MidnightTang

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  1. Nervous Student Nurse

    MidnightTang replied to su_z1010's topic in General Students

    I think everyone's nervous at first. The important thing to remember is to "appear" confident in front of the patient. The first time I had to do any procedure (ie IM, sc, foley) I was terrified. I...

  2. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    MidnightTang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, we do it every day. Usually it's pt who gets them up for the first time, but after that the CNAs and nurses get them up to the commode or chair. Today, I had to get a total knee nwb up to the...

  3. Am I the only one that hates clinical?

    MidnightTang replied to scubadooII's topic in General Students

    I'm about to start my last semester and I'm so excited to start working with a preceptor rather than going to clinicals. I absolutely love patient care, but after working for a year as an aide, it's...

  4. Do you ever talk about your 'bad' patients?

    MidnightTang replied to aruray's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure it's a violation, but everyone does it at some point. This is especially true when one patient is driving you nuts. I think sometimes you have to tell someone else to blow off a little...

  5. I Hit A Bone!!

    MidnightTang replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine quickly holding onto the hub and trying to aspirate with the needle only halfway

  6. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    MidnightTang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    If only everyone involved in patient care would see the "Big Picture" from the housekeeping staff to the neurosurgeons what a wonderful world this would be. The hospital and all its employees exist...

  7. House - Is this what nurses do?

    MidnightTang replied to MT RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think he actually said, "That's all my boss thinks they're good for." Refering to House. If the only experience you had of hospitals was House, you'd think that doctors were the only people...

  8. I Hit A Bone!!

    MidnightTang replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a student too, so I couldn't tell you for sure, but it seems to me your instructor should have told you to pick a different site. Telling you to "go in half way" seems so imprecise I can't...

  9. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    MidnightTang replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    It's official. I won't be working in the ER! Thank god there are so many ER nurses and techs to do that job instead of me. Give me the safety of med-surg any

  10. What if CNA won't work?

    MidnightTang replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a nursing student and an aide and I take a lot of pride in caring for my patients. Some, as we all know, do not and this makes your policy important. The only problem I have is regarding vs and...

  11. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    MidnightTang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm soon to be a nurse and am currently working as an aide. The truth is that iffy vs, loose stools and open areas on the coccyx do not often seem to be spend ten minutes tracking down the nurse...

  12. Wild Color Stethoscope?

    MidnightTang replied to tofutti's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    A nurse I worked with had a candy cane striped steth. She said her last few walked off with docs, but this one she can spot around their necks before they get out of the

  13. What does psychiatric nursing entail?

    MidnightTang replied to DoubleblessedRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I just finished my psych clinicals. The nurses do a lot more than we students did during clinicals. As far as clinicals went, we passed meds and did some communication studies. We also observed...

  14. What do nurses really think of CNAs?

    MidnightTang replied to ccyrrus's topic in General Nursing

    It takes a long time to get to the point where you can get everything done on time. I think time management and knowing what to report are the two most difficult things to learn as a CNA. It doesn't...

  15. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    MidnightTang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an ortho floor and all our total knees and hips are nwb on the affected leg, but they all get up the day after surgery. We don't run them around the hospital, but they do sit in a

  16. Medication Calculation Help

    MidnightTang replied to buddhababy2monster's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    llg is right. The easiest way to do clinical calc is just to use proportions. No formulas necessary. You use the same process you use to convert english to metric. Once you've done a few problems...

  17. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    MidnightTang replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    I was just recently married and working at a machine shop, a job I hated, and I was sitting at the kitchen table with my dad. I mentioned that I wanted to go back to school, but I didn't know what I...