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lemmyg

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  1. Cry for help: I don't think I can do this.

    Hey, hang in there. Every nurse I know says it changes a lot once you are working and not a student. There are also lots of areas which you can work in if acute care or med/surg is not for you, even if the hospital is where you don't want to be. Get ...
  2. Nurses calling out

    It does seem like there are alot. But, like it was stated above nurses can't come in if sick. Also Nursing is still very female dominated, this means that it might not be the nurse that is sick but a sick kid that causes absences. Just a theory and i...
  3. clinical gripes

    I find that first placements (usually LTC) are always the worst. The placement I had there was no hot water. I had to let the tap run for 5-10 minutes before I could bathe my 90 year old resident and most days it was still cold (I ended up using the ...
  4. New Grad Leaving Hospital for Office Job

    I am still new at it but I love nursing because of our intimate role with patients (no not the poop especialy haha). We get to be the eyes and the ears and even the noses. Doctors have their fancy diagnostics and 5 minutes with the patient but we are...
  5. Where can I actually help people??

    "the population at my hospital is very diverse and many of them are homeless and this is the only healthcare they are going to get. I try to help as I can." If you provide some people with the only health care they are going to get than you are alrea...
  6. Instructor on a power trip

    I think you should go to the Dean. If its only the usual suspects of complainers and students grasping at a chance not to fail than this does not give this unfair situation credibility. It is not fair to lose marks this way. This is your academic cur...
  7. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    I am so sorry, I did not read your response yet when I worte the above comment, and did not mean to seem insensitive. I hope things do work out for you, best of luck!
  8. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    On another note guys, Do you think this ever happens to residents/med students? (who, by the way, seem to be allowed to use smart phones constantly do to there convenience).
  9. Will I get in trouble ? ? ?

    I am so sorry, what a terrible situation to be in. It reminded me of a story I read in the news a while back about a care aide that took a pictue of an elderly, obese resident at the care home where he worked, I guess because it was so interesting or...
  10. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    yes it is.
  11. CIWA woes

    If you go to any colonized country, South Africa for example, the health disparities are huge between the classes. It is not a coincidence that more people who have had their culture and families torn apart have more social/medical problems. These ar...
  12. The Political Nurse Speaks

    so how did this make you anti-choice? you know that abortion isn't "anti-baby" right? lots of people that support a woman's right to abortion understand the majic and beauty of birth and life. What I don't understand is how some people thinks it is o...
  13. The Political Nurse Speaks

    I sincerly hope that you "begging" this woman was on you own time and not while wearing the nurses' uniform. Pretty disgraceful. Do you also beg and plead with your other patients making serious life decisions based on your own personal values. i ho...
  14. Drip Rate Help

    any easy way i always use is. this: volume to be infused in ml X drip factor divided by number of minutes to be infused. so... 100ml X 20 = 2000 2000 divided by 40 = 50 gtt/ml just remember that formula.
  15. At the end of my rope...hate nursing.

    It sounds like you have great talent based on some of the work you mentioned you have done in school such as forming the advisory board. You also mentioned you were maybe attracted to the prestige of the profession. I sounds to me like you would be ...
  16. How to fail clinical

    I think these are all totally reasonable. I would be willing to follow these rules as a student, But also as a students we should have some expectations of our instructors as well. The main one is to be treated respectfully especially, with all the ...
  17. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

    how did you find time to study!? and projects, papers and clinical assignments!? I was working weekends but now barely can do that because I am so busy. Most of my classmates all quit their jobs and are all on loans now. I thought I could get scholar...
  18. Clinical Failure

    Sorry about all you difficulties. But I agree with everyone else. Nursing is not just about being smart in Anatomy class and getting good grades. You have to show that you are responsible for your learning (not just letting others teach you, but actu...
  19. Hi Everyone, I am a student (very soon to become RN!). I have a question regarding intermittent infusion. In our skills lab we use gravity poles and are taught that the safest practice nowadays is to hang mini-bags aka intermittant infusions with a ...
  20. student/nurse relationships

    ...and thanks for the tips on how to better help out the nurses who are working with us :). Beleive me it feels terrible to sense that you are in everyones way or only a liability on the floor, no student wants that.
  21. Saline locks and intermittant infusion question

    Okay. Thanks to both of you for all the input! I think where I got messed up with the whole thing is that we have had an instructor tell us that you can assess patency by applying pressure to the vein above the cannula and watch to see if the drops s...