cajunnga

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1. New Grad wants to pursue L&D

   cajunnga replied to mzjennx's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I was able to obtain a position in L & D upon graduation. I work at a small facility and L & D includes all facets of maternal issues. We ship out what we aren't equipped for. I think all depends on the facility and their needs. If L & D ...

2. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

   cajunnga replied to Fairlythere's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Depends, I think sometimes they are accurate and obviously sometimes they aren't. In the ER, triage is supposed to always do manual--L&D--we have no CNA and most of the time, no time to recheck. Obviously if it is out of range, we recheck.

3. floor staff being unkind to students in clinical

   cajunnga replied to NurseMeg's topic in General Students

   I just graduated. Oh what a great feeling. My last semester I precepted on the unit I want to work on, I was blessed this time to have a preceptor who understands and remembers what it is like to be a nursing student, also something I pray I never ...

4. taking students, precepting

   cajunnga replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

   I am in my last semester. We went through skills labs and checked off on everything we needed to, however on somethings that nursing students fight over like foleys and IVs--everyone doesn't get to do a lot of those in school and when we get to our p...

5. ER Pet Peeves

   cajunnga replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

   drunk people. the police have to bring in the public drunks who have urinated on themselves and the GBI has to bring in the the alcohol kit thing so everything will be legal, the drunk people who were cooking and dropped the hot grease accidentally a...

6. NG tube question-please help!

   cajunnga replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

   I thought so too. In fact, I gave meds through NGT last semester with my primary nurse, but a little while later I removed the tube. My pt was NPO all she could have after removal was ice chips. The dr. may have "forgotten" to write NPO or could ...

7. Working throught Nursing School?!

   cajunnga replied to Nathalie's topic in General Students

   I have had to work the entire time I have been in school. I have a full time job Monday through Friday night on third shift in an unrelated field. I have been blessed that my employer has worked with me when I have clinicals and tests. I recently p...

8. I'm not allowed to buy a Littmann??!

   cajunnga replied to Montessori Mommy's topic in General Students

   Get the Littman and never let it out of your sight. :)

9. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

   cajunnga replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am going to school and working a full-time third shift job in plant where unless you are the plant manager or the office personnel you are a peon. I am a lab technician in one of the nastiest plants in the town where I live. I want to be a nurse...

10. Hard to take non-NURS classes w/NURS classes?

    cajunnga replied to luv2yoga's topic in General Students

    I would get everything I possibly could out of the way. I am a first semester nursing student with afull time job, husband and two children. This summer I will take my micro a&p 2 and hps 110 which is probably insane--that is 10 hours in the su...

11. CRNA school at my age! Am I crazy?

    cajunnga replied to IRBsleeping's topic in CRNA

    No you are not crazy. Looks like they would want a mature person with experience. Perhaps you should apply to another school? If that is an option?

12. care plans in nursing school

    cajunnga replied to cajunnga's topic in General Nursing

    I have had the pleasure of redoing nurse's notes two weeks in a row now--I am doing okay in everything but this and this is getting on my last nerve. My instructor is busy when we go for clinicals, I go in, meet my patient, I am told VS are at such ...

13. care plans in nursing school

    cajunnga posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey. I am a first semester nursing student. It is taking me hours to do my assessment tool, pathophysiology sheet and care plan-- Any recommendations on good care plan books would be much appreciated as well as helpful tips. I work full-time, have...

14. Working in Nursing School--is it possible?

    cajunnga replied to Pachinko's topic in General Students

    Hey. I work third shift, children, husband, nursing school, grocery store, cooking, bill paying-- I pray a lot. Hospitals love to give nursing students scholarships, has your friend applied for one? That would help her a lot. Mine is paying fo...

15. Working in Nursing School--is it possible?

    cajunnga replied to Pachinko's topic in General Students

    Hey. I work third shift, children, husband, nursing school, grocery store, cooking, bill paying-- I pray a lot. Hospitals love to give nursing students scholarships, has your friend applied for one? That would help her a lot. Mine is paying fo...