InvisibleDove

InvisibleDove

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  1. Do you confuse this? I DO!

    InvisibleDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    So me and my husband are on a trip, I'm the guide evidently. Being a nurse, my mind is programmed to think anatomical directions: example- I point right and say left identifying the anatomical side...

  2. Do you confuse this? I DO!

    InvisibleDove replied to InvisibleDove's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha I've been there! Not in OR though

  3. Poll: Nurse and law enforcement couples

    InvisibleDove replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is also a welder. We live in KY, very common combo

  4. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well I appreciate your feedback, I'm not one to have a closed mind, even though it appears from my previous posts I do. I just wanted her to think about other options in nursing, research

  5. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's quote a previous post of mine that people seem to be Missing. This was posted after my remark about needing God, which just to me means spirituality. "I have previously been unaware of this...

  6. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have no words. So we are playing the I offend you by mistake and so you offend me on purpose game? For the record I'm not a bible thumper. I don't go to church. BTW (and don't accuse of of text...

  7. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well, it's very obvious we all live in different ways. I'll say it again: take God out of the pledge. It still remains that the concept is to provide the BEST care possible, to your full

  8. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Then you are taking a step in the right direction, I commend you for that. Just remember that it takes time for

  9. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am aware. I don't want to come off as forcing a belief, we all have ours. Whether it's belief or not; it's our choice. My goal is to share the nursing oath, I didn't come up with it, but we say it...

  10. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have previously been unaware of this feeling by people toward the pledge. I accept not all people believe in God, but just leave out the word God and say "I solemnly pledge myself before (examples)...

  11. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So let's pretend you actually care for a moment. Florence nightingale is the founder of modern nursing basically. We quote that we "solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this...

  12. Plz Help!!! Failed Nclex!!!

    InvisibleDove replied to SarahXBeth's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I loved the Hurst review. I did the entire thing, then repeated sections where I wanted more knowledge. Passed first try 75 questions. It's pricey: I believe $300 in 2011 when I took it? Cant...

  13. I Hate People (my rant)

    InvisibleDove replied to AlyaMF's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Alya: As a RN, we take an oath before we graduate school and it reads: "I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly to pass my life in purity and to practise my profession...

  14. Quick results on a Sunday?

    InvisibleDove replied to ChutneyFries's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Chutney did u

  15. Is this normal for a novice RN?

    InvisibleDove replied to Aneri J.'s topic in General Nursing

    "Normal" ratio of 1-15? No no no. 1-7 should be the norm, not the

  16. Case study - what would you do?

    InvisibleDove replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    oxygen, EKG( if cleaR move to option two) Asa, morphine, labs, cath lab, icu. #2- if EKG clear: morphine, labs (d dimer,) chest X-ray, ct, mri maybe? If PE: clot buster, long term anticoag, Stop...

  17. WELL, WOULD YOU???

    InvisibleDove replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    I would do

  18. What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    InvisibleDove replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Obvious had fluid overload, so you would treat the most critical first: oxygen sat, labs, lasix, monitoring, urine, teaching. Labs to see if she had a wbc count immediately: also check the potassium,...

  19. Need to work something out in my head

    InvisibleDove replied to InvisibleDove's topic in General Nursing

    Not a diabetic. Nothing to test it with. If he finally sees the doc I'll

  20. Need to work something out in my head

    InvisibleDove posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey ya'll. Happy Tuesday. Let's see if I can explain this good enough, lol. I had a pt yesterday who had symptoms of a stroke. (Slurred speech, can't walk or stand, unable to tell me his age, DOB,...

  21. Need to work something out in my head

    InvisibleDove replied to InvisibleDove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a home health RN. I can't transport ppl, against policy. Plus he was pissed at me for wanting him to go to

  22. Need to work something out in my head

    InvisibleDove replied to InvisibleDove's topic in General Nursing

    The no urine x3 days plus his bun creat were elevated week before. He has md appt

  23. PVT Works in NYS

    InvisibleDove replied to BBYgirl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Dear BBYgirl, Make a website. Create a poll Title it "was the PVT accurate for you" Share on every social network and in forum. Give it a few weeks then tally the results Maybe this will solve some...

  24. Anyone walked out of the test center feeling like they bombed?

    InvisibleDove replied to JMB612's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My back story: I got pregnant in the last year of my ADN program, with my beautiful daughter due in April. I had an regency section end of March, and when I asked how many days I could skip class, I...

  25. Nclex date 06/10/15!

    InvisibleDove replied to NurseBaddieRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    OP, if it DOESNT take your card, U