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  1. Question for those who just finished A&P I

    student4ever replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had A&P on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I had two hours to kill before my first class, and I made it a point to go straight from work (I work nights) to the library...

  2. when will it "click"?

    student4ever replied to shasta1's topic in Emergency

    Well, I don't know how well I can advise you seeing as I am not a nurse yet, I'm still in school, but I work at a small though very busy ER as a PCT. Are you feeling that things don't "click" because...

  3. Questions for ER Nurses

    student4ever replied to selene's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not often, though some family members will stop by and tell you how they're doing. Especially for us, since we're not a trauma facility, we stabilize trauma pt. and they're out the door, over the...

  4. student question-clamping caths

    student4ever replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure of the answer to all of your questions here, but I do know that one main reason that a lot of people with newly inserted catheters feel a sense of urgency is that the balloon in their...

  5. Psych Specialty--The Red-headed Stepchild of Nursing?

    student4ever replied to Meerkat's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, psychiatric nursing IS very different from "regular" nursing - notice I didn't say REAL nursing! There is a much different focus - at least in my hospital. Our mental health center nurses...

  6. Read this if you have taken A&P.

    student4ever replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My teacher used powerpoints in lecture. Before lecture, I would print out her powerpoint for the chapter, full slide images - one slide per page. Then I would take my notes on the powerpoint...

  7. IVS and inserting Catheters

    student4ever replied to nursewannabee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First of all, congratulations on starting nursing school next fall! That's the semester I'm supposed to start nursing school too! I'm just finishing up my pre-reqs now. To answer your question ( I...

  8. Question on sisters visit to ER

    student4ever replied to sydylo's topic in Emergency

    pricklypear - I'm glad things worked out well for your hubby - I must say though, I'm glad I didn't go to that ER when I was sure I had appendicitis... I had all the same symptoms he had... the docs...

  9. Should I worry about possible needlestick?

    student4ever replied to caholbr's topic in General Nursing

    Trust your gut instinct. You obviously have concerns - you felt the needle - and you know the pts. hep c status... I would be knocking down the door of the risk management nurse's door right

  10. DNR orders

    student4ever replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Where I live, 911 calls go to the same place, which automatically dispatches whatever needed - police, fire, rescue. Rescue is automatically dispatched for anything even remotely medical. And to...

  11. treating a visitor of your pt? reprimanded for not doing it....

    student4ever replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Definetly fight it. I work in an ER, so it's a bit different scenario. We've had patients' family members go bad before - pass out, etc. etc. In that case, we start treating them, and if they...

  12. What Grossness Is Cool?

    student4ever replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    OMG, that is just soooo

  13. Day shift vs. night shift

    student4ever replied to lisa1130's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree totally with everything that Ruby said. Nights (which I work full time) generally has a cameraderie that I love - you get to know the people you work with better because there are fewer of...

  14. why do people think doctors are so superior?

    student4ever replied to MagicalThinking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's okay to vent! That mentality gets me burned up too... society has so overheroized (is that a word?) doctors into these super people that anything else in the medical field seems small potatoes...

  15. i know this is random

    student4ever replied to epworth's topic in International Nursing

    Try posting the the Texas forum under forums by location. There may be someone on there who might know more about it than some others on this site! Good luck to you, and welcome to

  16. I'm about to choke the skeleton

    student4ever replied to stpauligirl's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The thing that did the trick for me on anything labeling related was to print off multiple copies of every picture available for labeling (my teacher put up tons of them on her website to print off -...

  17. Latex Allergy

    student4ever replied to orange-rn's topic in Emergency

    Wish our department would invest in those - all the squads use them d/t possibility for latex allergies in patients - yet we're all condemned to the horrible vinyl gloves that don't stretch and always...

  18. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    student4ever replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that the article's title is inappropriate and degrading, but the article itself seems to be very truthful, speaking to the difficult admission process, and the math/science skills needed to...

  19. Are 12 hr shifts long and drawn out?

    student4ever replied to FirstYear2005's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, a 12 hour shift can be VERY long... but boring??? VERY rarely! I work in the ED, so occasionally once in a blue moon, we'll have a night that's slow as can be, and we only have 2-4 pts in the...

  20. ADN vs BSN pay for RN

    student4ever replied to amyet's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    At my hospital, ADNs are paid the exact same as BSNs. Only BSNs can apply for administration/management positions. Crazy, IMO b/c I want to go on when I'm done w/ my ADN to get my BSN - but except...

  21. How Behind Do You Get?

    student4ever replied to lisa41rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so sorry you're going through such a rough time! But don't give up! You've come this far - finished school, passed the NCLEX, you just need to pass another "test" yet - unfortunately, this is a...

  22. Hello

    student4ever replied to babydoll62804's topic in General Nursing

    hello and welcome to allnurses! I'm sure you will love it

  23. Feeding and toileting

    student4ever replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Forgive me if this is a stupid question.... Why is it "contaminating" clean trays to LEAVE to toilet someone? I can understand going straight from toiletting to mixing food without washing hands....

  24. ***A&P I Fall '05 Club -- Sept Q&A***

    student4ever replied to kayel's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Congratulations! You should be very proud of yourself! Just goes to show that when you study hard, you can acchieve great

  25. Patient held medicines while inpatients

    student4ever replied to fraggle*hugger's topic in Pediatric

    Sounds like the safest way of doing things! Seriously, can you imagine how easy it would be for someone to give wrong dosage and then when kid gets sick or dies from it, guess who is liable??? The...