RKpianoman

RKpianoman APRN

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  1. Pet Rat Visiting - Nurses Creeped Out!

    RKpianoman replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    They make small-animal leashes. I bought a leash for a rabbit once, but then the rabbit tried to claw my face off. Maybe just tell them to go to a pet store and get a leash for the rat or keep it in...

  2. Where do you sit in lecture

    RKpianoman replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I sit on the very back row, to the right of center (generally against the right wall). If I hear shuffling or talking behind me and can't see what's going on, I can't concentrate. I've tried sitting...

  3. How was your Psych rotation?

    RKpianoman replied to starmickey03's topic in General Students

    My school is on an integrated curriculum and our psych is broken up over several different semesters. In our second semester, we went to an inpatient acute psych facility and a children's psych unit....

  4. Why are my books sooo big!!

    RKpianoman replied to IUstudent's topic in General Students

    Even sharks eat whales in small bites Unlike other classes, most nursing classes don't use the books to go chapter by chapter. You learn what your instructors teach in class, and you use the books...

  5. Calling all pen aficionados...please report here

    RKpianoman replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Students

    Uni-ball 207

  6. Using a Littmann 3200 Electronic Stethoscope for nursing school?

    RKpianoman replied to RNinthemaking1986's topic in General Students

    Personally, I think it would be a little strange unless you need extra help hearing; but, that's just me. My Littman Classic SE has been more than good enough. If I were you, I'd hold on to the...

  7. 6 weeks into school we start clinicals! How on earth

    RKpianoman replied to MammaNurse2Be's topic in General Students

    On your first day, they issue you a full 5-point racing harness to strap yourself into your seat. After that, it's full speed ahead! They'll cram you full of knowledge like you've never been crammed...

  8. Student With Tattoos...

    RKpianoman replied to Colleen84's topic in General Students

    From observing the staff at different hospitals my school does clinicals with, it really depends on the hospital. There is one Catholic hospital that would probably not hire anyone with full sleeves....

  9. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    RKpianoman replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Teenage girl presents with abd pain in the urgent care clinic. When asked if she's sexually active, she looks at her boyfriend and smiles and says "uh, yeah!". Do you use birth control? Condoms,...

  10. Vaccine requirements

    RKpianoman replied to momto2j's's topic in General Students

    Get the varicella titer; I had chicken pox once as a child and had a positive titer, so no vaccine required. They should be able to give you your boosters that you still need plus draw any titers you...

  11. gun safety and children

    RKpianoman replied to cayenne06's topic in General Students

    Good luck finding a "scholarly" source that thinks anyone without a badge should have a gun. It took me over 5 hours last year to find a source that even mentioned the benefits of firearms education...

  12. Will get ADN at a comm. college hinder your chance of getting a good job!?

    RKpianoman replied to AmberLeigh000's topic in General Students

    If you're applying for work in the same area as your school, they absolutely look at what school you went to. For instance, there's an ADN program near me that has a reputation as being "good, but...

  13. Who Knew Gangrene Could Be So Much Fun?

    RKpianoman replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    I love that MRSA has a cape! na na na na na na na na

  14. what procedures would you like to see?

    RKpianoman replied to Jessicias85's topic in General Students

    Not really a vascular surgery, but a Whipple is really neat to watch. As far as vascular goes, Carotid Endarterectomies fascinate

  15. What does Background Check show?

    RKpianoman replied to nursetobe111's topic in General Students

    For my nursing school and hospital, it's just been a "Criminal Background Check". However, we also had to complete a health evaluation form that was a complete physical and history of major...

  16. Help! I'm horrified and grossed out!!

    RKpianoman replied to Eagle2005's topic in General Students

    You get over it fairly quickly. The first few times you help someone bathe or toilet, it's horribly uncomfortable. But after a few bed baths and wiped butts, it just becomes part of the job. I...

  17. Extern/Internships

    RKpianoman replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Students

    After one semester of clinicals (or maybe even during that first semester if you sweet talk your way in) you could look at nurse tech jobs at local hospitals. Generally, these are CNA positions...

  18. Question about MRSA/VRE protocols.

    RKpianoman replied to 1southernstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fellow nursing student doing my externship this summer, and right now half of my unit is on contact isolation Patients are usually screened for MRSA on arrival, and are put on contact...

  19. Reality hit

    RKpianoman replied to oklahomagal's topic in General Students

    I've had that feeling a few times. Right before I started nursing school, my first time giving meds, my first time holding a baby, and my first time being with a patient while they died. Nursing is...

  20. What is your favorite smiley?

    RKpianoman replied to Poi Dog's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not really smileys, but they are on the list of smileys... :dancgrp: or, :stdnrsrck: because, well, we

  21. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    RKpianoman replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    This past week of my externship, it's been "Another One Bites the Dust". There's a hospital here that plays "lullaby" on the overhead speakers each time a baby is born in the hospital, I think they...

  22. Nurses eating and drinking at the nurses station

    RKpianoman replied to Yiggs's topic in General Nursing

    I've been doing my externship in the ICU and PCU this summer, and all the nurses drink from covered containers and eat snacks at their desks (there's a desk outside each pt. room that we use for...

  23. Quit playing on allnurses and study!

    RKpianoman replied to MadpeysRN's topic in General Students

    Leave AN and study? NO! You can't make

  24. Motivational speaker- catheter story

    RKpianoman replied to Jenni811's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm so glad my first female caths were during my externship this summer and not during clinicals in school. I figured it'd be tricky, but goodness! My first semester clinical instructor probably...

  25. Extern/Internships

    RKpianoman replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Students

    You might consider doing both. You can't get an externship until you have completed at least 2 semesters of clinical, and that externship would only last for a few months. During those first two...