akj777

akj777

I dream of ICU...one day. ;-)

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  1. LATERAL Violence. How Nurses treat Nurses!

    akj777 replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Your answer is an example of horizontal/vertical violence. Your response seems intended to belittle and

  2. working while doing full time nursing classes

    akj777 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Fear not my friend. If you want if badly enough, you WILL do it. And you CAN do it! Sending postive vibes your

  3. working while doing full time nursing classes

    akj777 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    Yes, but the point is...it can be done. If I had a choice, I certainly wouldn't have worked. But there was no choice. Pregnancy is a totally different ball of

  4. working while doing full time nursing classes

    akj777 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    If I had the option, I personally would have done the accelerated program. It's like a bandaid. You just want to rip it off and get it over with. Although, as I have no experience with the...

  5. Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    akj777 replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    would have been better had I spelled "experience" correctly the first time.

  6. Sick and tired of the AAS BSN debate

    akj777 replied to Natingale's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    ADN vs BSN...will it ever end? Nursing school DOES NOT make the nurse. Your experince on the floors and your own critical thinking skills make the nurse. ADN program = 2 years of gen ed + 2 years...

  7. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

    akj777 replied to nursingstudent424's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Poop doesn't bother me, never has. If you really want into this career, you get used to it. You also find out that poop is small potatoes. Try a necrotic foot with gaseous gangren. Now THAT will...

  8. working while doing full time nursing classes

    akj777 replied to golosa82's topic in General Students

    It can be done. I was in your position. My parents let me move back home rent free when I got into nursing school, but they didn't pay my bills, my tuition or carry me on their insurance. I had to...

  9. Sometimes our patients try to help us out....

    akj777 replied to JacknSweetpea's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nice recovery on that one! I don't think I would have been quick enough to think up a story like

  10. LOL moments at work

    akj777 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a patient once, post cardiac cath. Her sheath had just been pulled so she was still on bedrest. She had to use the bedpan so myself and my coworker were log rolling her onto the pan. As we...

  11. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

    akj777 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

    My only issue with APA is that every instructor I've ever had all seem to have their own way of doing it. And their way is the "right" way. My sister is a librarian and she always proof reads my...

  12. Anyone having luck with jobs?

    akj777 replied to JBMmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It really depends on the location your in. There are jobs out there, but as someone stated earlier, you can't be to terribly picky. I currently work as a tech in a large teaching hospital and we...

  13. What do you hate the most about nursing school?

    akj777 replied to Jewl's topic in General Students

    Oh, I hate a lot! LOL. But I'm getting towards the end and I am just sooooo over it. I'm tired of the papers, the ATI stress (we have to pass ours, I've heard not every school that utilizes ATI has...

  14. Question for the CCRNs

    akj777 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    So, here's the background info. I'm a tech at a large teaching facility and I am one of the few that work with the STAT team. As in, I get called for particularly tricky IVs, help transport ICU...

  15. Question for the CCRNs

    akj777 replied to akj777's topic in MICU, SICU

    I appreciate all your input. You've all had great

  16. Any Irish nurses...what's a day like?

    akj777 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello all! I'm a senior nursing student in a BSN program in Michigan. I have been employed at a hospital as a tech for 7 years, so while I am not yet a nurse, I am no stranger to the difficulties...

  17. Any Irish nurses...what's a day like?

    akj777 replied to akj777's topic in International Nursing

    Your information has been invaluable! Thank you so much! If I can think of anything further, I'll come a-begging you for more info. Just curious, and not at all my business, so feel free to tell me...

  18. Question for the CCRNs

    akj777 replied to akj777's topic in MICU, SICU

    LOL, it's funny you say that. One of my CCRN has been one for about 30 years and she said the same thing the other day. "It used to mean

  19. IV Refresher Course

    akj777 replied to stelarRN's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming your right handed...when you get that flashback, use the thumb and forefinger of your left hand to advance the catheter in. Just make sure you are touching the hub and ONLY the hub. Not the...

  20. IV Refresher Course

    akj777 replied to stelarRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse (yet) but I am a STAT tech at a large teaching hospital. I'm called in for difficult IV starts. This is what I tell the people that I precept. Just ignore me if you heard it all...

  21. Is my nursing program "rockin' it old-school"? because...

    akj777 replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    At the hospital I work at (Michigan) pumps are only used for things like heparin, insulin, cardizem and all the other "big guns." Antibiotics and fluids all run via gravity drips. And I work at a...

  22. Any Irish nurses...what's a day like?

    akj777 replied to akj777's topic in International Nursing

    Okay

  23. Any Irish nurses...what's a day like?

    akj777 replied to akj777's topic in International Nursing

    LOL, well that explains a lot! I live just across the Canadian boarder...so it's now safe for me to assume that my Guinness here is most assuredly NOT made in