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1. In a pickle

   mia posted a topic in Urology

   :uhoh21: I hope that someone out there can give me some advice. Here is the situation. I have been working at a small hospital for about 7 months. We do both acute and chronic patients. Initially there were only 3 nurses to share call and care for ou...

2. Need info on PD

   mia posted a topic in Urology

   Can anyone give me information on Peritoneal Dialysis. My manager has offered to train me in this specialty ( I currently do HD). Is it mostly teaching? Is there alot of acute care? I would like to gather some info before I accept the offer. Anythi...

3. Please help new Dialysis RN

   mia replied to mia's topic in Urology

   Thank you all so much for taking the time to answer my questions! I have taken everyones advice and I feel alot more comfortable now. Even better is that I have been offered a hemodialysis position in a peditric hospital. The staff seems really suppo...

4. Please help new Dialysis RN

   mia posted a topic in Urology

   Please help me. I am a new RN who is working in an outpatient chronic care dialysis facility. I have so many questions that I really need answers to. First, how do you maintain sterility when hooking up patients with subclavian catheters?? I can do i...

5. A little about us??

   mia replied to Ortho_RN's topic in General Students

   Hi ya! My name is Mia and I am 32. I have lived in Texas (DFW area) for the last 6 years but I am a native New Yorker. I have been married to my AWESOME husband Andrew for the past 6 years (left my job as a NYC police officer to marry this prince!)....

6. Any other "older" new nursing students out there?

   mia replied to BRONXBABY's topic in General Students

   HEY ! I just read your post and I had to reply. I guess I am considered an "older" student. I am 32 and will be graduating with a BSN in one week. First I want to tell you that there are quite a few "non-traditional students" graduating with me. How...

7. Feeling sick to my stomach

   mia posted a topic in General Students

   Please comment. Heres the situation, I got the clinical award for a particular class. They gave the award out the day that our final paper was submitted. Prior to this I was having a serious case of senioritis. All I cared about was getting the grade...

8. Is it worth it? (m)

   mia replied to larae09's topic in General Students

   In my opinion it is not worth it, especially if you have to pay for the CMA course. Micro can be a pretty intense class, especially over summer. The work you will do as a CMA will not be much help to you in regard to nursing school. Well, I don't kno...

9. Nurse Student needs advice: Is working late nights wise for new grad?

   mia posted a topic in General Nursing

   HI! My name is Mia and I am trying to ellicit the adive and expertise of all experienced RN's from all speacialties. I will be graduating from a BSN nursing program in December. I was recently offered a position on a unit that I really want to work...

10. Bilingual nurses?

    mia replied to kimtab's topic in General Students

    Hey Kim! Its ironic that you would inquire about a Spanish class for nursing students. My good friend and I were just talking about taking such a course last night. The local community college (which has an ADN program) does have such a course in it...

11. Thanks Bobbi Jo and Mary Jo!...I have a few more more ?'s

    mia posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Dear Bobbi Jo and Patty Jo, Thank you so much for your responses! I have to tell you that since I posted last, I took a job as a psych tech. Unfortunatly, I am even more confused and concerned now. I have discoverd that I really enjoy working with t...

12. student nurse has a question

    mia posted a topic in Urology

    Hi, I was wondering if any of you could answer a question for me. I am a student nurse who will graduate in December. I am really interested in Hemodialysis. I am also interested in eventually becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator. From what I und...

13. Help! I can't hear a thing!

    mia posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! I was hoping someone out there could help me. My problem is that when I try to take a blood pressure reading I have a very difficult time hearing. I don't know if I have some kind of hearing impairment or what but Im really concerned. I feel th...

14. A polite request for psych nurse info

    mia posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi, I am coat tailing on a previous post from Molly J regarding the limited response by psych nurses to information requests.Psych nurses do not seem to respond to posts like the other specialty nurses do. This is especially troublesome for student ...

15. Advice from psych nurses to others?

    mia replied to MollyJ's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Molly J, I am sorry I just kind of intruded on your post. I will go ahead and post it again as a new topic. Your concerns take priority over mine. Mia :)