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  1. Nursing student asks nurses the question..

    sammiesmom replied to 2bNurseDR.T's topic in General Nursing

    I did a stint on a med-surg tele floor for a short time and nurses will refuse students. First, the nurses are overworked and students slows the nurse down. I was crying the 3rd month I was there and...

  2. Anyone have experience with EAP

    sammiesmom replied to tarab333's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting. EAP has always been offered at where I work and sometimes I thought about using them just because I can. Yikes! Something to think about when I need

  3. Disrespectful patients

    sammiesmom replied to Mrs.in2015's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'll just say sorry and move along. If he has that much IV check for compatibility and see if you can run a few at the same time. Some people are just big babies when it comes to needles. Welcome to...

  4. I' m a Failure

    sammiesmom replied to maemae19's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did a bunch of practice tests from Kaplan. If you get a question wrong ask yourself why you got it wrong. If you don't know, study the pathophysiology, symptoms, treatment, diagnostics,...

  5. Reason for IV fluids

    sammiesmom replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in ER but normally when people get admitted they get fluids and my whole family had ER visits and no IV fluids had been given. Maybe just your ER? Interesting

  6. Evil Nurses

    sammiesmom replied to sammiesmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, thank God that I can vent a little bit in this forum because quite frankly, I hate any kind of drama and taking everything to the supervisor really doesn't make anything better. I will be...

  7. Arrested for hitting a nurse

    sammiesmom replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing News

    Docs check on patient narcotic prescription record before writing more drugs. I doubt the nurse has access to that. The physician probably told her and ask to tell the patient. I'm glad these crazies...

  8. Think is a failure in the making?

    sammiesmom replied to WCSU1987's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just depends on how smart you are. You cannot wing these classes. You have to know it so there will be a lot of time studying. It is doable if you are organized and studying has to be your priority....

  9. I don't want to work as a CNA during undergrad

    sammiesmom replied to outsidegirl's topic in General Students

    I didn't work as a CNA. You are

  10. Should I give up on going to nursing school...

    sammiesmom replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Students

    Chemistry is normally a weeding out course. General Chemistry is the basic chemistry. A lot of pre-med changes degrees after Organic Chemistry. It is not easy. You have to understand the concept so...

  11. Epic care plans and goals

    sammiesmom replied to djamies's topic in General Nursing

    The place I used to work for and utilizes EPIC has an awesome care plan part. All JCHAO core goals are there premade even the education materials are all linked and I only have to click a few buttons...

  12. PALS and ECG

    sammiesmom replied to nerdynurse22's topic in California Nursing

    You only need to study the book from American Heart Association. There are prep quizzes around there and you can use that to gauge your understanding of the material. There is also a pretest you need...

  13. Evil Nurses

    sammiesmom replied to sammiesmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I appreciate all the responses, but this post is a rant. It does not reflect how I behave at work, only about how I feel about certain people. But if you want to know, I act professionally around this...

  14. Filipino Nurses in Suriname

    sammiesmom replied to PHNURSES IN SURINAME's topic in International Nursing

    wow thats

  15. Evil Nurses

    sammiesmom replied to sammiesmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Marisette, sounds like you worked with this nurse too!

  16. Can RNs in CA give Propofol??

    sammiesmom replied to RNlmbhb's topic in Patient Medications

    Never seen docs around here order it for moderate sedation only on vented patients. I will not be comfortable "pushing" this drug on unvented

  17. Facebook and employers/school

    sammiesmom replied to daisybird27's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't like what other people says here, beware. Some of the HR out there may think like these people. Oh yes, they are judging you! I delete posts on facebook and facebook have made it to where...

  18. faking ketone test??

    sammiesmom replied to nursekoll's topic in School

    Bahaha at my husband's employment, they do drug testing with an employee of the same sex in the restroom with them! They are doing this because they came out to the place of employment as opposed to...

  19. Did you take a pay-cut to be a nurse? Do you regret it?

    sammiesmom replied to MomAndSonInMD's topic in General Nursing

    I selected nursing because I was inspired by an L&D nurse. She held my hand, prayed for me while going through a difficult delivery of my first baby. I was a medical technologist at that time and...

  20. bullying? racism? or overreacting?

    sammiesmom replied to beachbum2000's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is so sad. There is a reason why at one point someone in the government wanted to declare English as the national language. This is not a new tactic. Coming from country with 1000 dialects, the...

  21. Female vs male patients

    sammiesmom replied to qaz99's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Very interesting. May have to do with gender of the nurse

  22. My boss looked in my EMR for my miscarriage

    sammiesmom replied to Christina12345's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Big HIPAA

  23. Is this a hipaa violation?

    sammiesmom replied to NurseRatchedTheBest's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    No

  24. Please explain a copd patient's oxygen saturation!

    sammiesmom replied to alpha22's topic in General Students

    I used to work at a respiratory floor, most patients are chronic COPD and end-stage COPD. Some docs would write orders that it is ok (for end stage ones) for them to be at spO2 of 86, some even lives...

  25. bullying? racism? or overreacting?

    sammiesmom replied to beachbum2000's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hard to say. What is your geographical location? Is racism rampant in your area? I live in the South, and it is the dirty south. Segregation is obvious around these parts. No open racism but races do...