mercurysmom

mercurysmom

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  1. Too Many Visits - advice for teachers?

    mercurysmom replied to moreoreo's topic in School

    My kid was drawn to the nurse's office like a moth to a flame. He received meds every day and also had snacks available (metabolic disorder). He never faked actual illness, fortunately, since that...

  2. Fountain Pens for Charting

    mercurysmom replied to wernicke's topic in General Nursing

    In homcare? I wouldn't chance it. The first time anything lands on a wet surface and a spot goes through the page onto someone's kitchen table... There are so many quirky aspects to home care...

  3. License at Risk? Put up or shut up,,,

    mercurysmom replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Three in 27 years. 2 for narcotic diversion, one for stealing from a patient. A LOT. Repeatedly. I also know a sweet woman who used to work in LTC that clearly had mild dementia who was "encouraged...

  4. Come On People, How Stupid Are You??

    mercurysmom replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm one of those people who need to stop and think when I encounter . I was consistently hopelessly confused by then in elementary school. In desperation, perhaps, my second grade teacher taught me...

  5. Kiss My Nursing Dream Goodbye?

    mercurysmom replied to HanaJ's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My son had a similar experience. He took ASL1 and didn't study or do the work. His lack of effort earned him an F. (I'm Deaf and we sign at home, so he really had to work hard to fail that class!)...

  6. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    mercurysmom replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This was me. I entered a hospital-based LPN program at 16 and proceeded to have the stuffing knocked out of me. I grew up...FAST. I graduated at 17 and sat for my boards the day after my 18th...

  7. Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    mercurysmom replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Fire retardant bibs for smokers. The way the test tube would heat up after you put in the clinitest tablet to check sugar in urine. Not really something one should multitask...I don't know how many...

  8. What Am I Doing Wrong?

    mercurysmom replied to hennezzy's topic in General Students

    LOVE these suggestions! The other suggestion I would add is to set up a situation that requires you to "teach" the information. In order to teach a concept and explain how it relates to other...

  9. pre reqs

    mercurysmom replied to Marysan767's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some community colleges allow students to retake a class to earn a higher grade. The previous attempt stays on the transcript, but the grade of the retake is the one counted in the GPA. This can...

  10. Nursing school supplies

    mercurysmom replied to xdrowe's topic in General Students

    Just Beachy is right: "exclusive use" means that in the most restrictive sense. Here's an example... I have an iPad and a laptop that are strictly for work. (I'm a lecturer and professional tutor.)....

  11. Am I wrong from refusing to help a friend?

    mercurysmom replied to Neywel120's topic in General Students

    This. I agree 100%. As for your family members who are giving you a hard time for "not helping her in her time of need," her time of need was the first day of class! She had several options...

  12. General Pediatric feeding pump care

    mercurysmom replied to klm4446's topic in Private Duty

    The Oley Foundation has some really nice info regarding Home Enteral Nutrition. Checking HEN (Tube Feeding) - Oley Foundation would be a great place to start. You can find lots of great info about...

  13. Central line

    mercurysmom replied to dcwang's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Um...really? A PICC line is a Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter. You might want to check your facts. Lippincott

  14. Odd interactions

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

    When my sisters and I were young, my Mom worked nights at a little nursing home/rest home type facility. Our babysitter usually went on vacation for a few weeks in the summer, and we spent the night...

  15. What Nurses really Want to Say When They Chart

    mercurysmom replied to SICUshortCait's topic in General Nursing

    "1700: Pt A&Ox4, steady on feet, independently amb in hallway q15min, denies discomfort or anxiety, states "I'm waiting for my boyfriend, the ********** said he was on his way." 2010: pt not in...

  16. Should I have made an incident report?

    mercurysmom replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    I would. Actually, I don't think I'd be able to sleep without going back in and re-reading my documentation to add every single detail in the timeline, and then wrote up an incident report. I'm a...

  17. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

    mercurysmom replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

    Actual scores were given "back in the day." My Mom and I sat for RN boards 10 years apart. We both took the 2 day written test. She received a latter with her score in 1982, and I received a simple...

  18. Skin Changes At Life's End (SCALE)

    mercurysmom replied to VickyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    When I worked on a vent floor in a LTACH we saw them all the time. The patients were trying to die as hard as they could and we kept yanking them back. Lots of anasarca with the orange peel skin as...

  19. 94 or higher is an A?

    mercurysmom replied to Oceanblu's topic in General Students

    My ADN program (1990) had a 75% passing benchmark for classwork and unit tests, but final exams had to be 80% or above, and pharm exams each semester had to be 100% within 3 attempts. The rationale...

  20. New Nurse IV Struggles

    mercurysmom replied to mer015's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I whole-heartedly agree that experience is the best teacher with hand-eye skills like starting IV's. When I went back to acute care after working at a LTACH full of patients with CVL's, I asked to be...

  21. Patient refusal to shower-neglect?

    mercurysmom replied to MissxPriss's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would also ask the resident's family about his/her usual showering/bathing routine. I worked in a NH as a NA in the 80's. One particular resident had every single shower marked "refused" for...

  22. Words You Hate

    mercurysmom replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

    Smegma.

  23. Tardiness

    mercurysmom replied to Vtachy1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    My LPN program was a hospital program that had included dorms up until about 5 years prior, so a student who was even less than 5 minutes early to clinical was met with gasps and horrified...

  24. How to respond to a challenging family member?

    mercurysmom replied to _Skittles_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OhEmGee! Thanks for reminding me of what must be the top ten most entertaining (and, of course, educational) threads in the history of the internet!...

  25. Never Have I Ever Done That Before

    mercurysmom replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in General Nursing

    I've never participated in a successful code. However, since most of those codes werepatients like the 92 y.o. vent dependent LOL with end stage everything and the granddaughter who calls the floor to...