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    Why can't I sleep?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Mary C's topic in General Nursing

    i am glad you called in. Not a nurse yet just a patient.....i would not want a sleep deprived nurse taking care of me. Just saying
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    Guess what the ER doc did?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to dorie43rn's topic in Emergency

    not a nurse yet but....... his hgb is very low there (from what i understand could be totally wrong). so transfuse and transfer either to the step down or
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    So... How real is the show ER?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FriarTuck's topic in Emergency

    I am not a nurse yet so I can not answer your question from their perspective. Have been a patient many many many times over my life can tell you not to accurate. here are some er threads...
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    From the Other Side of the Bed Rails - When the Nurse Becomes the Patient

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    keep us updated
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    10 things you say at work lay people could get arrested for

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to sharann's topic in Nursing Humor

    i was thinking of this thread tonight and wonder if there are any new additions....so
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    Stupid things said by your non-nurse significant other

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Moogie's topic in Nursing Humor

    someone i know almost had swine flu didnt know her at the time but i am assuming bad
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    nurses who touch the heart

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote this as a thank you to all nurses. These are the traits I see in my nurses and really appreciate, just that little bit of kindness from someone who doesnt know you means so much when you are...
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    nurses who touch the heart

    lpnstudentin2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who have touched me deeper then words can say Dotty - RN in my plastic (reconstructive) surgeons office. Has been there since I was with my last surgeon. Looks out for me. Keeps me, and the...
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    Did you always want to be a nurse?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    1. Yes I have always wanted to be a nurse. Since I was 5 years old. When I was a freshman in highschool I was told I could not do it, and I gave up. I am now going into my senior year, and after I...
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    Does it bother you to address MDs by their title of Doctor?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    where I very well may end up working a good few of the Dr.'s WILL BE Dr. to me. The reason: It is my pediatritions office! I could NOT call my ped by her first name. Even if I get to know here...
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    Do undocumented aliens end up getting after receiving emergency care?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    well they probably give a fake name
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    Why cannot give IV medication via artery?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to suizzz's topic in Patient Medications

    you dont give iv meds in an artery because it is an intravenous drug not intraartery that would be an ia (I am a smart alec I know) (i am not a nurse or a student yet just a
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    Does it bother you to address MDs by their title of Doctor?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    not really dr. title realated (im not a nurse yet so the docs i have interaction with are my own so def dr. so and so). People older then me are always Mr. Mrs. Ms. So and Son. If I do not know who...
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    can I be a nurse

    lpnstudentin2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys. I have always wanted to be a nurse. Was a pre-nursing student 3 years ago, dropped it for psych because science was to hard. I have decided not to give in and am going for my lpn in 2010 (we...
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    can I be a nurse

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    That is one thing I have already done :) there is a lady who works in the learning center and is a surgical tech and tutors the science classes and nursing ones (she has been doing it for YEARS). For...
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    Where is blood not admnistered?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to independ3nt's topic in General Nursing

    well I know where i have recieved it...the or, cicu, and a neuro
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I was talking to one of my coworkers (I have an office job) and she is one of these people. She used to me in her docs office 2 times a month untill they told her she could not be in there all the...
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    Surgery patients brought in too soon before their surgery

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to eernuts's topic in General Nursing

    actually ya it is nothing solid after midnight but clear liquids till 3 hours
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    Surgery patients brought in too soon before their surgery

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to eernuts's topic in General Nursing

    ya that is frustrating. I once was scheduled for 2pm npo after midnight surgery didnt actually happen till 5pm boy was i hungry. Usually I do not care if surgery runs late. it means surgeons (probably...
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    Surgery patients brought in too soon before their surgery

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to eernuts's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I am a patient you are to arrive 90minutes prior to the time of your surgery. YOu are called the day before to be told when you are having it and a nurse geos over your chart with...
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    If they can ask for it..they aren't too sedated...

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to faline1973's topic in General Nursing

    The closest to this for me is that I ask to be woken up to recieve pain meds. My surgeries are on my face/head and I have a very high pain tollerence. HOwever, once the pain hits I am in agonizing...
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    Funny things that pts say

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was one of the patients to screw up this past thursday. About a week before my eye doctor thought I might have had osteomyelitis so pulled me in fast to get checked out. When she determined it was...
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    The reality of educating patients about their meds

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    in the pulminology clinic that I am a patient in the nurses are VERY involved in the teaching. My first visit the nurse came in after the doc left. Showed me how to use my spacer, told me when to use...
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    yes crud monkeys. one of my friends says it and i love it thus started it myself.
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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    lpnstudentin2010 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    had I been him, I would have been getting paler and paler to, that would have scared the crud monkeys out of