labcat01 BSN, RN

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    Happy Nurses Week!

    labcat01 replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    We are having a luncheon to commemorate National Student Nurse day which is May 8th! Happy nurses week everyone! Thank you not only for the care you provide- but by fostering the future of nursing by...
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    Decision Made & Scared To Death!!

    labcat01 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your decision... now just take it one day at a time
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    pertussis

    labcat01 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    I don't believe Bordetella and Haemophilus are linked. Bordetella is the genus of bacteria that causes whooping cough/pertussis. Haemophilus is the genus of bacteria that causes meningitis,...
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    Cursing A Good Samaritan???

    labcat01 replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Ok...I agree with what you guys have said so far but you CANNOT approach cops like that. It freaks them out and rightly so- for all they know you are some crazy person that is going to shoot them....
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    Nursing students that DON'T get report...(m)

    labcat01 replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    I completely agree with you. I am a nursing student right now and if I missed report i'd probably get sent home. We can't pull our meds out of the accudose but we do sign our own MARs whenever we give...
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    Hey Professors, tell us how it REALLY is!

    labcat01 replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Me too! I can't wait to hear more
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    Do you enjoy TV surgical/medical shows?

    labcat01 replied to MSJ2007's topic in General Nursing

    I love to watch Scrubs because it is funny (and actually more realistic then some of the other shows) and House....but I try to stay away from Gray's and ER. I had a nursing professor tell me one "I...
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    nursing student traumatized by the PACU

    labcat01 posted a topic in PACU

    Hi all you wonderfully informed PACU nurses! I spent exactly 8 hours rotating through pre-op, OR, and PACU and I had an experience that left me completely cold to working in the PACU. An 8 y/o was...
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    Predictor test for NCLEX; need advise

    labcat01 replied to tericson's topic in General Nursing

    We also have to pass HESI to graduate and I think it is rather stupid. We have been taking HESI tests since the first semester and after you get used to them they are a piece of cake. I don't even...
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    Time Management

    labcat01 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the advice so far....more
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    clarify rubella titer please

    labcat01 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Correct me if i'm wrong anybody but I believe it will give you the titer level and then it will have a list of lab norms that say something like Susceptibility Immunity uncertain 1:8 Immune >1:8...
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    nursing student traumatized by the PACU

    labcat01 replied to labcat01's topic in PACU

    Thanks...I guess that is what is hardest for me to deal with- thinking that these poor kids will be scarred forever from being at the hospital for T&As. Maybe I should take this as a sign that i'm...
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    nursing student traumatized by the PACU

    labcat01 replied to labcat01's topic in PACU

    I was traumatized by the child's reaction. I guess because it went on for so long and I didn't mention it but she was trying to bite and kick anyone who came near her. I was just really unprepared and...
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    Relocating to San Antonio from far, far away

    labcat01 replied to blackIrish's topic in Texas Nursing

    I grew up in San Antonio. We lived on the North/Northwest side of town which is very nice and expanding like crazy! I don't think you can go wrong living there. Good luck! It is a terrible place to...
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    After reading negative thread, want to give up nursing dream!

    labcat01 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    You know...when I was thinking about applying to nursing school, I spent A LOT of time looking at various threads and I too was very discouraged. I just thought a lot about what people were saying...
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    The Circumcision Discussion

    labcat01 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw a 10 year old come in for a circumcision...why, I don't know (at the time I didn't think to ask). Poor kid was so embarrassed he could barely look any of the female staff in the eyes. I felt so...
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    Fall 2007 nursing school applicants

    labcat01 replied to panzyo3's topic in Texas Nursing

    Good luck to all of you! Just last year I was posting in a similar thread and waiting to be accepted....now I will become a graduate nurse in nine more months.
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    4th degree Laceration..ouch!

    labcat01 replied to nurse79's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One of my fellow nursing students was talking about the 4th degree epi she saw at clinical and how all the doctors she saw cut epis. I was appalled but then our nursing professor started talking about...
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    ACLS Training

    labcat01 replied to NURSECRAZYTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...check with your job first and see if they will pay for it. ACLS training can get a little
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    Pre-Med or go for CRNA

    labcat01 replied to PralineLPN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Correct me if i'm wrong here but couldn't you just get your BSN and then decide? You don't need a special degree to apply to med
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    Nursing class notes or sample exams?

    labcat01 replied to RNStudentJJC's topic in General Students

    I have a Saunders Comprehensive NCLEX review book that is very helpful. Also find out if you will be taking HESI tests. If so, buy the HESI review book (used if you can). Good
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    Who votes?

    labcat01 replied to sanctuary's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to
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    Hypertension & Nursing Diagnosis

    labcat01 replied to labcat01's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks! She did have very high blood pressure on admission and is taking HTN medicine (so I can't really blame it all on the surgery). She says she has "White Coat Syndrome" and her only other chronic...
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    i decided not to have my son circumcised-need feedback

    labcat01 replied to nursemn's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding...not to mention the embarassment that goes along with it. I have seen more then a few older children coming in for circumcisions and you can't help but feel bad for them! Personally,...
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    DNP over "regular" APN??

    labcat01 posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I don't know if this is the right thread or if I should ask in a separate thread but I have a question about this.... The DNP really appeals to me but if I have it, will I be able to get a job? Is...