Granolagirl17

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1. Pets as therapy

   Granolagirl17 replied to nyapa's topic in General Nursing

   When I lived in New Orleans my husband and I handled two therapy dogs (they were both retired search and rescue dogs). We visited LTC facilities and the pediatrics ward at my hospital where I worked as an EMT. The residents at the facilities deligh...

2. I have been eaten

   Granolagirl17 replied to kxvc's topic in General Students

   Did you check out the shoes she was wearing? I bet in comparison, sequins ARE sexy!

3. I have been eaten

   Granolagirl17 replied to kxvc's topic in General Students

   Good job, Dani! You handled it textbook perfect. Kudos to you! I hope your self esteem is all cleaned up and glowing now - I'm proud of ya! That took guts, determination and poise. BTW: where I come from, if someone is kicking and hitting and direct...

4. Pregnant and a potential change of plans...

   Granolagirl17 replied to c-17wife's topic in General Students

   Nursing schools will always be there - even if you move - your first baby - you never get a do over on that one! If you are blessed enough to have the choice - (and I'm fully aware that some moms aren't) - have your cake and eat it too - enjoy your ...

5. EMT Training ?

   Granolagirl17 replied to DaddyO's topic in General Nursing

   i understand what you are saying - didn't mean to dis non emergency transport - but having spent a couple years in both transport and running 911, there is a huge difference - i was just advising op to check out what he might be getting into - not al...

6. EMT Training ?

   Granolagirl17 replied to DaddyO's topic in General Nursing

   DaddyO - you are a little further out from starting than I had assumed - thought you wanted to start both programs at the very same time - so absolutely it might make sense to do the EMT training - uncle with FD?!? Man you will be in like Flynn - bu...

7. EMT Training ?

   Granolagirl17 replied to DaddyO's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an EMT and nursing student - I can tell you that no training is wasted training as far as that goes - but as far as the experience you will get - that will depend entirely on what sort of EMS system is in your area that you get involved with. In...

8. Lab Savvy...HgA1c

   Granolagirl17 replied to Granolagirl17's topic in General Nursing

   You know, its hard to look this stuff up online when you don't know how to ask/phrase the question - so I followed up on your post and started looking into diffusion of glucose into RBC's. Got me down the right track! Your response still left me w...

9. Lab Savvy...HgA1c

   Granolagirl17 replied to Granolagirl17's topic in General Nursing

   Ah, I knew I should have had organic chem - my AP book was a dead end on that - have done some intense googling on it too and can ONLY get information "what it measures" = not so much the process of how it got in there the first place to be measured!...

10. Lab Savvy...HgA1c

    Granolagirl17 replied to Granolagirl17's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'm with you on the development of RBC's - they are generally speaking, just big SACS that carry around heme molecules. And yes, they use glucose but anaerobically so as to spare the O2 that they carry (and by default since they don't have any ...

11. Lab Savvy...HgA1c

    Granolagirl17 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if this is a "med savvy" or more correctly "lab savvy" but it seems to fit here best - I guess I'll see if it gets moved... My question is about HgA1c - not what it measures - I understand what I've been told that sugar in the bloodstrea...

12. Philosophy on Teaching/Learning

    Granolagirl17 posted a topic in General Students

    I just posted on another thread...and got a reply.... that then got me to thinking... I've read some real horror stories here on how rude /mean /unprofessional /tough /etc etc nursing instructors have been to their students. Why is it, do you suppo...

13. Any Walters State people out there?

    Granolagirl17 replied to Southernurse's topic in Tennessee

    Southernurse, you are going to love WSCC! :loveya: I'm a non-traditional student returning to school - I have a previous degree and one year's master's degree program experience - went to college both in US and in Canada - so I've been around the blo...

14. What should I really at this time? Help

    Granolagirl17 replied to ThePretender's topic in Pre-Nursing

    My first thought is - you don't seem clear on what you want to do - which is absolutely fine - heck, figuring out what you want to do is what college is all about - but perhaps you'd benefit from talking to your college advisor - they often have apti...

15. Nursing theory-Do you use it at work?

    Granolagirl17 replied to grdstdnt's topic in New Nurse

    Hmmmm.....well, I have a lucky rabbit's foot that you can buy for $500. It will provide you true love, cure arthritis and gout, bring money and fortune and guarantee the health of your family. And get rid of wrinkles, too. Do you believe me? No? Whe...