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  1. Hardest thing about nursing school?

    tech1000 replied to mariaberry19's topic in General Students

    Disagree. I was stressed all the time when I was in nursing school. I do go home sometimes and think, "Oh sht, probably should have done that" but it's usually not anything huge. Or I'll think, "I...

  2. Appearance?

    tech1000 replied to TheBerriGirl's topic in General Students

    In my school, your hair had to be a normal color and no visible tattoos or piercings. Same with my job. I think as a professional, you shouldn't have crazy colored hair and visible tattoos/piercings...

  3. What's your patient load?

    tech1000 replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    Within 2 hours?! Any chest pain who comes in typically has 90 min enzymes (or I think should). That seems crazy. I don't think many of our patients get out in under 2

  4. Not getting any patients assigned at end of preceptorship

    tech1000 replied to Presto's topic in Emergency

    We never had our own patients in nursing school. You get all the experience you need when you start. As long as you have good coworkers, you'll be fine. I've been a nurse for 1 1/2 years and still ask...

  5. Going to ER from ICU. Help!

    tech1000 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Emergency

    If I'm talking to a person who is young and healthy and has pink nail beds, I sometimes will put radial pulses present. Or I will touch their hand when checking vitals. All is warm, I document present...

  6. "But for me, 98.4 means I have a fever...."

    tech1000 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Never?! I've seen a few doctors do it in the last 2 years in the ER. They'll just pop on the cuff while talking if they don't like the number currently glaring at them on the

  7. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    tech1000 replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do it. I don't go dancing, but I do go eat a meal after work with friends sometimes. After all, I DO eat lunch at work wearing *gasp* my SCRUBS! I also grocery shop in them if I need to. If I'm all...

  8. Newer nurse

    tech1000 posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been working in my ER for close to 2 years but as a nurse for a few months. I've made some mistakes since working there. None of them adversely affected the patient. One was stupid, but I made...

  9. dumbest nurse in the industry.

    tech1000 replied to sarahg88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    8 med errors is a LOT. I've made one in five months- I gave 1mg of Dilaudid and not 0.5mg. The pt tolerated it well and honestly, 1mg would have probably made more sense to order on this lady anyway....

  10. Please help with research / Nursing Journals

    tech1000 replied to la0044's topic in General Students

    Go to google.com and under one of the links at the top (maybe it says "More")- click on Google Scholar. Search your topic there. You can even select dates to make them current. Then once you find an...

  11. Day in the life of a nursing student?

    tech1000 replied to Looking_ahead's topic in General Students

    I had class for 4 hours on Wednesday and clinical from 6am-4ish on Monday and Friday... That was it. I loved it. However, I spent HOURS a week studying... I usually worked 12 hours a week and studied...

  12. nursing exam questions about "when does discharge begin"

    tech1000 replied to wcbembe's topic in General Students

    Yes yes yes. Always at

  13. Last clinical, sad

    tech1000 replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    We did that in nursing school too. We had a group of 5 during our first year and second year they actually tried to put us with those people. I love my nursing buddies (and we've been out of school...

  14. crap...am I in huge trouble???

    tech1000 replied to Rnis's topic in General Nursing

    Fired over leaking water? I'd hope

  15. How'd You Get Your ER Job?

    tech1000 replied to commonsense's topic in Emergency

    I found an ER that was hiring techs while I was in nursing school. I worked hard, was on time, and the nurses liked me. I applied for an RN job when I finished nursing school and was

  16. Patient and family priorities

    tech1000 replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Emergency

    I had a 1013 the other day (13 year old boy, slightly mentally challenged) and he rang that code blue button ovvver and ovvver and over again! Not like we can take it off the wall or unhook it. Not...

  17. Vodka tampons?!?

    tech1000 replied to Christy1019's topic in Emergency

    Wow, crazy. I work in a pretty busy ED and read an article on vodka eyeballing but never saw anybody come in for doing it. Never seen anybody come in for this either, and hopefully we don't. Teens...

  18. Should I become a CNA at 19 (pre-nursing student)?

    tech1000 replied to deannadesign's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It is $700, but if you CAN find a CNA job, it would be worth it. Working in healthcare as a tech makes you a more considerate nurse to the techs working under you. It makes you more comfortable with...

  19. Any Nurse Techs in RN nursing programs?

    tech1000 replied to kv07's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I did! I had a year of ER experience as a tech in the military, came home from a deployment, found NO jobs as a tech... I finished one semester of nursing school and both jobs I applied to, I got....

  20. ER Nurse Salary??

    tech1000 replied to honeyrosc's topic in Emergency

    My friend's mom is the director of the ED at a two campus hospital here and I'd have to guess that she makes around

  21. The first time your pt crashed

    tech1000 replied to tech1000's topic in Emergency

    I have ACLS and have been in codes before (all of which were brought in by ambulance, none of them have coded on me- but I KNOW to do CPR!!!), but this person was bleeding out and went into...

  22. how to be a supportive BF to the GF in nursing school?

    tech1000 replied to medic4's topic in General Students

    I think you got it. My boyfriend was somewhat supportive, but I don't think he ever realized how much work it really was. He broke up with me right after boards, basically because of my lack of...

  23. Color Code for All

    tech1000 replied to edmia's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I thought the point of wearing them was more for hospital staff. I work in an ER and like that we're color coded. It's a big hospital so knowing that I'm looking at a nurse, respiratory therapist,...

  24. Curious~

    tech1000 replied to KawaiiCara's topic in General Nursing

    It really all depends. You don't need to do LPN before RN. Most of the core classes for nursing are the same- english, usually some history and social sciences, anatomy and physiology, microbiogy,...

  25. pct/cna moving to atlanta

    tech1000 replied to neilabrown's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I live in metro Atlanta and have never looked into long term care (not sure what type of facility you work int), but I've worked on floors in hospitals around here and there are ALWAYS hospitals...