Cryssi

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1. How many of you were CNA's before you went into nursing?

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   I know, I know. There goes my dreams of becoming a professional pollster. darn it!! I am really encouraged by the replies though, despite my crappy polling technique:). I'm just giddy that I finally get a chance to start working on my dream of st...

2. How many of you were CNA's before you went into nursing?

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   NursesRmoFun, excuse my sad attempt at trying to start a poll!! > And I want to be a NURSE?! Boy, that's scary!! :0 ('tis my first attempt at trying to post a poll) Thanks for all the replies...keep 'em coming! Cryssi

3. What to expect from CNA courses...

   Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi Y'all, I am leaning toward taking cna courses in June...my husband and I were discussing whether or not to do that or just enroll in college and start the process for lpn. While both options are doable...the cna way first seems more practical bec...

4. How many of you were CNA's before you went into nursing?

   Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

   Good morning...I am considering taking CNA courses in June, and I was wondering how many nurses on this board started out as CNA's before becoming a nurse? Thanks, Cryssi

5. Blood in urine...

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   you're right, Ms. HEMODIALYSIS RN!!! (although I do like the part about my new phlebotomist job....) Thanks for being so caring, guys. Cryssi

6. Blood in urine...

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   Seriously guys, I'm not afraid and I'm not trying to avoid this, nor am I in denial. My husband came back not too long ago from taking our daughter to the ped., she has scarlett fever. We have a foot and a half of snow; we live in a rural area whe...

7. Blood in urine...

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   I think I will go in to the er...maybe not today; here in this part of Michigan we are now getting hit with a "mutha" of a winter storm; my two kids are home because of a snow day; my daughter has a temp of 101.2, some vomiting, runny nose and a sore...

8. Blood in urine...

   Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was just wondering what does it mean to have blood in the urine? I do not intend to substitute what I get from here for a medical checkup from my doc,I was just wonderin'. yesterday, I got a crampy type of feeling in my lower back, (left side) an...

9. Would you want to be a patient in your hospital?

   Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know if I said it right, but I guess what I mean is do you think being a nurse would make a difference in the care you would receive? I don't want anyone to think that I am implying that they should get better care than other patients becaus...

10. Would you want to be a patient in your hospital?

    Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

    For those of you who work in a hospital; if you needed medical care, would you want to be admitted in your hospital? If you were admitted to a different hospital, do you think that if you mentioned you were a nurse, would you get better care than t...

11. When did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

    Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering when did you know you wanted to be a nurse? How old were you when this desire hit you? Was there a specific incident that started it? A person that inspired you? And was it everything you thought it would be? Cryssi

12. ADD and nursing/schooling???

    Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Dave for your input. I really feel confident now, that help is on the horizon! Now all I have to do is wait for my broken ankle to be fully healed, then I'll be able to drive again (yay!!), then I'll take my butt to see my dr. While I'm at ...

13. ADD and nursing/schooling???

    Cryssi replied to Cryssi's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Nancynurse, I read your post, and need to clarify a few things. Actually I am hypothyroid, since 1997 when I had a thyroidectomy. I have been on synthroid/levothyroid since then; and I have been on Zoloft since spring of 2003; due to some person...

14. Phlebotomy?

    Cryssi posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I was looking at the site of a local hospital, in the employment section and I saw that there is a position open for phlebotomy. For those of you who are somewhat familiar with me by my postings, I am not a nurse nor am I a nursing student, ...

15. What are your basic procedures post-mortum?

    Cryssi replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I hope this isn't too dumb a question to ask, but seeing as I am not a nurse (though that is one of my dreams), why is the anus and vagina inserted with a tampon or why are depends used? Does the body release fluids/excrement upon death? Just c...