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I actually had an enucleation in Jan. 2008. I LOVE these stories, (especially the CPR one). I recently was wearing an eye patch for 10 months, because.........drum roll please.......my eye was just randomly popping out!!! as a nursing student I was j...

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The 2 things I remember most from all my surgeries (at this point it is 22 or 23 i have lost count). The nurse who told me she would be there with me the whole time and held my hand while I was going to sleep years ago. and just 1.5 weeks ago the nur...

first semester once a week (thurs) from 3p-9pm second semester once a week (thurs) from 3p-10p third and fourth semesters twice a week (wed, thurs) from 3p-10p fifth semester twice a week (tues, thurs) from 3p-10p

in my case it is that i look weird (have 1 eye). the fellow students, treated me like crud. HOWEVER the teachers were amazing (our main one in particular she was a GOD SEND). patients were pleased to have be because i traeted them with respect which ...

"I believe atheists giving "good thoughts" works the same as prayer to a large extent. it is all positive energy being directed at the one who needs it

Do you mean you are being told to sign off that something was done (e.g. a med given or a dressing changed) or that orders are received? I would think if it is the first NO if it is the second I do not see a problem with it but I only just graduated ...

I had surgery once and they had to start recovering me in OR (PACU was full maybe not totally sure) I kept trying to roll over onto my side (how I always sleep). This was bad for 2 reasons 1) or tables are tiny 2) the surgery was on the right side of...

Ya that was making me think of a trach pt who's trach pops out and there is not a spare in there....when asked is it ok to put the old one back in in that case clinical instructors response....well one is an infection risk but the other is a death ri...

If something doesnt seem quite right about a patient, don't let them see you freaking out. (I have had this happen to me as a pt I missed the residents finger once doing the nose finger thing and I could see them freaking out by the look in their eye...

I am actually a patient at a pedeatric hospital. I have a complex medical history and have been a patient there since I was 3. I have a genetic disorder (called Neurofibromatosis) that there are only 2 groups of docs who treat it in the state. there ...

There has actually been evidence to the contrary (aka you can NOT get the flu from the flu shot)

I have been a patient more times then I can count. I am a VERY difficult stick (often end up in my feet due to not finding other things) I would not let them and would raise HOLY HE!! if someone tried to remove it due to it not being dated!!!!!

maybe make a spreadsheet of each kid and update it from your log each afternoon? then you have small manageable amounts to do each day instead of going through all of them at once

As a nursing student when I did my rotation in LTC my pt needed a bandaid and I was told where they were so that I could just grab one (he was actually a short term rehab pt however) as a patient -- I was just in the hospital, i had burned myself wit...

I am in nursing school but I am also a long time patient. I always have trouble numbering my pain on the pain scale. I have had my head sliced open (from ear to ear across the top of my head) multiple times. That was unbelievably painful. Now other t...

well to speak to your second question, last summer I was not able to work do to having MAJOR abdominal surgery, my surgery was at the same time that another coworker was out for surgery also, they hired another per deim person I had worked here for 1...

klone.....I think they did not like the answers they were getting on the other thread and were hoping to get the answer, i am sure, they wanted....that what was being done to them is totally illegal and that they can sue

people have already told you on your other thread.....it is what it is. I am per deim (same as on call) they just hired a person to do the job I have been doing full time. I will prob not get hours for a while because i now need to wait until someone...

Not a nurse yet (student here) but I have always heard it be referring to plasma

How about a student who reads before class, after class, before the exam, does the work book, goes to every tutoring session available to them and still gets in the low 80's because of the testing problems you dont believe in. Ya thats me.

I was taught you don't pull up a pt's chart that you don't need to see. a coworker asking you is not a good enough reason, seeing pt's charts are need to know, you could log off and give your comp to them but as a student I have been taught not to do...

We must have 520 hours of class time and 560 of clinical time I am not sure the exact number we have but I know that it is JUST above the required

But he might not be able to miss a day of clinical. most nursing schools you fail on the first clinical miss even for a good reason (even if it is YOU who is sick or needs surgery let alone your child)

I agree full bed bath is everything gets washed partial is only certian areas