TheDudeWithTheBigDog

TheDudeWithTheBigDog ADN, RN

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  1. 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's some big ego on those teachers. Unfortunately, a reality of life is that life happens. The world doesn't go on pause because we're in nursing school. That student better not have just let...

  2. Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    Phones are way too expensive to do that. That can cause serious damage to your battery and other internal components of your phone, thanks to the sun turning your car into an oven when it's closer to...

  3. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    In Illinois, guns are relatively easily accessible. Within Chicago, sales have some bigger restrictions. City > State In Colorado, weed is still federally illegal, so yeah, technically the FBI or...

  4. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    Can, but

  5. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    So if you fail a drug test the FBI is going to come knocking on your door? Context, buddy. Local businesses and law enforcement are bound by state law before federal law. If marijuana is legal in...

  6. Med-Surg: Survival Tips

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to FutureNurseInfo's topic in General Students

    And don't stress over interventions. It's common sense thanks to how limited nursing is. Your intervention is literally putting someone in bed and telling them that their broken foot won't hurt if...

  7. 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

    But you have to be honest about it. Just "This is school policy, and this is why." A teacher intentionally wrongfully telling a student that she'd lose her license for being late for work is not a...

  8. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    State law actually takes priority in almost every case. It's actually specifically written into a ton of federal laws. If a state wants to be more strict, then it can, no questions asked. If a...

  9. 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

    It's all about power. Out of principle everyone has to have the horrible clinical location, everyone has to have the bad teacher at some point, nobody can get sick, the majority of schools force you...

  10. Med-Surg: Survival Tips

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to FutureNurseInfo's topic in General Students

    Apply everything back to your fundamentals. And every new thing you learn, it all starts relating to each other. Don't treat it like you're learning something completely new. Treat it like an...

  11. 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

    Yeah, you literally have to put the patients at risk to show up for clinical with the flu because the attendance policy is that

  12. LIES About LPN's and LVN's

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, I meant classes, not nurses. The difference in those classes do have a

  13. LIES About LPN's and LVN's

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I wouldn't say these classes are useless. One of the big differences between an RN and an LPN at most jobs I've seen is that the RN tends to be a little more administrative. That chemistry and...

  14. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    What's your state's BON say about medically prescribed THC in nursing? What are your state's laws about medically prescribed THC? You're not protected under federal laws, but state laws take...

  15. Weed

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to apsent1's topic in General Students

    So, if your doctor prescribes it to you, you can't be dropped from school. You're taking your medication that your doctor prescribed to you, for a reason. That sounds like horrible nurses teaching...

  16. 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

    Just don't be late anymore. Make it clear with your family that being late can fail you out of school. You getting there is just as important as your sister getting to her school. Refuse to risk...

  17. I'm a junior in high school and I want to be a nurse....but I've never been vaccinated. What can I do?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to sasha91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It also depends on her state, at her age, she is allowed to consent to be vaccinated in some of them, and can just schedule an appointment with her doctor and get it planned out. Also, if she can't,...

  18. LIES About LPN's and LVN's

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So very commonly in a decent amount of states, the NP is operating under the physician's license. This basically means that your mistake can also be the physician's mistake, depending on what it was....

  19. LIES About LPN's and LVN's

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Divine-LPN,BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is something I wanted to comment on too. We have a habit of taking words to always mean their most negative definition. LPNs ARE inferior to RNs. In the working world, there's a reality that...

  20. Two weeks in-not sure I can do this!

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Piper98's topic in General Students

    Forget what everyone has told you before you started school. They're not you. Don't make your experience the same as theirs. Whether bad or good, it'll never be the same for you. The amount of work...

  21. Pros and Cons of Direct Entry NP Programs?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to daisychains11's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Pro - you're done fast Con - unless you're applying as an experienced nurse, you have no experience. Traditional NP and MD programs average about 3-4 years of clinical experience before they're at...

  22. Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    But like I said, the student does not work for the hospital. The student is not the person responsible for the patient's care. If they're on their phone, they're hurting themselves. They're going...

  23. Help with homework, hypo/hypernatremia?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to cupcakesncream16's topic in General Students

    Don't overlook important details in those first 2 sentences. There's a couple things in there that cause fluid loss, you figured that out (but do her diagnoses or treatments affect any of that in any...

  24. Most ADN programs near Boston have warnings?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Alythra's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on what the warning is for, and by who. If it's by CCNE or ACEN, it's completely subjective on whether or not it matters. I pointed this out in another thread, if you absolutely have to...

  25. Failed for Clinical-but no proof

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Misscruella's topic in General Students

    This obsession against phones needs to end. If it was that she got caught with the phone out once, point it out, tell her where to make sure she goes first, and then leave it at that. She does not...