HappyNurse2005

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  1. Patients Who Are Prisoners

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Cameelrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am a RN student, haven't had a patient who was in police custody yet. Though where I go for my GYN care is where the local female inmates are taken for pre-natal care, so i've seen a few of those....

  2. Anyone else hate their clinicals?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to moonbunnie's topic in General Nursing

    I am a 4th semester student, graduating very very soon! (2 months and 23 days til graduation!). I have almost always hated clinicals or some portion of them. As others have said, when you are in a...

  3. Computer Charting

    HappyNurse2005 replied to sstromberg's topic in General Nursing

    that i agree with. i am astudent at a facility that uses meditech and oh my gosh, i think meditech royally sucks. I am so glad I know I don't want to work at that facility (for other reasons), because...

  4. maternity scrubs?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to gotaluvtheER's topic in General Nursing

    I am a pregnant nursing student, and have found that my regular top works well still, and I am quite large now. the Cherokee brand tops seem to run larger than their stated size-get a bigger size, not...

  5. Telemetry Monitoring Procedures

    HappyNurse2005 replied to JEMRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've done clinicals on two tele units, at different hospitals. hospital #1, the tele monitor came up on a computer screen in the middle of the nurses station, with a trained monitor tech sitting there...

  6. A pt's right to know

    HappyNurse2005 replied to jetsetter's topic in General Nursing

    I observed this as a student once. the pt who was in for something else was dx with cancer, and his family was adamant he not be told. they got a dr's order not to tell him. he was a & o x3. no...

  7. Applying for my nursing license/NCLEX! and a question...

    HappyNurse2005 posted a topic in General Students

    It justmakes it more real! We got our applications to register for the NCLEX ($200 dollars!) and our application for the Virginia Nursing License ($130 dollars). Very exciting-makes it more real! Good...

  8. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    HappyNurse2005 replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    yeah, this May myhouse will finally get the deep clean it's been missing for the past 2

  9. Externship or take the summer off?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to jessinMS's topic in General Students

    Externship all the way. I did one that was 430 hours the summer btw the 2 years. I started in mid May, 10 days after final exam, ended 2.5 weeks before school started. I needed a job. I needed the...

  10. Finding Jobs- Before or After Graduation?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduate in May, and started my official job search in late December. Applied, sent resume. In January, the recruiter came to my school, I talked to her more, etc. I should be up for interviews late...

  11. Associates Degree vs. Diploma

    HappyNurse2005 replied to witchypu13's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    i agree with above poster. since you already have a bs degree, you wouldn't need to take many of the support classes that other people who have not gone to college before have, like...

  12. Doc beings medical student without permission

    HappyNurse2005 replied to BETSRN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'll be on the other side of this in about 9 weeks when my baby is due. I am a 4th semester ADN student, and I'll be delivering at a teaching hospital, where my school does it's OB rotation-I...

  13. Class Gift Ideas

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Tucwebb's topic in General Nursing

    Our class doesn't know what htey are leaving yet, but the previous class established a scholarship. You could do a 300 dollar scholarship for a nursing student to buy supplies. You could use the...

  14. # of Clincal Hours

    HappyNurse2005 replied to goodknight's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to say I think its the quality of the clinicals more so than the amount. If you have a ton of clinicals but no chance to do skills, then what does it matter how many hours you had? I'm...

  15. Do you get nervous before going to clinical?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Catys_With_Me's topic in General Students

    I used to get nervous all the time. I found that the kinder the instructor and the better you got along wiht your classmates, the less nervous you are-because if you get into trouble, a good...

  16. Failing A&P

    HappyNurse2005 replied to NicInNC's topic in General Students

    This thread is moving off topic, but i'd like to mention the topic and the side topic A&P memorization, memorization, memorization. since you have seen teh first test, does that help? maybe you...

  17. CLinical Calculations ???

    HappyNurse2005 replied to dave1117's topic in General Students

    8 oz-240cc's. if they want 3/4 strength, then they want 3 parts of ensure(the feeding is always the top # of the fraction) to 1 part water(difference btw top adn bottom number is how many parts...

  18. Non nursing Bachelor Degree Students -- Please give me insight.

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Nurse AllBetta's topic in General Nursing

    well, not me. there are several students in our class who have BS degrees in other subjects and are in my ADN program. -one woman has a BS in Criminal Justice, one has a BA in English, one has a BS...

  19. Trach Care..How do you keep from gagging?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to AdobeRN's topic in General Students

    i dunno, goblet cell secretions sounds pretty disgusting still

  20. Computer Charting -- Do you like it or hate it?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    do you mean EMAR? that is the barcode scanning of meds/patients. That I like, its computer charting I

  21. Trach Care..How do you keep from gagging?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to AdobeRN's topic in General Students

    when i had to scrub out a trach with the little thing that looks like a toilet brush, when i started scrubbing, i looked out the window. never looked down at floating gobs of sputum in the water/h2o2....

  22. Computer Charting -- Do you like it or hate it?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I am only a student, but I have done both computer charting and paper charting in my clinicals. I really dislike the computer charting. You get kicked out of the system sometimes for no apparent...

  23. Volunteering + admittance to nursing school = better chance of getting in?

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Varsity's topic in General Nursing

    depends on many things-size of school, university or community college, number of applicants to nursing program, how good your grades/gpa is, etc etc. can't

  24. Nurses and smoking......

    HappyNurse2005 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    probably b/c nurses see what smoking does to people, nurses are supposed to promote health, nurses are supposed to educate their patients (as needed) on the detrimental effects of smoking and if they...

  25. Top Hospitals in the U.S. in clinical quality

    HappyNurse2005 replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    snort. there are 3 hospitals in my immediate area. 2 are with the same health system and are a magnet facility. not on this list. one is a level 1 trauma center-not on the list. the other is a...