Frazzled_One

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1. What kind of stethoscope should I get for nursing school?

   Frazzled_One replied to FLhusker's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Littman! That way you can hear those lung sounds! The Cardiology III is expensive but worth it. You will find yourself spending money several ways throughout nursing school anyway, why not go with a great investment! But yeah a Littman is great.....l...

2. Do nurses eat their young, even when they are their teachers?

   Frazzled_One replied to commonsense's topic in General Students

   Yes we should all be prepared because once we start working not only do we have doctors to deal with, but unhappy and misplaced charge nurses and the many veteran nurses who complain everyday about retiring but know they won't budge.

3. Do nurses eat their young, even when they are their teachers?

   Frazzled_One replied to commonsense's topic in General Students

   Evidently it depends on your location and current nursing situation in your state. The question that is on everyone's mind now is....why is there a nursing shortage? Why exactly is there a nursing shortage? Why do you think there is a nursing shorta...

4. Trauma!

   Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks, :) I mean, you can't really define what reality is anyway. In my reality, nursing is not a boring career that consists of 70-75% paperwork and the rest actual patient care. No....that is not what it will be. Nursing can be exciting and it wil...

5. Crossed the line... or expected behavior?

   Frazzled_One replied to traceyw's topic in General Students

   You are right though. I read too much into it. But man, the stuff they drill into us in nursing school but I hear so many people saying it will be different when you get out. I mean they drill, drill, drill us about being the patient advocate, but th...

6. Trauma!

   Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

   I do actually. As long as it is not someone I love or that I am close to I could care less. I mean, I have soooo many doctors in my family and circle of friends that I have adopted their darned attitude. I could honestly care less about what they are...

7. Crossed the line... or expected behavior?

   Frazzled_One replied to traceyw's topic in General Students

   I think you are a prime example of what new nurses of today and nurses of the future should be. These nurses now are old school, washed up, still scared of the doctor type nurses that would have kept quiet and let the patient experience pain before b...

8. The imporrtance of having a degree in this economy especially In Nursing !!

   Frazzled_One replied to Blessed S.N.23's topic in General Students

   I know NY is a tough place to move away from, I've been there and I loved it, but have you ever thought about relocating because I heard about the NY nurse situation from this Manhattan doctor I know, but it's not like that in the Southern states. I ...

9. Trauma!

   Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, I hate the carelessness. I saw it today. A patient was first made an example of how not to live your life and then his chart was left open for a doctor who never came to view it (the computerized chart). I mean, the attitudes of the nurses ther...

10. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

    With psychiatric patients, I feel they live the nightmare of living in a cycle. When they are out in society, they face the stigma that comes with mental illness. They are usually unwanted and some can not function in society so they are placed in a ...

11. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, sorry I had the acronym wrong! Thank you for the info, I will check it out. So what about nurses involved in flight or nurses that work in law offices? I am hearing sooooo much, but my aunt tells me the best nurses are trauma nurses, lol (she's ...

12. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, a while back when I was a bit younger I worked at a psychiatric facility, the largest in this state, and there was this patient that was said to have raped his 8-month-old daughter. I was a service assistant, that's almost like a CNA on the ...

13. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever heard of a SAFE nurse? (Sexually Abused Forensic Nurse) or do you know anyone that works in that field? I heard of it on television and I was like wow, the things you can go into with nursing.

14. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One replied to Frazzled_One's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I did say the gunshot victim was off-limits. To virtually everyone at that. She had a high-profile case because she was involved in an attempted murder-suicide but the suicide was successful (her husband). She was off limits and her room was se...

15. Trauma!

    Frazzled_One posted a topic in General Nursing

    Trauma nursing information for someone interested in that field.:)