Alternator81

Alternator81

5th Semester - Graduation Dec '09!

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  1. Student aggravated with Nursing Staff

    Alternator81 replied to Nnifer75's topic in General Students

    If a nurse was overheard saying something so outrageous, I hope you told your instructor, and if so he/she should have spoken with the charge about this! There is a lot that you can learn from PCTs....

  2. Pharmacology Question!

    Alternator81 replied to *HaNNaH*'s topic in General Students

    What other abbreviation does sc or sq

  3. Pharmacology Question!

    Alternator81 replied to *HaNNaH*'s topic in General Students

    I set it up like a ratio.. 10,000u/1ml = 5,000u/ x ml. so... 5000u x 1ml / 10,000u = x ml x =

  4. what happens if someone forgets to initial the MAR?

    Alternator81 replied to kgh31386's topic in General Students

    Are you saying that they didn't sign it at all after giving a med? Or are you saying they wrote the time given and just didn't initial

  5. Exam question on scabies

    Alternator81 replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Students

    i agree-- definitively priority is to wear gloves because it is

  6. Well, I think I just flunked out of nursing school today.

    Alternator81 replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    If you don't go to clinicals, they are going to think you have ALREADY given up!! You have to pull yourself together and move forward. You WILL fail if you keep focusing on how you have no chance...

  7. ecg test yourself strips may help...

    Alternator81 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Students

    Try using it in Internet Explorer instead of Firefox or Safari. It should work

  8. No laptops in class, seriously?

    Alternator81 replied to mothersuess's topic in General Students

    Laptops are WAY annoying. Realistically, they are not practical for taking notes at all. However they are really great at checking Facebook and Myspace! Believe me, If I were an instructor they...

  9. Skipping Nursing Calc?

    Alternator81 replied to missjennmb's topic in General Students

    You will be fine. Nursing math is VERY basic. It's ratio and metric conversion and never evolves more than multiplying and

  10. Tomarrow is Injection Day!!!

    Alternator81 replied to Blove86's topic in General Students

    Wait, you instructor is going to get stuck 80 times by 40 nursing students doing it for the first time? THAT is what I call dedication!

  11. New Student---NCLEX?

    Alternator81 replied to jess8673's topic in General Students

    I don't like Lippincott. The most helpful NCLEX book I have found is "Med-Surg Success" by Calgrove & Callicoatt. It gives you rationals, and then strategies on how to answer the particular...

  12. When should a student nurse call in sick to clinical?

    Alternator81 replied to On The Way's topic in General Students

    When you have something ridiculously communicable, like pinkeye. Otherwise, I would go to clinicals and have the instructor get a good look at me to see how sick I am, and let them send me

  13. Grossest Thing You've Ever Seen

    Alternator81 replied to sicushells's topic in General Nursing

    I had this 600 lb pt with arterial insufficiency, and his feet had like a 1/2 inch of dead skin-- it looked like they were covered in sand. Every time I was in his room, especially when I had to...

  14. Letting a pt on suicide precautions out of their room to ambulate.

    Alternator81 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Let me tell you, if I was in that situation and the aid starting chiming-in, we would have a BIG problem. You can say anything you want to me, just not in front of a patient. It's SO

  15. I think I crossed the line

    Alternator81 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I work as an tech while I am in school (3rd semester) I feel uncomfortable even silencing the pump while I get the nurse. IV flushes? Are you kidding? Not

  16. I feel like I'm being singled out VENT

    Alternator81 replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in General Students

    It sounds like this whole thing will blow over-- things will work out fine. Just fall below the radar, pretty soon you will have a license and won't have to answer to

  17. ADN Grading Scales

    Alternator81 replied to muskylounge's topic in General Students

    Your grades are your grades. If you earned an A in a prerequisite, no one can change that. This means that you satisfied the requirements to earn an A in that class. Besides, they would never know...

  18. No She/he Did Not!!!

    Alternator81 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    Bump...

  19. Starting Masters right out of nursing school?

    Alternator81 replied to may8755's topic in General Students

    I can tell you that I will be finishing my BSN in a little over 1 year, and I am already thinking about graduate school. The way that the economy is going, I am thinking ahead. My University no...

  20. I need "Nursing Process" practice questions

    Alternator81 replied to desperate4help's topic in General Students

    Just understand the nursing process. The nursing process is basically the same as any rational thought process. (ie: u=you can't make a plan before you assess for a problem) This is why assessment...

  21. Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    Alternator81 replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    YEs, it has an plastic adapter that can be used even on infants. I have never used the adapter

  22. Clinical supervision by instructors

    Alternator81 replied to AOx1's topic in General Students

    They can't hover over, there are 9 students! What we usually do is look at our MARs and try to schedule meds or procedures with her. She will also tell you to come down and observe if another...

  23. Sadistic CI? I need an opinion.

    Alternator81 replied to AliveToday's topic in General Students

    My instructors would NEVER send this out to students!! It may be funny for some, but it is so inappropriate for a CI to be sending this to his/her clinical students. I have had some instructors...

  24. Brown Mackie College

    Alternator81 replied to LadyBug0387's topic in General Students

    You know, I would try calling the board of nursing. They have always been helpful when I have called. But--from what I read, I would pull out right away before I spend any more money. Look for a...

  25. Help! placing foley in obese females

    Alternator81 replied to avatar78's topic in General Students

    I do the same thing.. My sister, an RN, first told me about how it "winks" at you. You can also do it by pulling the suprapubic area towards and away from you (back and forth) with the non-sterile...