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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Never been so stressed out???

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Nursing

    thank you very much for your answer it truly helps

  9. 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

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. Will I fail my clinicals??

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Students

    I don't think I become anxious when my instructor watches me something i'm supposed to master, but I am definitely more stressed and it's usually during those times that I make mistakes, like really...

  17. Will I fail my clinicals??

    givxnchy posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone! So I've been completing my last days of clinicals this week and everything was going pretty well until my last day. So I had to do a regular blood sugar test on a client. I never had...

  18. Will I fail my clinicals??

    givxnchy replied to givxnchy's topic in General Students

    I do understand why we need to take precautions with old needles, but I don't know why I just Had a moment of absence in which I wasn't thinking about that :/ I was feeling soo bad after that... I'm...