lili88ll

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1. "Smart" students make bad nurses?

   lili88ll replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

   I have yet to see any nurse fresh out of school be a 4.0 floor nurse. Being an excellent nurse is something that evolves once you gain experience on the floor. There are no super nurses despite what some people tell you. Working on the floor invol...

2. New Nurse With Large Disposable Income

   lili88ll replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in New Nurse

   PUT it in your retirement account and retire early.

3. I Don't Get the Anxiety Part of Nursing

   lili88ll replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

   If you are a nurse that is blessed to work in a hospital unit that staffs well with good nurse to patient ratios, that is great. In about 18 yrs of nursing, I have worked in multiple hospitals and each one is different with a different ratio and acu...

4. as a prenursing student, do video games and studying mix or bad idea?

   lili88ll replied to ThePhilster's topic in General Students

   Stay away from video games if that is your history. You have a history of addiction and have the rest of your life to live beyond video games. I don't think you want to slide back into having no life beyond being in a room all day staring at a scre...

5. somebody tell me what this is?

   lili88ll replied to unsaint77's topic in General Nursing

   They should be using Chloraprep to clean it. They wouldn't want to give someone osteomyelitis on top of everything else a wounded person would be going through. According to the Infusion Nursing Society, this is something usually done in the leg bo...

6. instructor says nursing is not for me..

   lili88ll replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

   Well, you are in nursing school. This is where you learn how to be a good nurse. The conversation with patients can improve, so I don't know why the clinical instructor would say that you would fail because of this. Speaking with patients will ge...