Rhoresmith

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1. Sprague ?

   Rhoresmith replied to littlenursey's topic in General Students

   I worked as a Resp therapist and know the value of a good good scope. I do not like Sprague at all. Like a previous poster said it is the double barrell thing good luck!!!!!

2. A few questions

   Rhoresmith replied to ArmyNavySis's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Not sure where you are located but our BSN program requires as prereq's English, Statistics, A&P I and II , Microbiology, Speech, Nutrition for nurses, basic Psychology and Developmental all this needs to be done in most cases befor you can even ...

3. ANS Parasympathetic/Sympathetic question

   Rhoresmith replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I would say anytime sympathetic kicks in then the para kicks in to counter act this. The body has to calm down can't stay in this state what would that do to the heart,resp system etc. So I feel there would be things in both columns

4. migraines and nursing

   Rhoresmith replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

   My daughter suffers from migraines she had 30-60 a month. She goes to Diamond Headache clinic in Chicago it took 5 years and many many many combinations of drugs to get the headaches under control. Best advice find a doctor who Number one believes in...

5. This is sick

   Rhoresmith replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

   I worked hospice as an aide for a long time and I saw many many clients screamining in pain. It is the most horrifing thing I have ever witnessed. Doctor refuses more pain medication becasue it could kill patient. NO ONE DESERVES TO SUFFER THAT WAY....

6. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

   Rhoresmith replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think what someone said earlier about maybe no medical benefit but if the mother/father feels this helps with the bonding of the child let it be. I worked at a protrait studio in a large chain store (begins with a W guess which one?) and I had peop...

7. Question about criminal record/ability to find job

   Rhoresmith replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

   You were able to take you NCLEX test, how did you list this for that? They are really tough in most states on this and if you were able to do this then maybe it is not on your record anymore. Go to you local police station and get this run you might ...

8. help advice needed about blood issue

   Rhoresmith replied to nessa1982's topic in General Nursing

   We talked about this in one of my classes. We had two students who were very much against abortions and said they would refuse to care for someone with complications from this. Our director contacted the board of nursing and they said refusing to car...

9. ethics lecture rant (sensitive topic)

   Rhoresmith replied to Ginyer's topic in General Students

   I worked as a hospice care aide for 4 years and it changed my thinking on dying. I saw patients who were in so much pain that they SCREAMED and begged to die, because the doctor would not up the morphine because it could cause them to go into Respira...

10. MD's giving bad news to patients

    Rhoresmith replied to medpsychRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck, and come here anytime and vent! My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family!!

11. Studying Tips for Pharm

    Rhoresmith replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    I also used the flash cards, took them with me everywhere. I used one of those index card spiral notebook things and put them all into the different classifications. Repetion seemed to be the only way for me to learn these

12. Game: Name that smelly drug

    Rhoresmith replied to Rhoresmith's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I mentioned mucomyst I was a Rt and that is what came to mind but this was an elderly lady, no OD or respiratory problems so we eliminated that one. She said that just wasn't the name she thought. Thanks for the link

13. Game: Name that smelly drug

    Rhoresmith posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey a question about a med. I am talking to a friend on the phone that is working as an aide waiting to get her papers to test. Last night the LPN she was working with brought a liquid medication in the room, and told her to smell it, it smelled terr...

14. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    Rhoresmith replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    My CC until this year had the "recognition ceremony" in a church, our school had no place big enough to have it until this year (we added a new building) and our class was the first to use the auditorium. We wore white outfits (pants, skirts whateve...

15. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    Rhoresmith replied to SpecFuz's topic in New Nurse

    The testing centers won't even talk to you until you have your ATT, they test every weekday but only have so many slots available. Many other types of test are taken there besides NCLEX, insurance, real estate etc so only so at times you may have to ...