scaredofshots

scaredofshots

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  1. Most RN's first borns?

    First born child no ETOH with
  2. I am a nursing student and was just wanting to know if it is a lot eaiser to give us the exact tests year to year or are the instructors just
  3. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    "I am not really a nurse but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last
  4. Some things that make you go hmmm.... 1. Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways? 2. Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? 3. Can I yell "movie" in a crowded firehouse? 4. Can you be a...
  5. facial mask of pain...is this ssubjective or objective data

    Subjective is what Someone Said Objective is what is
  6. phone calls no outsider would believe

    Amen! Maybe she should have called her
  7. What medical shows do you watch?

    :kiss :rotfl: :) :roll :caduceus: :nuke: :chuckle :nuke: :caduceus: :typing :doh: :smiley_aa :yelclap: :lol_hitti :crash: :1luvu: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
  8. This is a VENTING Post!

    I graduate in 8 months with my RN. I too know students who struggle in class due to work,children or older parents... At our school we are only passed if we have a 75.00 average. (They do not round)...
  9. "Just" a 2-year degree

    WHATEVER! It takes someone a complete 3 years to get the ASN! One full year plus summer classes for all pre reqs and then two FULL years of nursing
  10. "Just" a 2-year degree

    :bowingpur \OMG I know I would not like working with you girl!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mrs.
  11. my very first clinical rotation was the only time i had ever been in a patient's room without flowers or balloons! we were told to do the vital signs, bed bath, change bed, get ice, get water, etc...i...
  12. Nurses don't have a hard job

    I just love this web site What ever job we choose in life we can make it the best or the worse. I think that it is 99% attitude and 1% other... But ask me in 8 months when I graduate... I hope that...
  13. My First Clinical Experience!

    I am now a second year nursing student and since I have gotten a job as a nurse extern I have been able to give many baths... lol In fact one day I washed this guy so good that he asked if I would be...
  14. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    HAHAHAHAHA That was so funny I just woke up the kids!! These are great! I am glad that I am not the only one with a funny
  15. "Just" a 2-year degree

    TWO YEARS? Where did you all go to school?? When I graduate with my R N I will have a total of THREE years. One year for pre req's and two years nursing... If I choose I can get another year and add...
  16. Schools producing good NCLEX takers? Or good nurses?

    WE WERE TOLD THAT OUR SCHOOL GETS MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR HAVING A HIGH NCLEX PASS RATE... THEREFORE WE ARE GIVEN HARD TEST QUESTIONS TO WEED OUT THE ONES WHO WILL MOST LIKELY FAIL THE NCLEX!!! I...
  17. I got fired!

    I Only Wish I Could Vomit On Demand! Then I Would For Sure Vomit All Over A Certain Instructors
  18. My CRNA friends do illegal drugs

    OMG I'd report them. What are you gona do when something bad happens...Blame yourself... Will you be able to look at yourself in the mirror after their funeral... Something to think
  19. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    I will be the first to say that I didn't know much about anything but when this happened to me while working as a Tech on our Med-Surg. unit I just knew it was wrong. I had taken the vital signs of a...
  20. How does everyone study?

    I record the lecture and take good notes then when I am doing house work or just driving the car I can play my tape in my headphone and maybe learn
  21. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    It was my first day at clinicals and the first time I ever ever ever had any direct patient contact. (Needless to say I was very nervous.) Okay... I walk into my patients room and introduce myself...
  22. Mom & Dad were right: I'm a screw-up

    YEP Nursing school SUCKS!! It is not your everyone can do it profession. However those who make it come out a lot stronger! You can do it! Make them
  23. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Never ever give a drunk a pair of scrubs to put on just because he refuses to wear a hospital gown and has barf all over his own clothes because he just might think that he is employed now and start...
  24. I am in an absolute state of panic right now... need help

    Please tell what happened. I will graduate in 8 months with my RN and I am already hired on the med surg unit.people I talk to just have one thing to say "IT IS HARD" and that scares me!! Maybe I...
  25. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    crocks