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  1. Doesn't it feel great when...

    blackvans1234 replied to Bortaz's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a nun tell me that I was so gentle once. I was putting on / taking off her socks of her very swollen

  2. NP..How do pts adress you?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello all NP's, just wondering how you ask your patients to adress you, is it a first name basis? Can they call you Doctor? (I'm assuming no, but who knows)

  3. How do I know I am smart enough to become a RN?

    blackvans1234 replied to tkesh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is really it. Im in school now and have met plenty of students that fail out because they don't have the

  4. Proof that Nurses and Nurse Aides are Angels

    blackvans1234 replied to Baubo516's topic in Nurses Rock

    I have people tell me i'm a gift from god, or something similar. I refrain from telling them that I don't really believe in that, so I'm technically doomed for hell. I believe if there is a god, you...

  5. How do I know I am smart enough to become a RN?

    blackvans1234 replied to tkesh's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Take anatomy and physiology, that is usually an indicator of how you will do in nursing school. Please remember that nursing school is not indicitive of your success as a

  6. Would wearing a sexy nursing outfit to a party disrespect the profession?

    blackvans1234 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It's only bad if you're a man, and haven't shaved your

  7. Nicknames unprofessional?

    blackvans1234 replied to blackvans1234's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well the poll was inconclusive LOL I've (We've) learned two things from this thread 1) I can't make a clear poll 2) Nicknames are fine as long as they're not outrageous, as in sugar lips, hot bunz...

  8. Off the clock

    blackvans1234 replied to jbecerra's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about

  9. Can't get over my past

    blackvans1234 replied to niko1999 RN BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember, last hired, first fired (or cancelled in the PRN

  10. Do you need a special certification to insert catheters ?

    blackvans1234 replied to ShirleyYang's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think the OP was referring to Intravenous catheters. OP, in nursing school they do not teach us (ASN Students) to start IV's, however the hospitals teach you when you're hired. I guess they like it...

  11. Any one having problems with declining census?

    blackvans1234 replied to kati26's topic in Rehabilitation

    My facility is in need of a liasion, so I don't know if the reason of our poor census is due to that, or actual lack of people that need rehab. Also, insurance companies are not willing to give rehab...

  12. New Grad Failed Lift Test

    blackvans1234 replied to KerriaBoo22's topic in Nursing Career

    That's weird that they are making that a

  13. Second Highest Grade.

    blackvans1234 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    Nice, I did poorly on my first medsurg test, I got a 77. The class avg was a 73 so I suppose that isn't too bad in the grand scheme of things. My next exam is our midterm, i'm hoping to do better....

  14. Another day...another worry

    blackvans1234 replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Never know 'till you try. I actually didn't think I could do it until I tried (took my

  15. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    blackvans1234 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    This one is from me, I had a patient who would get confused at night. She was an older black woman with a very softspoken voice One night she rang her callbell, I entered the room and she is staring...

  16. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    blackvans1234 replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    This story is not mine, but a friend told it to me, My friend is Alejandro, he has a deep voice. He works on a medsurg floor at the hospital down the road. Alejandro is a little bit crazy, as is the...

  17. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    blackvans1234 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I didn't commit this one, but I witnessed it first hand. First semester nursing student, in the nursing home. My friend Glenn is 45 years old, he and I are both CNA's in the local hospital. In lab he...

  18. Yeah, I'm your nurse. What, I don't look like a nurse?

    blackvans1234 replied to algebra_demystified's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a CNA and a nursing student. I was working as a CNA in the ER at my hospital, and the emt's brought a patient in, and started giving me report on the patient, the Medic informed him I was the CNA...

  19. Guys, do you take this personally?

    blackvans1234 replied to bethannie's topic in Men in Nursing

    As a CNA in a hospital rehab unit, there are many, many patients that will not let me help them ambulate to the bathroom, dress and undress, etc etc etc. It is frustrating when one out of every three...

  20. Nurse Rounding

    blackvans1234 replied to Rehabme's topic in Rehabilitation

    I'm a PCT and we are responsible for the four p's. Ours are Pain, position, personal needs and....something else with a P. We do not have to fill out the p's, just sign each hour. Unfortunately it is...

  21. Ever "rip 'em a new one''?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a nursing student, one year into my ASN program. I have worked as a CNA in a local hospital for 2 yrs, and 3 months. Just browsing around these forums (and talking my sister who is an RN of 15...

  22. Bed Baths & Other Nursing Arts Still Taught? (Speaking of Wet Wipe Baths)

    blackvans1234 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    They didn't even teach us how to make hospital

  23. CVA causes drowsiness?

    blackvans1234 replied to treeye's topic in General Nursing

    I've recently had a patient with extreme drowsyness / lethargy post CVA, I honestly don't know the cause. He's also BIG TIME weak on the right side, talking flaccid paralysis

  24. Whats your biggest pet peeve working in the ED?

    blackvans1234 replied to Whts_Ur_Emergency?'s topic in Emergency

    I really can't give you a good reason. If it's a uniform policy to wear scrubs, then why aren't they wearing scrubs? The whole hospital wears scrubs, I can't figure out the rationale for going against...

  25. Seriously?!?!

    blackvans1234 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    One time this guy came in before his shift to get a rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin. According to the DOH, a feral cat that bites you might have rabies, and the ER is the only one who has rabies...