kmartin906

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1. SO mad...and not sure I should be.

   kmartin906 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in NP

   No one understands until they've been in a situation such as yours. I've had several miscarriages, and one healthy pregnancy. It makes me cringe knowing people can just so "easily" terminate their pregnancy. BUT, this is our job. We tolerate ALL kind...

2. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

   kmartin906 replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

   I feel everyone always has room for improvement, so yes I do believe she was pushing me because she knew I could do better, but also so that I would be an example to my fellow classmates. Especially at evaluation time when she told me I was a pleasur...

3. Advice needed about clinical instructor

   kmartin906 replied to RNbethy's topic in Student Assist

   Honestly, snide remarks are totally not necessary. I've been in your shoes before. When it comes to clinical instructors, you're basically at their mercy. Some people are just pig headed as well. I've been in a situation where I was prideful, and rea...

4. Lunch breaks during clinicals

   kmartin906 replied to NurseAaliyah's topic in General Students

   What's a lunch break? Never had one! Our shifts were 6 hours.

5. Nursing school supplies advice

   kmartin906 replied to angiee's topic in General Students

   What kind of supplies are we talking about? New stethoscope, shoes, pen light, etc? If so, check out Uniforms - Nursing Scrubs, Nursing Uniforms & Medical Scrubs - allheart, or definitely check out Amazon - they have almost everything including b...

6. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

   kmartin906 replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

   Funny how things can be totally misconstrued online! Especially me writing that I did things "my own way". Wow. I'm pretty sure that every single person who has read/commented on this thread took that as I did something wrong. When I wrote that - I w...

7. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

   kmartin906 replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

   Yes, I passed! Thanks for asking! Best part was this -- I was obviously being made an example for my fellow students. Personally in my opinion was a real crappy way of doing so. During my final evaluation she told me that I was a pleasure to have in ...

8. Things that gross you out..

   kmartin906 replied to vintage_RN's topic in General Students

   First off, this is hilarious! It really made me start thinking about all of the things that I truly am disgusted by! C-diff is the absolute WORST. Even just the sound of the pt having that BM makes me want to gag. Really though, any BM makes me gag ...

9. Can anybody share any first hand experience with being coded, on a vent, sedated, etc

   kmartin906 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

   Interesting topic. I've got a couple of weird stories. My mother in law had a severe case of ARDS and was put into the ICU unit, vented and sedated. She was that way for almost 6 weeks. She distinctly remembers us coming in and telling her things th...

10. Learn from my STUPID mistake

    kmartin906 replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Someone failed in my clinical evaluation class today for doing just that!! I can see how easy it would be to do it though!

11. Sometimes You Just Don't See It Coming

    kmartin906 replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in Home Health

    It takes a very special, kind, but strong person to do peds. It was always my dream to work with children ...and then I had my own child. Now every time I see a child suffering, I can't help to think about my own child and how I couldn't ever handle ...

12. Useful Apps for Nursing

    kmartin906 replied to mssjez's topic in General Students

    I love medscape and webmd!

13. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

    kmartin906 replied to kmartin906's topic in General Students

    WOW ... I'm not sure if I feel better or worse?? I DEFINITELY should have explained my "doing things my way" comment!!!!! I wasn't specifically speaking of any procedure or skill. When I said that I was doing things my way, I just meant that during m...

14. Immunizations and Titers

    kmartin906 replied to nancy.wong's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately, you're going to need more than just a record showing that you had the immunizations. They're going to want to make sure the immunizations are up to date. If you had the immunizations as a child, sometimes you have to get re-vaccinated....

15. Pretty sure my clinical instructor HATES me.

    kmartin906 posted a topic in General Students

    So yesterday was my last day at our clinical site. We've been there for an entire semester. I usually feel pretty good about my work - not 100%, because I am not in the medical field currently. We only get a clinical once weekly, which in my eyes is ...