Awesomocity0

Awesomocity0

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  1. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I like everything about this, except that it does imply that proper orientations are impossible to find. I work in a teaching hospital, and OR residents get a year orientation, which starts off...

  2. Why did you become an MA?

    Awesomocity0 replied to studentih's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In school, we were always taught that professionals had a license. You have medical professionals and unlicensed assistive personnel. Isn't your job as a UAP to assist professionals with licenses? I...

  3. Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

    Awesomocity0 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not just in the OR. I can technically evaluate our GI fellows. Not as much as the faculty physicians. But as a circulator, you chart things like time to cecum, withdrawal time, etc. And you see which...

  4. Please help my grades are killing me!!

    Awesomocity0 replied to Leigh_delgado's topic in General Students

    The mistakes you made when you were younger bit confuses me. How much time has passed? If it's a situation where you were 20 and failed classes and are 30 now, you might be able to have those classes...

  5. Why don't you just read the chart?

    Awesomocity0 replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm kind of inclined to side with the overwhelming number of people who are feeling very offended at this/think it's a ridiculous. Buuuuuuuut I'm also going to play devil's advocate a bit, because I...

  6. Time Paradox of 12 hour shifts

    Awesomocity0 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    If you're so miserable, and you moved for your husband, maybe he might consider moving for you? Or you could look for a place to live that is closer to the city or your work. I think a two hour drive...

  7. Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

    Awesomocity0 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You know, a lot of these responses make me giggle, but I actually have experience with this sort of thing. I work in a teaching hospital. With fellows. So on July 1st, when the new batch rolls in and...

  8. Do you talk to your coworkers alot on your lunch break?

    Awesomocity0 replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think everyone on my unit has their friends. There are a couple people with whom I don't share anything, because I don't particularly like them, but they share waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy too much...

  9. Anyone work a Baylor Shift anymore?

    Awesomocity0 replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    At my first job out of school, I worked those shifts, and I was tired but enjoyed five days off. It was the last hospital in the area to not have 12s on the units, and they soon switched over. But I...

  10. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    Awesomocity0 replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    You might want to read the rest of this thread before asking a question that we've already discussed. We've mentioned several

  11. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    You know, as someone who want to a school pretty high up on both lists (University of Texas), I don't feel like I'm any better than my preceptor who got her ADN at a cc and did her BSN online. If I...

  12. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    Awesomocity0 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand that in some scenarios but not others. For instance, my Dad went to go visit my grandfather in Croatia when he found out he had cancer. But it's not feasible for him to go back when a...

  13. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! On every unit, we have a list of tasks that nursing students can perform, and underneath it it says, "Remember, a nursing student can do anything YOU can do, as long as you are present for...

  14. Trying to get Accepted!!

    Awesomocity0 replied to Scherjor's topic in General Students

    At the end of the day, you need primarily As with the occasional B to get into nursing school. A B is a 3.0, and an A is a 4.0. My program, on average, admitted something like a 3.85 student. You can...

  15. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    Awesomocity0 replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    ... we had a patient once who took the mattress. Not a joke. Not sure how it happened, but... it did. I guess that's the peril of working in a county, safety net hospital.

  16. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    Awesomocity0 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    YES. Or anyone who got general. "MY THROAT IS DRY. I NEED TO DRINK." And aspirate? I THINK

  17. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I always wonder how new nurses/students get this sort of mentality. In nursing school, we didn't get a full-on OR rotations. I had a few observation days, but nowhere near enough to say, "yep, this is...

  18. Help!

    Awesomocity0 replied to adsanders1963's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you wanted people to pander to you and skirt around the truth, because that's how you treat your clients, I feel bad for the institution that gave you your degree, any employers you have had, and...

  19. [California] Paying for WCU nursing school while not working

    Awesomocity0 replied to cjsiege's topic in General Students

    You know, not everything is ten years or 22 months accelerated. There is an in-between. If you have most of your pre-reqs, just finish out the ones you don't have in a semester or two, and you'd face...

  20. Prep(s)aring For A Colonoscopy

    Awesomocity0 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    Good to keep in mind that some places are doing split preps now, so if it says to take half the night before and half that morning, we need to emphasize that to the patients. And not eating...

  21. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    Awesomocity0 replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    Infection control is a good point. You're right in that a good chunk of hospitals have started bands. I have a couple of questions for you then otherwise. 1) How long did it take for them to be...

  22. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    Awesomocity0 replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    My PACU friends will recognize this. Me: Welcome to recovery, Mr. X. I'll be taking care of you. How are you doing? Patient: I'm doing okay. Is it over? How did the procedure go. Me: Yep. All done! It...

  23. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Awesomocity0 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    There are basics. Can you start an IV, prime the line, and run and infusion? Can you do basic skills like cathing someone or suctioning a trach? Can you look at a patient's EKG, labs, or their person...

  24. Maybe I'm not a bedside nurse?

    Awesomocity0 replied to newRNinthecity's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're going to leave in any unit in which you're not happy, and things are always going to seem worse because of it. 1:5 and 1:6 for low acuity med-surg units are not uncommon, and there are...

  25. Stethoscope/clinical supplies

    Awesomocity0 replied to msbossb's topic in General Students

    You know that they have covers for them, right? They're slinky fabric things. I don't bother with that though. My stethoscope goes around my neck. Has for two years now. No damage yet to my Master...