hehe, i remember my obstetrics and l & D days last year... is it awkward at times yes....but i got over it... "so hows your flow" "i'm just gonna feel your breast for firmness" and other awkward...
"Of course you can't work in the OR, in fact you probably can't be a nurse. Might as well quit now. Nurses don't get acute or chronic illnesses, or injuries. Nurses never injure their backs 'cus of...
loquacity replied to Mom2Chaos's topic in Nursing Career
well, i'm a male....at the end of my 3rd year I suggest you do dress up a bit although for girl i not entirely sure what that is. I know most female peers when applying for hospital jobs this summer...
i found that all that knowledge was very hard to staple down in my brain first year, but after my first summer...which i didn't do work related to nursing for...but come 2nd year septemeber me and...
terminology can change depending on geography but i'd interpret it to mean surgical as working on a floor with surgical patients pre & post surgery like a mdicine unit but faster and not as sick...
theres a really,really long forum that has tips, along with peoples adhd life stories, ideas on its causes, along with your usual flaming posts of "adhd doesn't exist"...just ignore...
when i worked as a porter over summer (transfering pt's, charts, supplies etc. between units) i wore it on night shifts 11pm -7am. But i wore it under clothing & took it off when working with...
Personally, i thought your post was funny. & if some docs come and quote it and chuck it in there forum, meh, their fault for quoting out of context. Plus those docs should know never to beleive...
"I know I possibly do have ADHD now and again, especially when on coffee..Oh boy! Flitter flatter and more, can't keep to one topic at a time for too long or when it's early morn during my night shift...
"why in the world do you want to be a nurse in canada, the rate of pay there is crap for nurses compared to some regions in the US of A." "Not to mention quality of life. Much to some people's...
loquacity replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing
re: "Just in case you don't want to do breaths, here's a little bit of info that I heard about in my latest CPR class: Apparently, in Europe, compressions are done but rescue breathing is not. Studies...
personally i think the nurses in all white looks scarier to patients than the ones wearing all black (plus in some asian cultures the "colour of death" is white, not black...so we can't be using those...
im not an expert but is it possible that its schitzophrenia (sorry prob. spelled it wrong)...myabe he's just never been dx...? are you sure they only started once he was on
loquacity replied to breakin_moon's topic in General Nursing
as an instructor she should know (as i do as a fellow student) that even if she is able to quickly dart it in to only halfway, that a student realtivley new to injections probably doesnt have the...