Megsd

Megsd BSN, RN

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  1. IV Starts

    Megsd replied to ashleyjean3's topic in General Nursing

    Because the opportunities to start IVs as a student are usually limited, I usually practice the thing I can do anywhere, any time: assessing veins! I poke mine, my boyfriend's, in school we sit in...

  2. Question about Something I Read - DNP

    Megsd replied to Pumpkin1621's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    The information, scattered as it is, that I have received is the following. At least in Ohio, there are plans to "grandfather" the practicing NPs/CNSs/CRNAs in that they can continue to practice...

  3. STNA/CNA: What to put in my advertisement for home care?

    Megsd replied to quick2k2ecotec's topic in General Nursing

    Are you considering going into business for yourself, then? I'm not sure I would be brave enough to do this, myself, because of the possible liability issues, not to mention you'd be pretty limited to...

  4. CNA job is SO MUCH HARDER!!!...

    Megsd replied to couldntbhappier's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You're new. You're going to be slow. Everyone knows you're new and slow, so don't beat yourself up about that too much. If the residents grump at you because you're new and slow, just apologize and...

  5. worst clinical story please??

    Megsd replied to tcpmom's topic in General Nursing

    Worst clinical day was caring for a 30 year old woman who had major complications from an abdominal GSW (theories were it was either self-inflicted or her husband shot her -- she refused to state what...

  6. Associate or BSN ?

    Megsd replied to ICUr_Scrubs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to be a CRNA I'd do the accelerated BSN program over a direct-entry MSN program because from my experience, most direct entry MSN programs don't offer a CRNA option, and CRNA schools...

  7. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    Megsd replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All my life my parents, my relatives and my parents' friends have said "Wow, Meghan's so smart -- she should be a doctor!" (I often wonder if it's only a coincidence that my initials are MD). When I...

  8. Getting Divorced During Nursing School

    Megsd replied to NBMom1225's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as someone whose parents waited a loooong time to divorce, let me say that from my experience there is never a good time to get divorced, but sometimes staying in a bad marriage and...

  9. Should I take Chemistry for the more "Prestigious" school??

    Megsd replied to Alert&Orientedx0's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It honestly depends on the school. I started taking prereqs at the school I got my undergrad from and did not take o-chem there because I would have needed an additional semester of chemistry (took...

  10. ABSN program survey question

    Megsd replied to CRNA2BKY's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As a fellow ABSN student, I understand where you're coming from. My first two quarters we (all 23 of us) had our own classes with our own faculty and our own requirements. The only papers we wrote...

  11. Should I take Chemistry for the more "Prestigious" school??

    Megsd replied to Alert&Orientedx0's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Personally I'd take O-chem because what happens if you wind up not getting into the program that doesn't require it, and the one that does says "Oh, if ONLY you'd taken that class..." Basically, I'm...

  12. Nurses: Who came from a dysfuntional family?

    Megsd replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    Both parents alcoholics. Dad quit about 10 years ago, mom's still going. Mom cheated on dad several times, including while I was in high school with the ice cream delivery man at the grocery store,...

  13. Need some info about Weekend Option

    Megsd replied to shewalke's topic in General Nursing

    I'm considering doing a weekend option at some point. I like the extra incentives and the relaxed atmosphere when the big bosses are at home. My SO is a firefighter, so he works 24 hours on and 48...

  14. Any Accelerated BSN programs offer aid besides loans??

    Megsd replied to Alert&Orientedx0's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals sometime offer special stipends or sponsorship programs for accelerated BSN programs but federal grants are ONLY available for first-degree students. May want to ask your school if there are...

  15. Did anyone read this article?

    Megsd replied to pannie's topic in General Nursing

    I thought about that too when they mentioned using the bypass to keep the brain perfused. That article is

  16. Preferred Nursing Shoe?

    Megsd replied to Linz8's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I went on a hunt for white danskos and the uniform store in town only had black ones (bleh.) But they did have some white clogs by Spring Step that are very similar to Danskos, and are about half the...

  17. Airborne meningitis/sepsis exposure?

    Megsd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I had the opportunity as a student to spend time in the pediatric ER last night, and got to stand in the trauma room while the team resuscitated a 2 month old. After the initial exam the...

  18. anyone taking an accelerated BSN course?

    Megsd replied to mafiamom's topic in General Students

    I am slightly over halfway through my accelerated BSN program and while I usually feel slightly dazed and feel like I'm flying by the seat of my pants, I am SO glad I went this route. My classmates...

  19. deaf pt hearing voices

    Megsd replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    The more I think about it, this kind of makes sense. I mean, when I think to myself, what I am "hearing" myself say doesn't really "sound" like my voice, or any voice at all, really. It's just this...

  20. Weird habits you've picked up since starting Nursing school

    Megsd replied to Kiringat's topic in General Students

    When I had a cold a few months ago I went to the pharmacy and bought some OTC meds, examined the label and looked up every active ingredient on the box in my drug book to see how it worked. I wound up...

  21. Are nurses in other nations bilingual? Should US be?

    Megsd replied to **nurse**'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to get on my little soapbox over here for a minute. I have read all of the posts and while I am not necessarily surprised at many of the responses, part of me is upset about it, at least as...

  22. Good/Not-So-Good Hospitals - Dayton Area

    Megsd replied to Susgu's topic in Ohio Nursing

    A little insight about why they shut down the trauma program at GSH. It wasn't internal management. Premier Health Partners (that owns both MVH and GSH) felt there was a duplication of services...

  23. Hardest part of nursing school

    Megsd replied to amf1987's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't worry too much. My accelerated program emphasized that while none of us necessarily know anything about nursing, we all have "life experience" that we bring to the table. Most of my...

  24. Patho nervousness

    Megsd replied to aerorunner80's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is why I no longer read textbooks or syllabi before my class starts -- it's too easy to get overwhelmed. Patho is challenging, but it can also be really interesting. I just reminded myself that...

  25. need help remembering mnemonic for IV needles

    Megsd replied to Tnurse3329's topic in General Students

    I always just remember Green Eighteen (they rhyme) and Blue Twenty-Two. And pink's in the middle (20). I haven't really had to deal with other sizes