TheDudeWithTheBigDog

TheDudeWithTheBigDog ADN, RN

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  1. ADN vs BSN Nurses' Competency

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to StudentNurseMNUS's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a CNA for years and I'm graduating with a nursing degree next week. So I understand what CNAs can and can't do, and I know exactly what a fundamentals course in today's schools are. You...

  2. ADN vs BSN Nurses' Competency

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to StudentNurseMNUS's topic in General Nursing

    Well, congratulations on making it up to almost knowing what a CNA knows. Fundamentals is literally a CNA course. Though, every one of us would still run circles around you because you're still...

  3. Fear-mongering in nursing school

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Guest1033582's topic in General Students

    There's 2 kinds of nursing students: The ones who have to learn every intervention for a disease, have it all spelled out, study nonstop, and the ones who figured out "cause the opposite of the...

  4. Nursing Is No Longer Worth It

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to AnonymousSuper's topic in Disaster Preparation

    These aren't fair. Hospitals are run by people who have families and who actually want to do the right thing. Some only care about money, but it's not fair to assume that all the administration of...

  5. This is just like flu

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Guest219794's topic in Disaster Preparation

    So, I worked 3 jobs before this pandemic, and now I'm down to 1. I'm struggling to get by. I sold my car for rent. Odds are, I'm not going to suddenly end up with a chronic disease over the next...

  6. You're in my shoes, what would you do to become an RN?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to wknd's topic in General Students

    Here's the reality of California. Unless the school flat out told them "We didn't accept you because you only had a 3.7 GPA and not a 3.8," it's only a guess that their GPA is why they weren't...

  7. How many more times....

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Students

    Never opened my books once and I'm graduating next week. Everyone learns differently. I can get basic information from reading, but I can't learn an entire subject from a book. Success in nursing...

  8. Grading Changed to Pass/Fail?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to sdgirl1's topic in General Students

    Nursing students put way too much focus on GPA. Your GPA is only one part of a way bigger picture. Having a P for your classes during a pandemic isn't going really put you at much of a disadvantage...

  9. failing due to less than .1 of a percent

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to folin8's topic in General Students

    Something to remember, yeah, you shouldn't have been in a situation where less than 1 point can fail you, but school is still a 2 way street. You're responsible to learn, but your instructors are...

  10. Should I start nursing school this May?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to joe090909's topic in General Students

    I wouldn't make a decision based on clinical rotations. It might be a good idea to read up on how many nurses actually learned anything in clinical. You can actually look up research about how...

  11. Grading Changed to Pass/Fail?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to sdgirl1's topic in General Students

    Pass/fail classes typically don't affect your GPA. Unless you're right on the verge of graduating with honors, it really doesn't matter. And if you're failing and depending on these grades to get...

  12. Is my school risking my safety?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to karmachameleon's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Honestly, with the rate of infections still going up, I really don't see them letting students return. For your safety, you're going to be a nurse, you have to learn to be OK with being around stuff...

  13. Writing Nursing Diagnoses

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Etak's topic in General Students

    "Nursing diagnosis" is an overcomlicated way of saying: symptom, risk, or habit, and the reason. At some point someone decided that nursing needs to be more "science-y" so instead of saying "trouble...

  14. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    Then get in there with me and teach me. Get involved. Every parent in the world can change a diaper, and adults are the same thing, just bigger. If there's something to learn, get in there and...

  15. Failed an exam

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to StraightOuttaNursingSchool's topic in General Students

    Sounds like the instructor put a bad test together. Almost the entire class failed that test, and the ones who passed, barely made it. Don't be hard on yourself. You've been passing all your tests,...

  16. Why Do You Want To Be A Nurse?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Because between PA and NP, NP fits more with why I want to get into that level of care. Bedside nursing is just a step towards that

  17. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah. I know nurses who have been doing it for 30+ years who always have someone else start an IV because they just know they're bad at it. But they're still better nurses than everyone else on that...

  18. New Grad Job Fair

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to KR023's topic in General Students

    It's really rare in the working world for someone to only apply for 1 job and get it. I'd

  19. Really Nervous about Everything. Should I reconsider nursing?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Kiroppi's topic in General Students

    None of this matters... In a hospital, do you REALLY want to touch somebody that's sick without wearing

  20. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    I get that bed baths are a part of nursing. But is focusing on doing bed baths help build my judgement skills on the level of an RN? How does feeding a patient help me with understanding the...

  21. How would you improve the nursing profession? (beyond better staffing, higher pay, etc)

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to labordude's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, I'm OK with this in the classroom. That's supposed to be teaching me to pass the exam. Where I personally think my school is completely failing me is that I'm graduating soon, and...

  22. Is it just me or is nursing school not as difficult as everyone makes it sound?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Nicolecn's topic in General Students

    Nursing is one of the easier sciences in college. It's not hard, but you have to be able to handle college. Are you responsible enough at this point in your life? Are you able to juggle school and...

  23. Macbook Air or Macbook Pro for Nursing School?

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to tmccstu2018's topic in General Students

    Yeah, so that doesn't just happen, even with the cheapest HDDs out there. I would have replaced the power strip for good measure and maybe had an electrician check the outlet you're using, while...

  24. Medical exemption for nighttime capstone shift

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Lacandela's topic in General Students

    That's not necessarily true. It depends on where it is. A lot of places that give good shift differentials have nurses competing for night shifts while days is the one that nobody wants to

  25. So Many Things Going Wrong!! PLEASE HELP ME GET A PEACE OF MIND!

    TheDudeWithTheBigDog replied to Kiroppi's topic in General Students

    EVERYBODY in healthcare forgets to log out of the chart at some point. Anyway, you said you had to log back onto the computer, is it your own individual login, or does it just automatically use the...