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KatieMI, you just made my geeky heart squeal!

We use hygie-bags that contain an absorbant strip of material in them to line the bed pan. The pan and bag are then taken to the dirty utility. The bag is disposed of and the pan is put in the automatic washer where when it is full you just hit a bu...

Oh rad10....that's just wrong! So wrong..... on so many levels! Good on you for keeping nurse face!

Your Spidey Senses are tingling for a reason. You are correct! This is NOT safe! This is NOT normal! You DO need orientation. RUN from this company!

Passed! And just signed papers for full time palliative care position! Life I good :)

Not a motivational/uplifting one, but it's got me through some (ahhhem....)moments ... "I am 100% washable" :)

Not a LOL, but my patient referred to peri-care as "washing the laundry". I can't sort my laundry now without giggling!

Can. Not. Wait. May. Die. Waiting.....

That was one tough test! I achieved academic honors with distinction all the way through school, did the predictor tests with 95-100% chance of passing and it didn't prepare me for that!

Just turned 40, finished nursing school and getting ready to write board exam. Worked in swine barns. Ya, it can be done. Go for it!

Save your back, it's your pay cheque! Raise the bed to working height EVERY time! When boosting someone in bed, raise to your working height, lay bed flat, place into trandelenberg, have pt grab side rails, bend their knees and help you boost them. M...

So you have identified the issues of substance abuse and poverty. What can these issues CAUSE? Those will be your "risk for" statements. I'll get you started, poverty puts people at risk for malnourishment. Also, look back at Maslow's hierarchy of ne...

This is for the brilliant nurse that gave the advice to "take the skin off the tape, not the tape off the skin". I searched high and low for the thread this was mentioned in so that I could thank you! I am in the last two weeks of school and had the ...

Well said TheCommuter! I think you could put together a great article with what you've written here!

It's not the age of the car, it's the mileage!

TheCommuter, Will you please be my mentor? I am working on this.... and its so hard!

Thank you for this articulate and kind post. I'm 40 years old and just fully understanding this now I'm ashamed to say. Grandma was right, you'll catch more flies with honey!

I am a nursing student who has been reading AN to better understand nursing culture to better prepare myself for the field prior to graduation. I am proud to say that AN has well prepared me for the field when during my shift when something happens I...

Yes to everything vintage mother said! Organization is one of the most difficult things us ADDers struggle with. Adopt the "do it now" principle. Because you will get distracted and forget to organize that note, write down that assignment, flag that ...

From the daughter of a colon cancer survivor, who is about to graduate nursing school, I have chills and tears. Thank you! You summed it up very accurately.

So, would the competition be for distance, the velocity, or the volume held? Inquiring minds want to know!

^^Like a boss!^^

If it has been a while since you were in school i would highly recommend taking a highschool level cHem and bio As Well As A seNior math.

Although I consider myself to be a still soft and squishy approaching old bat, I am just entering the nursing field. I have found myself shocked at the repetitiveness of new threads and in awe of the patience and kindness of the experienced "old bats...

Starting last semester on Monday! I CANNOT WAIT!