Wannabe RN Kim

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1. How many times did you apply to the Nursing Program?

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to lunakat's topic in General Nursing

   I also live in Alberta and am currently on the waiting list at Red Deer College to get into the nursing program. This was my first year applying and chances are it wont be the last. I've been told that there are approx. 600-700 people who apply for t...

2. T-tube flush

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to blondie's topic in General Nursing

   Blondie, Although I am not yet in nursing school I do have some knowledge when it comes to tube feeding. My fiancee had one put in shortly before he passed away and while in the hospital I watched the nurses do many things with the tube. I can't g...

3. 29 year old husband has brain tumor

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to jaystrupp's topic in General Nursing

   jaystrupp, Although I am not a nurse (yet) I do want to offer my condolences to you and your husband. I also know what it feels like to have someone you love get diagnosed with a brain tumor. My fiancee had numerous brain tumors and he was only ...

4. VRE patient's on same unit with immunocompromised pt's??

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to nurs4kids's topic in General Nursing

   What does VRE and MRSA stand for?

5. Really Silly Question

   Wannabe RN Kim posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have what is probably the most simple questions you'll ever hear on this page but where goes anyway... What is a CNA? I have seen so many posts which use this abbreviation and have no idea what it means. Thanks for letting me ask my silly question....

6. Tube Feeding

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to Wannabe RN Kim's topic in General Nursing

   Flo1216 I thought I'd reply to your post about NF2. it's a rare disease so there is not a whole bunch of info on it but we do know some. it is tumors along the CNS which affect the nerves in the body. There is no cure as of yet. They may do radiation...

7. Tube Feeding

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to Wannabe RN Kim's topic in General Nursing

   I would just like to give my upmost thanks to everyone for their prayers and thoughts during this difficult time. Although I have only posted on here three times I have been reading the threads numerous times per day for about a year and I can't bele...

8. Tube Feeding

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to Wannabe RN Kim's topic in General Nursing

   well I just thought I would update everyone on what has been happening with my fiancee. The hospital let him go home on x-mas eve even though he was not cleared of his pneumonia. Things were not getting better at all and at 12:40am on Friday December...

9. Nursing, Why?????

   Wannabe RN Kim replied to 2banurse's topic in General Nursing

   I am not yet in the nursing program where I live but I plan on going into nursing because I want to make a difference in patients as well as their famililes lives. I want to be able to give people a second chance at life. My fiancee is always in the ...

10. Tube Feeding

    Wannabe RN Kim replied to Wannabe RN Kim's topic in General Nursing

    thanks very much for all your help guys. He actually got the tube put straight into his stomach. This all happened so fast no one has really had much time to ask questions and get the info we hoped to have gotten. We were told he needed the tube Tues...

11. Tube Feeding

    Wannabe RN Kim posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey everyone, This is only my second time posting a message on this site but I visit it regularly. I'm not yet a nursing student (hoping to be excepted next Sept) so I've never really had anything to post, but today I got some bad news and would ...

12. I'm new here

    Wannabe RN Kim posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey everyone. This is my first time posting something on this site but I have been coming here regularly reading the posts. I would just like to say that you guys are great people. I am hoping to get into the nursing program at the college where ...