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  1. Help with lab values?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What would make someone laugh at this post? I posted this thread the way I did because I wanted to keep it simple. I didn't realize nor understood all lab values were to be posted (although I wanted...

  2. What is the difference between ICU and Urgent Care and ER?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in Critical Care

    What's the difference between these? What is your job in these departments? Which are the most difficult to work in? (Or shall I say demanding) In my first semester, but curious to what field of...

  3. What is the difference between ICU and Urgent Care and ER?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Critical Care

    I was told by a aesthetic nurse that once you graduate and go into the real world as a nurse, you completely feel like you were taught nothing-although you do know the basics. Several nurses told me...

  4. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was way younger when I got my tattoos done, before considering nursing. I have on on my wrist going onto my hand, and on my other hand, I have one right on top of it. I've used dermablend which did...

  5. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh I won't know til I go then :/ Next Tuesday, we go to "clinical orientation" at the hospital. So idk what to

  6. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I also want to state that My clinicals are in Missouri. I tried to research hospital policies on the hospital I'm going to but could not find anything I tried to find Missouri nursing regulations in...

  7. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Dishes stated previously in this post that it'd be an infection

  8. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Great idea, didn't think of that! Thank you

  9. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh I've constantly had to wash my hands as a CNA and no matter how much lotion I've put on, my hands were so dry and cracked and bleeding sometimes. It was a pain in the ass to try to get them to...

  10. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you'd have to have your wounds covered so you don't contract any microorganisms or spread them. Idk, it's ridiculous to cover any tattoos (unless they're fresh) for any career

  11. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    But mine are fresh. They're 3-4 years old. They told me that any tattoo whether it is 10 years old or not, are still "fresh". Which I don't understand because it's old .. I haven't had any more ink...

  12. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    My teachers told me it's because of "CDC" issues. Something about tattoos are still considered "fresh" although they may be really old. They said something about that microorganisms can still live on...

  13. Describe to me your day as a nurse on the floor

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious as to what a day is like in the nursing world in a hospital or wherever you work at Tell me the time you clock in, to clocking out How many patients do you get? How many days a week...

  14. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking that too, I'd have to constantly keep changing them out. What do recommend me

  15. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I was getting my CNA last fall and was training at a nursing home. My teacher told me to wrap up but eventually I couldn't keep up with it because of having to constantly wash my hands .. Eventually...

  16. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Wish it wasn't a big deal with my school! They say no tattoos due to the fact that the hospitals or nursing homes we will go to, might have a strict policy on

  17. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I just got a cut from my cat last night and used a Band-Aid brand and it stuck so well onto my skin. Was sort of hard to get off. Maybe that'll

  18. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming its hospital policy. They just state in the nursing program policy that it is to be no visible body art (tattoos, piercings, etc). It's not offensive. I have paws that start on my wrist...

  19. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    What brand of the bandage? Is it

  20. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    I told you she has SEEN my tattoos, she knows about it. I've emailed her as well, CC her with my instructor. Neither have replied. Thanks for your rude

  21. Do you have visible tattoos or know anyone who has visible tattoos?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Nursing

    Where did you purchase

  22. How do you study medications?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so what I do currently, is study medications by writing them repeatedly. I'm in my first semester of nursing school and it's difficult. I'm barely passing. But they told us to study by the class....

  23. How do you memorize and understand medications?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Can you show me an example of 2 meds? This sounds like a better method for me. I'm more a visual and kinsethetic learner and I had testing done to see my methods of learning. I'm hearing impaired, so...

  24. How do you memorize and understand medications?

    xmilkncookiesx replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

  25. Do you still have to do dosages math by hand as an RN now?

    xmilkncookiesx posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I'm in my first semester and we're about to start on meds and knowing how to calculate. It seems pretty easy, we haven't started the subject but looking at the pp slides, it seems like it. I'm...