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  1. What time is it? The watch watch...

    NurseFirst replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, that's where i bought my last one. not very many months ago. i don't think i'm hard on watches; i think the watches i buy are sub-standard.

  2. Legal case study question

    NurseFirst replied to vmilty's topic in General Nursing

    maybe she could just "faint" over the surgical instrument table ... :) remember, as far as sneezing, she is supposed to have a mask on...

  3. This is sick

    NurseFirst replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    No doubt timed by the tv programmer to coincide with all the ruckus over Terri Schaivo... And yes, I did read the book called "Nurse". The term was called "snowing" the patient. Her perspective may...

  4. Anyone else feel like they work with....

    NurseFirst replied to ragingmomster's topic in General Nursing

    I can certainly understand the frustration! I'm wondering why pain medication isn't working or isn't possible for this patient?

  5. What time is it? The watch watch...

    NurseFirst replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, when I did my peds rotation we would go into the room, not waking the child, and were supposed to take the child's respirations. Clocks in the room, unless they had luminescent dials,...

  6. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    NurseFirst replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    *rushes checkers off for an evaluation...tells her instructors am worried about her* :) :)

  7. HELP! Know Any Tricks to Remember Cardiac Blood Flow?

    NurseFirst replied to hangnon's topic in General Students

    My hint is this: the vessels and the chambers are related in the following way: The As go with the Vs and Vs go with the As. What does this mean you ask? Well, veins always enter the atria (or go...

  8. Of Sunshine, happiness, daffodils and loss...

    NurseFirst replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    So, so sorry, Triage. I know how you have written how you love your CNAs. Now the one which has had the limelight of that love is no longer there. Certainly you can do well by her by offering and...

  9. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, there's the difference! The ped unit I rotated on only had RNs working on it, no aides, no LVNs, so have to do charting throughout the day (VS and such; big flowsheet). YMMV = your mileage may...

  10. Adhesectomy ? Removal of Bowel obstruction?

    NurseFirst posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a pt who had an exploratory laparotomy who was determined to have a sm bowel obstruction due to an adhesion. What is it called when they cut out or remove the adhesion? Anyone? Anyone? Thanks,...

  11. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    that was my experience in my peds rotation and when i was in picu (which i just finished at a county hospital)--and i don't mean just for my patients (i, personally, did not sit a lot); it's what i...

  12. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    essential capabilities evergreen valley college nursing program students must have abilities and skills of five (5) varieties: cognitive-conceptual, behavioral and social attributes, communication,...

  13. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    One of these days I am going to go get one of those foot baths. There's a walmart not far away,

  14. Your Worst Mistake

    NurseFirst replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I always like that extra check. One time, however, both I and the RN I was working with read the glucose meter upside down (I had double-checked because it was lower than his usual readings)--we read...

  15. Did you prefer daytime or evening clinicals?

    NurseFirst replied to wannabenursetx's topic in General Nursing

    All of our rotations except one are in the morning...early morning. And, to add to that, most of our classes start, at the latest, at 8:00 am. (Meaning, other classes might start later, but they are...

  16. Your Worst Mistake

    NurseFirst replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught "Did I Kill Him" to remember the names of the medications which have the greatest potential for harm if given incorrectly: D : digoxin I : insulin K : postassium H : heparin...

  17. Does anyone know any more about this story?

    NurseFirst replied to AmyB's topic in General Nursing

    well, this picture doesn't make it look like they are hooked up in terms of facial expressions: http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/050220/325/fcv0y.html And there has been nothing said about it. Somehow, I...

  18. Grandmother w/ alzheimers - Malnourishment question

    NurseFirst replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear about your Grannie. It's hard, I know. I've lost both my parents in the last several years. It's hard to see them go downhill, too. If you weren't able to get her blood pressure,...

  19. Is ER good learning experience?

    NurseFirst replied to Harmony213's topic in Nursing Career

    I was an admitting clerk in an ER for 4 1/2 years. I also loved it. Take a cruise to the Emergency nursing topic and check out some of the threads there...

  20. Working other job description

    NurseFirst replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously. You should ask her if she got paid less when she worked at night. When I was a paramedic I would frequently work 24s. Did I get to sleep while on the job? Yep. Did I get paid? Yep. I...

  21. Working other job description

    NurseFirst replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who enter Stanford's/Foothill College's Physician Assistant Program are awarded both a PA and NP certificate. However, if this person is hired as a PA, their scope of practice is that of a PA;...

  22. Can new grads get a 7a-3p shift?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: And here I used to think Canada was enlightened. Certainly not in when it comes to nursing shift work! When I was in my 20s I put myself thru school I used to work 2 graveyard shifts and...

  23. Freeloading Classmates....GRRR!

    NurseFirst replied to hangnon's topic in General Students

    Second the book recommend. We had a girl in our class who was always asking everyone for help. During one term we never really were able to talk to our clinical instructor because, for some reason,...

  24. How Often Will I Be On My Feet As A Nurse?

    NurseFirst replied to akissbytheseine's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student (RN), but here are some of my guesses: Phone triage nurses, probably. I know some psych nurses that what they do is phone responses to pts, so they sit a lot. Maybe some triage...

  25. Good leadership qualities

    NurseFirst replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ability to listen, and, as Suzette Haden Elgin quotes psychologist George A Miller: "In order to understand what another person is saying, you must assume that it is true, and try to imagine what it...