GuEsT78

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1. Can anyone help me with blood transfusion question

   GuEsT78 replied to andreead's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   Caring for kids with leukemia, I did the nurse tech end of a lot of transfusions (vital signs). The exact procedures (tubing and all) are likely to vary from school to school and hospital to hospital....

2. Which hospital do you recommend -Seattle

   GuEsT78 replied to Rnfortuna's topic in General Nursing

   Take commuting into account, along with where you'd like to live. Seattle has one of the worst commutes in the country. Water on both sides force most commuting to be north/south and few arterial...

3. First year nursing student and I'm worried

   GuEsT78 replied to raynae14's topic in General Students

   Sounds like you're finding all that reading intimidating. Perhaps I should share an experience of mine from the tenth grade. There's been some confusion about which of our mid-year semester exams...

4. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

   GuEsT78 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

   Ah, so it's the hospital lawyers who're interested in seeing how much harm or good you'll do their side. From your remarks, I gather you have no dogs in this fight, meaning that you don't care which...

5. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

   GuEsT78 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

   Testifying is not up to you. As another poster has mentioned, you can be subpoenaed and forced to testify. If you were someone important, say a politician or rich, the judge might be differential...

6. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

   GuEsT78 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I loved pediatric oncology. The emotion risks were great, but there's no satisfaction like beating leukemia in a child and realizing that they've got a rich and full life before them. One patient I...

7. Applying for a job in a hospital under "material services"

   GuEsT78 replied to NotM3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to Dr. Google: "The Material Services Department at UI Hospitals and Clinics provides a comprehensive selection of patient care products in a cost-effective, efficient and convenient...

8. First Week - Grave Mistake!

   GuEsT78 replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

   Stage actors have a similar rule. They don't wish someone good luck. They tell them, "Break a leg." Wishing bad luck is thought to bring good luck. There's a rationale reason. When others in a...

9. First week of nursing school and I just received a court summons.

   GuEsT78 replied to FLnurseprospect's topic in General Students

   From your remarks, there's a bit of uncertainty as to whether you're being asked to be family court to testify in some family dispute, to serve in some professional role as part of your work in family...

10. Having no car for nursing school?

    GuEsT78 replied to CarolynNAC1's topic in General Nursing

    You illustrate a point I try to drive home to young adults who have been indoctrinated with anti-car propaganda. Outside big cities, a reliable and inexpensive car is often a necessity. It saves you...

11. My friend was asked to tell some advantages of male nurses over female ones

    GuEsT78 replied to kwfine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Sorry, but good sense isn't discriminatory and any of us can spot the exceptional situation when a male nurse is a weakling and female nurse is strong. And if it's that easy, why walk on tippy-toes?...

12. My friend was asked to tell some advantages of male nurses over female ones

    GuEsT78 replied to kwfine's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Size and upper-body strength is perhaps the only differences that matter. When I worked on an adolescent unit, some of our patients were huge high school athletes in to get a mangled knee fixed. As a...

13. Kids are amazing.

    GuEsT78 replied to xoemmylouox's topic in General Nursing

    You're right. Kids can be amazing. I once cared for a boy of about eight who'd saved his little brother from drowning in a lake. When he reached his little brother, he realized that he didn't know how...

14. Do I even have a chance? Pls be honest

    GuEsT78 replied to AspiringRN85's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wouldn't worry. What you experienced is so common, the Germans named an entire literary movement after it, Strum and Drang, meaning "storm and stress." In common use today it means a time of...

15. Quit or give 2 weeks?

    GuEsT78 replied to veritas01's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Discomfort is normal when you're dealing with a patient whose situation is new to you and whose troubles may be difficult to handle. That's not the time to panic. That's the time to be objective. Can...