NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    ^ I did that recently. someone was writing about their nclex experience and wrote pneumonic when they meant mnemonic ... and I became that guy who corrected

  2. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    hahahahahahaha "AX" - that makes me cringe. I'm starting to hear that more often, I don't know why. other mispronunciations I hear often: paradigm shift - I've heard it pronounced as para dig...

  3. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about this thread, and no joke, I once saw in a progress note a dr wrote that a wound had puss...so he added a y to the word puss LOL. And the thing is, back then, I was stumped...

  4. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to explain how this was incorrect to someone in very basic terms - if you could care less, you would...and he still didn't get

  5. Linguistic Pet Peeves

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Jedrnurse's topic in General Nursing

    hahahah I said this a few times in other threads and I always get the usual "we're nurses not writers" response from someone. I wholeheartedly agree with OP - your linguistic skills says a lot about...

  6. New nurse: I get no respect

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Nurse326's topic in Emergency

    years ago I worked as a unit secretary prior to going to nursing school, we had this nasty tech who eons ago failed nursing school. She was bitter with a capital B. Needless to say, everyone on the...

  7. Refuses bath all week, complains to family hasn't been given a bath in a week?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to nURse_dEZi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wash the patient, and inform the family member of patient's right to refusal. I had this happen countless times in clinical - offer bed bath, patient says no, I respect their wish - I inform...

  8. Got fired.. Need support

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to uniqueguy34's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    bravo to the rest of you, I didn't make it past the first few run on sentences. hope her documentation wasn't like

  9. I'm in tears--to accept or decline?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

    Semantics? She reached out for an internship and was offered a flat out exploitation in a specialty she wasn't even looking at. That is the difference between this scenario and an actual internship....

  10. I'm in tears--to accept or decline?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

    and she most likely fought for that internship against other applicants. OP here was asked. which probably meant the position was neither officially sanctioned nor an internship in nature. in...

  11. I messed up

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to magslu's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think OP isn't really grasping what is rally happening here. Hospice...sounds like pt was doing that chain smoke breathing (I know the real term, it's a joke from another thread this week, thank...

  12. RN to BSN without statistics/chemistry

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to hospnurse's topic in Online Distance Learning

    take the full chemistry courses, too. My ADN program had a "chemistry for allied health professionals" - basically the easier chemistry course vs the regular chem 101 course. well I took it, it was...

  13. Failed NCLEX 3X

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to jalana's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You failed 3x. what do the reports for attempts 1 & 2 say? It may be that you are lacking in content - you can study for x hrs of day, but if it goes in and then quickly out, it won't

  14. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    I will never forget this incident during clinical. My patient's pulse ox read 76%. Me being a nursing student, ran to my to instructor, who ran into the room with me to find the patient sitting...

  15. Second Nclex Attempt

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Andrew92's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You can check your BON to see if your license has been updated. that pretty much supersedes any quick

  16. My nursing school and NCLEX experience 2016 - plus tips

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to parasalyne's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    PS, it's a

  17. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    speaking of CPR...ah yes I love seeing the bent elbows during

  18. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    ^ that is terrible. so now when people hear DNR, instead of dying in dignity or pain free comfort care, they'll think "throw them in a corner and let them

  19. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    I read the post and I could tell the diploma nurse being spoken about was the

  20. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    you know what I just thought of? when you watch the credits roll at the end, there is always a medical consultant on board...so it makes you wonder how any of these discrepancies made it past that...

  21. It Ain't Like The Movies!

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to madricka's topic in General Nursing

    I wish there was more representation of minorities in these shows. You can go to the whitest section of America and there will be Indian doctors, Filipino nurses, etc. cause everyone goes where the...

  22. NCLEX

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Ermias's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    don't focus too much on the % , just learn the rationales. I never got beyond 60% cause the questions were extremely hard, and that was a one time luck. my scores looked similar to

  23. Asking nurse coworker out on a date on another floor

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Sailed3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    in general, you don't crap where you eat, as the saying goes. sure there are the success stories, but the majority of the cases...not so

  24. Call bell/nurse notify system

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to studentsara's topic in General Nursing

    None of these fancy calling systems will ever work if you don't have the staff to execute it. We've had everything from different colored lights to 'timing' the responses by manager and people...

  25. When the NCLEX Pearson Vue Trick Goes Wrong

    NuGuyNurse2b replied to Ethan, Regular Nurse's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ^ did he pass, though? It wasn't confirmed, unless I'm missing something. He just said the Pearson Vue trick worked for him - with 'worked' either confirming he passed or he failed, which isn't made...