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1. Meds you hate to give....

   Particular replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Mostly it is important to know what you expect from the medicine before you give it, pay attention while you are giving it and if it says slow IV go sllloooowwww. As a brilliant instructor of mine once said "You can always give them more but you can...

2. What Gets to You??

   Particular replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   I can stand pretty much everything, I have worked in the ER for quite a while and was a paramedic before. The eye and nail injuries are nasty but that reallllly high pitched screaming little kids do ( you know sometimes you aren't even near them yet...

3. Hooow did you get through SPEECH class????

   Particular replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was petrified of this class too, almost as bad as Algebra! What I did was to pick a friendly face in the class and only made eye contact with them, I looked around but only made eye contact with the friendly face Remember this is one of the most ...

4. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   Particular replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   You are probably right in that shoes don't fall into patients, I never lost my cap in one either. But anyway, I think the real concept here is to look as sharp as possible. I think I look sharp in my white, or white and navy. I know nurses who wea...

5. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   Particular replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   I think caps are fine. And I never minded wearing mine. And while it is possible that there are germs on your cap, they can't be much worse than the shoes I see everyday. I don't have any problems with nurses wearing sneakers, I wear white New Bal...

6. Communication issues with Distance Prog.

   Particular replied to spaniel's topic in Online Learning

   I am in RN to MSN at my DL school and am happy with it. It is not state run though. It is private, and I would not have been able to go to graduate school any other way. I have gotten impatient with people a few times but I understand that everyon...

7. Should nurses return to wearing uniforms?

   Particular replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 12 years, I work in a small hospital and do both ER and Med-surg. I am and ADN, within 4 classes of my BSN-MSN. I am from Missouri. And I wholeheartedly love white. I wear blue and white in the ER, and white in Med-surg. I...