Bruce_Wayne ASN, RN

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    Asking a patient if they're mentally retarded?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to missjustice's topic in General Nursing

    Your techs do "admission interviews"? I find that weird. More to your question you can't diagnose somebody with mental retardation so unless you get somebody to say they have MR you can only assess...
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    Associate Degree program a thing of the past...

    Bruce_Wayne replied to ashburns4ever's topic in General Students

    I hear a lot about this but it definitely hasn't even gotten close to affecting my area. It makes me wonder how much of this is just dramatics from new grad BSNs that don't dazzle for their interview...
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    I got an endocrine simulation coming up.. HELP

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Student2001's topic in General Students

    Do an assessment and then start addressing problems in order of priority. For diabetes make sure you assess for sensation. For alcoholism ask when the last drink was, how much they drink, etc. Keep...
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    Fantastic CNA. but...

    Bruce_Wayne replied to nursetiffany.'s topic in General Nursing

    I used to have a problem with sleeping in late. Moving my alarm clock to a place where I have to physically get out of bed really helped. I don't know how feasible this is, but I had a nurse...
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    nursing program troubles? Am I alone on this?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mttzakr87's topic in General Students

    The reason they do that is because that's the way the NCLEX is set up. There are NCLEX questions where every answer is correct but only one answer is the most correct. They're trying to get you...
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    nursing program troubles? Am I alone on this?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mttzakr87's topic in General Students

    Also you can practice application questions. There are many NCLEX review books with application questions and rationals. It is good to look at those and then read the rational behind them. If you...
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    nursing program troubles? Am I alone on this?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mttzakr87's topic in General Students

    I rely on power points very little. Power points print outs are a poor way to study, imo. I take notes during lecture and then after lecture I go in and clean up my notes using the Cornell note...
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    nursing program troubles? Am I alone on this?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to mttzakr87's topic in General Students

    C=RN. C is not a bad grade, it is passing. The reading can be daunting. Sometimes it's hard to tackle a med-surg or patho book, one thing I like to do is look up the things I'm studying on google...
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    Colonoscopy and drug test

    Bruce_Wayne replied to sportsmed's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    the benzo might show up, but a note from the doctor would take care of that. The propofol will not show
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    how do you night nurses do your assessments?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to redredrose's topic in General Nursing

    Surprised at the number of people that use flashlights for assessments. Flashlights in lieu of turning on the light is a big no no in my facility. We always say, "let's shine some light on the...
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    WGU class name equivalents

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in Western Governors University

    WGU has very unique name for classes and I was just wondering if some WGU students could comment on some of these classes. I'm really interested in what class they accepted as a transfer credit. Here...
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    WGU class name equivalents

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Western Governors University

    It does help! Some of their stuff is hard to understand and I don't want to give them my name/number yet because I gave UTA my name/number and they called me so much that it really annoyed me. I'm...
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    No, I am not going to do that

    Bruce_Wayne replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    The only times I've had problems with sexually inappropriate patients is when I've been pulled to the locked psyche unit. And both times it was female schizophrenic patients with long histories of...
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    Did you find Med-Surg class much harder than fundamentals?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    If your med-surg class isn't harder than the fundamentals class either your fundamentals was too hard or your med-surg isn't hard
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    "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Arianna727's topic in General Nursing

    I think the idea behind those titles is to put them on your research while you're working on your degree. I don't think those titles are really suppose to go on other things, such as your badge....
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    "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Arianna727's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like the old diploma programs were gave you much more real world experience than even the most vocationally geared degree program today. The more I learn about them the more I'm sorry that it...
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    New Graduation Requirements, Can They Do This?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Jen D's topic in General Students

    My school just updated their curriculum and is requiring a similar thing but by a company called ATI. But instead of being thrown at us all at once, we're taking an ATI at the end of all of courses...
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    WGU RN-BSN 11/1/11 start

    Bruce_Wayne replied to fallinnstyle's topic in Western Governors University

    I love reading this thread! I'm in an ADN program and may graduate December 2012, so if I did do this program I might not start until Feb or March 2013. The "bio chem" class listed on their website...
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    Alternative to tote bags?

    Bruce_Wayne replied to futuremale-rn's topic in Male Nursing Students

    If I have to carry a bag for whatever reason I just use a reusable shopping bag. As far as worrying about a tote bag looking feminine, I think that's kind of a silly thing to worry about. There's...
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    Are you obligated to get the morning people up

    Bruce_Wayne replied to SylvestersPride's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A general tip about call bells is to try to anticipate your patients' needs. If you notice that there are some residents that call to use the potty when they first wake up every morning, maybe do a...
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    Sticky fingers-stealing other people's food/office supplies

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really surprised how common this is. Maybe my food is never stolen because I'm a bad cook . One thing I've noticed from these stories is that if you don't leave your food in the work fridge for...
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    "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    Bruce_Wayne posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Related to complaints about nursing homes I've heard arguments like "If they really loved her, they wouldn't have put her in a home. They'd take care of her themselves, nothing is more important than...
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    Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    You can learn from any situation, what is important is your outlook. I was having a candid discussion with some nurse friends of mine and the consensus was that nursing school does no teach you every...
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    allnurses.com Article Contest - 4th Quarter 2011

    Bruce_Wayne replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    Do you have to be a nurse? What if you're a nursing student
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    Kicked out of nursing school for leaving a bed in the high position...

    Bruce_Wayne replied to rocketsurgeon87's topic in General Students

    Devil's advocate here: Sure you're having a bad day, but imagine what kind of day the patient would have had if he or she fell out of the bed, hit their head, and died. That's the kind of things that...