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  1. Nursing Student's breakdown moment

    sandys replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    This is sort of a peeve of mine anyway. Why MUST they have a daily bath? This was an expectation of mine during clinicals as well and sometimes became an issue when the patient would refuse. I...

  2. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    sandys replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a transcriptionist, doctors would often dictate a certain word that I refused to type in a medical record to describe purulent discharge. As in "the wound was pus__." Ummmm, NO, just...

  3. Any Info About Alaska

    sandys replied to windyspirit's topic in General Nursing

    If you search google, especially for Indian Health Service programs, you will find many. If you're not a rural type, I think Fairbanks, Juneau and Anchorage are good choices. I plan to go this...

  4. Online FNP programs???

    sandys posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I moved to a small town where I am obtaining my BSN and when I applied they also offered an FNP degree here. Now with the advent of the DNP, they have dropped the FNP program from my campus and are...

  5. We all hate overtime!!!!

    sandys replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    How about the incredibly rude, inconsiderate nurse from last night. She was pissed she got called in (hello, she was on-call!), so she takes she dear sweet time getting to the hospital (she lives...

  6. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    sandys replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a former transcriptionist, I probably wouldn't have even paused! Even highly educated doctors, who know what they mean to say, don't always say it! That's what makes transcription hard, you...

  7. Nursing Home conditions are unacceptable!!! (vent)

    sandys replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well I guess first of all I thank you for doing your best with what you have to work with. I'm a senior nursing student now and LTC is not part of our focus, but I was a CNA and part of our training...

  8. Hating nurses? What is going on?

    sandys replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    My brother hates everyone in the medical profession, mostly because of the salaries they make. He thinks they are all just in it for the money. I think he really hates the idea that I will be...

  9. Online FNP programs???

    sandys replied to sandys's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thanks ladies. I am so excited to have this option. I really did not want to have to move! There seems to be some really great programs out there; it's going to be hard to decide on

  10. Hate rain. Should I go to Oregon?

    sandys replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Eastern Oregon is beautiful and I love it here, but if cold is not your thing, forget it! Also, jobs are difficult to find here. OHSU has a campus here and turns out a lot of new grads into the...

  11. Trouble c accents at work?

    sandys replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Try being a medical transcriptionist for these people! Some of them are so hard to understand that you have to leave every other word blank. How is that for patient care? When they dictate most...

  12. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    sandys replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    If I were 10 years younger and without a family I'd go to medical

  13. Flu shot or not?

    sandys replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Good choice. My family had the flu two years in a row right at Christmas. The kids were 1, 2 and 3 the first year and my husband and I could not take care of them (until they got it and slowed down...

  14. Be Careful!

    sandys replied to SNKerri's topic in General Nursing

    She wasn't "ripping total strangers a new one"! She was appalled at the behavior of the nurses she witnessed and was embarrassed for them and by them! No one is so rightous that they should...

  15. Be Careful!

    sandys replied to SNKerri's topic in General Nursing

    It is totally unprofessional to discuss such things at a nurses station! For goodness sake, the patient's family could overhear! Everyone makes mistakes, granted in health care the consequences are...

  16. I hate night shift

    sandys replied to shannon5446's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I lasted 3 months on a night shift. I am physically NOT capable of doing it. I would do okay while there, usually a little sleepy around 3 or 4, then perking back up. Better if it was busy. I...

  17. Dilute Urine in Drug Test

    sandys replied to Nvr2Old's topic in General Nursing

    When this happened to me they had me go eat a hamburger (protein), drink nothing, and come back in 2 hours. It worked. If you know you're not doing anything to alter the results, I would fight it...

  18. Nursing in Bend

    sandys replied to passing thru's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Bend is great. St. Charles is great, I worked there as a CNA. Cost of living is high though, median home price around $350,000. The winters are cold and can be long though, so if you don't like...

  19. My first death (yesterday)

    sandys replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    I know nursing is for me, but I never picture myself working heavily in geriatrics or a long term care facility. I'm not terribly fond of vomit, let alone copious vomit from a frail woman that you...

  20. RN to MD

    sandys replied to tatty's topic in General Nursing

    The bottom line is you have to get a Bachelor's degree in something, and have the prereq's that med schools require, then take the MCAT and have some sort of clinical experience such as shadowing or...

  21. For those newly admitted, what are your plans for this summer?

    sandys replied to marilynmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    School starts June 26th for me, so I'll be quite busy thank you very much! I am so glad to not have to wait all summer long, I have waited long

  22. If You Got Your Letter Post Here!!!

    sandys replied to Faeriewand's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    DATE: 03/31/2006 PROGRAM: BSN SCHOOL: OHSU, La Grande campus START: Summer 2006 I have been working on pre-reqs for about 5 years now, taking classing 1-2 at a time while working and raising my 3...

  23. Ever caught a visitor playing with an IV pump??

    sandys replied to TweetiePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    As a CNA I know we were "technically" not even supposed to silence the pumps, but the general knowledge on the floor was go ahead and do it and then immediately tell your RN, which I did do. It...

  24. I'm falling for my PRECEPTOR

    sandys replied to IMA's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to point out that you should be faithful to your husband, you know that much. I can speak from experience and say that I know what it's like to truly fall in love with someone other...

  25. "glorified birth junkies"

    sandys replied to OB_or_NICU_hopeful's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In reference to an earlier comment regarding holdingng babies", it makes me think I might have made my l&d nurses day. After a long medication free labor and eventual C-section, when I was...