EMTandNurse2B

EMTandNurse2B

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  1. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

    :yeahthat: i do this not only with my drug cards, but with my careplans. i made a blank template on the computer my first semester and now all i do is type my careplan right into the template. this...
  2. Dumping patients in the ER

    When I was doing my LTC med pass clinical rotation, one of my fellow students had a patient like that. She had MS, and wasn't very old. Her husband had been taking care of her at home, and one day...
  3. at what age did you start studying nursing?

    Started pre-reqs at 18, will graduate with my ADN at 22. I will have gone full or almost full-time for 4 years by the time I graduate with my
  4. How do you make flash cards?

    Great ideas here, although I do agree with the one poster who said "don't reinvent the wheel." These are tools, not something you have put everything on. I put the important info in a question and...
  5. Nursing School Bloopers

    I nearly did this to my clinical instructor today! But, it would have been with lubricant. As I'm fighting with this package and trying, oh so hard, to not squirt it all over her, she turns to the...
  6. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

    I have an extra lumbar vertebrae, I'm sure it could also happen in the coccyx region. Good old
  7. A&P and Chemistry in same semester?

    I did A&P II, Chemistry, Government, and Philosophy all in the same semester. However, I don't have any kids, hardly any housework, and the only job I had was tutoring 2 hours a week. It is...
  8. What Grossness Is Cool?

    Me too! Only I find suctioning trachs fascinating as well, all the stuff that comes out is pretty
  9. Good Stethoscope??

    I to have a Littmann and wouldn't trade it for anything! I love that scope, every time I have to use one of the cheaper models here at school, I have all kinds of
  10. Medical Missions Trips?

    I am so glad I found this post! Medical Missions is the entire reason I'm at school. I want to work in a rural area in a third-world country when I get done with my RN (I'm already an EMT, which I...
  11. Fevers in the Elderly

    Thanks everyone for the input! I'm not going to make a big deal out of it with the instructor, but it did seem odd to have her contradicting the book. Thanks
  12. Fevers in the Elderly

    I have a quick question about fevers in the elderly. When I was in EMT training, we were told that the elderly don't always run fevers even with an acute infection because of the age-related changes...
  13. In my school, by the time you have finished your pre-reqs and are being considered for the nursing program you have heard enough horror stories to want to run away from it all! Everything from the...