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xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Woo Hoo!!! I'm done!!!!

    xtxrn replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah::yelclap::yelclap::BDCk::clpty::bdyhdclp::anpom::ancong!::rckn::balloons::cheers:

  2. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    No- I got her later post....just that a lot of students were posting comments their education at this point can't back up...:) And NO, not a bad day at work... I'm disabled. I'd give anything to...

  3. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Then maybe that explains why they seem to do so much (?many) fewer tasks during clinicals as they did, and why hospitals have to have "nursing school" 2.0 when they get out....Nothing against you at...

  4. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about being friends- it's about having safe nurses when they come out of school :) If students want to blow off clinicals with attitude and disrespect, they're not going to be anybody's...

  5. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it !

  6. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    so nice to have your approval

  7. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Hold up there..... Where is your INSTRUCTOR???? :) SHE is the one who volunteered to teach students. The floor staff got drafted. I liked having students around- but I wasn't there for their sole...

  8. pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    xtxrn replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    You will find that what you learn in school is good- but experience does bring changes to how you get things done- with the same results as what the books say

  9. Food for thought for nursing students.

    xtxrn replied to Hope63's topic in General Students

    You aren't going to beat up your patients, are you ??

  10. Food for thought for nursing students.

    xtxrn replied to Hope63's topic in General Students

    NO !!!! You are a nursing student :) You are a future nurse :) You are the ones who will be taking care of us old dinosaurs someday :) You aren't "just" anything !!! :yeah:...

  11. Found out I was pregnant, after I accepted new job. What to do?

    xtxrn replied to JeniRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're pregnant Not a criminal :) Congratulations. You didn't know- so you couldn't tell them- end of story ! Congrats, and enjoy your expanding life :) This is a profession of...

  12. Helping pts cope with painful procedures

    xtxrn replied to linguine's topic in General Nursing

    The breathing brought up on this thread was in regards to acute pain - and procedures. (I have found that the panting can help with acute pain) Not diagnoses. :) I often have to keep myself from...

  13. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    i still don't know what you mean by a put down and it being offensive- trying to understand your pov-

  14. Psych patients on medical floors

    xtxrn replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    Lamictal is an anticonvulsant- what prejudice are you getting from that? :) I know I've had horrible ED care when epilepsy is even brought up.....but I have to tell them my meds. It's unsafe...

  15. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry- what put down?

  16. Food for thought for nursing students.

    xtxrn replied to Hope63's topic in General Students

    Very true. I think being a CNA- even part time- should be mandatory (and could help offset tuition costs) for all nursing students- there is nothing like experience- and CNAs are masters of time...

  17. Pregnant and job interview. Opinions?

    xtxrn replied to cherryblossom88's topic in General Nursing

    If you're just looking for medical info re: working while pregnant (your info doesn't mention what type of nursing/nursing school/CNA work you do IF you do this type of work), you really need to talk...

  18. Shhhh! ---It's all a crock!

    xtxrn replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Wow- that is a set up for complaints.... how does mgmt figure you're supposed to keep HIPAA standards?

  19. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yep- have had to use the wrist- it's not ideal, but at least gives some sort of reading, and if used consistently allows for patterns to be

  20. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Besides apologizing- and having my eyes opened to something I'd taken for granted, I don't know what else to say

  21. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you- I didn't mean any offense- just very surprised. I've had to use jumbo cuffs on people, and had some pop off... I was just dumbstruck that school hadn't covered this- not intended to...

  22. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    You're very right- they are valid points and should have been covered in fundamentals-- and nurses need to know how to provide care for the super obese. The facility needs to have the proper...

  23. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    WOW....I'm so sorry- seriously. This should have been covered... I'm an ADN who graduated in 1985- we got it back then, the first week of school. :) It stinks that you didn't get this...

  24. Why the disdain for LTC?

    xtxrn replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there :) You will get your own rhythm down, and time will become easier to deal with. The ratios are a bit off from what i was used to recently (back in the 1980s, what you describe was GOOD...

  25. need tips how to measure BP on really obese patients

    xtxrn replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    No reference about correct cuff size with obese patients (super or not- and yes, I'm aware of the 'super obese' label). ??? Just asking. Even in 1985 we got taught about cuffs for obese...