Category Archives: School Days

The Student Nurse, The Experienced Nurse

Posted on April 13, 2009 by admin

A Student Nurse will spend an entire shift trying to re-orient the patient. An Experienced Nurse will chart that the patient is disoriented and restrain them. A Student Nurse spends 2 hours giving a patient a bath. An Experienced Nurse … Continue reading →

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How Nursing School is Like Pregnancy by Brigid Nave, RN

Posted on April 6, 2009 by admin

During class the other day, our nursing instructor made several references to our graduation day, which will be occurring in nine months. This got me thinking…yes, it’s true. Nursing school is like pregnancy.

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Slight Miscalculation

Posted on March 30, 2009 by admin

As a nursing student who had barely passed bedbaths, I was on my second clinical rotation and had not yet mastered the concept that a unit was different from a cc. In the frenzied state that only a nursing student … Continue reading →

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I Personally Prefer Pringles…

Posted on March 23, 2009 by admin

I was training a new nurses aide once and one of our patients had had surgery earlier in the day. Their diet had just been changed from NPO to “sips and chips” (small sips of water and ice chips only) … Continue reading →

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A Stitch in Time

Posted on March 9, 2009 by admin

After many weeks of being hospitalized, one gentleman was fairly tired of the numerous residents coming in every morning to see his incision.  One morning on rounds, the chief resident asked if she could see his incision. The patient complied … Continue reading →

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Spell Checker Is NOT Your Friend

Posted on March 2, 2009 by admin

I was teaching a communications course about ten years ago. One of my students missed class and a test and had not notified me prior to the test. Prior notification was required in order not to receive a zero on … Continue reading →

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The Fragrant Gourmet

Posted on February 23, 2009 by admin

My sister Barbara, a student nurse, was walking down the hall when she smelled a fould odor coming from the surgical unit’s kitchenette. Upon investigation, she found a classmate heating a bowel movement in a pan upon the stove. When … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the Other To Drop

Posted on February 16, 2009 by admin

As a student, I was assigned to a patient: after a bed bath, it was time to get her out of bed. Try as I might, I could only find her right shoe. A fellow student who walked into the … Continue reading →

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It Works For Dentists!

Posted on February 9, 2009 by admin

As a nursing instructor, I have had a lot of experience with students who shake a bit when they draw up medications for injections.  One of my students took the cake.  She shook during the entire injection procedure, especially when … Continue reading →

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You Know You’ve Been A Nursing Student Too Long When…

Posted on February 2, 2009 by admin

You identify the library as your primary place of residence on financial aid forms. You study for your annual physical exam. Your only exercise consists of running between classes. You can appreciate the literary vividness of “The gross appearance of … Continue reading →

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