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1. Federal Student Loan Forgiveness

   e-dice posted a topic in Pennsylvania

   i was reading this online about public service loan forgiveness on federal student loans. nurses are included in their description of what constitutes public service, but i am not sure if they mean nurses working in community health or non-profit h...

2. Anesthesia Gas Making Me Tired in the OR???

   e-dice posted a topic in Operating Room

   I recently started in the OR. I was talking with a coworker today and talking about how tired I am some days when I go home. I just figured it's because it's a new job and I'm learning alot each day at work. She said no, it's because of the gas ane...

3. Air Force Nursing for a New Grad RN

   e-dice posted a topic in Government

   I am a new graduate RN with a BSN. I recently obtained my RN license in PA. I have an interest in Air Force Nursing, and I was able to talk to an Air Force recruiter over the phone. I've been finding good info on allnurses.com and wanted to post so...

4. Would you recommend Valerian to promote sleep?

   e-dice replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Students

   I found this online at http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/valerian-000934.htm Interactions If you are currently being treated with any of the following medications, you should not use valerian without first talking to your healthcare provider. ...

5. MALE Nurse, Female Police Officer, Female Dr.

   e-dice replied to likemike's topic in Male Students

   I'd have to agree with earle58. at first a few of my close friends would comment on me going to school as a male nurse, but they were really just joking around with me. If people see you are dedicated and serious about your work they'll take you ser...

6. Different Stress Relievers, Which Would You Choose?

   e-dice replied to NurseJamesMcCoy's topic in Stress 101

   I have to agree with Iam46yearsold and Jesusrocks postings. Exercise is one of the best stress relievers for me, particularly running. It becomes like therapy for me to get out on the track and run for 20-30min. I recently started doing sprint inte...

7. Would you recommend Valerian to promote sleep?

   e-dice replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Students

   I recently was introduced to valerian because i was having trouble sleeping. I find it beneficial to get a deep sleep, and after waking up I notice my anxiety levels are somewhat decreased. The one problem I've found is I have to use it cautiously i...

8. Do you study from your text books ?

   e-dice replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   It depended on the class for me. We received ppt for every class, but some classes such as community or research didn't require as much reading so we were able to stick to the ppt. But for med surg I would read the book and use the ppt. For materni...

9. Tea Tree Oil Side Effects??

   e-dice replied to e-dice's topic in Holistic

   From Wikkipedia: Tea tree oil has been recognized as a potent antiseptic in Australia anecdotally for much longer than there has been scientific evidence. However, recent studies support a role for tea tree oil in skin care and treatment of various a...

10. Tea Tree Oil Side Effects??

    e-dice posted a topic in Holistic

    Does anybody know if there are any negative side effects of using tea tree oil??

11. Tea tree oil helped my child with MRSA

    e-dice replied to Anagray's topic in Disease

    I know somebody who would have outbreaks of foliculitis when they were stressed out. They used tea tree oil and it seemed to clear it up and work better than neosporin (which is recommended).

12. what Med Surg textbook is best to buy

    e-dice replied to cottagecheeze's topic in Med-Surg

    Lewis is good. https://evolve.elsevier.com/productPages/s_1170.html Med Surg Reviews and Rationales is also good as an additional reference. http://www.amazon.com/Medical-Surgical-Nursing-Reviews-Rationales-Prentice/dp/0130304573

13. What Med-Surg Textbook do you use at your school?

    e-dice replied to RN 2 B's topic in General Nursing

    We used Lewis as well. I liked it, and still reference it. The Reviews and Rationales series put out by Prentice Hall are also a good additional resource. My school required the comprehensive Reveiws and rationales book in addition to Lewis.

14. Can anyone give feedback on "Medical-Surgical Nursing: Reviews and Rationales?"...

    e-dice replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Students

    I really like these reviews and rationales books. I have the comprehensive and peds versions. I used the peds as my text book for class as it outlined and boiled down the essential information, plus the cd of questions it came with was useful. The ...

15. Question about RNs in the armed services

    e-dice replied to e-dice's topic in Career Support

    THanks NIB. I didn't know there was a military nursing forum, i'll have to check it out.