celtchick68

celtchick68

Emergent pre-hospital care as a medic

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  1. heart failure patient no adventitious lung sounds

    celtchick68 replied to amichelleb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm wondering how effective was the patient's breathing? If unable to take a good deep breath it's quite possible you're just not able to hear well. Other thought process: Just because he has a dx...

  2. Diabetic Ketoacidosis??

    celtchick68 replied to garnetgirl29's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your instructor told you right. In my experience you always go with what you learn from your instructors and forget what you've seen/heard/experienced anywhere else because you're testing on what...

  3. Nursing student mistake

    celtchick68 replied to jersey244's topic in Canada

    Call me crazy but I don't see what you did as being a "procedure". The rule for me when I was in clinical was to ask my preceptor if there was any doubt--if I encountered something I hadn't done...

  4. What size are your Danskos?

    celtchick68 replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear a size 10 in most shoes. In Danskos I wear a 42. I was told at the shop that you should be able to slide a finger in the back of the shoe at your heel to gauge the proper fit. I can also...

  5. Three quick questions

    celtchick68 replied to sKris's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    For my stethoscope ID I've just got my first name (Jillian) since there aren't an abundance of others with that name around here. I always wear a sports bra for comfort and because most of my other...

  6. PALS and ACLS question

    celtchick68 replied to myko's topic in General Students

    I suppose it could vary state to state but I believe AHA says you only need be BLS certified and a health care provider to obtain ACLS certification. That certification does not mean that you can...

  7. Question regarding ACLS course...

    celtchick68 replied to a_male_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion you need to have quite a bit more than a basic knowledge of ECG recognition to be ACLS certified. I would suggest a 12-lead course for the best education in reading an ECG. If you...

  8. How long did it take you to do Nclex?

    celtchick68 replied to ISeeYou3100's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    75 questions in just over an hour. Probably 5 minutes spent looking at the screen for question #75 before finally clicking the "next"

  9. Why so many tattletale nurses?

    celtchick68 replied to Butterflybee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ruby I guess my question asks why it's your business if Sue makes a med error? Why not allow Sue to report her own med error? Your statement doesn't read right to me. If Sue makes a med error and...

  10. Why so many tattletale nurses?

    celtchick68 replied to Butterflybee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    orthonurse: You're right, most back-stabbers do not have this basic common decency. Funny story: a new and young nurse I know was in the midst of her clinical rotation and saw a patient in a bed...

  11. How long did it take you to do Nclex?

    celtchick68 replied to ISeeYou3100's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    75 questions and about an hour and 10 minutes to finish. I also thought for sure I failed but I

  12. PPE dry intact skin

    celtchick68 replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    While I don't glove up for every patient interaction this statement gets me every time! How many times does a patient vomit or expel some other random body fluid? You could be checking a pulse...

  13. Should penmanship be a mandatory course for physicians?

    celtchick68 replied to DichloroacetateAl's topic in General Nursing

    Many places today are going to computerized charting that require the doctor to input his/her orders into the computer. This is even being done in the ER. I believe it will help to eliminate having...

  14. Cliques

    celtchick68 replied to snmzelle's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^ absolutely

  15. Moving On

    celtchick68 replied to RN-767's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to hear that anyone is so dissatisfied in a job. From what you wrote it sounds like the disinterest stems from a poor work environment and/or the wrong nursing arena. One of the things that...

  16. Why so many tattletale nurses?

    celtchick68 replied to Butterflybee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sure that there is a fair amount of women out there who just have it in their nature to be this way. It's one of the things I hate about women--that need to tear apart another woman. Often I...

  17. Cross Roads

    celtchick68 replied to ph0618's topic in General Students

    I don't think your priorities are misunderstood. Your relationship is your priority. It's clear. If nursing school were your priority then this post wouldn't exist. If your question is how to...

  18. OVER-40 Fall 2012 Nursing Students--Roll Call

    celtchick68 replied to laski's topic in General Students

    I'm 44 and just graduated from the ADN program. Took NCLEX this past week and passed first time! I've been a paramedic for nearly 15 years and decided to finally make that transition. It took me a...

  19. Advice for new students

    celtchick68 replied to Live.&.Learn's topic in General Students

    @bela&jack Most nursing programs have strict policies. These are in place for a reason. Nursing school is unlike any other program. You know going in that if you're late there are consequences....

  20. Cross Roads

    celtchick68 replied to ph0618's topic in General Students

    And what happens to this relationship if you join the navy? You'll be shipped off for training...alone. Spend however many months training before being sent to a duty station...alone. Then what?...

  21. Quarantining Exams (cheating)

    celtchick68 replied to LindaGonzales's topic in General Students

    At my school on exam days we could bring nothing but our school ID in the classroom. They provided paper and pencils that we had to turn in after exam. Once complete we had test review where we went...

  22. Family...my OWN family...discourages me from nursing...

    celtchick68 replied to Jc1982's topic in General Students

    "dear sister, I found your nose...it was all up in my business" Seriously sounds like they need a firm reminder that you didn't ask for their input as to what you "should" be doing. I have no...

  23. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    celtchick68 replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    I'm going to get my hair did! I haven't done anything but get it trimmed and dye it at home for 2 years! I'm jumping into team beach body/shakeology to attempt to lose weight. We're also getting an...

  24. Earplugs during NCLEX?

    celtchick68 replied to lvcourtneyy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The center where I tested provided ear plugs and the computer had headphones for part of the test. I used the headphones at first but switched to the earplugs due to construction and road

  25. Studied for 6 days, passed NCLEX-RN in 75 questions

    celtchick68 replied to hakunamatata's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Forgot to add that it is totally about test taking strategy in my opinion. I'm glad I didnt spend days upon days or weeks studying because I didn't feel like the questions asked could have been...