Skittles767

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  1. Living Will Tattoo

    Skittles767 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

    I read about this story and actually learned that after some effort they were eventually able to find the man's signed DNR. I agree though a bracelet would save alot of time money and pain for...

  2. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Skittles767 posted a topic in General Students

    Rant/ vent time. I'm in my last semester of nursing school in a peds rotation at an excellent magnet status hospital. Firstly the facility required we pay 40 dollars to complete a few online modules...

  3. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    Haha! I was thinking about that, on the other hand it would give good experience to see how to function with TJC, but I still don't want to put the hospital and especially other nurses at risk of any...

  4. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    Haha! I was thinking about that, on the other hand it would give good experience to see how to function with TJC, but I still don't want to put the hospital and especially other nurses at risk of any...

  5. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    I know they got the 40 dollars for the modules because other clinical groups don't have to do them and it was done through their website. I know it may seem like a little... But my minimum wage job...

  6. Kicked off unit when Joint Commission arrives

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Students

    I would love to but given out back to back clinical schedule, the facility having a different school every day, and the overall stubbornness of our chairperson. I will ask but doubt that will be an...

  7. Other students don't think I'm good enough

    Skittles767 replied to Exhuasted's topic in General Students

    I'm just like you! In my second to last semester and incredibly quiet around patients.... But as soon as there is just enough stress to cause mild anxiety I am focused, structured, and prioritize...

  8. Practicing what we preach: Patient teaching and cigars

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your replies... I gained some insight much

  9. Practicing what we preach: Patient teaching and cigars

    Skittles767 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Let me start by saying that I have a long history of depression and anxiety.... I take part in one on one therapy and medications which has greatly helped but I have one unorthodox technique that...

  10. Practicing what we preach: Patient teaching and cigars

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your responses! I wrote this yesterday during some acute anxiety and realize that it was just a mumble jumble of words haha! Perhaps I just needed to get it off of my chest. I think...

  11. Practicing What We Preach: Patient Teaching and Cigars

    Skittles767 posted a topic in Patient Education

    I posted this in the general forum but am thinking it belongs here also... Let me start by saying that I have a long history of depression and anxiety.... I take part in one on one therapy and...

  12. The film: Vaxxed.

    Skittles767 replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    I happen to know many people in my network of people who happen to believe such ideas... The first thing I tell them that if it doesn't have APA style citations from credible sources such as...

  13. What was your first time like?

    Skittles767 replied to Sith Lady Oma's topic in General Students

    Nursing actually took time for me to grow to like it.... I was very unsure what it would be like at first, but I decided to trust my gut. I will however tell you about the moment where I knew what I...

  14. Nursing is my passion but I feel like I am too dumb.

    Skittles767 replied to Katlin1315's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to nursing haha, This basically sums up my entire experience of nursing school, To be honest I was (and to an extent still am) terrible at anatomy, I barley passed those classes but I...

  15. DSWL Kidney Stones

    Skittles767 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have a question on renal problems. In my notes I have written "DSWL: unpassable upper stone." which I'm assuming is a stone in the upper urinary tract (tubules, kidney, etc.) that can't be passed...

  16. DSWL Kidney Stones

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank

  17. DSWL Kidney Stones

    Skittles767 replied to Skittles767's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Update: It turns out it is ESWL standing for Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, which is used to break up unpassable

  18. Best MD note

    Skittles767 replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    I remember when my father working a night shift on the inpatient psych unit there was a lady who bit off all of her fingers. In the chart he wrote "Recommend a plate of finger foods" which was...

  19. How do people feel about male nurses?

    Skittles767 replied to Natgurad's topic in Men in Nursing

    There are a lot of people saying that being male means nothing in nursing. I'm a male student nurse and I can say that is not true. Although there are no listings for a "Male Nurse", thats because...

  20. Note taking in class....how do you do it.

    Skittles767 replied to Valcorie34's topic in General Students

    Personally I love Evernote. I type my notes outline style in class with color coding and everything, I also record my lectures on my phone. I don't worry about missing anything if im typing ill just...

  21. Student Signature

    Skittles767 posted a topic in General Students

    I am curious as to how I am supposed to sign things as a student in clinicals. Yesterday we had a student help with a urine collection and sign on the bottle. Do we write out "student nurse" after...

  22. TEAS Test

    Skittles767 replied to amhutson's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I am a terrible test taker and always have been but when getting ready there are a few things that I did that really helped. 1) I hope you have taken biology and if you're lucky microbiology. Most...