Turd Ferguson

Turd Ferguson

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  1. How do I respond to a poorly written request to be a nursing student?

    Turd Ferguson replied to BrentRN's topic in General Nursing

    English as a second language or not, all caps is not called

  2. Pathway to (UGH) Excellence?

    Turd Ferguson replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think it has more to do with "big picture" stuff... which of course includes everybody to some

  3. Nurses Masquerading As Doctors (INSULTING)

    Turd Ferguson replied to djaychris's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    there's your

  4. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Still studying for NCLEX... I have a question about chest pain in the hospital. If a patient complains of crushing chest pain while they're hospitalized, why would you give IV Morphine before you...

  5. Saunders NXLEX CD Questions 4th Ed. Is this a good question resource?

    Turd Ferguson replied to redraider1977's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Saunders is great for content based review (the rationales are excellent), but I've found that Kaplan is a better tool for learning the strategies to answer the really tough

  6. Appropriate questions.

    Turd Ferguson replied to Toradol's topic in General Nursing

    If you're a patient, yes. If you're an employee/applicant, absolutely

  7. What I've learned while studying for NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Me too... I'm doing questions in groups of 20 just to break the monotony throughout the day. I did fine on my diagnostic, qtrainers 1-7, and readiness test; I'm averaging 40-60% on my qbank tests......

  8. What I've learned while studying for NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So far today, I've learned that you always assume you have an order for a medication, except when you don't have an order for the medication (no discernible difference in the wording of the...

  9. Any June NCLEX Test Takers Out There?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Missy BSN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    5

  10. What I've learned while studying for NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The frustration continues. Granted, most of the review material and resources have been great- but every once in a while you get that one question or rationale where it just seems like the question...

  11. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm using Kaplan... actually on a similar question they prioritized morphine ahead of oxygen... maybe MONA is right after

  12. Chest Pain and NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was taught MONA, but was taught that the order was wrong... in class MONA was easy to remember but the sequence was taught OANM... maybe we were taught wrong... Thanks for the

  13. What I've learned while studying for NCLEX

    Turd Ferguson replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Very much so. Recently, I have learned that: -Anxiety is a sign of hypoxia -Demerol is ok to be given during a sickle cell crisis (I was always taught this was a definite no-no) -Anxiety is not a sign...

  14. Question about the Kaplan Question Trainer

    Turd Ferguson replied to Studying~CypressCA's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan's ok.... some of the answers and their rationales just don't make

  15. Butter, ice cream, and baseball

    Turd Ferguson replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I've been told by a 102 year old patient that her secret is to eat a piece of chocolate every day. I've been told by other elderly patients that their secret is to use real butter, real sugar, and...

  16. An open letter to the ER triage nurse

    Turd Ferguson replied to laurasc's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I woulda just peed on the floor there in the triage

  17. An ER "First" for Me...

    Turd Ferguson replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    That has been my experience as well... maybe it's a facility

  18. Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dangit, this is AMERICA! If you're not happy you're supposed to sue

  19. Anyone ever bought nursing skills DVD's?

    Turd Ferguson replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Our school used mynursinglab.com to help teach us skills... it was ok to watch before you perform the skill to get an idea of how it goes, but there is no substitute for good old hands on

  20. RN jobs with high amount of patient/family teaching

    Turd Ferguson replied to Junebug0710's topic in General Nursing

    Health Department all the way... opportunities for Home Health, Family / STD clinic, diabetic teaching, and heart failure teaching all in

  21. Is moving out the country a solution to job finding difficulties?

    Turd Ferguson replied to cogath's topic in General Nursing

    I think you'd be better off working a minimum wage job for 2 years here while searching for nursing employment than moving your entire life to another country for a "better" job market. It's fun to...

  22. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    Turd Ferguson replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    4 Months? Or 4

  23. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    That's awesome... makes me smile

  24. What was the lowest diastolic bp you have seen?

    Turd Ferguson replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    0 They were

  25. Plasma and Rh factor compatability

    Turd Ferguson posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been doing some reading and have seen that donor compatibility for blood plasma is essentially the opposite as for RBC's. For plasma, AB is considered the universal donor, where O is the...