all4schwa

all4schwa

Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown

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  1. Nursing Stressful......Says Who?

    all4schwa replied to MISS_TCM's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes!! So then what could even be done for this

  2. Leadership in your last nursing semester

    all4schwa replied to nitesky83's topic in General Nursing

    I started as an RN in august. I literally felt like I was faking it, like I was an imposter. But I made a point to keep that on the insided and carry myself with confidence. When a patient asked...

  3. Night Shift for DUMMIES

    all4schwa replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    chai gives me

  4. Crocs Rx models

    all4schwa replied to gyanwn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    they have knew Disney

  5. Will I fit in with the other nurses?

    all4schwa replied to fascinoma's topic in General Nursing

    i think you'll be just fine. as a new nurse you'll be too busy to concern yourself with most of this stuff, and most of your interactions will be nursing related. oh, and we're pretty geeky too!!...

  6. How do I prep for night shift

    all4schwa replied to khazel2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i work 12's so i'm off in groups of days (if all comes out right). so, on the day i go back to work it is imperitive that i: get up early and clean cook so i don't have to eat cafeteria food long nap...

  7. Night Shift for DUMMIES

    all4schwa replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    As much as you would sleep at night if you worked days is how much you MUST sleep during the day. Maybe a tad more at first. Some people (those who've never worked nights) will never get a clue about...

  8. Crocs Rx models

    all4schwa replied to gyanwn's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    No, but keep us posted. I love the Mary-Janes because they're cute, but really, they're too narrow for

  9. Inventions for Nurses

    all4schwa replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    LMAO!!! Haha! I proofread that

  10. Does LPN spend more time with patient than RN?

    all4schwa replied to JBirdAngel's topic in General Nursing

    it all depends on the job.... mostly lpn's and rn's if in the same job position (ie. hospital), spend the same amount of time at the bedside. where i work, i have half as many patients as the cna's...

  11. Meal assists, tips, tricks and howto's.

    all4schwa replied to Levin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    a spoonful of something cold like applesauce between bites encourages swallowing. also, a light stoke with your finger on the neck or jaw will stimulate swallowing. some people will go for anything if...

  12. Inventions for Nurses

    all4schwa replied to ryanfocker's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt the other day describing a type of wench that he figures we should be installing on all the beds...I agree to

  13. Dysarthria Versus Aphasia

    all4schwa replied to gbabyRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    aphasia would be if you cant find the appropriate words to express your thought, dysarthria would be if when those words came out they were garbled and unintelligable. receptive aphasia is the words...

  14. Before I became a nurse...

    all4schwa replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    before i worked as an aide in LTC, i had not one drop of patience...now, it's something others notice about me. Before i was a nurse i broke my back and sweated my guts out in a NH (for the majority...

  15. New grad: what are my options other than Med/Surg?

    all4schwa replied to secondfiddle's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i work at a bigger hospital, but did my clinicals in small community hospitals. now when i see the nursing students come in i'm jealous because i didn't get to do or see all this stuff that i think is...

  16. .. First Night Floating... First Med Error

    all4schwa replied to Dempather's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ditto, i'm not comfortable with that. but they do assign float nurses appropriate patients, and i knew when i started that our unit floated there often, so i've been able to deal. they won't float...

  17. CDiff Smell?

    all4schwa replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    well, it's not just the smell of the c-diff...the consistancy is like none other.

  18. How to shut up people who gossip !!!!!!

    all4schwa replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    fine line,

  19. CDiff Smell?

    all4schwa replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    it has an odor all right. the big problem is that odor is coming out the wrong

  20. How to shut up people who gossip !!!!!!

    all4schwa replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    uh oh...i can't gossip or despise?

  21. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    all4schwa replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    this is the type of patient i educate immediatley and continue to push at my own pace...maybe a tad slower....they can take it or leave it, we have our reasons why we push it slow. when they say...

  22. CDiff Smell?

    all4schwa replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    yup, i was gonna say

  23. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    all4schwa replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    which makes me wonder why preceptors act like this. hello, do you wanna work on the floor with a crummy nurse or one that a least knows everything you know and have shared? i need to know that the...

  24. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    all4schwa replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Are you making any sense? Perfect! Yeah, the ones screaming about the tape really annoys me, i know it stings, but c'mon! And the thing I find about pain meds is they don't really ever take away all...

  25. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

    all4schwa replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    sweep and scoop would be sterile unless you missed and swiped the needle against the counter or something, in which case i think you would know to get a new needle. duh. the one cc of air is outdated,...