Nurse_Nancie

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1. quitting school, pls help.

   Nurse_Nancie replied to mrsmarah's topic in General Students

   I will soon being doing a rotation in the ED as a student nurse. Do you have any pointers of what NOT to do or something that just makes the student nurse seem poorly trained or undereducated? What about something that other nurses will simply hold t...

2. Worst/Best thing a nursing instructor ever said to you?

   Nurse_Nancie replied to CryandNurseOn's topic in General Nursing

   I had an instructor tell me that I was being "inappropriate" for asking too many questions. My intentions were not malicious, but I was only trying to understand the concept. Now, I don't want to ask her anything anymore. I really need her help, but ...

3. Excoriated Skin= Sloughing??

   Nurse_Nancie replied to Nurse_Nancie's topic in Burn

   Thank you so so much for this response. I really understand in the way that you've explained it! I have more questions to come, if you do not mind. Thank you!

4. quitting school, pls help.

   Nurse_Nancie replied to mrsmarah's topic in General Students

   medical assistant is one, but it would be less money I believe.

5. Advice requested

   Nurse_Nancie replied to Nursehopeful2193's topic in General Students

   I was once told I was being "inappropriate" for asking questions until I fully understood the concept. I thought we were allowed to ask questions, and I actually do have a need to ask more than once. I really think that this was an example of him bei...

6. See it, hear it, know it

   Nurse_Nancie replied to agoseland's topic in Share Tips

   I am an RN student attending my first semester of nursing clinicals and lecture. When I am in lecture, I am given so much information and the outlines do not narrow down much of the information. What would be your advice to figure out how/what to wri...

7. Excoriated Skin= Sloughing??

   Nurse_Nancie posted a topic in Burn

   Is it usual to refer to the skin of a burn victim as "sloughing"? I think of sloughing as what happens in response to a mild sunburn. Does the 2nd or 3rd degree burned skin "slough" too? We are having a debate as to whether sloughing is a result of e...