Purple_roses

Purple_roses

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  1. Things Little Old Ladies Say

    Purple_roses replied to raiisfun's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love all of these! I once went to an elderly patient's apartment and introduced myself. He said, "All right miss, there are just two rules here: no whistling and if ya gotta sing, go do it

  2. I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    Purple_roses replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    Do you ever see doctors wearing wrinkled or stained lab coats? I've personally never seen that. They've worked hard for that uniform and wear it well. Why shouldn't this line of thinking be carried...

  3. Depressed about life choices

    Purple_roses replied to Dwilder's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely think you can become an RN. First of all, you'll need to evaluate your past experience to see what you can do to prevent a repeat situation. Because you have a busy life and a young one,...

  4. why do nurses discourage nursing students?

    Purple_roses replied to direw0lf's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    IMO many nurses aren't optimists or even pessimists: they're realists. They're telling you what you're really signing up for. It's kind of like reading through terms and conditions. This is what's...

  5. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    Purple_roses replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    As someone who will in three years (hopefully) be a "baby" nurse, I don't really find this terminology offensive. And it doesn't sound like the OP meant it negatively either. If I were a new nurse, I...

  6. EVANGELISM IN WARD

    Purple_roses replied to Oyinz24's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Ugh, I really think the OP is trolling, but I'll go ahead and answer because I just can't help myself. How would you feel if your patients had this mentality? What if every single patient you...

  7. Do you clean bedpans or throw them out?

    Purple_roses replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

    Bless you, you wonderful genius! I've never even thought to do

  8. I received this email from a professor. I was a little shocked. Opinon?

    Purple_roses replied to kdflet's topic in General Students

    I think this email is appropriate and necessary. If hospitals and other clinical sites do not like the nursing students at a particular school (for any reason) they can refuse to allow that school...

  9. What NON Nursing jobs are you "expected" to do?

    Purple_roses replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I'm not sure. Maybe they were disabled. But why couldn't another staff member besides the very busy nurse bring the

  10. What NON Nursing jobs are you "expected" to do?

    Purple_roses replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    I was Caring for a client at a nursing home. We were in the nurses office waiting to get a blood sugar check, when the phone rang. Both of the nurses sighed and said, "Here we go again." The call was...

  11. skeptical of another nurse

    Purple_roses replied to The Bell Jar's topic in General Nursing

    It's almost like the real nurse sent a twin in to work to cover for her. I really can't imagine anyone who's been through any nursing program doing ALL of these things. Your concerns are valid IMO....

  12. Graduate RN

    Purple_roses replied to IhaveNoLife.'s topic in General Nursing

    Sorry OP, shouldn't have assumed you were female. My

  13. Graduate RN

    Purple_roses replied to IhaveNoLife.'s topic in General Nursing

    As the OP stated, she doesn't have experience: she's pre nursing. That's why she's asking questions on here. It isn't uncommon to want to go straight toward your goal. If she knows what her end goal...

  14. Classes for next semester

    Purple_roses replied to waiting4ivpush's topic in General Students

    While Algebra may not be an RN pre req, it could possibly be a pre req for your Stats class. Basically a pre-pre req: this is why nursing takes so darn long In my opinion, psych and chemistry were...

  15. What can I do to be productive while waiting to get into Nursing program?

    Purple_roses replied to TiffanyMcNurse2b's topic in General Students

    I'm waiting too. I got the NCLEX-RN mastery app and I'll go through questions on that. When I encounter something I don't know (which is very very often) I look it up. So I'm picking up bits and...

  16. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Purple_roses replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    This is exactly what I was thinking. OP, I do hope you find an area of nursing that you enjoy that also allows you to follow your religious beliefs. It doesn't make you a bad person or an uncaring...

  17. You may want to consider looking at less desirable career options such as a nursing home o

    Purple_roses replied to fin0814's topic in Home Health

    I actually just spoke last week with a home care nurse who does wound care for one of my clients. This is her second year in home care after working for years in a hospital in critical care. She loves...

  18. Which courses should i take for my pre-nurse classes

    Purple_roses replied to cdouilleny's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If you took it in high school you may not have to take it. For me, it had been too long since I had taken high school biology or chemistry, so I had to take them. I could have tried testing out, but I...

  19. What are some nursing jobs that involve a lot of travel?

    Purple_roses replied to Ted D's topic in Nursing Career

    I just read about the Mercy Ship and it sounds life-changing. Basically, as a nurse you can volunteer to go to Africa to provide healthcare off of a ship. You can stay as little as 2 weeks I believe...

  20. Which courses should i take for my pre-nurse classes

    Purple_roses replied to cdouilleny's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every school is different so check with your specific school. For mine, anatomy, nutrition, and psychology are the only nursing pre reqs. But before I could take those, I had to take English, Speech,...

  21. LPN / BSN

    Purple_roses replied to MrKP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I hope everyone disregards this post. There is a need for Licensed Practical NURSES (yes, they are nurses). The LPN schooling is 1-1.5 years. That being the case, the typical LPN job setting is...

  22. Will I ever get accepted to nursing school? How?

    Purple_roses replied to PrettyNerd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every post before me is solid advice. #1) CONGRATS on getting into a nursing program! Do you even know how many people got rejection letters? #2) that 4 year wait can give you time to boost your pre...

  23. Chromebook or Tablet

    Purple_roses replied to Bruceh's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Completely agree. Plus I draw all those extra scribbles and diagrams all over my notes...can't do that on a laptop. After class I'll type the notes up for reinforcement, but that initial handwriting...

  24. Happy New Year

    Purple_roses replied to GrumpyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well best of luck to you! Lots of exciting things happening for

  25. Happy New Year

    Purple_roses replied to GrumpyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Happy New Year! May this year be full of As in school and pleasant patients! (And since that probably won't happen, enough wine to make it feel Ok