounds like everyone has positive things to say about externships and im really excited and hopefully in a year i will be able to get into nurse extern program at my hospital. It seems like GREAT...

  14. what are these yellow gowns for?

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    thank you very much. i really wasnt firmilar with these yellow gowns and im thinking it was either they were covering something up like blood because i think this women was bleeding a lot prior to me...

  15. what are these yellow gowns for?

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    ok thanks guys. at our hospital usually we have the isolationthings hanging off the door and we use blue plastic throw away gowns but these girls were wearing these yellow fabric type i think they...

  16. um this does not seem right

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ok i am in nursing school and right now work as a patient transporter at a hospital. i work with someone who thinks they are an RN. anyway i went to take a patient for a test and her IV was saying...

  17. um this does not seem right

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    thanks everyone for your advice and telling me how you get the air out...not to worry this guy is actually on his way out the door due to incidents like this and being written up so many times...

  18. um this does not seem right

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    thanks everyone...i know its not part of our job, id never touch the IV or anything like that at my job and i told my co worker that and that he shouldnt be touching it because anything could go...

  19. Help me choose!! Respiratory or RN?

    meghan91 replied to amybeets05's topic in Nursing Career

    i would go for the RN but i might have a biased opinion since i want to be a nurse more than anything haha but if you think being a RN isnt a good choice for you dont do it or maybe you could do both...

  20. why is my arm all red/itchy after this test?

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey guys, i know this isnt a medical advice site but i wanted to get some of your opinions since i am only just starting nursing school so i dont really know much yet. i have a TB test last week and i...

  21. how will i remember all of this..

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    i started m patients transporter job today and idk how im going to remeber all the floors of this hospital. this hospital is huge and i dont know how im going to remember allthe floors and what is on...

  22. 0.9 points kept me from graduating with my ADN. What to do?

    meghan91 replied to Jess1980's topic in General Students

    oh gez i could only imagine how you feel. i just had a post a few weeks ago about how the only thing keeping me from my getting into my BSN program was a a&pII class that i failed by 1-2 points...

  23. Online Anatomy & Physiology?? (accredited!)

    meghan91 replied to Lynn829's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i know my community college luzerne county community college has online a&p classes labs are usually on a staurday mornind and you do all the dissections and practical tests there not at home. i...

  24. so ticked off...

    meghan91 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    ya your probably right...chances are im just reading into the question too much and thinking theres more work to do than i actually need to do im just gana go over it some more....i feel so dumb...

  25. so ticked off...

    meghan91 posted a topic in General Nursing

    today i went to re take my kaplan test. i had to re do the math and i got a 50, i need a 55%! UGH! the thing that got me was the questions that had to do with a clinical setting and they were talking...