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    Nclex Mastery App

    smf0903 replied to guest798886's topic in General Students

    Best 30 bucks ever spent during
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    Hopeful 2nd deg BSN almost passed out watching stitches?!

    smf0903 replied to JWing82's topic in General Students

    Don't sweat it! I have heard countless stories of people passing out or near passing out from various things...and those people went on to become nurses, CRNAs, doctors, you name it. Sometimes...
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    Drug Guide Apps & Apps in General

    smf0903 replied to A.M. Wolf's topic in General Students

    Personally I love the Davis drug guide. We have Lippincott at work and many times I find things in my guide that aren't in Lippincott. Apps are nice BUT some places (like where I work) Internet...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    smf0903 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting. I saw that the transplant "failed" but hadn't read yet about the cause. Thanks for posting a link to the
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    Would more nurse aides solve the problem of always feeling short-staffed?

    smf0903 replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    It would be awesome to have more aides. I work nights on a med surg floor (more medical than surgical), and there are many nights we have no aide. We are the floor that the aide gets pulled from when...
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    What class in nursing school do they teach you surgical procedures?

    smf0903 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    Oh it was quite a sight for sure!! I seriously don't know how she got those covers stretched over those ginormous
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    Why don't nurses consistently take patient respiratory rates?

    smf0903 replied to PhillyRNtoBe's topic in General Students

    RR is the vital I take and record the most...because it's the easiest!! Pt doesn't have to be awake for heaven's sake! I always do a RR on my hourly
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    Smoking helps the COPD patient with pneumonia

    smf0903 replied to La'sBlueSky's topic in General Nursing

    Many moons ago I personally heard the same thing from the mouth of a doctor. I do remember him saying it was a "bad combination" to have someone not smoking combined with pneumonia, and that having a...
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    How to care for stroke patient?

    smf0903 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Since you stated you are in your first semester, and it sounds like you haven't covered a ton yet, check out in your text how neuro assessments are performed. I am sure you can find some nice videos...
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    04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

    smf0903 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Funny that you mention LOL for this week... I learned that: Those confused LOL can whip out a string of profanities that could make just about anyone blush. I heard the F-word so many times during the...
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    Interview Q. re Post-Op Addiction

    smf0903 replied to Fancypants09's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I follow the philosophy of my very first clinical instructor. She always told us that we will encounter stigma in the workplace when it comes to patients who are drug abusers/seekers. When a patient...
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    smf0903 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Or the family keeps insisting on intervention after intervention...there are worse things than death, that's for
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    What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    smf0903 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very interesting thread! I will gladly suction trachs. I derive some weird satisfaction with sucking out those globs. So far (relatively new, been on the floor for just under a year) the...
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    If one of these gets on you you try not to move too much until it's off, otherwise it bites you The only wish I have when I see them is that they keel over dead (real ladybugs I would never
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    Patty Duke's death bringing sepsis into the news

    smf0903 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I read a really well-written article this morning about Patty Duke's death which was attributed to sepsis. Of course now I can't find that particular article, but here is a similar one which talks a...
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    What class in nursing school do they teach you surgical procedures?

    smf0903 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    I remember being scared to death of compromising anything sterile LOL. One of my fellow students had her OR experience the week prior to us, and she reached right over the big tray of sterile...
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    What class in nursing school do they teach you surgical procedures?

    smf0903 replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    As everyone else said, you don't learn surgical procedures in nursing school. We got a day in the OR and must have been luckier than most with the surgeon operating that day because he brought us...
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I call them imposters. They are vile little creatures that bite and if you squish them they smell retched and stain whatever surface they're on. They are an Asian ladybug. My shop vac smells like a...
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    smf0903 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, it sounds like the AN peeps either had a super awesome week or a super sucky week I learned this week: What my breaking point is. Exhaustion + ridiculous patient situation + doctor being an...
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    NCLEX Survey!

    smf0903 replied to aalayton88's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Once, Ohio,
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    (Short) feeling terrible. New nurse. Made such a dumb mistake.

    smf0903 replied to Jaellys's topic in General Nursing

    Don't beat yourself up, no harm no foul :) i I once called our wonderful pulmonologist--who is one of our most awesome and well-respected docs--by name...only the name was wrong and the name of...
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    Right lower lobe pneumonia

    smf0903 replied to Gemlee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Medcram has a great video explaining VQ mismatch. I had a hard time wrapping my brain around the concept at first, once I understood it it became a favorite respiratory topic! I remember being pretty...
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    smf0903 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    It's on Netflix if you have
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    smf0903 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Mid-40s maybe? And that was my reply, pretty much
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    smf0903 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing