2011nursetobe

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1. Is taking 4 classes in the summer too much?

   2011nursetobe replied to stagha's topic in General Students

   You're gonna kill yourself! Each summer class is equivalent work of 2 fall/spring classes. So by taking 4 classes, it will be the work equivalent of taking 8 classes! Ouch! Hope you have a lot of time...

2. IV start help!

   2011nursetobe posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hi, I'm a new nurse and have been having trouble starting IVs. I have no problem getting a flashback of blood, but it seems like I bust the vein every time I attempt to advance the catheter. I always...

3. Hitting bone/nerve with IM injection

   2011nursetobe replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   Yes got all of them in the same arm. If it still hurts in a few days I will go see my PCP although not really sure what they would be able to tell

4. Hitting bone/nerve with IM injection

   2011nursetobe replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   My sister who is extremely skinny (78lbs) had an IM once and she said it felt like a knife stabbed her arm and she was in tears within seconds. I assumed they hit her bone, but from what I'm hearing,...

5. Hitting bone/nerve with IM injection

   2011nursetobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Got the last of my 4 rabies vaccines last Saturday. The first 3 shots made my arm hurt the night I got them really bad but were fine the next day. This 4th shot has made my arm hurt TERRIBLY for the...

6. How many patients do you typically have (day/night)??

   2011nursetobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   ....and what kind of unit do you work on (ICU/Med-Surg/Tele/Ortho)? Does your unit have a ratio limit? I work in Tele and we have 4 patients during the day, 5 at

7. What Do You Think You Needed To Learn in School, But Didn't

   2011nursetobe replied to xtxrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I feel like although part of the success of nursing school is the curriculum and amount of clinical hours, more importantly, nursing school is what YOU make it. My first semester, I was scared of...

8. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

   2011nursetobe replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all who have responded. The general consensus is that I would call an RRT/MET but never ever a code. I was never sure if I would be frowned upon by calling a RRT. If all else fails I can...

9. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

   2011nursetobe replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   I have a hard time differentiating between something that could be treatable...like just a low blood sugar, and something that would require intubation, etc. Now of course if they are pulseless, or...

10. Would you call a code/MET on a pt. who is a complete DNR?

    2011nursetobe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm a new nurse, freshly graduated. If I walk into the room of a complete DNR pt and he/she is unresponsive, diaphoretic, breathing is labored, should I call a...

11. Having a hard time understanding MRSA......

    2011nursetobe replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you...great

12. Having a hard time understanding MRSA......

    2011nursetobe posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so I know someone can get "colonized" with MRSA and it can be found out by swabbing their nares. Many of us nurses are probably MRSA positive if we all got swabbed. My question though, is what...

13. What kind of Stethoscope do you have?

    2011nursetobe replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a cheap Prestige one that is lightweight and I can actually hear better out of it then a Littman and the more expensive Prestige's. Its very odd b/c most people hear better out of Littmans. I...

14. Toomey syringes

    2011nursetobe replied to tow6nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Daily...usually at midnight along with tube feeding

15. Commuting, which schedule works best?

    2011nursetobe replied to ruralgirl08's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely the 12s. I have a 45 minute commute that turns into an hour and 15 minute commute if I work 7-3:30 b/c of rush hour. Its not bad at all...I use the drive time to get my mind off things...