SillyStudent ASN, RN

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    A doctor helps children change their gender

    SillyStudent replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the MD dealing with these kids has to be a specialist....however.... These people aren't just acting 'a little girly' or 'like a tomboy'. Many of them want to end their own lives because...
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    A doctor helps children change their gender

    SillyStudent replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think she meant that she was sexually normal in the sense that she does not have Gender Dysphoria. She identifies as a female but is not a 'girly girl'. At least, I hope that is what she
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    A doctor helps children change their gender

    SillyStudent replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: So glad to see that someone is finally addressing this problem, and so safely! It's so much easier when they figure it out before they go through puberty as the wrong sex. One thing I...
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    Thank you....all of you

    SillyStudent replied to southlandshari's topic in General Nursing

    That story will send me dancing back to the ICU tomorrow. Thanks for caring enough to post it. Good Luck in nursing
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    NS about to start OB rotation. Any advise?

    SillyStudent replied to 3sodapop's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Bring tissues. The first time I got to 'help' with a delivery, (I was a 'leg holder' while she pushed) I had tears running down my face by the time the baby crowned. It's a powerful experience to...
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    Controversial Job Offer

    SillyStudent replied to Mommyof2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think you made my point, from an entirely different direction. Just as I do not have to 'support' an individual's choice to drink or drug themselves to death to be able to provide care, I do not...
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    Controversial Job Offer

    SillyStudent replied to Mommyof2RN's topic in General Nursing

    The best part about the forums is that we politely disagree with each other. It stimulates dialogue. :) I take care of people every day that do things I don't agree with. For example, those that...
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    Controversial Job Offer

    SillyStudent replied to Mommyof2RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure it is an issue of morals and convictions. It's simply a job. The nurse did not personally make the decision for the woman he/she is caring for. All that is required is the nurse's...
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    Tattling or reporting concerns?

    SillyStudent replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    It is always best to talk to the other nurse first. We all have bad days. The notable exception is, she didn't do something that hurt your patient. In that case you might have to say
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    getting rid of an air bubble in an IV line

    SillyStudent replied to Implacable's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just use a NS 250 ml bag as the primary tubing and backflush the piggyback (attached to a port above the pump) by lowering it, which usually shoves the air bubbles back into the top of the...
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    Which types of patients should I not take care of while pregnant?

    SillyStudent replied to RN 4 U's topic in General Nursing

    I understand that you should not be in a room while Ribavarin is being administered. When I worked in a pediatric setting as a tech, I am reasonably sure they never assigned pregnant nurses to...
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    In your experience, the hardest part of being an RN

    SillyStudent replied to Absolutely13's topic in General Nursing

    The hardest part? All the parts are pretty difficult...lol The hardest part for me is that no matter how much you care about your patients, sometimes they do not care about themselves. Patients will...
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    How long did you wait.....

    SillyStudent replied to curetheworld's topic in General Nursing

    I started a job within a month, but I have a friend who starts her first job tomorrow. She waited 4 months because she wanted the first job she interviewed for and she 'waited to see if they would...
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    Nervous about doing my "capstone"

    SillyStudent replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    Senior preceptorship was so much fun! Hopefully, you will have a nurse that is really interested in letting you get organized and hone your skills. I think that most nurses want a student to have a...
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    Post Anesthesia for SICU or Shock/Trauma

    SillyStudent replied to Hopecascade's topic in MICU, SICU

    We recover vented patients, as well as any of our patients that come in after business
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    new RN's in specialty areas

    SillyStudent replied to sunny261's topic in General Nursing

    And that's the big problem. Will new nurses feel completely overwhelmed, take a year of crap from their co-workers and go into a different field? I am a new nurse. I took a SICU job. It is the...
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    Almost lost my temper today

    SillyStudent replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody gets to punch you. Agree with HM2Viking, he needs a psych eval. Time for happy meds. He sounds extremely frustrated. That STILL doesn't mean he gets to hit you. Talk to TPTB as soon as you...
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    First Patient Death

    SillyStudent replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    My first patient death was in 1990. I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman, working on an Internal med/oncology floor. My patient was 57 years old and was suffering from small cell lung CA. He had been...
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    Mean nurses and High Turnover

    SillyStudent replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    What does that have to do with
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    Am being treated poorly

    SillyStudent replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:
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    iv calculation problem!!!!!!!!!!!

    SillyStudent replied to prettyparade_3's topic in General Nursing

    Yeh, if I want to know how much is left in an IV bag, I glance at the pump for a millisecond and it says how much time I have left on the volume limit I
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    Unpaid overtime...

    SillyStudent replied to regularRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I clock in on time every single day. I clock out when I am done working. If I am still charting, I am still on the clock. If TPTB decide they don't like that, I will find a new job. We are not on...
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    Equal Pay

    SillyStudent replied to NoCarolinaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think so, under certain conditions. If you are talking about a hardly-any-weekends, hardly-any-holidays clinic type of setting, sure. It's easier to get people to work there, because the...
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    sharing bars of soap

    SillyStudent replied to jlucas341's topic in General Nursing

    Erm.....yeh. Tell you what, let me mail you the bar of soap my 15 year old son uses. *I* won't use that one Sorry, couldn't resist. Citing studies is always a good thing, but I would never reuse...
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    What Med-Surg Textbook do you use at your school?

    SillyStudent replied to RN 2 B's topic in General Nursing

    We use