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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    anon456 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm still in nursing school but I had a good one last week. I'm sure I'll have more stories with time .. . . there was a pt in ER who had very decreased LOC and a fever. I put the suppository in, and...
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    work right away or continue with school?

    anon456 replied to Dawn Vylet's topic in General Nursing

    Many hospitals will pay for RN to BSN . . . just putting that out there, too. I have heard that the bridge program is easier than going for a BSN straight away. The classes are designed for people who...
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    home remedies you would NEVER try

    anon456 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if this one has been mentioned yet. An old ad for Listerine as a douche!!
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    home remedies you would NEVER try

    anon456 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I never understood the advice to take castor oil to induce labor. Yeah it probably works if people are still trying it, but do you really want to be having diarrhea while pushing out a baby?? (There's...
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    Leaving Meds at the Bedside?

    anon456 replied to joanna73's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm still in nursing school and of course leaving pills is a big no-no. I have never seen a nurse do that either. Usually they have a bag to put the pills in even if they have to just simply run to...
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    How hard is First semester in Nursing school?

    anon456 replied to Pinkster's topic in General Nursing

    My advice is to get the co-req's out of the way, or plan to take them in the summer when you have a break from nursing school. It would be really, really hard to take those classes in nursing school,...
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    Ethically right, legally wrong

    anon456 replied to qt2168's topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient who spoke an unusual language and she was going for urgent surgery. Her family member was translating but legally could not translate the doctor telling her about the surgery, and the...
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    seeing a patient in the newspaper

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student nurse who recently did a rotation in peds. I saw in today's paper a full page ad for a new raffle they are setting up for the children's hospital. They feature two children and list them...
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    seeing a patient in the newspaper

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! My instincts were telling me not to say anything, even though the article clearly lists the patient as going to that hospital and describes their medical
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    very badly behaved ped client

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student, and I'm probably not going into peds. I have to write a journal entry about my experience in hem-onc last week, and I'm not sure if this is beyond my scope of duties or not . ....
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a student and have clinicals tomorrow. I cut my finger today in the kitchen and now have two stitches and a big gauze bandage on it. :-( What do you all do in this situation as
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I made it through the day. :-) I saw those finger condoms but was unsure if they would work over a thumb or be too tight or something. Funny name though! I put a large band-aid on, and the nurse...
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I do have sutures, but it's not bleeding. I was able to cover it this evening with a large band-aid. I'll let you know what
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! It has completely stopped bleeding. I like your idea of making the bandage smaller in the morning because right now there's nothing discrete about
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    So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I did! I'm the biggest wimp ever! He had to inject me three times with the numbing stuff and I could still feel it, but I held my hubby's hand
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    Can you be a nurse if....

    anon456 replied to llaura's topic in General Nursing

    I have been very inspired by one of my instructors. She has a learning disability that involves the pronunciation of some sounds and also her spelling is affected. However she is very bright, a good...
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    Mistakes we have made

    anon456 replied to LilpoRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I want to thank you for sharing these stories! I graduate in a few months and am reading them with interest! I have not had a chance to make a mistake yet . . but I did have a close call. I logged...
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    Experienced nurses: What do student nurses do that drives you nuts?

    anon456 replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    I have one for nurses-- When we show up eager to learn (I'm a student), and before we have a chance to prove we are serious about wanting to learn and help, we get eye rolling, sighing, and muttering...
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    very badly behaved ped client

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much for your input! :-) I really appreciate hearing the good and the bad. I'm still very new to this-- and like I said I don't want to peds. It takes a special gift and I know I don't have...
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    very badly behaved ped client

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. That's what I was trying to say but couldn't put my finger on it! :-) This child's needs for structure and guidance were not being met, and so I think she was forcing it and pushing until...
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    very badly behaved ped client

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    Just FYI, I am a mother and I do have one child who was very sick and still lives with a chronic illness. We are very familiar with the hospital setting and endless appts, the stress of coordinating...
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    Accelerated programs...expensive or cheap?

    anon456 replied to johninalameda's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona have accel programs that are the same price as their traditional programs. However you would be put on the wait list which is about 2 years, and you would have...
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    What do some L&D nurses have against doulas?

    anon456 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm coming here as a student nurse who just spent a couple days in L&D/triage. Before nursing school I was training to be a doula and had seen and supported several births of different kinds...
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    Pharmacy said no, conventional practice said yes

    anon456 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Block 3 nursing student just starting to do IV fluids. Yesterday a patient had fluids running and I had to start a Flagyl piggyback. I had to check compatability of that fluid, D5 1/2NS 20KCL,...
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    Pharmacy said no, conventional practice said yes

    anon456 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I also looked on Micromedex with my instructor and we were not able to find any info. It just said "no information" or something like that. Were you looking under IV compatabilities? Maybe there is...