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1. Handled this situation wrong??

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   I did not mention it but of course I mentioned it to my clinical instructor and the charge nurse (I considered it obvious) I was just wondering as a student, were my interventions appropriate, but thank you all for your answers!

2. Handled this situation wrong??

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, a consult was already asked for this patient because his dysphagia was really serious. And the possibility of an aspiration pneumonia was brought up by the day shift. He was on antibiotics at the time of the events. BPOC is actually how we ca...

3. Handled this situation wrong??

   givxnchy posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, I was in clinicals this week and had an elderly patient with BPOC who came back from a hip surgery. The thing is that the patient came back from his surgery terribly dysphagic. The evening I was there, his family gave him some yogour...

4. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   Actually the meeting was just a mistake, the lady thought I was somebody else 200kg of bricks just fell off my shoulders!

5. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   The meeting is tomorrow! Thanks to this post, I was able to relax, but the stress is coming back now... I'll Tell you how it goes!

6. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   thank you very much for your answer it truly helps :)

7. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   Actually It helps to see that people think I am overreacting, but this doubt I am going to get fired constantly haunts me and it probably Will until I have my next appointement with her

8. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

   Well I sincerely hope it is just a signature And I immediately thought negative because I was fired at the end of my probationary period from one of my previous non-nursing jobs and I don't think I completly recovered from that..

9. Never been so stressed out???

   givxnchy posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone, I decided to post here to get a little bit more answers since I am freaking out. I was hired by a hospital in May to work in LTC and I loved it! Got nothing but good comments, and I really really loved my job. I was in my 90 days pro...

10. Use of cellphones while at work

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

    It's probably because I am too dependant of my phone! As soon as I will have my locker l 'll it in it to prevent another event like that from happening:up:

11. Use of cellphones while at work

    givxnchy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nursing student currently working in LTC as a CNA this summer. The policy is that we should not carry or use or cellphones at work. I personnally feel uncomfortable if I don't have those 3 things on me while I am not at home: my keys, my walle...

12. Good at theory/Bad at skills?!

    givxnchy posted a topic in General Students

    Hey everyone! Recently I made a vent post about my clinicals mentioning that I was very good at theory and clumsy when it was time to perform skills. I had 90% on the last exam when the average was 67 and I didn't find the exam that hard, but I need ...

13. Bad day in clinicals...

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Students

    Wow! I didn't expect to get so many responses! Reading those really nice comments and good advices made me feel a lot better, so thank you all! I think I am blessed to have this particular clinical instructor because she's giving patients that gives...

14. Bad day in clinicals...

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Students

    Thanks for the kinds words it's really encouraging :) Today was a little better : I made some more little stupid mistakes concerning things I know, but I made a right call and it made me feel a bit less incompetent!

15. Bad day in clinicals...

    givxnchy posted a topic in General Students

    *this is a vent post* Today was the 6th clinical day of my med-surg II rotation (2nd year of a 3rd year program) and I'm starting to think that maybe i'm not good enough to be a nurse?? I really love learning about pathophysiology and I'm really good...