SonOfStBenedict

SonOfStBenedict has 1 years experience and specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Dreadlocks

   SonOfStBenedict replied to PauperRN's topic in Men

   Maybe for people with fine hair but for us curly haired people it's not

2. Dreadlocks

   SonOfStBenedict replied to PauperRN's topic in Men

   Oh god! Bugs! No as a person of color that has had locks before once they lock at the end you can wash as frequently as you feel is necessary and retwist. Peanut butter people do that? that had to be a joke lol

3. Dreadlocks

   SonOfStBenedict replied to PauperRN's topic in Men

   At my facility which is one of the bigger hospitals in the central Mississippi area you can have your hair locked, one of my friends tried to work here a few years ago as a nurse tech and they told him he'd have to cut it off. Since then a diversity ...

4. About to Start First Year of Nursing Clinicals (BSN)

   SonOfStBenedict replied to USMCmalenurse's topic in General Students

   Great organization and planning you're def better than me, but nursing school has taught me to be more planned and i attempt to be more organized. 12 hour working days seems a little much for Funds but as long as you know you can handle it you shou...

5. Large dose of reality just received!

   SonOfStBenedict replied to RainbowDash's topic in General Students

   lol 1st semester is the little league... wait until Med-Surg. READ before class or at least skim so you will have some idea of whats going on in lecture and won't be so lost. The reality is that in a lot of programs Funds is the weeder class and man...

6. Advice for new students

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

   Its logical, I'm my program you can be kicked our for 2 or 4+/-(can't remember) BP error on evals. At least you're acknowledging you were at fault sorry so many people are jumping down your throat. Hope you get everything on track this time, Good l...

7. Sleeplessness before Clinicals?

   SonOfStBenedict replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

   i am guilty of the same, i really don't have any extra advice but to try and start on care plans and paperwork as soon as you leave the hospital the day before and trying to get to sleep by 9:30 or 10. i never met that i always ended up going to bed...

8. Ages of male nursing students?

   SonOfStBenedict replied to Stearnsy's topic in Male Students

   Just finished 1st semester....I turned 23 in April I finish in December 2013 and I'll be 24 I finish, there are 8 guys in our class... 3 of us are 23, 2 are 19, and 3 are mid thirties early 40s

9. Are there cliques in your nursing program?

   SonOfStBenedict replied to live&love&heal's topic in General Students

   there aren't cliques per say but there are subgroups i.e. the guys, the smokers, younger students, students with kids, your clinical group, commuters from louisiana & those of us who took previous courses together. however these overlap so everyo...

10. Med math test at start of nursing school?

    SonOfStBenedict replied to Britmum's topic in General Students

    same way here we have a dosage cal test every semester, however in my program we have med modules to do which is very tedious and lengthy but it helps tons for the test, we have an iv module that's due when we get back in the fall. i could scan the l...

11. There's nothing worse than a FAT nurse!

    SonOfStBenedict replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

    sometimes we all have biased thoughts, and i can concur that is one of that i've heard quite a few times. it's like saying there is nothing worse than a nurse that smokes, granted we all have our downfalls, its just in lieu of being in health care g...

12. skills for fundamentals

    SonOfStBenedict replied to aachavez's topic in General Students

    Congrats on getting in! There are about 9 or 10 skills; Handwashing, bed making(occupied & unoccupied), bed bath, vitals, foley catheter(male and female), enema(3 types), meds(PO[oral], IM, ID and SubQ injections), NG Tube insertion and feeding, ...

13. Do new graduates really get a job that easily in nursing?

    SonOfStBenedict replied to Bchung5's topic in New Nurse

    I agree with raianna it al just depends on where you live, I'm in an ADN program in south Mississippi and in the class that graduated in the fall more than 3/4th of them have jobs and one even became a charge nurse in February only after working for ...

14. A cute way to remember some lab values.

    SonOfStBenedict replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

    For K we just say "3.5 to 5 keeps the heart alive"... Sometimes it's harder to remember long sayings when you actually get down to test time, I've found the shorter/less complex is better for memory, just a thought hope it helps

15. Nursing student afraid of urinary catheters!

    SonOfStBenedict replied to 49*1's topic in General Students

    It's a common feeling, don't worry! You have to get used to getting really close in peoples private space. The first time I had to do a cath insertion I had help (our clinical instructors encourage us to help each other as many programs do), most ti...