pockunit ADN, RN

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    First shift with multiple pts

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Students

    Only two and I folded like a cheap suit. I just made up a new brain that I think might really help me, but holy cow. Even with kids, my time management leaves a lot to be
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    What did you struggle with most in nursing school?

    pockunit replied to mrgaylordfocker's topic in General Students

    Time management and staff at clinicals are my bugbears. Sure, you can just leave the floor while we take care of your patients. We couldn't possibly need you for anything. No, no worries, we totally...
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    Does this really happen? Just curious

    pockunit replied to 1969's topic in General Students

    That's pretty much what I've experienced, too.
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit posted a topic in General Nursing

    Did anyone else have a problem with this quote from the neurologist about Rep. Giffords? YOU DON'T GET TO GIVE PERMISSION. I get that he was using levity in a very dark situation. But it's...
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    Is this Wrong?

    pockunit replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

    What on earth is wrong with having short- and long-term goals? You're rockin'
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    What's a good reason to quit nursing school?

    pockunit replied to none the wiser's topic in General Students

    I still suck at BP, if that helps. I have a better scope which helps, but doing the physical assessment is going to haunt me all the way through the program. Give me a dirty butt any
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    I am very scared....

    pockunit replied to CHRISTINE HEARTS's topic in General Students

    You have three kids. Nothing should scare you anymore. All you have to do is get through Tuesday. Let the rest of the semester happen later on. You'll have too much reading and skill-learning to...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    And it's funny, because I don't get how people don't get it. It's just that he said something that made me think about the history of something, and that got me thinking. It's not HIM. Anyway. Grover...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Kvetch on, sister. It keeps me sane some
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    We ARE discussing. I'm not fighting with anyone. Just because we don't agree doesn't mean we're fighting. Unless we are. I didn't think we
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    You find it odd that I'm "reactionary", and I find it amusing that you still engage. No "supposed to" about
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Yet you keep reading and posting on the
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. And again, I don't think it's necessarily HIS attitude, just one of docs in general. I only wish he'd said it to her and her family and something less ... I don't know, cocky? ... to the news....
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I don't think he meant it literally. But what he said, in the context of medical history, underlines an attitude that so many docs have. It's an attitude that they have perpetuated, and that...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I think what it comes down to is that I'm inferring is historical context (history of medicine major, so it's a hard habit to break), and maybe other people don't see that. It's okay, I'm happy being...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm okay with
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not offended. I'm trying to explain that words have meaning. He used words that reflect decades of belief about what docs think they can do, and how they treat patients because of those beliefs....
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Let me ask you all this: when fictional shows about nurses come on, why do nurses complain? Because these programs present an unrealistic image of the profession; of what nurses can and can't do, and...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Since it was an audio clip, it's pretty easy to tell his tone. But again, it's not about what he's been saying to her, it's about what he's saying to the
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    What kind of BAG do I carry all this stuff in?

    pockunit replied to pedneurornhopeful's topic in General Students

    Good for
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think we disagree about speaking to the patients at all. I just don't like the doc perpetuating the view of docs as in charge of life and death to the public. He should absolutely tell HER...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I see a HUGE difference between friends and family "giving permission" to an actively dying person and a doc saying that their patient isn't going to die because they won't allow it. I also think...
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    "She will not die. She does not have that permission from me."

    pockunit replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my problem with it is that it feeds into a general perception about medicine and dying, and how docs are somehow in charge of life and death. It was a bad pull quote for the news stations to...
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    What kind of BAG do I carry all this stuff in?

    pockunit replied to pedneurornhopeful's topic in General Students

    I push mine, instead of pulling it behind me, and it's relieved the problems I was having. Having your arm in that extended position, rotated that way, I can see where that could cause problems. It...
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    Second-year ADN students

    pockunit posted a topic in General Students

    How many of you decided to sit for the LPN boards and try to pick up some shifts? I'm debating it. I'd love to have the experience before applying for RN positions. They all seem to require more...