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  1. help with cardinal movements!

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The instructor actually held a doll up against her stomach as she went over (and over!) the whole sequence. It makes sense but I can't get it to stick in my mind! The kinds of questions we are to...

  2. How do you develop a thick skin?

    MIA-RN1 replied to belabelisa's topic in General Students

    I don't know what to say to help but if it makes you feel better I cry at the drop of a hat. Seriously. At work a coworker told me someone had told her that I said some nasty stuff--all lies--and...

  3. Controversial HealthcareTopics...

    MIA-RN1 replied to OUBobcat94's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    we had a big issue in our local news a bit back because a couple was ordered by a judge not to have any more children because they were drug users and couldn't care for the ones they have. Like forced...

  4. LPN or ADN?

    MIA-RN1 replied to ericat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know much about them except that they were way too expensive when I looked into a MA

  5. LPN or ADN?

    MIA-RN1 replied to ericat's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know Bryant and Stratton now offers nursing! I thought they had Medical Assisting only for their clinical program. They are a private college, you will pay more than if you go to a community...

  6. Help me talk to patients....

    MIA-RN1 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I usually chit chat about stuff in the room etc, esp. during a bed bath or something on the embarrassing side for either of us. My first pt in school was a veterinarian who had to retire d/t his...

  7. I really hate care plans...can someone help me?

    MIA-RN1 replied to lccougar02's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sure! "Nursing Diagnosis Handbook; a Guide to Planning Care" 6th edition c 2004 By: Betty J Ackley and Gail B. Ladwig published by Mosby ISBN 0-323-02551-X "Nursing Diagnosis Handbook" 8th edition c...

  8. I really hate care plans...can someone help me?

    MIA-RN1 replied to lccougar02's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We have been taught that our outcomes need to be SMART--Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound. So I would reword your goal a bit--instead of after medication is administered,...

  9. How did you get through your first bed bath?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Nesher's topic in General Students

    But thats not a bad thing. We all have to learn and having my first patient a male made all the other female patients that much

  10. How did you get through your first bed bath?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Nesher's topic in General Students

    We paired up our first time and it made it so much easier. We were instructed beforehand on the talking over the patient issue. We never ignored the patient, if anything we were hypersensitive to...

  11. ? re: starting as a new nurse/$/training etc

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I am due to graduate in May but I met a couple days ago with a nurse recruiter at the hospital where I want to work. The meeting went well and she explained all of the policies to me and...

  12. ? re: starting as a new nurse/$/training etc

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the info. I do want to compare a bit and see what is out there. I am thinking of meeting another recruiter at another hospital locally to get an idea of what its like

  13. ? re: starting as a new nurse/$/training etc

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I hear you. I am worried about having to work night shift. Days and eves are easy, I have no trouble with that. Although having never been on my feet for 12h at a time (at least all in once place...

  14. Freezing Up and Going Blank at Clinical

    MIA-RN1 replied to WAstudent's topic in General Students

    I do the same thing. Last semester after hanging tons of IV bags, piggybacks etc, the instructor let me hand them without her assistance at all the last clinical day. She just stood there. I froze....

  15. meeting w/ nurse recruiter--suggestions welcomed

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I am meeting with a nurse recruiter for a local hospital on Thursday. I already work for the hospital but off-site and in a non-nursing position (I will be graduating in May) I am not sure...

  16. Nursing school making me sick

    MIA-RN1 replied to Maisie's topic in General Students

    I get stress-related illnesses---IBS and my fibromyalgia flares when I get too stressed. The latest is muscle-tension headaches that can last for weeks and bring me to tears. My doctor advised me to...

  17. Weird, Odd Nurses Behavior.....

    MIA-RN1 replied to cre8tivRN's topic in General Nursing

    If someone coughs or sneezes anywhere near me in public, I hold my breath and practically run until I am least 3 feet away...sheesh! and Im still a student too

  18. negative outlook on cancer

    MIA-RN1 replied to Shadelyn's topic in General Nursing

    Im not a nurse yet, but I have some experience with cancer. My husband has had it for about 4 years now. He's been in remission for about 3 1/2 years and I know we are very lucky with that. The...

  19. Passed out on first day of clinical!!!

    MIA-RN1 replied to TraumaRN1983's topic in General Students

    Well, the bright side of your experience is it just can't get worse...can only get better after

  20. 3 weeks into nsg program, he wants to quit...

    MIA-RN1 replied to AtlantaRN's topic in General Students

    I was very similar. Thought I wanted to be a nurse at 20--until I got there. Did a year of pre-req/sciences with little trouble and hit the nursing program. Passed first semester, barely. Withdrew in...

  21. Care Plans Help Please! (with the R\T and AEB)

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNinJune2007's topic in General Students

    The orange dx book put out by Ackley is great because in the front it lists medical dx's with their corresponding nursing

  22. 1st semester of nursing school...what did you learn?

    MIA-RN1 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    Community College in Rochester NY: Each semester is team taught, so its one group of instructors for each semester. They rotated who did which lectures. Always the same clinical instructor during the...

  23. Student! Help!

    MIA-RN1 replied to almost a nurse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you research something that is a current topic? Lots of evidence-based info on nurses with long fingernails/acrylic nails that have carried microbes and have led to neonate infection and

  24. dress code policies in hospital setting

    MIA-RN1 replied to ianpstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I read in AJN not too long ago about an initiative for nurses to get the "RN" patch on their uniforms. Sounds good to me. (When I graduate I'm getting an RN tattoo) (No it won't show when I am in...

  25. Question About Postural Vitals

    MIA-RN1 replied to Rhonda V's topic in General Nursing

    question from a student...whats the rationale for elevating her feet while she was laying down? I was taught to do them flat. Maybe I missed