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1. Getting kids to take premed

   onthejourney posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi allnurses. What are some tips and tricks that you use to get young children to take oral premed? So far I say something along the lines of "I made some goofy juice for you" and give it to their...

2. Anyone ever tell you, you would never be able to become a nurse? Proved them wrong?!

   onthejourney replied to taraer1206's topic in General Nursing

   I had a guidance counselor in high school tell me I could not be a nurse if I wasn't good at chemistry, which was devastating for me to hear as high school student. I had to re-do it, but so what?...

3. Help! Do I have to do this?

   onthejourney posted a topic in General Nursing

   My unit has two RN staff on day shift, one with a pt assignment and one in-charge. Today my unit's regular charge nurse phoned me asking if I could take a shift for her. I accepted under the...

4. tell me about your most embarrassing job interview!

   onthejourney replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I had a one-on-one interview for a CNA job while I was in nursing school. The interviewer asked me something along the lines of "Tell me about a difficult situation and how you managed to over come...

5. The Nightmare known as Psychiatric Care Part One

   onthejourney replied to TopazLover's topic in Psychiatric

   An interesting read, thanks for the post. I've never heard of the wet sheet treatment before.

6. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

   onthejourney replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

   probably something in the health care field- dental hygenist, registered massage

7. What are you really good at?

   onthejourney replied to proud nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm a new nurse so i'm not the best at IVs or phlebotomy, but I'd like to think I give good care. I always try to lotion up those dry legs and take care of those chin hairs on the little old

8. Online ACLS certification?

   onthejourney replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

   I took the AHA online ACLS certification in March 2011 as a fourth year RN student. The material was challenging since it was my first time working with ECGs strips and heart rhythms and advanced...

9. quick PICC questions

   onthejourney posted a topic in General Nursing

   1) Should you always choose to infuse into the large PICC lumen vs the small? and what is the purpose of having a small and large lumen, why not just have two lumens the same size? 2) Also, can you...

10. nursing etiquette question

    onthejourney posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    Hi all. I am a brand new RN on a slow stream rehab floor. I just thought of an interaction that I had with a patient and was wondering your opinions on it. I entered a patient's room to administer...

11. Very Strange Question

    onthejourney replied to kfrancesca09's topic in Camp

    wear

12. Pre-grad blues :(

    onthejourney posted a topic in General Students

    Hi allnurses. I'm in my last semester of nursing school on a medical floor and so far I've cried twice on the floor, both during the morning medpass. One time was with my preceptor when I had to give...

13. is this a nursing trick you would use?

    onthejourney posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I'm a nursing student doing my final practicum on a medical floor. Today I was helping a nurse change a pt's brief and I saw a trick I'd never seen before. Not sure of the pt's dx, but he was...

14. rubber fingers?

    onthejourney posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi allnurses. I was reviewing the anaphylaxis emergency kit inventory checklist needed when giving flu vaccinations and it requires rubber fingers, along with epinephrine, gloves, benadryl, etc at...

15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    onthejourney replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    my little experience would be when I was filling the water jugs on midnights I happened to glance at the window across from me and I swore I saw the reflection of someone sitting in the resident's...