mercurysmom

mercurysmom

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  1. frightened of the abuser

    mercurysmom replied to studentnicu's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked as a Developmental Nurse Educator in an Early Intervention/birth to three program, my colleagues and I encountered domestic violence situations quite often. (In my state, DCF called EI...

  2. NOT gas!

    mercurysmom replied to nursmimi's topic in School

    I am a true believer in gut instinct. My gut saved my hide (and probably a camper, too) when I was working at a fancy-schmancy summer camp, maybe 2 or 3 years after I became an RN. 10 year-old girl...

  3. No friend in nursing school?

    mercurysmom replied to Student2017555's topic in General Students

    One thought is to set up an appointment with one of your professors or CI's for a little extra help with a specific concept you're currently studying. Then, ask her/him if any other students are...

  4. Diabetic Alert Dog at work in Hospital

    mercurysmom replied to Brookieakorsie's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a service dog for 7 1/2 years. I have multiple disabilities as a result of a neuromuscular metabolic disease. He was initially trained to do standard tasks such as retrieving dropped...

  5. Ethics: Does knowledge of a patient's blood borne pathogen change your care?

    mercurysmom replied to JMed18's topic in General Nursing

    For every patient dx'ed with HIV, Hep B/C, there are several who have not yet been diagnosed. So, are you advocating that staff should be warned about patients with these diagnoses and practice...

  6. Peanut allergies how does your school handle them?

    mercurysmom replied to 100kids's topic in School

    When my kids were young, I filled in for the elementary school nurse for several weeks while she recovered room ankle surgery. I was not at the same school that my two older kids attended (1st and...

  7. Screwed Over by My School

    mercurysmom replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    I had a similar clerical issue happen to myself, when graduating with by BA in Ed. (This was after I had already earned my LPN and RN.). I finished up my student teaching, Got Married (!), graduated...

  8. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

    mercurysmom replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    Anticholinergic crisis. Can't see, can't pee, can't spit,

  9. COB rollcall

    mercurysmom replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

    LPN in 1990 (diploma, or "Hospital School."). RN in 1992 (ADN through a local community college.) I worked as a NA for several months during LPN school, which was rough since we spent so much time at...

  10. Nursing with a hearing loss: Yes you can!

    mercurysmom replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    This probably sounds a bit strange, but losing my hearing has actually improved my career as a Nurse Educator. In 2006, I developed pneumonia (multi-drug resistant pseudomonas) and required an...

  11. Whatdaya think this is?

    mercurysmom replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ummm... UNOS recruitment

  12. Accused of narcotic/ alcohol abuse... No clue what this is about!

    mercurysmom replied to Purplegiraffe's topic in General Nursing

    I've experienced a weird, yet similar situation...someone was using her own name, but my address as her own! I found out about it by registered mail from the state board...of Cosmetology! (One look...

  13. Should autism parenting be an Olympic event? A trip to the dentist

    mercurysmom replied to Donna Maheady's topic in General Nursing

    Practice. Lots of opportunities to practice. We have a dentist who specializes in kids with special needs, and we started bringing DS to "practice" once a week. The dental practice offered "open...

  14. Deaf and pregnant: Live sign language interpreter or video conference for childbirth?

    mercurysmom replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree with this. As I posted previously, I use my husband and teenage kids to clarify things for me all the time. In addition, I know many of the ASL Interpreters who work in my area (and so do...

  15. Deaf and pregnant: Live sign language interpreter or video conference for childbirth?

    mercurysmom replied to Donna Maheady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here's my perspective... I lost my hearing in 2006 due to aminoglycoside ototoxicity. Unlike the majority of Late Deafened Adults, I chose to return to school and earn Certification in Deaf Studies....

  16. Most Ridiculous Med Order

    mercurysmom replied to fitzfan82's topic in Emergency

    This is from a LTC facility: "tonic water 4oz PO PRN per pt request to burp or fart." This was for a LOL who had a bowel obsession and was on at least 4 scheduled stool softener and laxatives and...

  17. Patients wants a back rub

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

    When I was in a hospital-based LPN program 26ish years ago, we were taught that a back rub was essential. So were hand soaks and foot soaks. And positioning with trochanter rolls and some kind of...

  18. clinicals

    mercurysmom replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    It's very possible that the "students can't go anywhere or do anything without the CI's direct supervision" has nothing to do with you, your classmates, CI, or even your school. In addition, your CI...

  19. California Vaccine Bill Eliminates Personal Exemption

    mercurysmom replied to wtbcrna's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ugh, lots of families on Facebook are saying "the government has decided that they have to make medical decisions for kids because there's a conspiracy against parents of special needs kids. Once...

  20. what are some of the ways you studied for A&P.

    mercurysmom replied to asiamikell's topic in General Students

    I had a classmate who had an amazing and unique system for learning bones, muscles, nerves, etc. For each system, she traced one of her kids. Then, she drew in whatever she needed to study. I only...

  21. Inquiring about about diabetic trained dog

    mercurysmom replied to andrea4_2005's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I have had a service dog for nearly seven years. I obtained him through a well-known, professional nonprofit SD program that also trains hearing dogs, social/therapy/ministry dogs, psych dogs...

  22. I'm failing out of nursing school

    mercurysmom replied to BusyMan's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure how your school calendar works, but our students have a deadline for a "typical" withdrawal. After that point, any withdrawals are differentiated by WP or WF, depending on whether the...

  23. Telling the truth on a peer evaluation for a group project?

    mercurysmom replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    I would give her a truthful rating according to the amount that she did do, if any. Having said that, I would also save ALL email and texts that show that you've communicated with this student and...

  24. Nonsedated Pt's equal self extubations

    mercurysmom replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in General Nursing

    I had ARDS in 2007. Apparently the sedation was lightened for 24h pre-extubation, so I was awake enough to freak out but not enough to figure out what was going on. I failed 3 extubation trials and...

  25. Stories of the pre-vaccine days

    mercurysmom replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of my neighbors has never vaccinated her 15 y.o. son against anything. I love in an area with a high percentage of parents who choose to decline all vax due to "personal and/or religious...