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  1. TNCC 7th Edition is a Soup Sandwich!

    Jrhemming replied to bodhisattvya's topic in Emergency

    Hey guys I just took tncc last month and it was really stressed to us that the course is a **** hits the fan your by yourself step by step approach to managing a trauma pt. obviously in most cases...

  2. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    Thanks to you that haven't passed judgement and have given very good insight. I feel the fire to get back at it this week and make the most of

  3. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming posted a topic in Emergency

    Hey guys I am a new nurse and have been working in an ED for 2 months. From the time I started school I wanted to be in ED but now I'm here I'm second guessing things. Some days are great and I love...

  4. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    Thanks so much for you reply very

  5. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    Well this has been therapeutic. I explain what I like and don't like about where I work to see if another area will be a better fit and I get eye rolls and told I'm doing it wrong because I don't like...

  6. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    I'm referring to the people that don't need to be in the

  7. Where do I belong?

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in Emergency

    I'm about half way through orientation. I know I'm new and I do plan to stick it out where I'm at for at least a year I'm getting good

  8. New Grad ER Nurse!

    Jrhemming replied to abbynormal43's topic in Emergency

    I too just graduated in December and got hired at a small ER. I have been on the floor for about two weeks. I will tell you your head will be spinning for awhile. Yesterday was the first day I didn't...

  9. career ladder to ER

    Jrhemming replied to Guest02/04/2016's topic in Emergency

    Just jump in. I just graduated in December had 2 interviews for ER's before I even graduated. Got hired the day after I got my license early this month. I'm sure it depends where you are but if you...

  10. how would a nurse assess acute exacerbation of asthma?

    Jrhemming replied to CNS2b11's topic in General Nursing

    Of course you have to look at past medical history and current meds. Known allergies, what brought on symptoms, ect. That way when you get the m.d. Orders and they order something wrong you catch it....

  11. where do you learn blood draws

    Jrhemming replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I had an excellent instructor for my final clinical that told me she would go along with me for any nursing skill I could find, but she wanted to know rationales and what the purpose was with the...

  12. Can my school change prerequisite requirements?

    Jrhemming replied to km1427's topic in General Students

    I ran into the same situation got mad and just dropped out of school. Now 5 years later I'm finally graduated taking nclex soon. You will probably just have to jump through their hoops. Just do it and...

  13. How much compassion is necessary to be a Great RN ??

    Jrhemming replied to trhumper's topic in Men in Nursing

    I ran into a similar situation my first semester of clinicals. Got asked to help with a bed bath the pts stats started dropping half way through we got the nurse and the pt passed. The nurse and the...

  14. 1st choice for a fresh grad?

    Jrhemming replied to Chan891's topic in Emergency

    I graduate in two weeks and ER was what I thought I wanted to do since I got accepted into nursing school. This semester I got to do days on ER and ICU to see what their day to day is like and I was...

  15. What are my chances?

    Jrhemming replied to LAD2015's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I guess I was lucky I'm in last semester of asn and I had a 3.0 when I got in. Our entrance was based on our a and p and a few other classes and then our teas. Teas being the biggest part I scored in...

  16. Frustrating case at clinical

    Jrhemming posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a very frustrating situation yesterday in my clinical on a ms floor. I had a 45 yo cancer pt with DM type 2, stage 4 renal failure (caused by previous cancer chemo) the pt was in for fever and...

  17. Frustrating case at clinical

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. That answers my questions and I guess I was more worried than I should have

  18. Frustrating case at clinical

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I tried to be as vague as

  19. Frustrating case at clinical

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in General Nursing

    Does Eliquis act as a thrombolytic? I'm looking in my drug book and it says it helps prevent clots but nothing about being a thrombolytic. Are they expecting the clots to be taken care of by the

  20. Firearms

    Jrhemming replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    No the liberal rationale would be to ban homes and

  21. Frustrating case at clinical

    Jrhemming replied to Jrhemming's topic in General Nursing

    Definantly not palliative the pt was currently in treatment, and other than the effects of chemo, realitively healthy. The patient was doing all adl's on their own and wasn't emaciated from treatment...

  22. Frustrated beyond words

    Jrhemming replied to grneyes908's topic in General Students

    Mine hasn't been I'm in my last semester now. Now I'm in complex med surg and we are taught in lecture but most of our test goes beyond this and requires critical thinking from what we are supposed to...

  23. Help with mental health clinical

    Jrhemming posted a topic in General Students

    I just started my mental health class and clinical last week and I am lost. I have no idea what I am supposed to do in the clinical setting. Sure you pass meds but what else do you do during the day?...

  24. Don't talk bad about your patients

    Jrhemming replied to BrendaH84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am still a student about to start my last semester in the fall and I have heard this stuff at every clinical. I hate hearing in morning report or post conference with my class mates about personal...

  25. Ivytech 2015 Fall Admission

    Jrhemming replied to sierracherise's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Just some encouragement for any one who may not have gotten in. I started the program in Kokomo last fall and didn't make the original cut. I had a teas in the high 80's but not perfect grades. I was...