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  1. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    This and the rest of it .... now you've really got me wondering if the OP is, in fact, in her fifties. Too much immaturity on

  2. Just when I thought I had it figured out

    nurseprnRN replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in General Students

    Members can now change their user ID names by going to "Edit Login Info" on their accounts. Find "Account" above and click on dropdown menu, "Dashboard". Find, "Options", on the right. Then, click...

  3. Engagement/Wedding Ring Question

    nurseprnRN replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in General Nursing

    When my sweet husband and I got engaged we used an heirloom diamond that was my grandmother's engagement ring she left me in her will. I also have a beautiful colored stone ring of hers that I never...

  4. LONELY

    nurseprnRN replied to mb1123's topic in General Nursing

    My dtr founded a Stitch And ***** group, where the members got together once a week, had lunch, and knit while they chatted. Great group, and she met some wonderful women who turned out to be...

  5. Just when I thought I had it figured out

    nurseprnRN replied to FutureNurseKali's topic in General Students

    FNK, if that's your real picture and name, consider changing them to something anonymous. Someday you'll say something here you'll regret or somebody will hate, and you don't want to be identifiable...

  6. Bedside Urinals

    nurseprnRN replied to bree4bryce's topic in General Nursing

    :: envisioning old guy who has to use urinal lying down in bed tying to hang it on bedside hook :: SPLASH! OK, so having it on the bedside table is distasteful. But you know what? It's been going...

  7. Is this right?

    nurseprnRN replied to kariace's topic in General Students

    Could you use your quote feature so we know to whom this kudos is

  8. "To BSN or Not to BSN That is the question." Should BSN be minimal requirement?

    nurseprnRN replied to nurseactivist's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Homework question? Only a student would be asking it. The rest of us have lived c this issue for forty

  9. Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    nurseprnRN replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a year out of school I took a job in a big cardiac surg ICU. I had this recurring dream often: I am in my two-bed room with my fresh heart. I take all my 15-minute VS and chart them, empty...

  10. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    If you could please use your quote feature, we'd have a better idea about what you mean. Just look for the Quote button at the bottom of the post to which you refer. You can edit it prn.

  11. confused about cardiac output....

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Afterload is not the pressure in the LV, nor is it the amount of blood left in the LV at the end of systole. That's the reason for your confusion, so thanks for explaining. Afterload is the pressure...

  12. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    i say this all the time to students: Never assume that there's only one learning objective in any assignment, setting, or experience. And not all of them are explicitly stated in the syllabus. Always...

  13. confused about cardiac output....

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    OK, you can figure this out yourself. What's the A-- angiotensin, right? What does it do and where? What's a R-- receptor? So there are receptors for angiotensin. Hmmm. Where are they, and what...

  14. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Popular myth but not true at all. Every student has a scope of practice-- student. S/he is operating under limits delineated by the agreement between the program and the hospital, is an adult, and is...

  15. confused about cardiac output....

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi

  16. Hoarseness vs hypocalcemia? Which will kill you first?

    nurseprnRN replied to LM NY's topic in General Students

    Hoorificeness is a common and expected side effect of thyroid surgery. You do a quick (and ongoing) airway assessment by asking your patient to speak to you-- only hoorifice, not a problem. Frowning,...

  17. confused about cardiac output....

    nurseprnRN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not the heart's fault if it's not getting enough blood to pump, so it's not heart failure... yet. Cardiac failure occurs if/when the hypovolemia is so bad that there is inadequate oxygen being...

  18. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    I will take that question at face value, giving you a minute to calm down and collect yourself. Stamping out does not have the effect you seek. 1) Getting an answer you didn't like to a question you...

  19. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Let us recap. You asked a question about lunch, and followed it with more expressions of feeling treated like a child, overwhelmedness at taking care of one patient, and several other peripheral,...

  20. clinicals

    nurseprnRN replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

    Lots and lots. The house staff are all on beeper and have to respond. As to the rest, your inexperience and assumptions are misleading you. All of those jobs have facilities called "break rooms" for...

  21. Nursing School has made me a hypochondriac

    nurseprnRN replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Students

    It is a real condition called "medical student's disease," doubtless because physicians get to name new diagnoses. They all get it. I think they catch it in lectures. Fortunately, I caught the "We...

  22. High anxiety

    nurseprnRN replied to B0yMomX2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Books from the library are cheaper than Netflix. You can have family reading time for an hour after supper- you study, they read. It's better for developing brains than screen time anyway. It's a good...

  23. Paramedic Vs Registered Nurse: knowledge

    nurseprnRN replied to EMEddie's topic in General Students

    Common misconception, which you will learn when you get into the meat of your NURSING education. Nurses are obligated by law and licensure to implement parts of the medical plan of care (not all of...

  24. Treat Clinical Time with Respect

    nurseprnRN replied to MFaf's topic in General Students

    Ah, gotcha. In that case, in my opinion, they are 1) doing something that will materially advance their basic clinical skills at a time where we should all be grateful they care to do so (assuming...

  25. Treat Clinical Time with Respect

    nurseprnRN replied to MFaf's topic in General Students

    Are you really a nurse or ever been a nursing student? This does not