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1. Krav Maga practicing nurses out there, how do you handle your beat up hands?

   greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Nursing

2. Differing types of therapeutic self-defense philosophy and techniques

   greenykilt replied to mingez's topic in Psychiatric

   For those of you that hold martial art belts and extensive experience, do you wonder if your response to a patient altercation. While even docile, would be trumped into something more because of your known fighting ability?

3. Krav Maga practicing nurses out there, how do you handle your beat up hands?

   greenykilt posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi there, I have a probably odd question, I am a Krav Maga practitioner and my hands and arms tend to get beat up and down depending on my day. Either with bruising down my forearms, on my palms or surface "rug" or bag burns. I also practice crossfit...

4. RN babysiting gig gone south

   greenykilt replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

   you and me both. Will always be haunted by those. I was a social worker for years. Have to take a sleeping pill to not wake up from nitemares. never EVER leave a child alone. They are VERY smart and know when your gone, they sense it , this I promis...

5. RN babysiting gig gone south

   greenykilt replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

   You should never EVER leave a child unattended. This is basic life skills 101. And a RN to boot. I don't quite get it. I am sorry to say that I don't know how much I would trust a RN taking care of patients who can up and leave a 8 year old so they a...

6. Accepted & now worried about the hard work

   greenykilt replied to jewelspassion's topic in General Students

   You will do amazing! You will be very focused on having superb time management skills that it will flow alot easier than some of your classmates. For me- I find it very doable (and not hard and I do go to a challenging program!) and take a laid back ...

7. How Hard is Nursing School?

   greenykilt replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Students

   I have another masters (MBA) and find nursing school easier. What some of my classmates are lacking is time mangement skills. Or overstudying. Especially spending say 7 hours on a saturday on something very small in scale of subject. This time could ...

8. edema in the postpartum period

   greenykilt replied to yellowbox's topic in Ob/Gyn

   you will find alot of interesting information from www.preeclampsia.org the non profit pre eclampsia (and HELLP and etc) site. Browsing the forums is very interesting as well.

9. Abortion in nursing school rotations?

   greenykilt replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

   another hard one is seeing a 1st of 2nd trimester baby lost to a mother who desperately wanted that child with all her heart and soul. All sorts of stillbirth, genetic and etc issues that will come thru maternity. It is hard to be non judgemental on ...

10. issue with leaving newborn to return to nursing school

    greenykilt replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I say do it now. I just had my 3rd baby myself. If you wait the risk you run into is being very tired and "tied" up during your kiddos kindergarten and elem years, those are crucial and I will argue almost MORE crucial than other time periods! if you...

11. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    I want to follow up and thank everyone for your replies. I read each and every one of them and let reply sink in. All were valuable. Thank You. First, I have been given alot of thought to hostile working conditions. In my previous life, I was a socia...

12. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    Well it went better than anticipated. I told her that what she did was unprofessional and embarassing. She said she has been working long nites on call etc etc. I said it seems her reputation is getting a bit murky from this type of thing and she was...

13. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt replied to greenykilt's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone. I am a "older" student who has a MBA and previous VP experience and have been around many politically explosive, difficult and embarassing situations. But this one to me is inexusable. I am actually on my way to the hospital. I am d...

14. Had the WORST shadow experience, am shaking

    greenykilt posted a topic in General Students

    I can barely even breathe I am just outraged and upset and everything else. I shadowed in ob/gyn (my choice for working after graduation, if I am so lucky) and lucked out shadowing an amazing team of nurses. Its a big downtown hospital, very busy. An...

15. Nursing vs Occupational Therapy as a career?

    greenykilt posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, Does anyone have opinons on these two different fields? Has anyone struggled with choosing between them? And if so how did you rationalize one over the other? What are the pros and cons of OT that you see, as a career and as a professional? Th...