AstonishiaInlimbo

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1. my school has gone crazy with the shoes and bags

   AstonishiaInlimbo posted a topic in International

   Just want to know if is it just our school, or yours too? "WHEN I FIRST SAW A group of nursing students walking along the shaded pathway, it made me reminisce my preschool days! We all remember our preschool days, right? I remember that before we ent...

2. What's Your Exprience Being Eldest In Your Class (a 2nd Courser Tale!)

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to mushymash's topic in International

   I wasnt a second courser but I was one of the eldest in my class (although everyone thought i was same age as them bec. of my looks...lol)..yep, had to do all the extra duties to the point that can drive me nuts...i hated being voted 'chairman' every...

3. Making things better for nurses in the Philippines

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to suzanne4's topic in Philippines

   :redpinkhe sometime ago, i read about an anecdote by jose rizal. there were these two children who approached a philosopher named tasio. one of the kids secretly held a bird on his hand. the children wanted to test the old man's wit and wisdom, so th...

4. How much

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to Sponsor's topic in International

   Maybe you mean 'capping'? When you finish AHSE, and decide to undergo BSN for the next two years, you get to attend the capping ceremony...a milestone in a nursing student's life...

5. caregivers doing IV insertions

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International

   I think the main purpose of having to do the IM/ID injections to each other is not so that you can feel the pain, but rather so that you'd get it the first time, 'cuz if you don't your parter would punch you for making mistakes... funny thing, one of...

6. is this for real?

   AstonishiaInlimbo posted a topic in International

   Some dude from friendster sent this to me. is it for real?

7. caregivers doing IV insertions

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International

   but if we let just about anyone to insert IV therapy, it gets confusing for students ...how are they supposed to know that which procedure are they suppossed to/ not to perform if what they see in their training hospital is wrong? I mean I have seen...

8. caregivers doing IV insertions

   AstonishiaInlimbo replied to AstonishiaInlimbo's topic in International

   I mean, I could understand if the ones taught were nursing students, 'cuz IVT is part of our scope, but they were caregiving students...they're not aware of the implications and complications of the procedure... have you guys seen the IV insertion vi...

9. caregivers doing IV insertions

   AstonishiaInlimbo posted a topic in International

   right or wrong? I had an argument with a friend about this. At a government hospital the chief nurse had called upon the caregiving students and have them try to do IV insertions on a patient for the sake of 'experience'. I questioned why they are ...

10. fallopian tube !!!!

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to punkingirl's topic in Humor

    hahaha! There was that time a friend of mine got sent by the nurse to the central supply room to 'borrow the autoclave', and when he went there, the nurses laughed at him... And there was also this one time, a girl was sent to the morgue to get a tra...

11. Observations on Filipinos abroad!

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to FutureUSRN's topic in Philippines

    hahaha! dat's so true! me too! i'm such a big fan of flea markets! anyone ever observed the smell of luggages that come off of airplanes from the philippines? if you come from america, and open your luggage it smells of sweet stuff, but when you're ...

12. Most shocking experience on clinical -while in nursing school...:can any one relate?

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to kendel's topic in General Nursing

    I've received a patient like that when I was assigned in the ER during clinicals. It was like her was of saying that she's going to have seizures asap. And there were also times she pulled her IVF off and she took off her oxygen cannula, and we had t...

13. Observations on Filipinos abroad!

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to FutureUSRN's topic in Philippines

    hahaha! this thread is so old but I love it! You know your neighbor is filipino if and when a shipping van goes to their house during the first week of november and starts loading up 24x18x18 cargo boxes... You can buy calamansi tree from Home Depot,...

14. please ,i need your help

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to aboood25's topic in International

    how much, on the average, does it cost to take up a masters degree?

15. Most Expensive Nursing School in the Philippines?

    AstonishiaInlimbo replied to jobe1903's topic in Philippines

    Attending the most expensive school is like to buying jeans... you don't go for price, or quality...you are going for the brand...You can go ahead and say, "Look! I go to Lee University 'cuz daddy can afford!" Ridiculous...