SoldierNurse22 BSN, RN

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    Nursing Shortage

    SoldierNurse22 replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, you pulled up one post--from May. I figured if it was that big of a deal, it'd show up on the first page or two of posts in the history. No one's perfect. My point was that in general, Bucky...
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    Where do you work and do you like it.

    SoldierNurse22 replied to DixieGrace's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Where did you get your first nursing job? US Army--Walter Reed Army Medical Center How did you get the job? I signed on the dotted line and raised my right hand. Are you still working there? Nope....
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    Nursing Shortage

    SoldierNurse22 replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    Well, now, that's an exaggeration. I was curious, so I looked. It would appear to me that Bucky uses "--" within the confines that are considered appropriate for the written English
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    Nursing Shortage

    SoldierNurse22 replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    This thread has been officially cleared for popcorn. Appropriate amounts of salt and butter are authorized for use. Ladies and gentlemen, start your
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    Everyone Won't Succeed. And That's Okay!

    SoldierNurse22 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Students

    While I would generally agree with you, money also doesn't guarantee an easy life. Not by a long shot. It can ease one's way in life in some aspects, but it certainly is no solution to all of life's...
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    New nurse

    SoldierNurse22 replied to krystal.nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wish someone had told me that it'd take about a year before I really felt comfortable in my role as a nurse. I wish someone had told me that feeling anxious when caring for patients on my own would...
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    Dream=Serving Military Families, L&D Nurse/Womens or Public Health nursing in HAWAII

    SoldierNurse22 replied to IndyGypsyNurse's topic in Government, Military

    Lunah offers very sage advice, as usual. Civilian nursing may be your best bet if you want to remain in Hawaii for any considerable length of
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    Nursing Shortage

    SoldierNurse22 replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    Martina, first off, congrats on getting into school! Secondly, please don't believe everything you read. Nursing is a profession just like any other. Yes, there is backstabbing. Yes, there are...
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    Nursing Shortage

    SoldierNurse22 replied to zack1110's topic in General Nursing

    One of the most valuable things I've learned in life is that you can't change the opinions of other people. They have to change their minds themselves. That said, I do not try to "prove" anything to...
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    Student nurses, what will you different when you have student's?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to stunurs08's topic in General Students

    Agreed! And kudos to you for recognizing as much. I saw the term "icebreaker" and immediately flashed back to uncomfortable conversations around the table led by my clinical instructor about where we...
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    Hindrance to professional growth

    SoldierNurse22 replied to exit96's topic in Emergency

    That's not at all what OCNRN said. She was pointing out that the scenario where a female is abused by a male is more prevalent, hence why you as a male nurse will probably be asked to find a female...
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    Student nurses, what will you different when you have student's?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to stunurs08's topic in General Students

    As a person who falls under the "shy" category, PLEASE don't do an icebreaker. If I could fully express how much I dislike being forcibly "drawn out" by some cheesy social activity, it'd be censored...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    I think it's more the PP's attitude than it is the grades that are the problem in this particular thread. It's one thing to be really trying--studying and applying oneself and absorbing information,...
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    Asthma Health Education

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Ruba's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So...it is homework? (graded or not matters only to you, not me) Either way, you have the question--you go first. What do you think should be included in the education? What does the patient need...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    Were you listening in on my conversation with my husband about this thread? Because that's exactly what he said when I explained what all the fuss was
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    Best of luck to you wherever you end up! I think this decision is without question for the
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    As others have pointed out, it isn't the same. No one is going to spoon-feed you what's wrong with your patient when things start to go south. Nursing school is trying to prepare you cognitively for...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    It may help, but it isn't reality. And it is ultimately setting you up to fail by preventing you from developing as an independent
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    If that were the case, then nursing would never graduate any new RNs and the profession would cease to exist. Perhaps it's time you stop complaining long enough to realize that the problem isn't...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    A witch hunt? You already referenced your textbooks. Do you take notes and/or record your classes? Why would you need to find it
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    What would you do???

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Missingyou's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    All great questions. I'll try to take them as you present them: 1. Mary doesn't have dementia but she had a stroke and refuses to brush her teeth. I'd start by trying to figure out why she doesn't...
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    What would you do???

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Missingyou's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    She isn't non-decisional. She's confused due to dementia. Big, big difference. While there are certain things that need to be done for the good of the patient with dementia, it's important to try...
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    What do you tell parents when...

    SoldierNurse22 replied to mason83's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Sometimes there is nothing you can say. I tend to sit and listen to patients/family members like that because often, they just need to be heard, specifically by someone who is a member of the...
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    Hindrance to professional growth

    SoldierNurse22 replied to exit96's topic in Emergency

    I understand where you're coming from and the problem presented by having all-male staff on certain shifts. I really, really do. We had shifts at my old workplace where it was all women, and if we...
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    Why does school have to be made to be (seemingly) unneccesarily difficult?

    SoldierNurse22 replied to Guitarstrings's topic in General Students

    If the two classes the PP is struggling with are nursing in nature and built into the curriculum, then that's nothing she can help. But she indicated that she regretted taking both classes together,...