alliesgal

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1. Should I stay or should I go? I don't know.

   alliesgal replied to newSN's topic in General Nursing

   You said you would be comfortable on one salary. Move to your dream location. Let your husband, who has been supporting you all along, get his dream job. Two years is a LONG time to spend in a city that is less desirable. Say you sign that contra...

2. easy ways to remember meds and identify them

   alliesgal replied to female12233's topic in Medications

   -ase = thrombolytic -coxib = cox 2 enzyme blocker -caine = anesthetics -dipine = CCB -floxacin = antibiotic -ine = reverse transcriptase inhibitors, antihistamines -kinase = thrombolytics -lone, pred = corticosteroid -mab = monoclonal antibiotics -mi...

3. Accused of lying re: dig error kicked out

   alliesgal replied to queenjane's topic in General Students

   I think that clinicals are just another word for "torture". If the CI isn't breathing down your neck, the RN's are. It's like these people have forgotten what the definition of student is. We are LEARNING. I am in my second semester. My CI doesn...

4. My RN venture ended today.

   alliesgal replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   As far as you withdrawing, I think you should have waited. You've already paid for the semester and maybe you could have tried a bit harder to get the situation resolved before giving up. I need to ask and please don't take this the wrong way but w...

5. How was your first nursing course ?

   alliesgal replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   Are these LPN courses? I am in school for RN and in our first semester, we had a quiz at least twice a week, 4 exams, 1 dosage exam-pass/fail, a blooodborne pathogen exam, clinicals, a health fair, one 4 hour lab a week with a total of 10 skills ass...

6. Misadventure in a Maternity Hospital

   alliesgal replied to gingerbreadman0214's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your reply. I may be a bit hypersensitive because when I had my first child (22 years ago), I was young, scared and alone. My husband didn't know how to deal with me so totally he ignored me. My sister-in-law found me lying on the floor...

7. Misadventure in a Maternity Hospital

   alliesgal replied to gingerbreadman0214's topic in General Nursing

   Plug the patient's mouth because of her screams? You have no idea how much labor hurts. I find your story to be mean and not funny at all.