TheDudeWithTheBigDog

TheDudeWithTheBigDog ADN, RN

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  1. Can you become an RN at age 19?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Drizzle203's topic in General Students

    Most states allow a dual enrollment where you can take college classes while you're in high school. How it works depends on the state. Sometimes you have to be in advanced classes, but other times...

  2. Stethoscope

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to araew2129's topic in General Students

    This is why cargo pants are the greatest thing. I keep mine in my pocket and only take it out when I actually need it, which as a student is hardly

  3. Question from a staff nurse

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to GeriRN17's topic in General Students

    So far my biggest complaint about my clinicals is that there's so much to do, but barely any opportunities to do it. I know the point is to only know things at a basic level, but it seems like a...

  4. Best men's watch for male nurses

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to binggrad's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just use cheap walmart watches because I'm OK with getting someone's diarrhea all over that. So going by how long they last me, my lifetime total in watches will be about

  5. Maybe Clinicals instructor doesn't like men

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Hardhands's topic in Male Nursing Students

    There are still assumptions of males though. It's just assumed that we're not going to have enough interest in peds, OB, NICU, nursery, or anything like that to want to experience it. Plus we still...

  6. Wearing scrubs at the gym??

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to phieud's topic in Male Nursing Students

    It doesn't matter if they're wearing scrubs or not, you need to assume EVERYONE at the gym is leaving sweat, urine, feces, and blood on the equipment... And usually, they are, even

  7. Need advice

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Futnur's topic in General Students

    I gotta agree with this. Anything could have happened. The student showing up drunk might have just been having a bad reaction to a medication they have to take, and lesson 1 of nursing school is if...

  8. I hate fake call outs.

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, are we in high school? How is it any of your business why someone calls out? Yeah, maybe they really are sick, but maybe they're overly stressed by management and need the time to cool...

  9. Student Loan Help

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Emilylou's topic in General Students

    If you're using loans for housing and food, no, it's not insane. As for not working: If you CAN avoid working, go for it. But so many of us just absolutely do not have that option and are either...

  10. Is an ABSN program worth the debt?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Stella36's topic in General Students

    If this is the metric that you're going to go by, then almost nobody should go to college, ever. Realistically, you're not going to make the cost of most bachelor's degrees in your first year. What...

  11. Dosage Calc Format Problem

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to S.Christopher's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Start over completely. You're overcomplicating the problem like crazy. So you know she weighs 104.5kg, and is taking 500mg / day. So what's her mg/kg (hint: / = divide)? Then when you get that...

  12. Seattle is Dying

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Seattle, and every major city, is a way bigger issue than that. The problems with these cities start at the federal level, and work their way down. It's a complex mix of problems that have been...

  13. Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    Were they REALLY avoidable, though? I see this come up all the time. Someone has left at the same time every day, and never had a problem. They were always on time, always got there about 10...

  14. Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    Essays... and people still disagree that there's ego issues with these teachers. So the point of clinical is to learn all the skills involved in nursing. Typically, unless your school is horrible,...

  15. Nursing Prioritization! Help!

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to 7816fallonm's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm seeing this a little different from you, I'm reading this as the cardiac cath guy is currently in the lab getting the procedure done. My thought process: If that's what it meant, then he's your...

  16. Need help with subjectives and objectives

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Debbie1990's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Perspective can change subjective vs objective. So from your view, both cases would be objective, because you know you vomited both times. But from the doctor's perspective, case 1 is subjective...

  17. Why is it "legal" for patient to decline male nurses?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to carti's topic in General Students

    Well, here's a very important thing to remember, you're not a nurse, you're a student. People are going to take more issue with you giving them that care because you're not their nurse or their aide,...

  18. Need your opinion

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Farrah 34's topic in General Students

    I'd go a little different direction than what FullGlass said. How many hours you need to study depends completely on how you learn. Some people do nothing but study, other people only used their...

  19. Do I have time to take 'fun' classes when in nursing school?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to PresentPerfect's topic in General Students

    With fun classes, if you're using financial aide, make sure that it's a class that's allowed in your major, or else you usually have to pay on your own. Just make sure you take it seriously, because...

  20. Opinion: Is Nursing considered STEM Why or Why Not?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Migrating's topic in General Students

    I'm going to expand on that. Though as a student, I'm around a lot of people who make that simple equation as hard as what I'm about to add. /-GMm \ | -------- | \d*2+mv²) /...

  21. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    That's not entirely true. But where these nurses really screwed up, they forged signatures on doctor's orders. And documented care that they never provided. Both of those are illegal under criminal...

  22. Dismissal from Nursing program; options?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Vlp0609's topic in General Students

    The more you tell us, the more it either: Becomes extremely shady between your school and the clinical or Pushes us towards you're lying about not vaping Remember, the burden of proof is on who...

  23. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    Before coming to nursing school, I was in a field that had risks of losing my license, it had risks of prison if I got in an accident that caused ANY injury if I had to act illegally for my job....

  24. Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    That makes sense. I agree that even if it is an emergency, to own up to it being your emergency. A separate argument though is on how these schools treat one single incident of being late and that's...

  25. Nursing instructor gave a Warning for being late to first day of clinicals despite emailing her? What should I do?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to faithandfood's topic in General Students

    I never said that there's no respect, but sometimes family issues come up at the last minute. Sometimes an 18 wheeler wrecks on the road and leaves you stuck for hours with no way to get off that...