Wrench Party

Wrench Party

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  1. Has this ever happened to you?

    Wrench Party replied to jchilds's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As much as I'm sure you wanted to put a on your head, it's just a fart. You didn't endanger patient safety with it. I've had plenty of patients who would pass some gas as we've boosted them in bed or...

  2. Senior Burnout....who's with me?

    Wrench Party posted a topic in General Students

    Only 6 weeks till graduation....who else is tired of the care plans, projects, tests, papers, and biting their nails over job interviews? . I am so done with it all, I just want to walk across that...

  3. Are you unsure of your role in life?

    Wrench Party replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Hmm...community organizer, nursing student, employee, girlfriend, friend, pet owner, athlete, musician, occasional churchgoer. I'm sure there are more I'm

  4. Senior Burnout....who's with me?

    Wrench Party replied to Wrench Party's topic in General Students

    I'm just ready to get on with working and making some $$$. I'd like to end up in stepdown/ICU eventually, but it looks like job prospect wise I'll end up in

  5. How much do you owe in student loans?

    Wrench Party replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    $15,000 for my first degree, and $0 on my nursing because I got scholarships and worked through school. I've actually got excess scholarship money left over because I pay the tuition per semester out...

  6. Duke New Grad / SNIP 2013

    Wrench Party replied to ExploreDreamDiscover's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    GEMS/Medicine.

  7. Duke New Grad / SNIP 2013

    Wrench Party replied to ExploreDreamDiscover's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Interviewed today, thought it went well- I feel like I could work under the manager and I liked the staff I met. Now I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I hear

  8. Do Not Underestimate the Difficulty Level of Nursing School

    Wrench Party replied to tenjuna's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ^ Yeah....there are only "2-5 classes per semester"..no big deal,

  9. Best New Grad Programs in NC

    Wrench Party replied to RosePMHNP's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    There are some new positions up at Moses Cone and Baptist. I didn't apply for those because I wasn't keen on moving to the

  10. Duke New Grad / SNIP 2013

    Wrench Party replied to ExploreDreamDiscover's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I have an interview with one, another went to HR, the others are on the generic 'Under Recruitment

  11. Regarding nursing students- was this too much to ask?

    Wrench Party replied to blondy2061h's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Since my first clinical, I had to know all about the meds I was giving. So 12 meds isn't a big deal to me. I did get my butt stumped on acetylcysteine the other day in my practicum, and the MAR...

  12. Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    Wrench Party replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Putting the BS into

  13. Accuracy of Automatic BP machines?

    Wrench Party replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    I'm learning manual BP is always better, and to trust my ears instead of the machine. I use the machine as a backup, especially when I get weird BPs manually like 85/40. Turns out that patient trended...

  14. Prevalence of Christians in the field of nursing

    Wrench Party replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I also live in the Bible Belt and the majority of nurses and students I've run across are Christian. We also have Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu nurses, so it makes for pretty interesting religious...

  15. Dating in Nursing School

    Wrench Party replied to hemoglobin11's topic in General Students

    DO NOT date your nursing school peers. I have seen this only end in tragedy at least 5 different times, with drama, tears and a lot of stress for the other students. I'm not interested in my...

  16. Why did you choose your nursing school?

    Wrench Party replied to fbrlauren's topic in General Students

    It was close by, has a decent reputation with the local hospitals and was affordable. As a a second degree BSN student, I wasn't interested in uprooting my life when I already lived in a glorified...

  17. Nicknames unprofessional?

    Wrench Party replied to blackvans1234's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nothing wrong with it. A very few close friends call me by my nickname, derived from my last name (Party of course), but most people call at work and school call me

  18. Cheating (unintentionally and intentionally)

    Wrench Party replied to lifelearningrn's topic in General Students

    I took several online classes for pre-requisites, and many of my quizzes and assignments are online in nursing school now. Depending on the content, exams have been conducted via open book at home, at...

  19. Appropriate way to Check off Bed Baths (Fundamentals)

    Wrench Party replied to AmesRT6510's topic in General Students

    I gave a bedbath to a 100-year-old LOL today, and her body is a testament to the century she has spent on this Earth. I kept thinking "this is someone's grandmother, and needs to be treated with...

  20. How do you keep yourself from quitting?

    Wrench Party replied to PurplePRN's topic in General Students

    Because I had family, friends and faculty that said 'h-ll no' when I stumbled and fell down, and picked me up and booted my butt back in the game. Failure wasn't an

  21. Bed Baths & Other Nursing Arts Still Taught? (Speaking of Wet Wipe Baths)

    Wrench Party replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    I'm in my last semester, and I'd love to see the look on my instructor's face if I told an aide to do something for me and I wasn't too busy. We are expected to do as much hands on care as time...

  22. Nursing socks... Do they help? And what kind to buy?

    Wrench Party replied to PalmHarborMom's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I also run, and I wear both medical grade compression socks and regular athletic compression for when I'm on the floor. I used to get dependent edema in my feet when I would wear regular socks and run...

  23. Working and nursing school?

    Wrench Party replied to niikkayx's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've been doing the part time work/full time school thing for the last 3 years, and most of my classmates also work in the 20-36 hr/week range. It is great you can save up money till then; nursing...

  24. Clinical instructor said I'm too quiet

    Wrench Party replied to jes07's topic in General Students

    I'm also introverted, and I was terrified in a med surg clinical when the instructor said to me, "Hmm, you're a quiet one". It wasn't an accusation, but rather she gave me the quiet patients that...

  25. Using Your Photo As An Avatar

    Wrench Party replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    ^ I agree! That being said, I think it's a product of the Facebook era that people are totally comfortable putting up their identities on a professional site and don't think anything about ranting...