ClaraRedheart BSN, RN

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    Gel Nails

    ClaraRedheart replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    And no... I probably wouldn't. However, if something better presented itself, I would be much more likely to leave. I LIKE nail polish. Some people like tattoos, chocolate, pizza, diamonds etc.....
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    Gel Nails

    ClaraRedheart replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    Back when I barely had 2 nickels to rub together, I quit a bank because they used cascading overdraft fees. The fees were fair, and they were mentioned in the contract. However, I am not a glutton for...
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    Uniform maintenance

    ClaraRedheart replied to lasair's topic in General Nursing

    Greys Anatomy scrubs. They're magically wrinkle free and SOOOoooo comfy
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    How old is too old for an Algebra class

    ClaraRedheart replied to jensjo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think that it will have to be up to you. I went through Calc 2 when I was in college. Didn't remember a THING of it 8 years later and went straight into my BSN program. Statistics uses some algebra....
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    Gel Nails

    ClaraRedheart replied to er.mere's topic in General Nursing

    I think a no nail polish rule would be a deal breaker for me. I grew up skirt-girl Pentecostal. No cutting hair, no makeup, no earrings and no nail polish. I also went through nail polish prohibition...
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    Nursing ghost stories 😧

    ClaraRedheart replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a Christian nurse who was 20 years in psych. We were in a pretty chill psych unit at the time. He said that in his career, he's seen genuine possession twice. In one case, a person was...
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    Most annoying reason for admission?

    ClaraRedheart replied to HakunaMatata<3's topic in General Nursing

    We had a morbidly obese patient a couple of months back with PERFECT vitals that had called management to her nursing home, management to the local ambulance companies, heaven and HELL to get to our...
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    Problems with IV starts/blood draws

    ClaraRedheart replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't think I'm good at it. I'll try at least once. With this poor patient, however, I blew 2 different veins, and got enough blood for the cultures, but when I switched to the lab tube, it quit......
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    Problems with IV starts/blood draws

    ClaraRedheart replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I suppose I was being dramatic. I'm GOING to do the right thing for my patient, and I did. If he had a temp, I think we need to know what's causing
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    Nursing ghost stories 😧

    ClaraRedheart replied to BIGT68's topic in General Nursing

    My mom had one :) She was a nurse at St. Johns Hospital in Joplin, MO (the one that got destroyed by a F5 tornado a few years back). They would get comments from patient's all the time about the nurse...
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    Spinoff From "Don't Be That Nurse"

    ClaraRedheart replied to mirandaaa's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I started noticing the incredible amount of documentation that nurses have to do during my SR2 year of nursing school. I was a tech after my 1st semester, and I think that helped to acquaint me to the...
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    Problems with IV starts/blood draws

    ClaraRedheart replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My doctor did prescribe propanolol for anxiety when I started as a nurse. My heart rate was consistently over 100, and most often in the 120s when I began. It's been fine lately, and sometimes I...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    ClaraRedheart replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated Dec 2013 in TX with my BSN Call me crazy, but I wanted med-surg to begin with. That's what I got. Did NOT have a job upon graduation. I got a late start applying to my system, waiting for...
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    Bedside Report

    ClaraRedheart replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    As long as your hospital is flexible, it could be a good thing. We do bedside report where I work. I like asking a patient after I'm done giving report "Did I miss anything that she/he should know?"....
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    Respiratory Therapy vs. Nursing

    ClaraRedheart replied to ral832001's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes... this. I am trying to figure out the basics because I tend to get stuck with the flaky patients who want their bibap on/of ALL night. I work in a relatively small hospital, and our RT's run ALL...
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    Nurses req. to be CNA's before becoming a Nurse?

    ClaraRedheart replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I chose to work as a CNA after my first semester as a nursing student. I've had nurses tell me that it will not help me at all. I do think that it did... in learning time management. I also got...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    ClaraRedheart replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of any nursing related... and I'm sure that I will later. However, Ven'zoo-ale-a (Venezuela, the country) and Nuke'-u-lar (nuclear) drive me
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    Should I quit nursing school?

    ClaraRedheart replied to mara.bug's topic in General Students

    Psych nursing is always an option, as others have said. And, speaking of psych... be careful with those psych meds. I tend to get anxious as well... not test anxiety so much as performance anxiety. So...
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    A VERY frustrated nurse

    ClaraRedheart replied to RNnewbie2014's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Clock out at the appropriate time, hide in the back room if you must. Finish your charting. Time management comes with time. Charting late WILL happen sometimes. Just don't let management find out. I...
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    (IN)Appropriate Dress

    ClaraRedheart replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Inappropriate? I dunno.. My first contact with an "outsider"-dressed medical person was when I was being precepted as a new nurse. I saw a lady with a visor, tank top, capris and flip flops with a 8...
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    I fainted today in OR:(

    ClaraRedheart replied to 164centimeters's topic in General Students

    PLEASE don't quit. We need good nurses. I've heard that it's fairly common. First time I nearly fainted, I was in report in a room with a patient, nurse and doc with an NG tube and a wound vac... my...
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    Would you quit over white uniforms?

    ClaraRedheart replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I LOVE nail polish, dresses, and white. So... maybe I'd love the white uniform code. Even if it meant crisp dresses and all! Problem is, 12 hour shifts leave you DRAINED. I wear royal blue...
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    Long hair unrestrained at work

    ClaraRedheart replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm picky as well. Hair MUST be up. Infection control is a BIG reason that I insist upon this, however... as well, I want to keep clean. We wipe bottoms sometimes and long, dragging hair can go places...
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    What did you give up to be in nursing school?

    ClaraRedheart replied to negatron's topic in General Students

    I gave up family... not intentionally, but a relationship was damaged beyond repair due to my response to the stresses of nursing school. Not happy with that. I also sold my alien bees to pay for the...
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    Is change a BAD thing? (MS nurses doing vitals)

    ClaraRedheart replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Honestly, it wasn't as bad for me as I thought it would be. I was actually done with my med pass early. It didn't go so well for other nurses. We were told that we could still delegate vitals to our...