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    Bullied? What the heck is this about?

    springchick1 replied to ORTech2RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I say meet with her and the manager. You do all the talking but there is someone else there so she can't go back later and claim
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    clinical instructor calling in sick

    springchick1 replied to JaxJax5423's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I had clinicals cancelled once because my instructor had a family emergency and it was like getting an early Christmas present! We did have to do work to make up for it but it was nice to have that...
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    Found myself in quite the pickle.. (Poll)

    springchick1 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Interview! I did the HURST review and you will have access to all the videos that you missed on the first day. You may not have the interaction with the instructor for that day but honestly, that...
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    Quality Nursing Assignment HELP!!!

    springchick1 replied to pepsadaisy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm sure this assignment wasn't assigned Friday. When the person you were going to interview wasn't available, you should have been looking for a backup. Like a PP said, no one is going to give you...
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    Quality Nursing Assignment HELP!!!

    springchick1 replied to pepsadaisy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the point is to interview a nurse face to face. Why don't you call the health department or your doctors office and see if you can interview someone there. People don't want to do your...
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    When you fail the NCLEX, does your nursing school contact you?

    springchick1 replied to missind33's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The school WILL find out she failed. Why is she so worried about the school contacting
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    springchick1 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    We also ask people to tie us
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    New grad pay

    springchick1 replied to Optimistic_RN_'s topic in Alabama Nursing

    It depends on if you work in a specialty area or not. ICU, ER, OR will pay a little more than working on the
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    So I've been reading

    springchick1 replied to Realauren89's topic in General Students

    In my peds/ob class, I studied from the Pearson Review and Rational book specifically for the subject. I didn't use my text book and did very well in the
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    Should Our Study Group Allow a Failing Student to Join?

    springchick1 replied to WellThatsOod's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There were three of us in my study group during nursing school. We study well together and were able to tell each other to focus when things started getting off track. When people asked to join or...
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    Attention or nurses/staff!!

    springchick1 replied to Brewsky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have aids scrub in and hold retractors occasionally on some of our ortho cases. That's all hey can do. They can't use auction, they can't cut suture, then can just stand there and hold retractors....
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    Is nursing school really "that" bad?

    springchick1 replied to Nurseades2b's topic in General Students

    I worked full time during the day and had class/clinical at night and in the weekends. Yes, it was a LOT of hard work. Yes, I had to sacrifice a lot of things that I wanted to do (beach trips,...
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    School project

    springchick1 replied to Kgonzalez55's topic in General Nursing

    There are lots of other places you can go to interview a nurse:doctors office, health department, a friend of the family if any of them are nurses. Contact one of these
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    School project

    springchick1 replied to Kgonzalez55's topic in General Nursing

    Most people won't give their name and where they work to a stranger on the Internet. And how can you verify that the person answering your questions is a nurse? You best bet in the future is to do you...
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    Surgical Assistants with more attitude than skill

    springchick1 replied to andimcki's topic in Operating Room

    Our doctors who use SA hire them personally so they are not employees of the hospital. They scrub in with the surgeon and pretty much leave as soon as the dressing is on. They don't help get the room...
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    springchick1 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    We do peer interviews where I work. It's where the pull 4-5 staff members to ask you questions but in return, you get to ask questions of us. We are typically very honest when questions are asked. All...
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    Ask an OR nurse (Questions about what we do or how to become one of us)

    springchick1 replied to Rose_Queen's topic in Operating Room

    At my facility, you are trained to circulate first. After you have circulated for at least a year on your own, then they will start training you to
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    Consent issue

    springchick1 replied to TurismoDreamin's topic in Operating Room

    Yes but that isn't the policy where OP is. If the CRNA was expected to get the patient to sign, then that's what they should have
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    Scrub Tech Week

    springchick1 posted a topic in Operating Room

    Hug your scrub and tell them thanks! And hope you don't get invited over for a cup of coffee! Scrub Tech has Friend visit Apartment: Don't touch anything.” |
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    Scrub Tech Week

    springchick1 replied to springchick1's topic in Operating Room

    I understand. I scrubbed for 6 years before going back to nursing school. It always bothered me that our hospital didn't recognize the scrub techs and just lumped them in with nurses week. Good luck...
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    Consent issue

    springchick1 replied to TurismoDreamin's topic in Operating Room

    The CRNA was expected to get the patient to sign the paper work. My problem with this whole situation is that no one in the OR is talking to the patient until they get into the
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    Bad nursing instructor

    springchick1 replied to Jm12345's topic in General Students

    Wow. I hope you don't talk to your instructor this way! And actually, when you signed up for this website, you agreed not to use text speak. So really, it's not your
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    Employer pays 100% tuition/fees. Just finished BSN, now for FNP school. Help me pick one?

    springchick1 replied to tater.jake's topic in General Students

    Is there a question? Are you looking for a hospital that will pay 100%? You are going to have a hard time finding that. Most hospitals only pay a certain dollar amount a year, if anything at
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    Why do nurses eat their young?

    springchick1 replied to Perisoreus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never said it was a for
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    Nursing Clogs

    springchick1 replied to Kelley-RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Mine are leather and I wipe them