terisinwa

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1. Typical duties (and not so typical) of a med-surg nurse?

   terisinwa replied to SoCaliGirl's topic in Med-Surg

   "If I were a nurse, I would never think." that is an amazing opinion to me... thanks for this stream of (un)consciousness! it's wonderful and blurry and scary and exhilerating and... exactly what i hope .. well, except for the stressed out, overwh...

2. Advice for New CNAs

   terisinwa replied to greeniebean's topic in CNA/MA

   I only hope that I get to work with a thoughtful and helpful person like you... clearly have the best interests of those we are there to help at heart ... it's people like you who give me courage to do this in the first place! thanks!! :)

3. help me choose

   terisinwa replied to Mommy Of Two 87's topic in General Nursing

   so I have sort of a follow-up question to this thread... I have not been able to find a program (LPN or RN) that isn't fulltime, M-F program... with twin 22 month-olds at home, I'm not sure how to make that happen...the cost of daycare a month would ...

4. Tossing Your Cookies...

   terisinwa replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

   it totally depends on the sputum whether or not it bothers me... i usually have to talk myself down from that cookie ledge, other bodily fluids don't tend to bother me (it all washes off is what i figure :) raising 4 boys helps with that one i think)...

5. Nursing instructor that reads powerpoint word for word

   terisinwa replied to mwdw04's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   okay - just a thought here... but aren't you paying for a class and for instruction to take place? i understand everyone's allowing for tight limitations in guidelines with the school, but reading the sentence one more time and then asking "do you un...

6. respected schools - RN programs better than others

   terisinwa posted a topic in Washington

   Good morning! I am working on selecting the RN program I am going to aim for - and I wondered... in the Seattle, Eastside hospitals, which school programs are considered superior? I am sure they all have their merits... but when two candidates show u...

7. LPN phase out?

   terisinwa replied to terisinwa's topic in LPN/LVN

   I love it!! Thanks so much for all the thoughts! Keep 'em coming! (and wanna share about grants for technical college?? :) heh) thank you!!

8. LPN phase out?

   terisinwa replied to terisinwa's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks very much for the input - I really, really appreciate it!!

9. guilt, kids and school is there truly a way to balance it?

   terisinwa replied to butterfly135's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   so here's the thing - i was talked out of nursing school by my mom and my then-mother-in-law when my first two sons were little... "so much school and clinicals..." now that they are late teens, i know and can tell you that the older they get, the mo...

10. LPN phase out?

    terisinwa posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    Hi all - I'm finally getting into nursing and am trying to navigate the murky waters of CNA/LPN/RN/BSN....etc... I'll be finishing my CNA this fall in order to start working, and I'm thinking of getting my LPN cert next... however, I keep seeing thi...

11. How old is too old?!?!?

    terisinwa replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960 now let's go!!

12. How old is too old?!?!?

    terisinwa replied to Amy Married to Art's topic in Pre-Nursing

    thank you thank you thank you for talking about it!! i, too, started this about two years ago and chickened out! now i'm 41 and jumping back in totally - good to know there will be other chicks out there who can reminisce about the 80's and be fully ...