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    Books to read before starting nursing school

    ixchel replied to Mapachita's topic in General Nursing

    Read NOTHING. Go on
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    Fetal demise

    ixchel replied to IamSecond's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Along these lines, some mothers of late term loss infants find healing in breast milk donation. Tread carefully when you consider mentioning this, as that may be something that offends them. Future...
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    Future Male Nurse!

    ixchel replied to Imy360's topic in Pediatric

    Welcome, Imy360! I love your
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    Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    ixchel replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After a phone call from the monitor tech stating the patient in whatever room came off tele.... Walk in, and in horror start shouting, "nooooo!!!!!!" Patient is removing their IV, central line, foley,...
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    Least Favorite Things Patients Say

    ixchel replied to remotefuse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "I see dead
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    RANT: You're an RN, suction them yourself.

    ixchel replied to Alex_RN's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Oh, dear lord this would make me cry. We mostly have excellent RTs. I only have one that makes me cringe, and who ducks out of orders. The rest are somewhat territorial of their patients, and I LOVE...
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    School Reputation

    ixchel replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    OP, even if you intend to move away after graduation, I still think it would help to learn local reputation. Local reputation may very well linger outside of the local area. Not sure if this will help...
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    Can I get hep C without a needle stick?

    ixchel replied to futurerntho's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This is reminding me of the repeat poster from (I think) last year with all of the unusual questions about sharps and contamination. Honestly, with all of the stuff we cram in our brains in such a...
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    Intake Questionnaire

    ixchel replied to Vespertinas's topic in Emergency

    1. I don't work in an ED, so I can't say for sure. I can say that we only spot the inpatient veterans by their tats and their regalia (hats, etc.). 2. Due to EMR requirements and portability of...
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    Intake Questionnaire

    ixchel replied to Vespertinas's topic in Emergency

    No, not really. If she's the receptionist at the hospital, you know she's actually employed by one. I believe, by your follow up post, your instructor actually expects you to do this legwork yourself....
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Miss Interruption! She needs to be the next Little Miss
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    Drug seekers

    ixchel replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Holy crap! 80! I can't imagine how many prescribers they went through to find the one who was on board with titrating as high as it would take to give relief. I can't imagine the suffering they went...
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    Fundraisers for nursing students

    ixchel replied to shanell85's topic in General Students

    Right on! My SNA did restaurant fund raisers, class t shirts and sweatshirts (and just for fun ones), bake sales, Littman orders for the upcoming first-semester students, stuff like that. What have...
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    How do you feel about care plans?

    ixchel replied to shanell85's topic in General Students

    True, but the expectation is that by the time you get to the hospital, you understand the basics that you have had o expand on now. If your patient when you are a nurse has a high potassium and a lot...
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    double major

    ixchel replied to SussetH.Alcover's topic in General Students

    At this point, I think your efforts would best be served getting an AA in general studies, then. Look at the BSN bridge program you most want to attend, and make the general studies associates degree...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If these said they were nurses, I'd just say, I'm okay with
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Donald Trump's hair is ******* evil. I think he is the real life little mermaid. She traded her voice for Eric, he traded his hair for BJs from the media for the entire rest of his life. Stupid evil...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Get a dog. Wolf spiders look like mice when they run across the floor at the corner of your eye. Got a dog. Two years with rare wolf spider sightings. I used to see them all the
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think so, and I don't mind seeing them on tv. Hell, Peter Dinklage is freaking awesome. It's in person, face to face. Now, my life was pretty plagued with tragedy for the first 16 or so...
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    why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

    ixchel replied to murseforever's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's rare I see any around here. The last time I interacted with one, he came to sit at a table I was dealing black jack at. I had no choice but to remain professional, of course, but if you'd gotten...
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    Fundraisers for nursing students

    ixchel replied to shanell85's topic in General Students

    Forgive me. I just looked through your posts and realized your interview was in
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    How do you feel about care plans?

    ixchel replied to shanell85's topic in General Students

    What do you perceive care planning to be, OP? I'm curious, since you haven't yet started a program, but your mind is turned off to them already. I hated the time invested, because I had no time to...
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    Fundraisers for nursing students

    ixchel replied to shanell85's topic in General Students

    You really need to contact your school's SNA to see what they already do before assuming they'll be okay with you doing stuff on your own. OP, I'm perplexed by you. You posted about being interviewed...
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    Fetal demise

    ixchel replied to IamSecond's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What you should say will change from family to family. There are things you should never, ever say, though. Some of them - 1. This is part of God's plan 2. Really, avoid anything to do with religion...
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    Intake Questionnaire

    ixchel replied to Vespertinas's topic in Emergency

    Two questions for you: 1. How do you know the respondents on this very giant anonymous message board really work in an ED setting? 2. How do you know they are actually telling the truth? You need to...