ankagor

ankagor specializes in NICU,PICU, community ADL assessment.,.

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1. Midwifery?

   ankagor replied to marshYO8's topic in Ob/Gyn

   oldfashioned? isn't it oldfashiond to bring children???!so rude!

2. How strict is/was your nursing school concerning your appearance?

   ankagor replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Dear KarynicaRN! i thougt it was so awful only in my school!!! i studied in Isarel, in army nurses program, so the rules were kind of jail! i've never imagined that it could be like this in any other place in the world- but it is!!! we are all tre...

3. summer internship vs. summer travel

   ankagor replied to Mush2007's topic in General Nursing

   remember- your work will last for life, traveling - take every chance! take your time, think, don't be impulsive :) good luck!:heartbeat

4. I Could NEVER Do PICU!

   ankagor replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in General Nursing

   I Can't Imagine Myself Not Doing Picu!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU MADE ME CRY!- I WILL NEVER FORGET THE MIRRICLES DURING MY PICU / NICU work!

5. Tomorrow I start my new job!

   ankagor replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

   good luck, very exciting to here of your happyness!!!

6. CGNFS registration

   ankagor posted a topic in International

   hi all! i've registered in the internet site a couple of days ago. it's just not clear for me- how to send the diploma and the foreign (israeli) license???- they write that my school should send it... can't i send it by myself? after a translation a...

7. Tylenol an NSAID?

   ankagor replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   there is a misunderstanding: on one hand it is an NSAID, because it's a non-steroida anti-inflamatoric. BUT!!! unlike the ibuprofen,it's based on cox-3 inhibition (regular NSAID's are cox1, cox2 inhibiting. AND- its metabolism is done in the liver (s...

8. aleve, ibuprofen, advil, etc..with bp meds??/

   ankagor replied to xokelly2's topic in General Nursing

   there is a danger of heart attack (like in the black box of vioxx), and every cox inhibitors can cause this, not matter if they are selective or not. above this, the nsaids can cause a nephritis, that also causes HTN- i wouldn't give my patient an ib...

9. Asthma & Ibuprofen

   ankagor replied to AggieNurse99's topic in Student Assist

   ibuprofen is really C/I in asthma- too much pharmacology to explain, but...: it's a non selective cox inhibitor, and the same cox (the enzyme, if you remember the vioxx case-also about cox-inh), are involved in the asthma reaction... so if you take a...

10. Ibuprofen in pregnancy

    ankagor replied to Michelle123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    the usage of Ibuprofen is forbidden in the 3rd trimester. not only it can cause a heart problems in the fetus, but also can cause preterm delivery. the best option for pregnant is still the paracetamol (acetaminophen)

11. Questions

    ankagor replied to ankagor's topic in General Nursing

    thank u, dear snowfreeze:) i thought about the costs yesterday, and even here, in israel i prefer big city with all it's costs :) i thought about doing CGFNS here, and move to CA- looks the most simple way...and then to do the NCLEX-RN. does it make ...

12. Questions

    ankagor posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello all! i'm new here ,I'm RN for 6 years, worked in PICU and NICU ,and i'm thinking to move to usa from israel. didn't do the toefl and the cgfns yet, but it'll be done till september. q: shall i do the process of imigration through an agency, or ...