NuGuyNurse2b

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  1. Why is insulin drawn clear to cloudy?

    same here. when I read that I went HUH? putting the patient at risk for lipodystrophy,
  2. Nurse bag for clinicals

    I carried a notepad and everything else (pens, stethoscope) I put in my pocket. never felt the need for a bag for clinical. I have seen male nurses wear fanny packs,
  3. The "Wait"

    ours came via snail mail, no phone, no email. and I agree, pray the mailman didn't put your envelope in another person's box and that person couldn't care to return it to the post office. Then you...
  4. That Cardizem example is really scary because the hospital I did my clinical at had both the brand and generic name for meds - I would imagine that's the safest way to do it because of exactly this...
  5. Nursing is becoming stupid

    I said this in the nursing students thread cause I witnessed it working as a secretary. if you go into nursing thinking you'll be that angel that saves lives, you're going to be sorely mistaken....
  6. Please help my grades are killing me!!

    You go where they take you, LOL. I was crushed when I got my rejection letter to the BSN program I wanted. But I got into an ADN, graduated, studying for NCLEX and moving on. It's not the route...
  7. Practice NCLEX question

    I swear there are moments I learn more here than I did in
  8. Finally an RN after 12 years!

    your story reflects what I noticed in my cohort. the LPN students did very well compared to others. I guess the real world experience made a difference. I'm a believer in 2nd, 3rd, 4th...nth...
  9. Fundamentals of Nursing Clinicals

    Fundamentals was fun. You kinda just observe everything. Some people will tell you they are bored, but it's what you make of it. You're new, you don't know anything, so you do what works for you;...
  10. Practice NCLEX question

    that's how I read it too. so when grntea said 1 I was like
  11. Please help my grades are killing me!!

    it depends on the college & the applicant pool. I didn't get into a BSN program that I applied to, and my cumm GPA was a 3.4 at the time (which nursing school has brought down to a 3.2,...
  12. Practice NCLEX question

    hmmm he could form a hammer with those Duplos
  13. I need help finding a new nursing program!

    OMG 30K in the hole with nothing to show for it YIKES. FYI my 2-year from a CC was around
  14. 9 Newbie Nurse Mistakes to Avoid

    I will never understand why people do that. As a new nurse, you want people to like you. And what do they think would happen? That there'll be no retaliation? So naïve. here's one along the...
  15. I did it, and I do not dispute the negative aspects of it. In fact, I did more than 40 hrs - I worked full time nights and I did part time work on the weekends because most night shift jobs don't pay...
  16. Um you were the only one who needed toning down - that's why your post was deleted and another one of it was edited. I reported your post cause you obviously cannot handle a difference of opinion and...
  17. Practice NCLEX question

    I know some hospitals don't allow overnight stays in their peds dept (obviously negotiable for extenuating circumstances like an end of life disease), so that might not be a possibility. I know when...
  18. Practice NCLEX question

    I picked the teddy bear simply because it was soft and the child couldn't hurt himself or anyone else with it. that was my line of
  19. Practice NCLEX question

    ^ the question says the child is throwing a
  20. An NCLEX question for you.

    I see. Well, I don't think it's a dead thread then. the real life nursing debate looks like it has ended. we can come out of hiding now. I would like, however, the answers to the questions...which...
  21. Nursing is not for me

    You raised my flag when you mentioned that bedside wasn't for you - even while still in school. Sorry but we all gotta do it. And I heard that from some of my cohorts in school - there's always that...
  22. First of all, it's "affect" not "effect" - you're confusing your verbs with your nouns. Straight A's, huh? And the study compared men to women. It said it in the report, it showed comparison between...
  23. Calling all non-traditional nursing students!!!

    ^ Life kicked my butt. graduated with my bachelors in another area - thought I'd go out there, get a good job, make decent money, etc. I ended up working dead end job to dead end job because I found...
  24. Second degree and nursing

    I think you missed my point also. I'm disagreeing with you. Those two scenarios you are responding to do not have a BSN, they are in fact overqualified and for the economics reason that you...
  25. Second degree and nursing

    that's not how the world works. If you have an MSN, it is only natural you would want more $$ for the additional years of schooling that you took (even f you are not requesting it, HR will think that...