Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. I cant spell and school

    Horseshoe replied to rvd4now's topic in General Students

    Your post above illustrates why spell check is an inadequate way to ensure that your writing is of high quality. The proper word is "their" kind words. Spell check sees "there" as the correct...

  2. Please Help - I have no where else to turn

    Horseshoe replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Please reconsider leaving nursing. Not all fields of nursing bring abuse to the table. Where I work, behavior like this would not be tolerated. Consider an ambulatory care facility, a surgery...

  3. Hanging Fluids

    Horseshoe replied to Katniss88's topic in General Students

    ????????????? Have done this every day of my 16 year career and have never lost so much as a

  4. While out on sick leave, found out I am being "replaced"

    Horseshoe replied to kimbalotz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wrong. Perfectly

  5. Critical Care, that bad?

    Horseshoe replied to Doctrinaire's topic in Critical Care

    Make sure the CRNA schools you are interested in would accept ER experience. Some schools insist on ICU. ICU is very stressful. I got into it via a new grad critical care internship where they moved...

  6. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    Horseshoe replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    Well, I wouldn't say it is "normal" to have "blood all over the place." I sometimes get a little blood, but never to that degree. But as others have pointed out, if he is on a blood thinner, he...

  7. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    Horseshoe replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    I completely agree. When I tell people about their risk factors, and they insist that they "do everything right," I typically respond with "Oh...well, you just didn't read the fine print when you...

  8. Never placed an IV!!!!!

    Horseshoe replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen many IV's started in the arm above the elbow. It's certainly not the first place you start; it's probably where you go when you can't find anything in the hand/forearm. But not all that...

  9. Never placed an IV!!!!!

    Horseshoe replied to LoriZ342's topic in General Nursing

    From the way you've been posting, I'm surprised that you've never seen an IV placed above the elbow. Yes, they are placed above the elbow, in the breast, often on the scalp of infants. You can start...

  10. Need an nclex score to get license in another state?

    Horseshoe replied to paintedbison's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was licensed in 1996 with only pass/fail, so that must be a REALLY old

  11. No need to be upset at the truth! Change careers

    Horseshoe replied to RNGriffin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always shake my head at the notion that nurses make good money. Compared to most of my friends with the same level of education, I don't make

  12. Studying less and less as the program goes on

    Horseshoe replied to QuarterLife88's topic in General Students

    I doubt anyone graduating from a traditional program (i.e. non-diploma type program) is going to graduate without needing considerable training. What I said was most of what I did learn in college...

  13. ICU yuck

    Horseshoe replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    There are areas of nursing which don't involve cleaning stool. ICU is not one of them. When I was in nursing school, I was rather afraid of the really old people. In the end, I came to adore them....

  14. Be careful out there today

    Horseshoe replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    A "boo-boo?" Well, okay, your post is kind of hard to respond to since it contains no details. Hope your day goes better

  15. Failed my clinical practice evaluation, failed the class, failed the program...

    Horseshoe replied to Live.&.Learn's topic in General Students

    Ditto.

  16. How much pain medicine is too much?

    Horseshoe replied to jlwerley's topic in Patient Medications

    Be very careful here. I don't know if your patient has had chronic pain or whether she is a drug seeker, but patients who are in chronic pain not only no longer show the typical symptoms of those in...

  17. IS IT OKAY?!?!?

    Horseshoe replied to Mrs.Priss's topic in General Students

    Speaking of abbreviations, when I was in nursing school, it was still common in the ER to have a board with patient names and diagnoses on the wall. One day I saw this: Patient Doctor...

  18. Starting new job, no overtime allowed?

    Horseshoe replied to uRNmyway's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN at a facility which doesn't allow OT, and they are really anal about it. The nurses hear from the NM if they are even a few minutes over, which I feel is overkill. That's about the worst...

  19. My NCLEX-PN stopped at 85 questions.... AHHHHHH

    Horseshoe replied to Hellostudentnurssee's topic in General Students

    Almost everyone I knew thought they had failed. Everyone passed. Chances are you did just

  20. Over 40 and just starting . . .

    Horseshoe replied to laski's topic in General Students

    With all of your prior education, would it really entail that much more to go ahead and get a BSN? I had a previous degree, and by the time all of my previous work was transferred, the difference...

  21. Failed my clinical practice evaluation, failed the class, failed the program...

    Horseshoe replied to Live.&.Learn's topic in General Students

    If that is truly the only thing which was the basis for your being eliminated from the program, then yes, I think it's pretty crazy. An 8mm/Hg difference twenty minutes apart is completely

  22. Should I be worried?

    Horseshoe replied to mikala3's topic in Patient Medications

    No, but your preceptor sure as heck did. Your preceptor is an idiot. You are a new grad. It is EXPECTED that you do not know all the policies and procedures at your hospital. It is EXPECTED that...

  23. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    Horseshoe replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hmmm...I guess I had wrongly assumed that most health care facilities had gone smoke free... You may have to consider changing jobs because I have a sense that your facility will not give your...

  24. Are you or someone you love the worst patient ever?

    Horseshoe replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient with end stage brain cancer. His wife would go postal if his blood sugar was taken even one minute past the MAR time. It was completely absurd and was going to have zero impact on...

  25. Are you or someone you love the worst patient ever?

    Horseshoe replied to dudette10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    well, if you haven't gone crazy from all that, all i can really say is god bless you-you must have the patience of