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  1. vital sign help

    student4ever replied to onduty23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For respirations, I usually watch as I'm taking pulse to see if I can see the person's breathing - I don't count or anything, cause that messes me up with the pulse! When I'm done with the pulse, I...

  2. looking for feedback/advice on this idea

    student4ever replied to dutchgirl's topic in Orthopedic

    WOW!!! I so need to try this for my LOLs on Lasix - they have to pee like every 2 seconds, and they can't hold it until their bladder gets actually full, so they dribble all the time - sorry, maybe...

  3. Am I In The Right Place?

    student4ever replied to el0489's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tweety, as always you have such wonderful things to say! I'm not a new RN yet, but I've just started a new job as a CA, with a lot of patient care responsibilities in a busy ER, and I must say there...

  4. Is your hospital DIRTY ??? Does housekeeping clean the empty room and bath in

    student4ever replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    You must work at my hospital!!! I work in the ED, and it doesn't LOOK dirty, but I know it IS dirty. We stay so busy that housekeeping doesn't ever clean the rooms unless we page them for a...

  5. Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo Woes

    student4ever replied to Super_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am an emotional wreck on any kind of hormonal birth control method. Screws me up big time! And not just during my period! I didn't even realize this, since I had been on BC for so long (started 6...

  6. Do you have to start out in a hospital?

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

    I second what everyone else has said - you will see, smell, and possibly get covered in plenty of poo during school. But, you will get over it. I always just try and make my patient feel as...

  7. A lot

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

    I used to be an English major, so this type of spelling mistake usually bothers me - and when I see it in charting at work, it bothers me to no end. But on here, I'm guilty of quite a few spelling...

  8. A&P I: Fall '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

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

    alright folks, this is my opinion. do not psych yourself out over a&p. it is a tough course, yes - i can tell that from looking at my book. tons of information to learn. but if you go to every...

  9. ER doc misread EKG? (long vent)

    student4ever replied to JAHJF's topic in Cardiac

    Haven't seen an ER doc misread an EKG before that I have known about, but last week the ER MD on nights called a cardiologist out of bed, into the hospital for "a really funky looking EKG" which the...

  10. My "Duh" moment in my first day of nursing school clinical

    student4ever replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Sounds like the nurse didn't specify what she wanted the ice bags for - which would have cleared the problem up right then and there. I wish preceptors didn't automatically assume that students know...

  11. Experience in the ER

    student4ever replied to Maren26's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Not many people see something that graphic their first day in the ED. It must be very traumatic for you (and it probably would have been traumatic for myself as well, even though I've worked in...

  12. Study Skills...HELP!

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

    organization is key for me as well. i have a sturdy 3 ring binder with sections for class notes, study guides, quizzes and tests, handouts, etc. my planner is also my lifeblood - i write not only my...

  13. A&P I: Fall '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

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

    anyone else start reading for a&p yet? i was bored today, so i did a read through of chapter one, and some study questions. chapter one looks easy, just introduction stuff, but i can see already...

  14. Stupid Question!

    student4ever replied to tx2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    what kind of a glutton for punishment would you have to be for that to happen???? lol :rotfl:

  15. A&P I: Fall '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

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

    I'm taking A&P I this semester along with the rest of y'all. I'm really not too worried about it because last semester I tried taking A&P II (yes, out of sequence), and it wasn't too bad. I...

  16. tomorrow is my first day! yeehaw

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

    Good luck, and welcome to the club of the sleepless and

  17. Ed Techs

    student4ever replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    i work as an ed tech, and neither i nor my fellow techs (well, most of them) get a chance to sit down at all unless we're charting or entering orders. we are always running around doing things, and i...

  18. Drug seekers "Drug of Choice"

    student4ever replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Computerized records are a godsend when it comes to drug seekers, though most of ours are in every other day, so it doesn't take much to remember them! We have one who comes in with headache or chest...

  19. I'm the nosy lady in walmart. Woopsie.

    student4ever replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    Indy, I admire you for speaking up to the woman in Wal-Mart. I agree with the posters who feel the "mother" didn't know what she was doing was so potentially harmful. If your Wal-Mart is anything...

  20. sleeping disorder on night shift

    student4ever replied to lee22's topic in General Nursing

    For many many many people I think it is just a point of whether or not they can do nights - some people just can't. Myself, I would never work any other shift. I keep on the same schedule sleeping...

  21. Were you scared of needles or blood?

    student4ever replied to justrose79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I dreamed of being a nurse as a child, but shied away from the career when I graduated highschool becuase I got squeamish (sp?) around blood and pain and puking and such. However, I loved the medical...

  22. Just started, and found out Im pregnant?!

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

    If I were you I would wait a little bit, unless you plan to quit working once you have your baby. Employers understand that babies are a part of life (or there would be no more new life!), and it...

  23. Roll Call Fall '05, Pre-nursing for RN program

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

    I'm starting my "second" semester of pre-nursing on Aug. 22 at BRCC in Virginia. The reason I say "second" is that it's my second semester of pre-nursing major, but in 2002 I finished my Assoc. of...

  24. Nose Piercing

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

    The "crust" that accumulates around the edges of the stud is a build up of dead skin cells, makeup if you wear it, and possibly the remnants of an infection, and is IMHO very gross. I wear a nose...

  25. Ack! Paying the price for honesty about Depression Diagnosis

    student4ever replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP - I'm sorry you're dealing with such difficult situations and that the state is being so unhelpful to getting your life back together. I'm not a nurse yet, so I'm not an expert by any...