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  1. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not the kind of parent who jumps in and tries to solve all of my daughters problems. She's in 10th grade and this is the first time I have felt the need to speak with a teacher. If this was the...

  2. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    dawn30 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My daughter is a sophmore in high school. She is enrolled in the biomed. academy at her school and most of what she is learning is geared toward becoming a nurse. Her instructor is a retired nurse and...

  3. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for the advice. I do intend to speak with this insturctor. My daughter has recently been on the fence about becoming a nurse and I fear that this instructor is going to push her over....

  4. Nursing insturctor terrifying students

    dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote this here to get some insight from MY peers. I'm a nurse too. I'm not just some schmoe who jumped on allnurses to complain about my daughters NURSING instructor. I thought I might get some...

  5. I am being written up!

    dawn30 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a thankless job. I have been working at my current job for nearly 2 years and I don't believe I've ever heard a "good Job" or you're going great from any of the administration. My fellow...

  6. Everyone's laughing except me.

    dawn30 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    Hey foley placement is not easy especially on women. don't beat yourself up over this. Everyone at one time or another has missed and placed the cath in the wrong "spot". think of it this way... 90%...

  7. Pediatric LTC

    dawn30 replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, we did our peds clinical rotation in a pedi LTC. It was a very difficult place to work. Extremely sad. you will gain a lot of experience with trachs etc. and that is...

  8. scared out of my mind about tomorrow!

    dawn30 replied to CT Pixie's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't that long ago that I was in the same postion you are in right now. I too was terrified! The biggest tip I can give you is ... the only stupid question is the question you didn't ask because...

  9. Ever Gag or Vimit While Doing the Job?

    dawn30 replied to 987!'s topic in General Nursing

    I had a cancer pt. with gas once who decided to let go while I was changing him. I gagged through it but finished the job. Some odors get to me much more than others but you do learn to deal with...

  10. Failed Drug Test!!!!!!

    dawn30 replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    Everywhere I've ever been and taken a drug test, they ask you to fill out a form with a list of all prescription drugs you are taking on it. If any of them come up on the test, they already know that...

  11. Ugh-worst thing I've ever done to a patient...

    dawn30 replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    I've broken ribs during CPR before. It's a terrible feeling. And of course you cringe every time you have to do another compression after you know you've already broken at least one rib. Lucky for...

  12. Med decisions in LTC

    dawn30 replied to thaddeus2241's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most of the docs do listen to us. We are their eyes and ears after all. Very rarely do I have a doc argue with me over the phone or completely disregard what I'm saying. They know that we know our...

  13. How do I manage difficult CNAs?

    dawn30 replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I found myself in a very similar situation when I started my job at the LTC I'm currently working in. I have been there for over a year now and finally seem to have earned the respect of the CNA's. I...

  14. So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    dawn30 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the media should be tipped off to this little game. I'd write a letter to my local newspaper and make sure every news station in the country got a copy of it. It is outragous to treat...

  15. Should I say something to this student?

    dawn30 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in General Nursing

    The nurse responsible for this patient (not the student) should have been checking on her throughout her shift to make sure that the student was doing everything correctly. That nurse is ultimately...

  16. Was anyone else terrible at math? Dosages?

    dawn30 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I too was terrible at math my whole life. Dosage calcs scared me to death. I was so scared that when I started the class, I psyched myself out so much that I failed the first few tests!! So I bought...

  17. first pedi code

    dawn30 replied to laurainri's topic in Emergency

    That's not something that you'll ever get used to. And... if you do, it's time to change your line of work. You'll always be affected by codes. Even elderly codes still get to me. Peds are worse but...

  18. I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    dawn30 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in an LTC that has 3 units. 2 units are connected and one is a locked unit. tonight while doing my med pass, i heard yelling coming from the other unit and see the nursing supervisor go flying...

  19. PN Student without direction..

    dawn30 replied to rumpop's topic in General Nursing

    wow does this bring back memories!! Sounds a lot like something that happened to me in nursing school. my question tho... how come they were going to offer a refresher for the calculations but not the...

  20. I have a huge problem with this... opinions please

    dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify a few things... i was not the only witness to this. several aides saw what happened from begining to end and one even told me that the man had been at the nurses station most of the...

  21. Do LPN's get pinned?

    dawn30 replied to mamunsey's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated 2006 we were capped, pinned and had lamps. Our RN grads wore lab coats and didn't have lamps or caps. However, they were each handed a white rose and the LPN's only got pink

  22. Stuck myself with needle tonight AFTER giving resident injection!!

    dawn30 replied to dawn30's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone for your kind words and support. I'm starting to relax a little. My D.O.N. is going to get try to get consent from the resident on Monday for lab. She's AAO and knows I got stuck so...

  23. Stuck myself with needle tonight AFTER giving resident injection!!

    dawn30 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tonight I was nearly done my med pass in the LTC I work in. I was giving my last resident her insulin injection and after finishing I was engaging the saftey guard when it stuck and my hand slipped...

  24. question on medication cart do' or don'ts....

    dawn30 replied to memonurse's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I work in an LTC in south Jersey and we DO borrow meds from other patients when we need one. Most of the residents who are in my facility are on psych meds and MUST have their meds. We only borrow...

  25. I Passed!!!

    dawn30 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My friend and I took the NCLEX pn on Wednesday, Sept. 13 and today we got the news that we both PASSED!!! I'm so happy I could do cartwheels!! It was a very long 48 hrs wait for those