Rick_s3

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1. What's you're favorite skill?

   Rick_s3 replied to jenrninmi's topic in First Year After Licensure

   well i can say this...depending on the vein type....i can start 9 out of 10 in the hand...i use alot of pressure on the center knuckle pulling the skin tight ....keeps the vein from rolling......hope...

2. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   Rick_s3 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   i personally pulled a splinter out of a little girl in the ER. But with lack of insurance toothe ache is the most common

3. My first shift tomorrow as an RN...

   Rick_s3 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Good luck adam!!! I myself will start my first shift in a huge rehab center as a charge nurse.you seem too have the right attitude as do i(im told thats the one thing we always have control of) we...

4. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   Rick_s3 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   cool i miss the formal dress myself! with the stockings.......but thats another matter......i became a nurse after many years of factory work(16) got laid off when a plant closed......got TAA its a...

5. WHY are nurses so catty??

   Rick_s3 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   ditto pete....its all about the team....too much of the 3 b's bickering,b**chin,blabbin...for the other

6. What's nursing school like?

   Rick_s3 replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

   nursing school is hard....you are tested daily one way or another,...but it should be!would anyone want a nurse caring for their loved one who had an easy time and was not pushed too the point of...

7. Help For A Paper - Asap

   Rick_s3 replied to viveca6's topic in Research

   well first off if its research...its already something in practice....now if you are talking theory....the reason is it has to go through trial and error testing for very long periods of time before...

8. Looking for advice on a case

   Rick_s3 replied to ICUnowOHN's topic in General Nursing

   pain could be a pinched disk/nerve stool may be

9. Ah yes...now I belong here...

   Rick_s3 replied to dianacs's topic in First Year After Licensure

   congradulations!!!!! i finish up june 15th i have great classmates and instructors so im gonna miss it

10. LPN question..

    Rick_s3 replied to trish820's topic in Ohio Nursing

    in central ohio....hospitals are so short staffed they are hiring a large group of lpn's and they must sign an agreement to get their rn within 2 years......that way they get what they

11. help with injections im!!!

    Rick_s3 replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in General Nursing

    hopefully you have been taught the z-track method for i,m injections pushing skin and loose sq away from site....releasing as you withdraw the

12. Heard a sad, scary story from my preceptor today

    Rick_s3 replied to pebbles1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    well i may not know alot but here goes.......the babys head circumference by design is to max out the opening for the shoulders and rest of the body to pass. so it would...