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blackribbon

Med/Surg, Gyn, Pospartum & Psych

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  1. clinicals

    blackribbon replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    My program was huge (if you included 1st years and 2nd years, it was probably about 500 students that needed to be placed each rotation) and we had students in almost every teaching hospital around...

  2. Noncompliant diabetic patients

    blackribbon replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I find that as you dig deeper in most non-compliant people, you can find the real reason they are "non-compliant". Quite often it is grief, depression, and anxiety. They are afraid to die and...

  3. Noncompliant diabetic patients

    blackribbon replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I have never had that. People who have brought in tons of outside junk but never people who use our small sampling as a grazing station. I did have one dementia patient who swore she...

  4. Noncompliant diabetic patients

    blackribbon replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    No "snacks" and what do you do when a patient is off the floor during a meal...or is nauseated during a meal time...or sleeps through a meal...or is a late admit? However, we do have chicken salad...

  5. The Hotel Phenomenon

    blackribbon replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I actually was referring to people who will walk out of the hospital and head straight to the restaurant to get the food we would not allow them to eat while being so "nauseated" and crippled by...

  6. Question for your med/surg instructor

    blackribbon posted a topic in General Students

    I am one year out of nursing school and have a question that no one seems to be able to answer. I was hoping that someone in school would ask their instructor for me. When you are assessing bowel...

  7. Why don't you just read the chart?

    blackribbon replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We do almost nothing on paper in my hospital...the transfer log and maybe a printed ECG report and my brain is the only paper I touch on an entire shift. As for what information I get at handoff, I...

  8. Question for your med/surg instructor

    blackribbon replied to blackribbon's topic in General Students

    So if I hear required two gurgles (not hypo or hyper active) in the the LUQ of a patient with no colon, what is that telling me? Is that saying that there is no small bowel obstruction in the entire...

  9. How did you pass mental health course?

    blackribbon replied to Natasha A.'s topic in General Students

    I personally liked the book Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy. Read the rationales for why the right answers are right and the wrong answers are wrong. Mental health nursing is just a...

  10. The Hotel Phenomenon

    blackribbon replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    Now we better be careful on this one....what is "best" for a patient might only be an opinion of what WE believe is best for them. We are not living in their skin. This is no different that realizing...

  11. You CAN get a GREAT job in the first year!

    blackribbon replied to FloridaBeagle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took the job I considered crappy...but it was a hospital med/surg job and I wasn't going to miss out. Low census meant that I got cross-trained in psych (something that I actually really wanted to...

  12. Quit during orientation

    blackribbon replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Earning the aid's respect is one of the best things I ever did on this new job. I have heard that even the unit secretary has run interference with the charge nurses when they tried to overload me...

  13. New Grad Residency Programs

    blackribbon replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    The top rated hospital in the state of

  14. New Grad Residency Programs

    blackribbon replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    I am in a new grad residency program...but I didn't apply to this but rather was put in it upon being hired. I am a huge magnet hospital and only have my ADN. While I do have a BS in another field,...

  15. Quit during orientation

    blackribbon replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    Darn, I am still hoping to get to the point I have "down time" on a shift. I just recently started eating my "lunch". However, I do know that the aids respect me because I do not consider anything...

  16. Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    blackribbon replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember watching an episode of House where the Medical Director was holding the patient's hand comforting him WHILE they were fibrillating him. My favorite is an ad for a nursing school around...

  17. Test on July 15 2015 HELP

    blackribbon replied to nursebabyxoxo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The best advice I can offer is to realize that almost nobody feels good walking out of the NCLEX...even if the computer shut off at 75. Have a support person ready to meet you and allow you to vent...

  18. Mom and Nursing Student: What should I do? How should I do this?

    blackribbon replied to ToJayRobin's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I didn't read all the response but am just one year out of nursing school. I am a widowed mother of two teenagers. I had no choice, I needed to go to school now because my source of financial...

  19. Failed A&P: Need Study Advice for Lecture Part

    blackribbon replied to walktheline's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you want to prepare for nursing school, study until you understand the information enough to think your way through a test question. If you are depending on raw memorization, then you will be...

  20. Failed A Course...

    blackribbon replied to Kyliemb's topic in General Students

    I know people who failed a class/clinical in nursing school and graduated and even passed the NCLEX. I think you are missing the bigger picture though...if you are worried about having the skills...

  21. Quit during orientation

    blackribbon replied to Themostsupreme's topic in General Students

    I'm glad you found a job you like. However, unless you are in an area desperate for RNs AND is willing to hire new grads, I doubt that getting that first job will be " a piece of cake ". We have a...

  22. The Hotel Phenomenon

    blackribbon replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient preparing to be discharged a few months ago. I can't remember her exact diagnosis but it wasn't a chronic condition that required frequent hospitalization. What I do remember is her...

  23. Notes in 3rd person style

    blackribbon replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse who is older. I don't know that anyone taught me how to write a nurse's note but what came naturally is 3rd person because I have been taught this is how professional writing is...

  24. Why don't you just read the chart?

    blackribbon replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    IV gauge is very important if Hmg are low and the patient may be getting blood (fairly common reason for admission onto my floor) or the patient may be getting a contrast dye for a scan...it also...

  25. Why don't you just read the chart?

    blackribbon replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    First of all, I consider myself lucky if I get a handoff from the ER on a new admit...I am happy with whatever info you can pass because I often get less than 5 minutes notice that I am getting a new...