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  1. Telemetry to mother baby unit

    bandas replied to TeleRN128's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A few months ago, I was asking the same question to myself. I came from a Pulmonary/critical care background, 5 years. After moving to a new state, I hired on at a hospital that was gracious enough...

  2. Alien hand syndrome!

    bandas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone dealt or heard of "alien hand syndrome"? Had a patient post-stroke that has this and I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it. Her hand was like it was possessed. It had a "mind of its...

  3. Alien hand syndrome!

    bandas replied to bandas's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, we really thought at first that it was a psych issue. This was before the stroke was found. Someone came out of the room and said "that poor lady is crazy...she just pulled all the skin off...

  4. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    bandas replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Zosyn, Levaquin, Vancomycin, lots o morphine, Solumedrol or prednisone. I work

  5. What Freaks You Out?

    bandas replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Pulm nurse so mucous, loogies...doesn't bother me at all. I can suction a trach with the best of 'em all the while thinking about what's for lunch. But start talking about bugs....maggots,...

  6. Having trouble fitting in

    bandas replied to new_oldRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a 31 yr old newer nurse, mom of 3, and married for 10 yrs. The floor that I work on has a good mix from 20's up to 50's and we pretty much all tend to get along really well. One of the nurses on...

  7. New nurse's daughter just diagnosed with Type 1

    bandas posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Hi all, I just passed NCLEX on Thursday, 3 days after my 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Wow, I have studied diabetes in school, but I never realized how all of the changes...

  8. Fall Risk help

    bandas posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a brand new nurse. A few days ago I had a elderly patient who had orthostatic hypotension. He kept getting out of bed without assistance and nearly fell twice. I did the what I could think of:...

  9. Required Reading

    bandas replied to ProLogic's topic in General Nursing

    I think anything with some good pathophysiology in it is good. If you can really understand what is going on in a disease process it helps immensely, at least on exams. I don't know about real-life...

  10. taking the nclex exam

    bandas replied to angelin's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Saunders to help review content. I did many, many Saunders questions. However, I think that my Kaplan course was so much more helpful in terms of the style of questions presented. They were...

  11. New nurse's daughter just diagnosed with Type 1

    bandas replied to bandas's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Too bad has severe needle phobia, lol! :chuckle I thought he was going to hyperventilate the first time her gave her a

  12. My traumatic week

    bandas posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just graduated from school on May 9th and was scheduled to take boards this last Thursday. On Monday, three days before the NCLEX, I took my 5 year old daughter into the ER and she was diagnosed...

  13. KAPLAN-to do or not to do!?!?!?!? HELP!

    bandas replied to parrot07's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did Kaplan and I think that it really helped. I would say that questions on the NCLEX tend to be more like Kaplan questions than that of other review books I have seen. I have also studied both...

  14. Why Won't Anyone Hire Me??

    bandas replied to princesskarabu's topic in General Nursing

    I know that in my area the hospitals have already been hiring for positions for months. I was actually hired at least 2 months ago, and I just took boards on Thursday. What are your expectations in...

  15. What is a nurse tech?

    bandas replied to candiceena's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse tech. I was able to be one after my first semester of nursing school, although I didn't start until my 3rd semester. It is basically a CNA but I am able to do a lot of other skills that...

  16. Do you think you could pass now?

    bandas replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    OMG, I have the same exact dream every once in a while. It is always Stats class, lol. Probably because in my young and stupid years I stopped going to Stats just because I didn't like it and never...

  17. 3months pregnant.nursing school

    bandas replied to newbeginnings2009's topic in General Nursing

    Possible...yes, easy...no! I don't mean to be a "Debbie Downer" but it is a very hard situation. The good thing in your case is that your children are older and a little more self-sufficient. In my...

  18. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

    bandas replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I just had my third daughter on October 9th, 2007. I was induced and had gone in that morning to get started on Pit. I'm in nursing school and had told my teacher that I didn't want any students...

  19. Anyone take the TEASE assessment to get into RN program?? Help!

    bandas replied to MimismomRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yeah, I had to take it to get into the RN program. I just really recommend going the the study guide page by page if you feel that you are rusty on stuff. The study guide I have is called the Test...

  20. Well, I got my letter

    bandas replied to jessica<3RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Ugh, I had the exact same thing happen to me last year. The records office at my school lost my transcripts from my other school. It would have meant me not getting in if I hadn't been very...

  21. Nervous about Clincals

    bandas replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I still remember my first clinical, being scared to even knock and go into the room. My first patient was an extremely large woman, over 400 lbs. I had to give her a bed bath and the whole time in...

  22. Nervous about Clincals

    bandas replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, I had a friend in clinicals who spent 20 min listening for bowels sounds- 5 min in each quadrant- because she couldn't hear any. Turns out her steth was turned to the bell side. I laughed sooo...

  23. Hep C exposure?

    bandas posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently just finishing my first year of nursing school. A couple of weeks ago at clinicals my patient (known Hep C), pulled out her IV as she was getting dressed and then stuck her bleeding hand...

  24. Hep C exposure?

    bandas replied to bandas's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for directing me to the CDC guidelines. I tried to call my ob today but he and his staff were not in the office so I was planning on calling back on monday. I call my general practitioner's...

  25. The dissecting thread has me worried...

    bandas replied to couldntbhappier's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We did cow eyeballs, sheep hearts, and fetal pigs. The pig was the worst for me, because we had to tie its legs back and the teacher told us that we had to break them to get them to stay back. Our...