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    Geez, another bad medical drama

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I have been watching Trauma on NBC and I thought, hey, they made Mercy they are attempting to show RN's in a good light. So because the show is mainly about paramedics and EMTs, they are hardly...
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    nursing shortage is over?

    LoveMyBugs replied to johnli1139's topic in General Nursing

    Don't believe there ever was a "shortage" good to hear that the media is finally figuring that
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    What to choose? Nursing school vs. Radiology school

    LoveMyBugs replied to kree3's topic in Nursing Career

    Can you shawdow an RN for a day and then shadow someone in radiology? I would go with nursing, as there are so many different areas of nursing, something isn't the right fit or you wanted to try...
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    math phobia

    LoveMyBugs replied to wengreen's topic in General Nursing

    For school we have needed to know fractions, cross multiplications and you need to know how to convert grams to micro grams, millilter,
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    math phobia

    LoveMyBugs replied to wengreen's topic in General Nursing

    Go back to basics, you will understand everything so much better. Before I started the core of my nursing pre-reqs I did 2 years of just math classes, 4 hours every Saturday morning, started at the...
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    need advice!

    LoveMyBugs replied to cityof_wonder's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask for a transfer, they should be understanding, your manager was once in nursing school. When she said that gives her 8 months when you mentioned that you were applying to nursing school, I...
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    Basic nursing questions

    LoveMyBugs replied to neenrn4life's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a student, so I very well could be wrong, but with the first question I would want to make sure that a culture and senesitivity has been ordered, once you start the antibiotics it could...
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    Who Interviews nurse aides?

    LoveMyBugs replied to Akr_Chels's topic in General Nursing

    You could try walking in and asking for an application. When I got my job at a nursing home I walked in asked for an application, the recptionist asked if I was certified and then called the owner and...
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    feeling low, need encouragment...

    LoveMyBugs replied to bernikitty's topic in General Nursing

    I am giving you hugs. I am a single parent working my way through school. My son is also autistic, have you applied for SSI benefits for him? The SSI will garantee that he has medicare/cade and will...
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    New health care bill..

    LoveMyBugs replied to Keptonkurtis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Not sure how it will affect nurses, but it was my understanding that with the expetion of a few items in the bill, it wont become effective untill 4 years from now, and by that time it could have...
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    How long do we have to take boards generally??

    LoveMyBugs replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    We had someone from the the BON come to our nursing class and she stated that one has up to 5 years after graduating to take the NCLEX with 45 days minium between each attempt. I am sure that it is...
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    Preceptorship where I work!

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so excited I found out that I got my preceptorship at my place of employment in the ED:yeah: I have worked there almost 3 years, but for the last year and a half I have only been working 24...
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    Fundus palping

    LoveMyBugs replied to nurse/midwifekim's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am just a student, and not working on an OB unit, but in our OB rotation our instructor told us to always palpate the fundus as part of the assessment, she stressed always, always, always, how would...
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    Should I move out or live with mom during school????

    LoveMyBugs replied to Misslady113's topic in General Nursing

    I am 29 full time single mom with two boys 11 and 9 in my last year of nursing school. I say move in with mom. I have a unique situation, where I needed to back home when I started down the path of...
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    First hospital job (pre-nursing student)

    LoveMyBugs replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    at patient transporter is someone who well transports patients.....you could most likley be pushing them in gurneys to radiology and back to their rooms, or pushing them in wheelchairs outside at...
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    I fainted today in the ICU!

    LoveMyBugs replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    it happens, both times that I have been able to observe in the OR, the RN pointed to the chair and told me to sit, she said that she has had too many students faint and now students have to stay in...
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    Pt in hospital, sign on door says "Report to Nurse's station before entering room"

    LoveMyBugs replied to AriesPanda's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    if the room is private why would anyone need to be going into the room if the patient was in the hospital? For a room with an actual patient there could be many reasons; infection control, patient...
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    Do you go to work when you have fever/cold?

    LoveMyBugs replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    we are to call the staffing office and they are not supposed to "judge" us, with the H1N1 we were encouraged to not come to work sick, that if we stayed home sick we had to be cleared by the employee...
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    My Aching Feet

    LoveMyBugs replied to RN <><'s topic in Emergency

    Use a different pair of shoes the second day, or change your shoes and socks half way through your shift. I bought the Shap-Up shoes and my feet don't hurt after wearing them, but the back of my legs...
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    has your school done fund raisers? Need ideas to help pay for pinning ceremony

    LoveMyBugs replied to avidhunter3's topic in General Students

    My class has did a yard sale during the summer raised about $700 We had a resturant sponsor us, so during dinner from 4-8pm all the profits that they made went to us, as long as the customer had a...
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    CNA State Exam

    LoveMyBugs replied to kamaboko's topic in Oregon Nursing

    you have to take a writtin multiple choice exam and then do a skills demonstration, genrally consisting of 3 skills, you need to be prepared to go through all of the steps for each skill, as long as...
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    Professional/Personal Boundaries?

    LoveMyBugs replied to chillchick's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure it is a HIPAA violation, but I wonder if it crosses the line of the nurse patient relationship. I am not sure what the answer would be and am courious as to what others think. While you...
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    ADN vs BSN

    LoveMyBugs replied to Lynell81's topic in General Nursing

    You need to figure out what works for you, ASN or BSN in the end you are a RN and BSN/ASN they do the same job. In my area they are paid the same the only difference is when it comes to managment they...
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    Am I overreacting?

    LoveMyBugs replied to annaRNC's topic in General Nursing

    I am doing my peds clinical rotation now, and I would LOVE to have a nurse like you, who would actually let me touch the patients and I could perform skills! You were not harsh at
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    help from fans of FRIENDS!

    LoveMyBugs replied to sunkissed75's topic in General Nursing

    I dont remeber the name of the episode, but the one where Chandler opens the hall closet and finds a mess, her one area that she let go.....I think in that episode they talk quite a bit about her