SillyStudent ASN, RN

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    Please MAJOR TROUBLE!!

    SillyStudent replied to setingle's topic in General Nursing

    We had pregnant girls in our class. One of them had the baby on tuesday and showed up at clinicals on thursday. You can do
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    Should this patient be in ICU??

    SillyStudent replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    ICU Patient. At a minimum, stepdown with tele monitoring. It's too much for a nurse to do an insulin drip +5 patients. As another poster said, her electrolytes had to be
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    Shoe advice please

    SillyStudent replied to Scooter5's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Dansko has narrow
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    ER or Medsurg first?

    SillyStudent replied to Marette S.'s topic in Emergency

    :yeahthat:
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    Why Is It So Hard To Get Into Nursing Programs If There Is A Shortage For Nurses???

    SillyStudent replied to khiasdestiny's topic in General Nursing

    Carol: You made some good points. Where are you getting the statistic of 500,000 nurses that are refusing to come back to the hospital because they were treated badly? :) Iwas able to find it on the...
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    luck just ran out - contaminated needle stick

    SillyStudent replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    Oh dear. I am so sorry that happened to you! You are on my prayer
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    corrective action for smoking

    SillyStudent replied to twentyyears's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility gives you a formal write up, and then supposedly a termination. I do not know of anyone that has been fired. That being said, the patients smoke all over the campus. They even sneak and...
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    Restraints during surgery

    SillyStudent replied to Shore Bookworm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Remind me to never work in the UK. If I couldn't restrain my violent, DT-ing ETOHer with a crack habit, I'd have a fist in my face.
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    Clogs or sneakers?

    SillyStudent replied to txRN07's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Update: Six months in the unit and I was able to put my Dansko's back on!
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    Unfair orientation discipline?

    SillyStudent replied to RosieD's topic in General Nursing

    Only one comment: If they will do this to you when they you are new and they are trying to impress you.....what the hell will they do when you are an
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    Family members at bedside

    SillyStudent replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Preach it, Sister. I am not good at dealing with long, drawn out conversations with families. I actually had to tell a visitor to shh! the other day. I wanted to give the patient (her sister) some...
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    Restraints during surgery

    SillyStudent replied to Shore Bookworm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry it bothers you so much! Try to look at it as the staff protecting you instead of restraining you. I don't want to minimize your feelings at all, but I am glad you didn't reach for your eye...
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    In your experience.......when a seemingly "stable" patient tells you they are

    SillyStudent replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

    Just had this happen to me. Take it seriously. If a patient tells you they want to change their code status, right now....get someone in there to do it immediately or you might wind up doing some CPR...
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    Doctor title, Nurse title

    SillyStudent replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    I always called my PhD Prof's Dr SoandSo in Nursing school.
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    Delirium prevention in ICU

    SillyStudent replied to Arduy's topic in Emergency

    Also search. "ICU
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    A question for the wound experts. :)

    SillyStudent posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    How long does it take for a 'blister' to form on a heel? I am trying to determine if I caused an ulcer on my patient's heel. I came in last night, and at my 10pm assessment, I noticed that the...
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    Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    SillyStudent replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    I am totally sure that an LPN is able to effectively communicate to an MD that there is a med error or question. (Especially since my MIL is the smartest Nurse on the entire planet, and an LPN)...
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    Scrubs: All solid, or mix and match/prints?

    SillyStudent replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I wear those too, and I *AM* a Ninja! Just kidding. Though I do wear an all black set sometimes, mostly because you can't see the stains on them. I was just wondering why you thought they were...
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    Scrubs: All solid, or mix and match/prints?

    SillyStudent replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you get that wearing black scrubs is obnoxious? I wear black pants almost constantly, because they look neat and
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    My wife is dreading going back to school

    SillyStudent replied to acaringhusband's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    I FINALLY got a job!

    SillyStudent replied to Maudy's topic in General Nursing

    :dancgrp::ancong!:
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    Has your supervisor ever told you to go to work when you were throwing up?

    SillyStudent replied to Amethyst Veralyn's topic in General Nursing

    We don't even call our floor to call in sick. We call a staffing center and they ask where you work and your name, then say they hope you are feeling better. My old job asked me what particular...
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    is dosage calc. necessary?

    SillyStudent replied to RN874's topic in General Nursing

    I would take the dosage calc class. Extra instruction in med calc is never a waste of time. It is easy to make a mistake without adequate
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    How many patients per day in US?

    SillyStudent replied to vrgh2008's topic in General Nursing

    1:1-3 in
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    financial planning for the young!

    SillyStudent replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    He starts with the get out of debt stuff, but he gives sound financial advice for lifelong financial fitness