AlynnSN

AlynnSN

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  1. awesome nurse pt ratios

    AlynnSN replied to sassy_cassie's topic in General Nursing

    Was just talking to an aide today at clinical on the med/surg floor and the hospital just had a new company take over and they are making their lives hell she said. 1 aide per 10pts from now on (they...

  2. I Think I am NOT Going to NS

    AlynnSN replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    My nursing school is an ADN program and we don't have a waitlist at al :) People come from all over the united states to our program. It's very clinically based as well. Don't give up your dream and...

  3. What do you do when you come across a...

    AlynnSN replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    Well that's kind of rude! That's great we have CONCERNED volunteers! Obviously OP is suspicious the nurse's breath smells like alcohol. Preventing something from happening before it possibly does is...

  4. What do you do when you come across a...

    AlynnSN replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    Waiting until signs of intoxication show up might put patients at risk in the

  5. How can nurses avoid burnout?

    AlynnSN replied to nolamor's topic in General Nursing

    Never would have thought of this! Good advice to know BEFORE starting work as an RN in a couple years!!

  6. 2nd degree in nursing WAS IT WORTH IT? GIRL LOST!

    AlynnSN replied to Sophiamez's topic in Nursing Career

    I can't really say much about the teaching but coming from being a patient myself in the hospital and being in clinical 2 days a week for 8 hours a day with sick patients, I wouldn't want a non...

  7. Interesting article about conflicting reports concerning the nursing shortage...

    AlynnSN replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a complete personal theory to me. Good

  8. Interesting article about conflicting reports concerning the nursing shortage...

    AlynnSN replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Oh good. So since I will be graduating as an RN from an ADN program in Nov. 2011, I should just continue onto my BSN while awaiting the "explosion" of hiring within the next 5

  9. Charting

    AlynnSN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just curious how you would chart someone who is blind? We are taught in nursing school how to assess PERRLA and how to chart it but what if someone is blind? Can you just chart "pt is blind"

  10. Are A's really not practical in nursing school?

    AlynnSN replied to PaperPencil's topic in General Students

    I think A's are completely practical. I'm a straight A student myself. I have no kids though and I do work part time. One thing that is having me struggle through mental health nursing this term is...

  11. Clinicals make me feel like an imposter

    AlynnSN replied to tabithaaedyn's topic in General Students

    I too am experiencing the same thing as you! It has got to be normal I would think. I am in an ADN program that is clinically based. Clinicals 6:30-2:30 every single Monday and Tuesday. I'm pretty...

  12. Charting

    AlynnSN replied to AlynnSN's topic in General Nursing

    Good point! I wasn't even thinking that we would still assess their PERRLA knowing they were blind. It always comes back to "chart what you see" which would mean that you would still assess

  13. Fluids, Electolytes and Acid Base

    AlynnSN replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    aha! I thought you meant it was good advice, but not for this topic and I was going to say

  14. Fluids, Electolytes and Acid Base

    AlynnSN replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    irrespective of the

  15. To All Student Nurses

    AlynnSN replied to resumecpr's topic in General Nursing

    geesh! way to be

  16. Fluids, Electolytes and Acid Base

    AlynnSN replied to semester1kid's topic in General Students

    My advice to you is to not just memorize the sx of each but rather understand it For instance: hypocalcemia causes muscle spasms, twitches, and tremors.... well why does it cause those?? calcium...

  17. Do you feel these are patient safety issues?

    AlynnSN replied to ptsafety's topic in General Nursing

    I have a 40 year old lady in my program and clinical group who was in prison for drugs and was a meth addict and had her 3 kids taken away by the state and adopted out. She has turned over a...

  18. Students are cut-throat!

    AlynnSN replied to livenlearn08's topic in General Students

    Oh, and to make a little more sense, I forgot to mention that it is a term based school... not a semester based school. So, 4 terms a year/3months for each class and we never have class on Fridays....

  19. Students are cut-throat!

    AlynnSN replied to livenlearn08's topic in General Students

    It's a 2 year all year round program with the pre-reqs built into it. You can start right when you graduate high school. 2 years, summer included and you're an

  20. Students are cut-throat!

    AlynnSN replied to livenlearn08's topic in General Students

    My class of about 150 (down to 100 after Med Surg 1) doesn't have much cattiness or back stabbing going on. We all really help one another out and talk about everything together in the halls between...

  21. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    AlynnSN replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    Okay well I'm done here. I find it a bit rediculous how dramatic you are with everything that is said. --No you shouldn't have got docked 5% of your grade but in the meantime, stop complaining about...

  22. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    AlynnSN replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    Sounds to me like you are the one that is not doing what needs to be done to stop the favoritism, if you will, that is occurring with the CI and this student. In the meantime, until someone (who...

  23. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    AlynnSN replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    Really?! Never was it mentioned to spend all day/every minute with the student. Blown way out of proportion here! It's completely obvious that you only posted the OP to get people to agree with...

  24. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    AlynnSN replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    If you KNOW they are incompetent why wouldn't you JUMP on the job to help them? Since you know that you are competent yourself, why wouldn't you want the reassurance that the patient would be much...

  25. Pregnant and New Job

    AlynnSN replied to Super_RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's your own decision to tell them or not. You don't have to tell them if you don't want to, and you shouldn't feel compelled. I wouldn't tell them until you tell everyone else when you hit the 2nd...