healthstar BSN, RN

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    What is your role?

    healthstar replied to healthstar's topic in General Students

    You are amazing, thanks so much for posting. Now it sounds very very interesting and fun. :) I love love babies
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    Texas air ambulance crash..2 flight nurses killled

    healthstar replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

    This is heartbreaking news. God bless their families.Many of us complain about our jobs and wish for something better, instead of thanking God for what we have. Life is not perfect, but we can make it...
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    most difficult part of nursing school?

    healthstar replied to bmr7's topic in General Students

    time
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    What type of RN do you wanna be?

    healthstar replied to reeta116's topic in General Students

    I always wanted to be a pediatrician...but I am not sure if I still want to work with kids as a (nurse). I am going to decide when I finish my clinical rotations, that way I'll know what I like to do...
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    What color scrubs do you wear?

    healthstar replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    Since you are not allowed to have a wristwatch, how do you take the pulse, respirations etc.? I think it's safer if you have a wristwatch( because you don't touch it with your hands) than one of those...
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    Only tobacco free employeess??

    healthstar replied to NeoNurseTX's topic in General Nursing

    I am a non-smoking individual. I can't stand the smell. My husband smokes and I never let him smoke in the house or near me, or in the car ( hopefully he gets tired of this one day and decides to quit...
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    Audio tool to learn how to pronounce medications?

    healthstar replied to blueflyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I find this hard. I have had so many professors teaching me and I swear everyone of them pronounced the same word differently. I am confused,and I do not know what is the right way to say it. I...
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    How well do you get along with your coworkers?

    healthstar replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my opinion, it is very important to get along with coworkers. Getting along with people makes the job easier. You might love your job but when you do not get along with people working on the...
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    Latex Allergy

    healthstar replied to BellaInBlueScrubsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting, I did not not
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    Athletes heart rate

    healthstar posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello amazing nurses, I never asked anyone about this, but I always wanted to know. My question is, why do athletes have a lower heart rate than non athletes or average people? If possible, I would...
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    Athletes heart rate

    healthstar replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    How can you tell what is considered normal and abnormal heart rate for them. Is there a special HR scale for them. For instance, 60-100 is considered normal for a non athlete. What is too low for them...
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    If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    healthstar replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I would say, don't expect new Grads to know everything and be free of mistakes. Remember when you " boss" started your nursing career, and remember the tough times you had as a new grad and try to...
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    Making corrections to a computerized medication record

    healthstar replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals have different policies about documentations, some hospitals want you to document right after you administer the meds ( that way you won't forget the med names ) , some at the end of the...
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    UTI questions

    healthstar replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have never had UTI before, and I am always afraid that I won't recognize the symptoms. I am a person that can tolerate pain and even when I have bad headachs I don't even bother for a tylenol, advil...
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    would you have continued thru nursing school if you had shadowed first?

    healthstar replied to thekid's topic in General Nursing

    I never shadowed. I hope and pray not to regret spending 4 yours in Pre-medicine and changing it to nursing. I hope I like nursing as my future career. I believe I am going to be fine, because I can...
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    Physical Examination

    healthstar posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Nurses, I am curious. Do you palpate and percuss every patient that comes in? I am having difficulty with characteristics of percussion notes and their meanings. I am also having difficulty...
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    Got My First Rejection...

    healthstar replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Students

    I know how it feels. Just keep trying and never never give up hope.Today,you have to knock on so many doors and wait for one to open and I am sure that one will open for you. It aggrevates me that...
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    First injection

    healthstar replied to VMSR's topic in General Students

    When I was told to give the first Sub Q and IM injection I was super nervous. When I actually did it, suprisingly I wasn't nervous at all. My problem is remembering to keep the bevel
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    How many hours per week do you spend reading your nursing books?

    healthstar replied to moonredlife's topic in General Students

    I spend more time reading about the class that I struggle the most. It depends what kind of reader you are. If I understand the topic in class, I read the chapter twice. If I am completely clueless...
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    Instructor won't keep hands to self

    healthstar replied to elle27's topic in General Students

    My instructor is a touchy feely person. Everytime she talks to me, she puts her arm around me, she touches my hand when she talks etc.She doesn't do it every second, that's why It is not annoying.I...
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    For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    healthstar replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Students

    More and more and more designer Clothes!!! I love shopping for clothes. And a House
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    Eating and bathing

    healthstar replied to ERsn's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard about this. I have taken many showers right after eating a meal and nothing has happened..so far lol.I simply feel dizzy.In this world there are many ways a person can die, and anything...
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    Caregiver smoking with patient on oxygen

    healthstar replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    \Totally true. If oxygen could explode non of us would survive ,especially now that everywhere you go you have one or two people next to you smoking. Anyway, the care giver shouldn't smoke when caring...
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    Please be honest!

    healthstar replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    too honest
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    can you help me with an interview question?

    healthstar replied to mochamocha's topic in General Nursing

    Really!! I love this question. You can never be wrong, it is straight facts from your