DawnJ

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  1. Obesity, diarrhea and skin care

    DawnJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a senior student and my patient this week was a very obese, trached woman with C-diff. Her skin was in very bad shape due to moisture, feces and yeast in her skin folds and peri area. She...

  2. Obesity, diarrhea and skin care

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in General Nursing

    My instructor was with me, helping to clean up. We are very careful as "guests" of the facility, not to step on toes. I may have this patient again this week, if she is still in this ICU bed. If so,...

  3. Obesity, diarrhea and skin care

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, I hadn't heard of IAD as it's own

  4. It's hard losing classmates...

    DawnJ replied to SopranoKris's topic in General Students

    And then in my school, we have students having physical fights with injuries in the parking lot and fighting over who sits in a particular seat in the classroom and disrupting the entire lecture. And...

  5. Would you take this job?

    DawnJ replied to Lucky724's topic in Nursing Career

    Sounds too good to be true. If you don't take it, I think I

  6. Why do nurses have to be so mean to nursing students?

    DawnJ replied to patty554's topic in General Students

    Hey, but when you get to a place where you have staff that loves to teach---WOW that feels

  7. Is there really a huge amount of horizontal violence(bullying) in the profession

    DawnJ replied to dulcet's topic in General Students

    Yes, I'm happy in nursing school. Yes, there is bullying at the clinical sites. Between nurses, between nurses and instructors, between nurses (& other staff) and students. Having to remember...

  8. Unrealistic nursing students

    DawnJ replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a second career nursing student who had a very successful first career, but it was soul-less. I don't think anyone in my class is unaware of the difficulties of getting that first job...

  9. Bullying at work, far commute... what to do??

    DawnJ replied to NS81's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    $700 a month in transportation costs is the same as a car would cost and you wouldn't just be using it to get to work. But it sounds like the bullying is the bigger

  10. If you could have one nursing superpower, what would it be?

    DawnJ replied to Blue Roses's topic in General Nursing

    I want to always have the right words handy that someone needs to hear to feel

  11. If you could have one nursing superpower, what would it be?

    DawnJ replied to Blue Roses's topic in General Nursing

    I want empathic powers so I can know what my patient is really feeling so I can address core

  12. Choosing a preceptorship

    DawnJ posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a senior and the school is starting to have us think about what specialty preceptorship we would like to request. I'd like to get opinions from those of you out there now on which direction may...

  13. Out of town clinical sites?

    DawnJ replied to sjalv's topic in General Students

    Last semester it was over an hour, 70 miles in fact, with a 6am start. But it was the best learning experience we've had, so worth

  14. MRSA Precautions-Isolation or standard?

    DawnJ replied to Not new new's topic in General Nursing

    All the LTC's I've been in place "home-like setting" and "anti-discrimination" above infection control of C. diff and MRSA. Those residents roam the halls and eat in the dining room just like any one...

  15. How many people are in your nursing class?

    DawnJ replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    Yes, my school also has a very high graduation rate, but I wonder when they start counting. Obviously not first semester since we lost 8 along the way in the last

  16. How many people are in your nursing class?

    DawnJ replied to Kskar91's topic in General Students

    We started with 24 and are down to 18. But part of that was augmented by students added to the class along the way because they are retaking the semester or returning from a leave of

  17. getting sick from microbiology

    DawnJ replied to mbkgen's topic in General Students

    Wash your hands, don't lick the table or sniff a petri dish. I found out after my class that the bacteria the school used was special ordered, genetically weakened. So the odds of getting sick were...

  18. Does this bother anyone else?

    DawnJ posted a topic in General Students

    Sometimes, if the census is low at our clinical site (rehab/LTC), our instructor will not assign us a patient. Instead, we take over "all the CBG/insulins" or "all the blood thinners" for the...

  19. Does this bother anyone else?

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in General Students

    Yes, my instructor is an RN and she was with

  20. Does this bother anyone else?

    DawnJ replied to DawnJ's topic in General Students

    She seemed embarassed that the MAR was blank and just said she'd look into

  21. Question for people who have gone through clinicals...

    DawnJ replied to Chelly1430's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    At least have a drug book, lab book and good nursing diagnosis

  22. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    DawnJ replied to nirvana1's topic in Nursing Humor

    Were they conceived on the cruise ships of the same

  23. Book recommendation?

    DawnJ replied to AMR21's topic in General Nursing

    Final Gifts. Not fiction but very

  24. Is this too much to handle?

    DawnJ replied to Walnutt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you are a good student and have no other commitments like child care or a job, you could do it. But you'd be doing nothing

  25. Walden FNP starts june 03, x2013

    DawnJ replied to shepherd34's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did my MPH at Walden. Interesting to hear they have a FNP program