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    Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    casi replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Everyone knows the movie Finding Nemo and Dori's "Just keep swimming" song. The one thing I have gotten stuck in my head when working with SOB patients and I am nearly surprised I haven't started...
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    How to stay positive as a nurse....

    casi replied to alab49's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of the really positive nurses have learned how not to take things personally and are good at seperating themselves from their
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    Be prepared for a silly question....!!!

    casi replied to CaitRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    For lectures we can wear what we want. For lab we have to at least wear our scrub top so we are "thinking like a nurse," This is the same reason we have to wear our full uniform to
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    Something Positive about your job!

    casi replied to love_being_an_aide's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I love running my butt off and at the end of a night have patients tell me thank you, or even better have the nurses say "Thanks for all you do, I don't know how'd we survive without
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    It's almost time...

    casi replied to lvmama's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm going to take the wild guess that they have a real bathroom because one of the hardest skills in transferring an assist of two to the toilet in a tiny bathroom that you can barely fit two people...
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    Didn't make it into the nursing program. Don't know what to do. Please help!!!!

    casi replied to persian's topic in General Nursing

    The first to do is cry a bit. That's what I did when I first found out I didn't get in. Once you have a couple of days to express your disappointment come up with a game plan. Ask yourself why you...
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    Time to Come Clean,,,,slips of the tongue

    casi replied to Calgon-take.me.away's topic in General Nursing

    I heard this one about a month ago. I was helping out another aide that was in a one to one with a patient we put in 5-point restraints an hour or so earlier. We were all exhausted by the patient. Me...
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    Sex Discrimination or not?

    casi replied to VAC's topic in General Nursing

    I kind of see this questions as them asking you about a real life problem and how you would solve it. I don't care what floor you work on, at some point a female will refuse a male caregiver and a...
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    You Know the patient is going bad when...

    casi replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    When their respiratioins are higher than their blood
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    You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    casi replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    But it's so true! I'm a top heavy girl and when we were practicing finding heart sounds on of my groupmates was having trouble listing to the mitral valve. I had my shirt pulled up to expose a thin...
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    Night Shift and Nausea?

    casi replied to Poopsie Gigglebuns's topic in General Nursing

    I found I got tired/nasty feeling about 3am when I worked nights. It's just something about that time of night. I would say cut back on the coffee, coffee really messes with my stomach. Try drinking...
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    What do you wish for in a break room?

    casi replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I want comfy chairs that will allow me to put up my feet Sink/microwave/large fridge storage area for coffee cups/condements a place to hang coats/purses!!!! secure door trashy magazines and some...
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    Do you pay for parking at work?

    casi replied to SarahRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I pay 0.40cents/hr to park at work. I don't consider it too bad as I park in the hospitals parking ramp and it's connected to the hospital. Also, in the winter I don't have to wade through snow to get...
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    Kicked out of Nursing program

    casi replied to leereynold218's topic in General Nursing

    Starting at the beginning mean's she becomes a first semester nursing student all over again. The school she goes to has rules for a reason. I don't know those reasons, but they got them. As I said in...
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    i'm all out of ideas for interventions!

    casi replied to tspink08's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are the interventions that you already
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    Kicked out of Nursing program

    casi replied to leereynold218's topic in General Nursing

    Your daughter really needs to be the one searching out and making decisions about her future. Every nursing program present the same information, they just have other ways of doing it. Just because...
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    I need an interesting learning activity when teaching my class about Alzheimer's...

    casi replied to KellySaraLynne's topic in General Students

    Jeopardy never works, at least for me it doesn't. How many people are you teaching? Can you do a small group activity or is it something large? One interesting thing I've done when recieving...
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    Should I be expelled?

    casi replied to casurfer's topic in General Students

    We are allowed to review but not write either. It was explained to me that there are a bunch of regulations on nursing school testing so once they develope a bank of questions for each test and pick...
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    Not a vent. . . . tele room.

    casi replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    You handled it a lot better than I would have... How many people are the tele techs watching rhythms
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    Problems with CNAs and Jeopardizing Nursing License

    casi replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm over enthusiastic, but whenever I get vital signs, not only do I report abnormals I give the nurses a copy of the normals too. Maybe it's a matter of asking the nursing assistants what the...
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    ED Volunteer

    casi replied to Jason2311's topic in General Nursing

    No matter where you work as a nurse/volunteer in a hospital you'll be bringing home what you have contact with at work. Very few places provide their employees with scrubs, and those that do only do...
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    My Story / Mayo Clinic

    casi replied to buffscotty's topic in Nursing Career

    Go with your heart. I would also encourage you to apply to other hospitals that interest you. Rochester MN isn't a very exciting place. If your heart is set on MN (I don't know why it would be) there...
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    Looking for some feedback on careplan

    casi replied to mistiffy's topic in General Students

    It looks like there are tons of diagnosises and interventions you could do with her. What about risk for injury r/t dementia and physical mobility. It might work well for her since I'm sure her...
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    Lots Of Questionssssss

    casi replied to BIGDADDYTRAV's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think it depends on the program, but I think most programs last around a
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    What is in your lunch box?

    casi replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    Because I'm a student and I don't have time to cook or the money to buy a $5 sandwich I could make for a dollar I've started making my own frozen meals. I just cook in bulk and throw serving sizes in...