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  1. Accepting or not accepting the client which jeopardizes the license the most?

    student4ever replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she is seriously being dumped upon by the more seasoned nurses who don't sound as if they care much about following protocol, but want to make it sound to management like they are watching...

  2. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    student4ever replied to SoulShine75's topic in Nursing Career

    LOL, I did that when I left my job as a hospital admitting clerk to take a patient care tech job. I took a considerable pay cut (don't ask me why that is - it's rediculous because it's a much harder...

  3. Nurses needed to help out in London

    student4ever replied to Stitchie's topic in General Nursing

    Stitchie - I would go in an instant if I were actually a nurse already. Unfortunately, I still have three years to go, but my thoughts and prayers will be with you and whatever group you can get...

  4. Solid Color Uniform Help

    student4ever replied to eborgelt's topic in General Nursing

    Get a cool Ultrascope steth - they have tons of colors of tubing to choose from as well as unique customizable heads that have really great designs. They're kinda pricey, but I've heard that they're...

  5. any o' yall ever been a ER tech????

    student4ever replied to fethahed's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm an ER tech and I love it. I get to do EKGs, lab draws, foleys, vitals, assist the nurses with their duties, set up trays, chaperone during pelvics, etc. The only thing I'm really not allowed to...

  6. ER NP and jobs in the field

    student4ever replied to cadency's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Anyone know if ER NPs are usually employed at larger and/or teaching hospitals, or if most hospitals are open to employing ER NPs? I am interested in this area in the future, but don't want to have...

  7. Many Strikes on record, should I forget this career

    student4ever replied to questionscurious's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above posters - your goal is not necessarily a lost cause. E-mail or write to your state's board, and ask your specific questions, and just see what they respond. A letter from your...

  8. Jury duty...

    student4ever replied to RNmaria's topic in General Nursing

    I got called 2 years ago, exactly one month after I registered to vote - go figure! But since I was a full time student, sent back the form stating that I had classes and was a full time student....

  9. Charting ?

    student4ever posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I just started my first job as a Clinical Assistant while I'm in school for nursing (hopefully I'll start my clinical program next fall). My preceptor is telling me that when I chart vitals and...

  10. Admitting Diagnosis

    student4ever replied to mir4777's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL, yeah, I can see that! Must not have been written down for the admitting clerk?? very

  11. Started Volunteering in the ER on Monday

    student4ever replied to Doug85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Figure out which department you would be most interested in working, and contact their nurse manager and try to get a face to face interview. I started out working in admitting two years ago, in the...

  12. Charting ?

    student4ever replied to student4ever's topic in General Nursing

    that's what I thought would be the most accurate way of charting vitals. Occasionally when my preceptor charts vitals, the time she puts in from her watch is a few minutes ahead of the clock on the...

  13. Caregiver killing caregiver

    student4ever replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience, the nurses who act this way are either nurses who have been there forever and feel like they are the best, and are terrified someone will take that "position" on the...

  14. I have extreme cough and need some opinions

    student4ever replied to graddock's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything said here so far. I am a smoker as well, and though I'm not proud of it, it is SOOOO hard to quit that I haven't YET succeeded. I usually get bronchitis/some other resp...

  15. Admitting Diagnosis

    student4ever replied to mir4777's topic in Nursing Humor

    what in the heck was it supposed to be??? LOL, in defense of myself (when I was one) and other admitting clerks, many admitting clerks are not mandated to take medical terminology (which IMHO they...

  16. Admitting Diagnosis

    student4ever replied to mir4777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay, I used to be an Admitting clerk, and I'll tell on myself. I was doing admission paperwork on someone being admitted for "Acute Pancreatitis." It was super busy, and I was doing three things at...

  17. sick of ADN vs BSN! like most of us have a choice anyway!

    student4ever replied to okie2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I too am sick of the ADN/BSN debate. As said on an episode of ER, "what do you call the med student who graduated last in his class? You call him DOCTOR." Basically, whatever route you go, you are...

  18. Does your ED have an observation unit, and what's its purpose?

    student4ever replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    Not to mention, to our docs anyways, fear of potential lawsuit over having someone go home, have an MI or other adverse outcome. It's insane how many (in my opinion) unecessary tests are run simply...

  19. Whats the real deal?

    student4ever replied to Butterfly3001's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good luck to you. One thing that hasn't been mentioned is that you should try and get the highest score possible on your entrance exam (ie NET test or whatever test your school uses if they use one)...

  20. Northwestern Virginia Hospitals - looking for opinions

    student4ever replied to BookishRN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    My friend works at AMC, totally loves it, and met her fiance there. I have thought about going to work there when I graduate, but I've heard some not so great things about their ER, and since that's...

  21. Transferring patients to larger hospitals...

    student4ever replied to deespoohbear's topic in Rural

    Our ER rarely sends patients in a direct admit status. We are a medium sized semi-rural area hospital. I say semi rural because we are in a mid-sized city, have approx 200 bed inpt capacity, but we...

  22. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

    student4ever replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    the other night a rather agitated patient presented to the ER with a complaint of "I been bit." Trying to get more specifics (yeah, it really does make a difference if it was bug bite, snake bite,...

  23. Northwestern Virginia Hospitals - looking for opinions

    student4ever replied to BookishRN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Yeah, I've heard some stuff about that. Any idea why? I heard something about really low

  24. Nursing Student Uniforms??

    student4ever replied to lexy3227's topic in Virginia Nursing

    At my school it's all white with a white smock overtop - ICK!!! If the smock weren't bad enough... all WHITE???? I already work at a hospital, so I'm already used to wearing whatever color/print...

  25. Northwestern Virginia Hospitals - looking for opinions

    student4ever replied to BookishRN's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I work in a great (though relatively small) hospital in southwestern virginia, close to the WVA border. I don't have much experience with the northern virginia hospitals, but I do know that...