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  1. How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    WordWrangler replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My friend works in an office where the nurses were given gift cards and treated to a group lunch outside the facility at a restaurant just down the block. She said it was fun and relaxing and she...

  2. telephone triage flowsheet for receptionist?

    WordWrangler replied to Ashley02's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Front desk will pass the call back to the RN's line. If the RN is busy (and I usually am) that call goes to VM and the RN will return the calls in order of priority. The VM prompts the caller with...

  3. NCLEX it's come to this...

    WordWrangler replied to Crazed's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Holy cats, I'm wondering if I woke up in the middle of the night and wrote your post myself. You're me in another place, my friend. And you'll be cool. Your subconscious is just telling your "what...

  4. NCLEX WITHOUT Saunders! Didn't have the attention span for Saunders.

    WordWrangler replied to SilkenSail's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!! And please do not apologize for posting too much info on how you passed the boards. I'm always just happy to see proof positive that hard work and studying pays off. You go,...

  5. Rant and insecurities.

    WordWrangler replied to missmollie's topic in General Students

    Face your insecurities, know they are there, know others have them as well, and move on. You're not great right now and you're not going to be -- no one expects you to be great right now. And others...

  6. over it

    WordWrangler replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Students

    I am right there with you. Three months to go and I am having such trouble motivating to continue to learn (see, I'm right here now!!!) But I know if I stop now, even with all I've learned so far,...

  7. Palpations, physical exams on genitals?

    WordWrangler replied to lissart's topic in General Students

    At my age, I have no modesty left (well, not much, anyway), but I was a tad nervous about going in on my first round of clinicals to do the physical assessments. I was looking for advice and the best...

  8. I am in school and not currently a CNA/PCT

    WordWrangler replied to twins1_92's topic in General Students

    Stop stressing it. Everybody has a different path and not just those who have had work as CNAs get hired. I have a list of varied job experiences and twenty years of childraising behind me and I'm...

  9. classmate insists on posting her opinion

    WordWrangler replied to adnstudent44's topic in General Students

    Oh, ugh.... Ignore, ignore, ignore. We have several who apparently never listen in class and spend all their time on fb asking questions (about meeting times, counseling appts, etc) when if they'd...

  10. "bad" evaluations given by students of faculty

    WordWrangler replied to goingback's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The teachers who recite from their power points which are taken verbatim (and yet, somehow still contain grammatical errors?) from the books we were supposed to read before lecture? Those teachers...

  11. Dreading L&D/Peds

    WordWrangler replied to bagface's topic in General Students

    Consider when you are going through the rotation that you are learning how best to help those who need it most. As you said, not every baby is born into a family bursting to care for it to their very...

  12. Peripheral pulses - I'm not entirely convinced they exist!

    WordWrangler replied to seconddegreebsn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was instructed this previous semester to palpate the DP bilaterally at the same time, as well, to judge differences in quality of each. Sometimes it's hard to find those pedal pulses in sick...

  13. It just has to be said (vent)...

    WordWrangler replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    THANK you for posting this at a time when there are so many of us slogging through finals, through the ends of long clinical rotations, and hearing how hard it is going to be to find work. THIS is...

  14. Dealing with anxiety/worry r/t nursing program

    WordWrangler replied to justbreathee's topic in General Students

    Okay, first, STOP allowing all non-productive thinking. Focus right this minute on passing, passing, passing. Learn that material. If you don't, you'll never have to even think about why there are...

  15. Have you ever had fellow students make you feel really stupid and incompetent?

    WordWrangler replied to futuresctRN's topic in General Students

    Some people are ugly. Some of them are simply thoughtless about the discomfort they may be causing to another person, and some people are just trying to claw their way to the "top" and don't care...

  16. Jealous that I have no life

    WordWrangler replied to futurenursedd's topic in General Students

    I know there are those who manage to breeze through nursing school with hardly a worry about passing exams, and believe you me, if I could manage to do the same, I sure would. Some of us don't "get...

  17. Am I being too sensitive?

    WordWrangler replied to Morainey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes, you're being too sensitive. :) That said, grab your initiative and call them out on it. It's probable they just don't know you well enough yet to trust they can speak freely in front of you,...

  18. Spouses have no idea what it takes!

    WordWrangler replied to ArrowRN's topic in General Students

    Do not forget to point out that when it's all over and you have your degree, the two of you can sit together again and completely re-work job priorities, housework priorities, schedule vacations and...

  19. Is it possible to pass TEAS prior to A&P II?

    WordWrangler replied to phoenixnim's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    We have several students in my class who passed the TEAS without having taken A&P I or II yet. They are taking them on-schedule with the nursing classes. So yes, it can be done. :) You may as...

  20. Thoughts on taking Microbiology in Fall with first semester Nursing courses?

    WordWrangler replied to larma's topic in General Students

    I think it's up to your own level of organization and how much sleep you need and how you let anxiety affect you as to what is do-able for you. For me, first semester would have SUCKED even more if...

  21. I'm having very mixed feelings....It's just not what I thought it was going to be....

    WordWrangler replied to scrlet's topic in General Students

    My two cents is this: never, ever, ever listen to what "they" say. Everything is "hard" and you're going to "study your head off to keep up" and "it's the worst few years of your life" to get...

  22. hi, i am currently a junior in high school but im looking into nursing.

    WordWrangler replied to breannaniccole's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The first thing I would do if I were you is rethink your ideas about math and science, especially science. The math isn't hard, but if you have a brain block going that says, "I don't like it, I'm...

  23. Do you have a study group?

    WordWrangler replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I have trouble focusing in a group situation. Even in class it seems the material just floats into my brain and only when I am alone and quiet can I synthesize it into concepts and information that...

  24. Really At Lost With My Girlfriend (Nursing Student)

    WordWrangler replied to ffrraanncciiss's topic in General Students

    One, nursing school really ISN'T like studying for other degrees. I've done that and this is WAY more difficult, just due to the time crunch demanded. If nursing students were given a full four...

  25. Embarrassing? (Ladies opinion)

    WordWrangler replied to msnursecp's topic in General Students

    Feel better? LOL. You will never be the only one worried about this in THIS profession. White scrub pants are stupid anyway. Thank goodness ours are darker, but I still double up at THAT time....