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Will there be a way I can be a traveling RN and maybe get a second degree toward something veterinarian that way I can mildly work with zoo animals while I'm abroad? (And what degree(s) could I get to make this huge dream possible???) Thanks a MILLION!!!!! --Sara L. Rogers (future RN) :)

I am a nursing student who has switched programs/schools. At my new school, we were going over catheterization today. Even after betadine-ing the member/lady parts, once you touch pull back and up or grasp the member, that hand is now considered unsterile..... Correct? Now, as I was watching my classmate perform a catheter on a male dummmy, (holding the member in her left hand) she was touching her right hand onto the member as she was inserting the catheter tube!!! My old college, this was a huge no-no and we would fail our practicum because our right hand was no longer sterile. My Current teacher said that you can touch the member with your right hand as you're feeding the tube in because the betadine made the member tip sterile. I thought that skin was Never Truly sterile. Does this violate sterile procedure and have the possibility to introduce microbes into the meautus, or is my current teacher correct?????? Please HELP!!! I feel as though this is extremely important in minimizing nosocomial infections. Gracias, Thanks!!!!! -----Sara Rogers, future nurse :)

Hi, I'm Sara! I am currently going for my associates RN, and it's great! Once I get my degree, I will get hired on at a hospital, and they will pay my schooling when I go back for my bsn/nurse practitioner. It's whatever I choose, and they pay it! My sister did the four year RN and she says she wishes she'd have done what I'm doing. Where we live, it's only .50 cents an hour less for a two year(associates) vs. four year(bachelors) RN. Good luck in every path you decide to take :)--Sara